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Outlander Tour September 16-22 2019

October 29, 2018 by Andrea Middleton

Outlander Tour September 16-22 2019

This Outlander Tour from Edinburgh is with professional Blue Badge Tourist Guide/Outlander fan/Outlander extra

£1,500 per person

Itinerary of tour:

September 16 – From Glasgow visit:

  • Dunure Castle and Harbour
  • Dean Castle
  • Photo stop outside Wardpark Studio’s
  • Callendar House

Overnight Edinburgh

September 17 – Visit Outlander locations in Fife:

  • Aberdour Castle
  • Dysart harbour
  • Falkland
  • Culross

Overnight Edinburgh

September 18 – Travel northwards today as we explore:

  • Hopetoun House (Season 3 location)
  • Midhope Castle
  • Blackness Castle
  • Doune Castle

Overnight Dunblane

September 19 – Northwards to Inverness visiting:

  • Tullibardine Church
  • Tibbermore Church
  • Craig na Dun. Picnic lunch here
  • Museum of Highland Life, Newtonmore

Overnight Inverness

Septemer 20- Spend today exploring the Inverness area:

  • Clava Cairns
  • Culloden Battlefield
  • Beauly Priory
  • Wardlaw Mausoleum

Overnight Inverness

September 21 – Travel west through the Great Glen:

  • Urquhart Castle
  • Loch Ness
  • Fort Augustus – highland dress and weaponry presentation
  • Glenfinnan Monument

Overnight Fort William

September 22 – Head south to Glasgow:

  • Glencoe
  • Pollock Park
  • Glasgow University
  • House in Boston

Return to Edinburgh

What’s Included:

  1. All entrances
  2. Transportation
  3. Tour guide/Outlander fan/Outlander extra
  4. Accommodation: 2 nights in Edinburgh, 1 night in Dunblane, 2 nights in Inverness, 1 night in Fort William

What’s NOT included:

  1. All lunches and dinners
  2. Gratuities

Price £1,500.00. Secure your seat with a deposit of £350


Sept 16-22 2019



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Filed Under: Culloden, Film & TV, Holiday/vacation, Inverness, Not in a guide book, Outlander, Outlander Film Location, Outlander tours Tagged With: Blue Badge Guide Scotland, Jacobites, Outlander, outlander extra, Outlander Tours, small group tour

Jacobite Lawnmarket

September 6, 2018 by Andrea Middleton

Jacobite Lawnmarket

    Jacobite stair, Brodie's Close  Gash in stones made by Jacobites, Lawnmarket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pictures above show a gash in the stone step. Legend says this gash was made by soldiers of Jacobites, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, sharpening their swords on the stone before the 1689 rising.

In 1689, a year after King James VII of Scots went in to exile in mainland Europe, there were several attempts to restore him to the British throne. One of those rising’s was in Edinburgh.

One of the demands of the new King William of Orange was that Edinburgh Castle’s Governor surrendered the fortress to him. The Governor was the Duke of Gordon, who had been appointed by the exiled James VII. He refused to surrender Edinburgh Castle., staying loyal to King James.

In March 1689 events came to a head. The castle was blockaded by 7,000 of King William’s troops against a garrison of 160 Jacobite supporters.

On 18 March Viscount Dundee (a Jacobite supporter intent on raising a rebellion in the Highlands) scaled the west side of the castle rock and urged the Duke of Gordon to hold out against the blockade. He agreed to hold out but also refused to fire upon the city! The resulting siege dragged on for 3 months. Gordon surrendered the castle when his food supplies ran dangerously low.

These steps are found just off the Royal Mile. In the Lawnmarket area of the Royal mile look for Brodie’s Close. Walk down in to the close, on the right hand side are the stone steps. One has the gash in it. You may need to search a bit as the steps can sometimes be hidden with furniture from Deacon Brodie’s cafe.

Reward your sleuthing efforts with a coffee.

Under the North West side of Edinburgh Castle you will find a boulder commemorating the meeting and decision to hold out against the blockade.

Jacobite boulder under NW side of Edinburgh Castle 1689 Jacobite Edinburgh Jacobite boulder

The sign reads “At this postern John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee held a final conference with the Duke of Gordon, Governor of Edinburgh Castle on quitting the Convention of Estates 18 March 1689”

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This poem was written about this Jacobite event and has become a well known Jacobite song.

Bonnie Dundee by Sir Walter Scott

To the Lords of Convention ’twas Clavers who spoke.

‘Ere the King’s crown shall fall there are crowns to be broke;

So let each Cavalier who loves honour and me,

Come follow the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.

Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can,

Come saddle your horses, and call up your men;

Come open the West Port and let me gae free,

And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!

Dundee he is mounted, he rides up the street,

The bells are rung backward, the drums they are beat;

But the Provost, douce man, said, “Just e’en let him be,

The Gude Town is weel quit of that De’il Dundee.”

Come fill up my cup, etc.

As he rode down the sanctified bends of the Bow,

Ilk carline was flyting and shaking her pow;

But the young plants of grace they looked couthie and slee,

Thinking luck to thy bonnet, thou Bonny Dundee!

Come fill up my cup, etc.

With sour-featured Whigs the Grass-market was crammed,

As if half the West had set tryst to be hanged;

There was spite in each look, there was fear in each e’e,

As they watched for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee.

Come fill up my cup, etc.

These cowls of Kilmarnock had spits and had spears,

And lang-hafted gullies to kill cavaliers;

But they shrunk to close-heads and the causeway was free,

At the toss of the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.

Come fill up my cup, etc.

He spurred to the foot of the proud Castle rock,

And with the gay Gordon he gallantly spoke;

“Let Mons Meg and her marrows speak twa words or three,

For the love of the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.”

Come fill up my cup, etc.

The Gordon demands of him which way he goes?

“Where’er shall direct me the shade of Montrose!

Your Grace in short space shall hear tidings of me,

Or that low lies the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.

Come fill up my cup, etc.

“There are hills beyond Pentland and lands beyond Forth,

If there’s lords in the Lowlands, there’s chiefs in the North;

There are wild Duniewassals three thousand times three,

Will cry hoigh! for the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.

Come fill up my cup, etc.

There’s brass on the target of barkened bull-hide;

There’s steel in the scabbard that dangles beside;

The brass shall be burnished, the steel shall flash free,

At the toss of the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.

Come fill up my cup, etc.

Away to the hills, to the caves, to the rocks

Ere I own an usurper, I’ll couch with the fox;

And tremble, false Whigs, in the midst of your glee,

You have not seen the last of my bonnet and me!

Come fill up my cup, etc.

He waved his proud hand, the trumpets were blown,

The kettle-drums clashed and the horsemen rode on,

Till on Ravelston’s cliffs and on Clermiston’s lee

Died away the wild war-notes of Bonny Dundee.

Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can,

Come saddle the horses, and call up the men,

Come open your gates, and let me gae free,

And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!

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Outlander Tour 17-23 July 2019

June 24, 2018 by Andrea Middleton

Outlander Tour 17-23 July 2019

This Outlander Tour from Edinburgh is with professional Blue Badge Tourist Guide/Outlander fan/Outlander extra

£1,500 per person

Itinerary of tour:

July 17 – From Edinburgh visit:

  • Prestonpans Battlesite
  • Craigmillar Castle (Season 3 location)
  • Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh
  • Outlander/Jacobite walking tour of Royal Mile, Edinburgh

Overnight Edinburgh

July 18- Visit Outlander locations in Fife:

  • Aberdour Castle
  • Dysart harbour
  • Falkland
  • Culross

Overnight Edinburgh

July 19 – Travel northwards today as we explore:

  • Hopetoun House
  • Midhope Castle
  • Blackness Castle
  • Doune Castle

Overnight Dunblane

July 20 – Northwards to Inverness visiting:

  • Tullibardine Church
  • Tibbermore Church
  • Craig na Dun
  • Museum of Highland Life, Newtonmore

Overnight Inverness

July 21- Spend today exploring the Inverness area:

  • Clava Cairns
  • Culloden Battlefield
  • Beauly Priory
  • Wardlaw Mausoleum

Overnight Inverness

July 22 – Travel west through the Great Glen:

  • Urquhart Castle
  • Loch Ness
  • Fort Augustus – highland dress and weaponry presentation
  • Glenfinnan Monument

Overnight Fort William

July 23 – Head south to Glasgow:

  • Glencoe
  • Pollock Park
  • Glasgow Cathedral
  • George Square

Return to Edinburgh

What’s Included:

  1. All entrances
  2. Transportation
  3. Tour guide/Outlander fan/Outlander extra
  4. Accommodation: 2 nights in Edinburgh, 1 night in Dunblane, 2 nights in Inverness, 1 night in Fort William

What’s NOT included:

  1. All lunches and dinners
  2. Gratuities

Price £1,500.00. Secure your seat with a deposit of £350


July 17-23 2019



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Filed Under: Beauly, Culloden, Edinburgh, Fife, Film & TV, fraser, Glasgow, History, Holiday/vacation, Inverness, Not in a guide book, Outlander, Outlander Film Location, Outlander tours Tagged With: Blue Badge Guide Scotland, Culloden, Jacobites, Outlander, outlander extra, Outlander locations, Outlander tour, Outlander Tours, Professional Tourist Guide, qualified tourist guide, Scottish castles

Outlander Tour 6-12 May 2019

May 30, 2018 by Andrea Middleton

Outlander Tour 6-12 May 2019

This Outlander Tour from Edinburgh is with professional Blue Badge Tourist Guide/Outlander fan/Outlander extra

£1,500 per person

Itinerary of tour:

May 6 – From Edinburgh visit:

  • Prestonpans Battlesite
  • Craigmillar Castle (Season 3 location)
  • Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh
  • Outlander/Jacobite walking tour of Royal Mile, Edinburgh

Overnight Edinburgh

May 7 – Visit Outlander locations in Fife:

  • Aberdour Castle
  • Dysart harbour
  • Falkland
  • Culross

Overnight Edinburgh

May 8 – Travel northwards today as we explore:

  • Hopetoun House
  • Midhope Castle
  • Blackness Castle
  • Doune Castle

Overnight Dunblane

May 9 – Northwards to Inverness visiting:

  • Tullibardine Church
  • Tibbermore Church
  • Craig na Dun
  • Museum of Highland Life, Newtonmore

Overnight Inverness

May 10– Spend today exploring the Inverness area:

  • Clava Cairns
  • Culloden Battlefield
  • Beauly Priory
  • Wardlaw Mausoleum

Overnight Inverness

May 11 – Travel west through the Great Glen:

  • Urquhart Castle
  • Loch Ness
  • Fort Augustus – highland dress and weaponry presentation
  • Glenfinnan Monument

Overnight Fort William

May 12 – Head south to Glasgow:

  • Glencoe
  • Pollock Park
  • Glasgow Cathedral
  • George Square

Return to Edinburgh

What’s Included:

  1. All entrances
  2. Transportation
  3. Tour guide/Outlander fan/Outlander extra
  4. Accommodation: 2 nights in Edinburgh, 1 night in Dunblane, 2 nights in Inverness, 1 night in Fort William

What’s NOT included:

  1. All lunches and dinners
  2. Gratuities

Price £1,500.00. Secure your seat with a deposit of £350


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Outlander Royal Mile Walking Tour

February 26, 2017 by Andrea Middleton

Outlander Royal Mile Walking Tour

Outlander Edinburgh Walking Tour

This Outlander Royal Mile Walking Tour allows you to not only tour with an Outlander fan, but also to get insider information from someone who has been an extra in the Outlander TV Series about how Outlander is filmed.

Go behind the scenes and discover the real set for the Outlander novels Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager as we walk up the Royal Mile in the footsteps of the Edinburgh that was known to Jamie and Claire from Diana Gabaldon’s book series and hit TV Series. Also discover the Royal Mile when it was occupied in 1745 by the Jacobites.

Outlander Royal Mile Walking Tour

Starting: Holyrood Palace Mews courtyard

Duration: 2.5 hours

Highlights:

  • Holyrood Palace
  • Canongate Kirk
  • Bakehouse Close
  • World’s End Pub
  • Site of Edinburgh’s Tolbooth

The tour will end in Lawnmarket, Royal Mile

Price £115 

ADVANCED BOOKING ONLY

 

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