Hielan Quine Tours

02/11/2024

Good morning from Inverness. Have a fabulous weekend ❤️🦕

01/11/2024

I can’t wait to see the transformation.

01/11/2024

Back on board for the winter. The rain has stopped and we are on a monster hunt on the loch! 🦕 🦕💙

31/10/2024

A cosy night in with my hairy babies. Happy Halloween 🎃 🐈‍⬛ out monster hunting tomorrow 🦕 great way to spend 🧙🏻‍♀️🧚👻

31/10/2024

We had a fabulous hump day with a wee pub crawl in Inverness. The food at Encore Inverness was deeelish and the craic at the The Castle Tavern great as per. Lots of belly laughs with Noreen 🩷

28/10/2024

We had a lovely afternoon at Rose Street Foundry 😋 the carvery was delicious and the service first class. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. 🍷

27/10/2024

https://www.youtube.com/live/fPw2kgDjkvg?si=y03ZwUoMu1-Sc20w

This mornings viewing. A brilliant live tour from Patrick in Hiroshima. Powerful stuff. ❤️

The story of Aug 6, 1945, 8:15 am Thank you: https://2me.travel/donate/

23/10/2024

A bonnie day in the Highlands of Japan 💛

19/10/2024

The views from Stirling Castle are breathtaking. We stood on the Ladies Terrace, imagining sipping tea and watching the minions below getting on with their working day. 🫖 🏰 Then we had a lesson on making beer 🍺 A fine end to our 4 day adventure. 🤘🏼🚐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Inverness Custom Tours

18/10/2024

I had an interesting morning at Library of Innerpeffray and a great tour from the lovely Shirley. This is the first public lending library of Scotland - opened in 1680 by David Drummond - whose signed book collection (450) is still proudly on display today. Some of these beautiful books date back to the 1500s!! 😮 I learned so much - it’s an amazing wee place. This months theme is ‘travel’ 🌎 - not the only coincidence of the day as turns out Shirley was born in BANFF. 🫶🏼 Of course we had to get a pic of the quines together! “Ye can tak the quine oot o Banff, but ye canna tak Banff oot the quine” 🌏 📖 Inverness Custom Tours

18/10/2024

Watching the sunrise from my bed, after the best sleep in a long time. 🫶🏼🌅 Happy Friday!

17/10/2024

What a fantastic day we’ve had. My people have 12 cats so when we met on Tuesday the connection was instant!! 🫶🏼 the sun shone all day and we had a great tour at Blair Athol. They are spending tonight at Gleneagles and I have landed in a wee haven in The Smiddy Haugh ❤️ lovely place amazing people. 🥰 thank you everyone for today ☺️

17/10/2024

Blair Athol Distillery. Stunning. ❤️🥃

16/10/2024

‘Dreich’ 💦 was today’s word - but it didn’t matter as we had so much fun!! Visiting local artists and some of the most talented people in the we are so lucky! Finishing off thee best local tour at Cafe 1 Thank you everyone. 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚐💙 Jacobite Loch Ness Cruises Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle, Scotland The Ness Deli and Cafe K Price Art Drum Farm Gallery, Gift Shop Robertson’s The Larder Beauly Victorian Market Inverness The Redshank Prickly Thistle Culloden Battlefield NTS Inverness Custom Tours 🤘🏼🚐

15/10/2024

We had a fabulous journey from to today. The A9 has so many nooks & crannies to explore! 🫶🏼 big shout out to Neil from 100 Princes Street - what a gent! 🚐👋🏼 Scone Palace The House of Bruar Culloden House Hotel Inverness Custom Tours

14/10/2024

Well I ken my fish and this is thee best cod I’ve ever tasted!! The chef at the pub has surpassed themself with this amazing dish and of course the best fish from J K Thomson fish 🐟 🥰

14/10/2024

Sunset at the Riccarton Inn. Special place. Lovely people. ❤️🫶🏼

14/10/2024

Good morning from 🌅 it’s a beautiful morning in the capital of the ⛰️ we are busy 🐝 this week and will be all over! 🚐 if you see us - give us a wave! 👋🏼 🎶🚐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

13/10/2024

We started the day off in Aberdeen and had a fun day over to Inverness and visited some locations with my group. Thank you everyone. 💙 Leonardo Hotels UK and Ireland Victorian Market Inverness Robertson’s The Larder Beauly Muthu Newton Hotel 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Inverness Custom Tours

12/10/2024

Beautiful home. Lovely area in Peter Murphy & Co Estate Agents 🏡

2 bedroom house for sale in Castle Heather Drive, Inverness, IV2 for £170,000. Marketed by Peter Murphy and Co, Fort William

12/10/2024

Of course it began in Scotland. Love this clip by Scotland Unplugged

10/10/2024

Oooh sounds fantastic! Think a wee visit to Rose Street soon! 😋

New World Buffet is Here! 🌍

Get ready to indulge in a global feast at the Rose Street Foundry! Our new world buffet offers 6 amazing meal choices, including vegetarian options, all for just £7.95! That's right, a bargain! 💰

And the best part? Kids eat FREE! 🧒👦

Join us starting from 3pm today. Takeaway is available too! 🥡

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08/10/2024

I love this! Bouncing balls in Ullapool ⚽️🥎🏀 😆

Back In Plaque

Following the disappearance of a plaque commemorating the site of a famed ball bouncing incident at Parlett's of Ullapool (where the West Highland Free Press wasn't free) in which the ball bouncer had to pay for the ball bounced, a new memorial plaque has been unveiled commemorating the site of the plaque that commemorated the famed ball bouncing incident at Parlett's of Ullapool (where if you read it, you buy it!) in which the ball bouncer had to pay for the ball bounced.

07/10/2024

I love this story. One of my faves to tell on Skye 🩵

Calum's Road is a remarkable tale from the Isle of Raasay, part of the Highlands of Scotland. The road is named after Calum Macleod, a lighthouse keeper, crofter, and postman who lived on the island. After years of failed lobbying for a road to be built to the isolated village of Arnish, Calum decided to take matters into his own hands. He wanted to reverse the depopulation of the north of Raasay and make it easier for his daughter to come home from the Isle of Skye for the weekend.
In the mid-1960s, Calum began his decade-long labor of love. With an engineering manual, shovel, pick, and wheelbarrow in hand, he almost singlehandedly constructed the stunning stretch of island infrastructure that now bears his name. This 1.75-mile stretch of single-track road was driven with limited assistance across a harsh and windswept landscape of bogs and boulders.
By the time Calum finished his road, he was in his late 60s and, along with his wife, was one of the last two inhabitants of Arnish. The amateur-built thoroughfare was finally adopted and surfaced by the local council in 1982. A memorial cairn to Calum and his legendary determination now stands at a picnic site above the road.
Over time, Calum’s road has entered into folklore, being the subject of books, films, documentaries, and even an increasingly popular Scottish folk tune. Calum's Road is a testament to one man's single-minded determination to challenge the powers-that-be. It's a story of resilience, determination, and a man's love for his island home.
Shout out to Cormac Mullally for this amazing story!