Individual Guided Tours of London and the UK by Private Car Driven by Blue Badge Guides
Guide Details Alasdair Northrop
Check Availability (Last updated 31/01/2022)
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Email
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alasdair.northrop@btinternet.com | |
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Location
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Edinburgh | |
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Address
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North Berwick | |
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Mobile
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07788 805317 | |
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Website
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www.caledoniatours.co.uk | |
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Male/Female
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Male | |
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Language (mother tongue)
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English | |
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Region(s) of qualification
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Scotland | |
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Special Interest Subjects
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Literature | |
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Introduction
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I am a qualified professional Blue Badge Tourist guide, based in Scotland, with extensive knowledge of this wonderful country and its history and a particular interest in ancestry. |
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About me
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I have been a journalist for over 35 years and for fifteen of them I have Editor of Scotland’s national business magazine, Scottish Business Insider. I wear the Graham of Menteith tartan because my mother was a Graham. Her father came from Alva in Clackmannanshire and my great grandfather was a coal miner in the region. My middle name is Taylor and that was the maiden name of my Grannie who came from the picturesque former fishing village of Badachro on the beautiful north west coast of Scotland opposite the Isle of Skye. Grannie Graham ran a popular guest house there on the farm which had been in my family for 200 years and as a child I helped to milk the cows and feed the chickens which she kept there. In the late 18thth century a celebrated Gaelic poet called William Ross (once a contemporary of Robert Burns) lived in a cottage down the road from the farm and wrote a poem about my great, great, great grandfather Robert Taylor. Robert had originally been born in Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, and was shipwrecked off Gairloch and ended up staying in the area and marrying a MacKenzie girl whose father gave him the land at Aird. His son, also Robert, married Hectorina MacDonald who was originally from Edinbane on the Isle of Skye after meeting her when she was a maid working in a house at the nearby stunning beautiful Loch Maree. I am proud of my Scottish roots and continue to dig down to find out more about them and that is why I am perfectly positioned to help other people research their ancestry; however, I have in depth knowledge about modern day Scotland too and can give you a unique insight during an amazing tour. |
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Special Interests
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Outlander & other TV & film-themed tours; genealogy & clan tours; industrial history |
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Lectures given
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Yes |
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Extended tours detail
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I can offer extended tours of up to 5 days anywhere in Scotland. |
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Walking tours detail
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I regularly do walking tours of Edinburgh and happy to do anything from two hours to a whole day. I also do walking tours in other Scottish locations including St Andrews, Glasgow, North Berwick and Haddington. |
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Vehicle 1
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Ford Galaxy | |
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Size
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MPV with 5 seats |