ScotlandHour May 2019 – Waters of Scotland As many of you will know 2020 is the Year of Coasts and Waters for Scotland. With 10,000 miles of coastline, 790 islands, 31,460 Lochs, 137 miles of canals, 11 major rivers with many more smaller ones we undoubtedly have some of the best coast and water in the world. Scotlandhour will feature this celebration also next year but we thought we would get the celebrations stared for our May Scotlandhour on the 29th May on Twitter. We are delighted that North Link Ferries @NLFerries and Scottish Canals @scottishcanals are co-hosting with us this month. Do ..read more

Walking In Scotland Scotland has a wonderful outdoors ( the rain certainly helps to get things growing ) so we thought this the perfect opportunity to spend an hour talking about walking in Scotland, be it hills and mountains like the 282 Munros that we have across the country, or trails like the West Highland Way, the Great Glen Way or the Moray Coast Way. Perhaps you would prefer to walk the Caledonian Canal ( alongside it rather than in the water of course! ) or maybe the John Muir Way or Southern Upland Way are more up your street – we could go on for miles and miles with suggestions! Whi ..read more

Talking and Tweeting about Family Time Wednesday 27th March 9-10pm As the days start to get noticeably longer  – when did you last have to put your lights on to go to work? – and with the Easter break coming up on the horizon, we are focusing on family time in the next Scotlandhour. Across the country, businesses are moving to their Summer opening hours or even just coming out of their Winter hibernation, and there are more and more choices of places to go, things to see and do and experiences to savour and enjoy. Perhaps you know of a little known tourist attraction that would be just ideal f ..read more

Winter Wonderland Winter in Scotland.  Stunning sunsets and sunrises.  Crisp days allowing frosty walks with both cities and rural areas sparkling in the winter sunshine in a light that is truly atmospheric.  Long nights with a dram beside the fireside. Winter is increasingly becoming the time of year to visit Scotland so for this month’s Scotland Hour we thought we would celebrate winter wonderland. We are also delighted that Amber Park are joining the Scotland Hour team and will be hosting this month’s Scotland Hour.  By day Linda is an administration manager and Colin is an chartered civi ..read more

A Warm Welcome to one and all! As we welcome the New Year and start off on the adventure of a new, exciting and interesting year, with great intentions of what we plan to achieve and do in the year that lies ahead of us, we thought that it was right to consider the welcome that we extend to all as well as the optimism of the new opportunity that we all enjoy. The first month of the year can often be a challenging one if you don’t meet it head on and seize the chance of a fresh start – you can consider the untrodden snow outside your front door like a major challenge to get through, or you co ..read more