[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text]MacLeod Highland Tours visits Kintyre, Islay and Jura. The photos show: 1. Tarbert Castle, Kintyre. Here in 1098 Norwegian King Magnus Barelegs ordered his ship be portaged across the isthmus to claim Kintyre as a Hebridean island and therefore part of Norway under the terms of his treaty with...

14 October, 2022

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1145" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Members of Clan McNaughton at Dunderave Castle, traditional seat of their Chief. The visit was the finale of an eight day tour of Scotland organised by MacLeod Highland Tours. The large group along with me, Kevin John...

26 July, 2022

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="1135" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text]MacLeod Highland Tours visits the magnificently refurbished Stirling Castle where you can meet characters from history. Here I met the English Ambassador. Maybe before long Scotland will again welcome an English Ambassador. Alba gu Brath![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

20 July, 2022

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text]MacLeod Highland Tours visited Bannockburn. The scene of the greatest victory of the Scots over the English. The victory against the odds was a masterpiece of military tactics by our greatest ever King, Robert I, better known as Robert the Bruce. It secured Scottish independence for hundreds...

06 July, 2022

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text]MacLeod Highland Tours visited the battlefield of Culloden. Scene of the last battle fought in Scotland, defeat for the Jacobites and the end of the traditional Highland way of life. The blue flag marks the Jacobite line. The stone has the name ‘Clan MacLeod’ carved on it....

02 July, 2022

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text] Rubha an Dùnain A great day spent hiking to Rubha an Dùnain. A Viking Canal, Iron Age fort (behind me in photo), Mesolithic chambered cairn and an abandoned village dating from the time of the Clearances. A richly historical location. Skye at its best. Allow two hours to...

16 May, 2022

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text] The Sun Is Shining! The sun is shining and it feels like spring with the daffodils all around. today is also the anniversary of the coronation of our greatest King Robert I (the Bruce) in 1306. I thought you might like to see a photo of my vehicle...

25 March, 2022

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text] Loch Lubnaig - Rob Roy outwitted by a servant of the MacLeod Chief Rob Roy was a notorious outlaw and rebel. He was of Clan MacGregor. The land of the McGregors is far from MacLeod country but when Rob Roy came to our territory the great warrior was...

16 November, 2021

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/UpaGO2Pwpis"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text]Kevin admires one of the best views in Scotland near Loch Linnhe[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

07 June, 2021

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" background_color="#ffffff" css=".vc_custom_1616502182359{padding: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/OhYkcZ6b6DE"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_column_text]Kevin speculates on the chance of the Monster appearing from the mist![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

07 June, 2021