In travelling around the north of Skye, you will be standing in some of most stunning scenery in Scotland. The Trotternish ridge is breath-taking and as you visit the high cliff at Kilt Rock, you will also hear of prehistoric monster fossils found on a beach nearby.

You will visit the Skye museum of Island Life and hear how people lived in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nearby is the resting place of Flora Macdonald, a Scottish heroine, who is well remembered for her part in saving the Jacobite leader Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie. There are ruined castles and ghost stories and all set in the most picturesque landscape.

From Loch Ness to the Isle of Skye, or the Misty Isle as it is known, will take you on an atmospheric journey from the best known loch in the world to the best known island. Your tour will take you from Loch Ness past Glen Moriston and into Glen Shiel where you will hear about the famous battle of 1719 and the part that Spaniards played.

You will visit the most photographed castle in Scotland, Eilean Donan, and call into the wonderful garden of Attadale near to Loch Carron. As you cross onto Skye, you will hear about Saucy Mary, a Norwegian Princess and visit her resting place at the top of a mountain. You will experience shimmering lochs, high mountain passes and wonderful scenery as well as the story of where the Scottish liqueur Drambuie came from - and much more!

The Customs and Traditions of Scotland cover a large range of activities and clothing as well as music and strange eating habits. Kilts, bagpipes, tossing the caber and eating haggis are just some of the extraordinary Customs and Traditions of Scotland, a small but wonderful country with more sheep than people! If you want to know why an enormous kilted Scotsman would want to throw a tree trunk across a field, then do listen. What exactly is a haggis and how can you catch one? Where does the Scots Tartan originate? It is all here in this Podcast.

You will hear some traditional Scottish music and discover the origins of the Highland Games as well as the Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo. There's much, much more so do listen in to be tickled pink about this proud but strange race - the Scots

If you do not believe in the Loch Ness Monster, then perhaps this podcast will change your mind - perhaps not - but you'll have great fun hearing about it. This podcast takes you on a tour from Inverness, past Loch Ness sitting in the Great Glen and on through some of the most picturesque towns and villages of Scotland. It is the third part of a Tour Trilogy that will see you travel all the way from Edinburgh to Inverness and back, calling into some of the most iconic places of Scotland.

The Great Glen sits on a geological fault with 4 lochs leading from Inverness down to Fort William. You will pass through the town of Fort Augustus and go on to Glencoe (of Glencoe massacre fame) and hear that sad and terrible tale. Then Loch Lomond, Glasgow and back to Edinburgh. It is difficult to describe how beautiful the sights are that you will see, but this podcast will go some way to bring Scotland to you.

This Podcast takes you on a tour from St Andrews to Inverness through some of the most picturesque towns in Scotland. It is the second part of a tour trilogy that will see you travel all the way from Edinburgh to Inverness and back, calling into some of the most iconic places of Scotland. You will be standing on the most famous bridge in the world before leaving St Andrews and, photos taken, you will head north across the Tay Bridge through Dundee up to the beautiful Cathedral town of Dunkeld before heading north again into the Cairngorms National Park. You will arrive in Inverness and, after an evening relaxing, you will visit the famous battlefield of Culloden and also a 4000 year old site that gave Diana Gabaldon her inspiration for the Outlander series.

This Podcast takes you on a tour from Edinburgh to Inverness. It is the first part of a Tour Trilogy that will see you travel all the way from Edinburgh to Inverness and back, calling into some of the most iconic places in Scotland. This first part takes you from Edinburgh to St Andrews. You will be starting on the outskirts of the city of Edinburgh and on making you way in to the medieval centre, you will hear the story of how Edinburgh formed and what it looks like today. The castle takes centre stage and you will be given an introduction to this enormous fortress sitting on top of an extinct volcano.

You will hear about the New town, an incredibly beautiful Georgian construction of 1770 and on leaving Edinburgh to head north you will hear about the new Queensferry crossing bridge just opened in 2018. You will travel through the Kingdom of Fife arriving at the home of Golf, St Andrews and learn about the amazing St Andrews Cathedral and why this was such an important place in the Middle Ages. Kate and William's University gets a mention and, obviously, you will learn about the Old Course and the home of golf. A great start to your first mini tour of Scotland.

Scotland, this small nation of 5 million people is an incredible success story. No invader has ever defeated the Scots and, in more peaceful times, these people have shown to the world what an incredible nation of inventors, mathematicians, designers they are. This Podcast talks about the Scottish People, where they originate from, what are their historic roots and what has shaped their lives over thousands of years and also, what shapes their lives today. The Scots have always been a fierce proud race and this Podcast will give you an insight into where this total self-belief came from and why Scotland makes Britain Great.

Scotland the Country will give you an insight into this small but amazing country that you've probably never had before. You'll be told of it's earliest beginnings, how the land formed millions of years ago and how the land took the shape that we see today. It will tell you about the different parts of Scotland and how the landscape has shaped the lives of the people who live there and also why people live in the places that they do.

Scotland's beauty comes from the photogenic mountainous west coast with heather glens and deep lochs bordering the fierce Atlantic Ocean. On the east coast there are more rounded hills with salmon laden rivers leading down to the relatively benign North Sea that has kept fishermen busy for thousands of years… and all this in a Podcast – now you have to listen.

John Harbour explains what you can expect from the Unique Scotland podcast series.

An introduction to this small but beautiful country. The people, the places, the customs and a carefully researched tour through this proud nation; with John as your expert, trusted guide.

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