Reel Private Tours Of Scotland

15/09/2022

Another wonderful 8 day tour with my dear ladies from Virginia, Debbie and Sherry. We lost the first day, due to their flight being postponed, but we sure made the most of the remaining 8 day, incl:
A return to their favourite castle of Dunnottar, fish and chips on the beach in Stonehaven, followed by a great market morning, with the great people of that town.
Urquhart Castie on Loch Ness, a day on the Ardnamurchan peninsular, out to the lighthouse, at the must westerly point of the British Isles, and a visit to
Mingary Castle, where you can stay and eat royally.
A return visit to the so special Glenfinnan and a great visit to the West Highland Museum in Fort William, who had a collection of Jacobite portraits on loan from Poland.
Then on to Glencoe and Oban incl the great castles of Kilchurn and Dunstaffnage.
CALMAC carried us across to Mull and Iona, with a superb visit to Maclean Duart Castle and the Abbey.
Back to the mainland and to Inveraray where they were shooting a film.
Pictish stones down at Kilmodan on the Cowal Peninsular, and return visits to raging Falls of Dochart at Killin and Balquidder.
Our final day took us to the Innerpeffray Library, the oldest lending library in Scotland, and the adjoining Kirk, which is the mausoleum for the old ancient Drummond family - the old Dukes of Perth.The library is quite magnificent, with some of the most amazing books and maps you could see anywhere.
The imposing Huntingtower Castle and the favoured town of Falkand, finished the tour.

29/08/2022

A marvellous day on the water from Dunoon, up to the head of Loch Long at Arrochar.
Our voyage was on the oldest paddle steamer in the world, built in 1947, to replace the former old lady, lost at Dunkirk in 1940.
What a day in lovely weather.
We did this ad a surprise early birthday present for my brother Peter.

28/08/2022

“Doon the water” taking the Western Ferry from Gourock to Dunoon over the Firth of Clyde.
So welcoming looking to the north on a lovely day.

16/08/2022

A wonderful visit to the Isle of Cumbrae off the Ayrshire coast.
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31/07/2022

The wonderful Outer Hebides !!!

Lochboisdale Harbour at night.
Stars over Ben Kenneth.
Amazing pic sent in by Seonaidh MacInnes.

20/07/2022

Day 3, and another day of great weather, and becoming ever hotter the further south we drove.After a swift visit to the lovely Eilean Iarmain, we caught the Armadale to Mallaig ferry, and into Lochaber to Arisaig and Glenfinnan - to see the Hogworts Express on the Viaduct was a must, which was done after a good lunch at the Glenfinnan House Hotel.Then on south into hotter and hotter weather, via Glencoe, Tyndrum, Loch Lubnaig and Stirling to Edinburgh

20/07/2022

Day 2 took us down the Great Glen, past Loch Ness and up Glenmoriston where they was a great chance with meeting some hieland coos at the excellent Redburn Cafe and Gift Shop.Then on to Eilean Donan Castle, over the Skye Bridge and a lunch stop at Sligachan.Then up to Uig and the Fairy Glen, moving over to the Quirang, the Kilt Falls, the Storr and for our second night in Portree.

20/07/2022

Day 1 of my latest tour with the lovely Elias family, from Charleston, South Carolina.
After meeting in Edinburgh, first stop was Dunkeld then up for a whisky tasting at the Dalwhinnie Distillery, prior to first night in Inverness.

14/07/2022

Wonderful shot on the eve before the 150th Open Championship .

On the first day of the 150th Open tournament in St Andrew’s I thought it appropriate to post a spectacular sunrise over the most famous bridge in golf!!
Good luck to all the player entering this years tournament and to all the spectators I hope you witness some terrific golf on the worlds biggest competition! ⛳️

13/07/2022

Pictures of the day, with my brother Peter and I visiting the graves of our parents at the Kirk of the Lammermuirs at Cranshaws, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders.

12/07/2022

Day 5 took us south to the pretty Black Isle, and then back up to the magnificent old home of the Dukes of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle.
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11/07/2022

And day 8 took us into Glen Coe, with lunch at the Kings House, after a nice walk.Then down into Appin and Port Appin, before a visit to the originally Dunstaffnage Castle, prior to Oban where the tour ended.

11/07/2022

Day 7, with the weather still so disappointing, took us past Loch Maree into the Glen of Torridon, cutting out Applecross and the Bealach na Ba, as we would have seen nothing.So to Loch Carron and Pockton, to Loch Duich, Loch Garry and back into the Great Glen for a lovely night at Glengarry Castle Hotel.A visit too was made back to the Caledonian Canal, where Bruce and Jeannie had cruised before.
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11/07/2022

Day 6 took us back west over to Wester Ross, Ullapool, Inverewe Gardens and Gairloch - unfortunately the weather was not great, and culminated in strong winds a low temperatures - such a shame when you are in God’s Own Country...

11/07/2022

Day 4 took us up to Caithness, where we visited the ruined Girnigio Castle, the old Sinclair 15th century stronghold, north of Wick, the Castle of Mey and Dunnet Head, the most northerly point of the UK mainland.
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11/07/2022

Day 3 was a very wet drive over to the Great Glen, the town of Beauly and up to Brora in Sutherland.
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11/07/2022

Day 2 took us south to the wild Ardnamurchan Peninsular, and out to the lighthouse on the Point, the most westerly point of the UK mainland.
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11/07/2022

Reel’s latest tour covered over 1,100 miles over 8 days, with Bruce and Jeannie Stevenson from the USA.We covered a great swathe of the country, however in poor to bad weather.
Day 1 took us up from Edinburgh Airport up to Lochaber, to the first of two nights at Glenfinnan.
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11/07/2022

Again really looking forward to seeing this most beautiful place again on tour again with the lovely ladies, Debbie and Sherry...

The sights you see whilst exploring 's stunning islands! 😍🌈

📍 Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides
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11/07/2022

Will be there next month...

Isle of Mull, Scotland

29/06/2022

It is a really excellent tour, very modern in its presentation, on a very traditional industry.

28/06/2022

Just a shame I could not be present.

A COMMEMORATIVE wreath paying tribute to thousands of men and women caught up in one of Scotland’s longest sieges will be laid next week.

28/06/2022

What a further stunning collection of supreme photography, of this mesmerising country.
Pictures as ever speak louder than words, even though it is said the Gaelic language was the language of the Garden of Eden.
Bravo !!!!!

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26/06/2022

This has to be excellent news.

24/06/2022

The territory of the Clan Ranald Macdonald.

Take a moment to relax & enjoy the peaceful beauty of the Highlands! 💜🦌

📍 near Castle Tioram, Lochaber, Highlands
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24/06/2022

Coming back from our great visit to Hermitage Castle in the heart of the Borders in Liddesdale, we came back home via the Ettrick Valley and the lovely wee village of Ettrickbridge..
Just north of here is the old 15th century Kirkhope Tower, once in the hands of the great Border family the Scotts.
I looked at buying this wonderful old tower quite some many years ago, but I was not brave enough to do it........ I wonder what if........ ??!!
You can just see the tower on the left escarpment at the end of the track.
What a wonderful emotive home it would surely have been, living in the midst of such history - but could you imagine how impractical it would surely have been.....
Ah well...

20/06/2022

A long awaited visit to one of Scotland’s most bloody of castles.
Right in the middle of Liddesdale in the very heart of the Border Country, or to what was called the “ Debatable Land.” The Border country is made up of strong clannish Border families, better known as the Border Reivers.Raids were often made down into England, and Hermitage Castle was often in the middle of all the feuding.
It was the Norman De Soulis family who first built here, and soon taken over by the Cumbrian Dacre family who built a stone one.
Thereafter it was mainly controlled by the powerful Black Douglas family or else the tough charismatic Elliott family “ who da” meddle wi me “ as declared by wee Jock Elliott.
Mary Queen of Scots made her famous horse journey from Jedburgh and back in a day, in order to visit Darnley, the Lord Bothwell, then in control of Hermitage, but with some competition from the Elliots, who indeed had wounded him.
The castle still looms up in the middle of the valley, and is very haunted by one of the DeSoulis family who had been burnt for witchcraft, and they say by Mary Queen of Scots herself.
No one is advised to sleep here the night, unless a direct descendant of a Border Reiver.

15/06/2022

Wonderful aerial shot of the 3 bridges, the old lady Rail Bridge from the 1890’s and World Heritage site, the 1964 Forth Road Bridge and the 21st Queensferry Crossing.
South Queensferry on the left, taking her name from Queen Margaret’s Queen’s Ferry started in the 11th century, for pilgrims heading south from St.Andrews.
Rosyth Naval Base on the right in the Kingdom of Fife, where more RN Naval frigates to be built.

💕 The Forth Bridges 💕

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06/06/2022

Fine tune.