Yesterday Netflix released the trailer for the soon to be released “the untold true story” of Robert the Bruce, Outlaw King. We eagerly watched the trailer hoping to see locations that we know and we weren’t disappointed. There are quite a few that we visit regularly on our Outlander tours. We were lucky to be …
Filming locations update
Hello, You may have seen in the media that there are a number of different movies (Mary Queen of Scots, Outlaw King – Robert the Bruce) being filmed here at the moment. Unfortunately, it does mean that there are some site closures over the next few months. We will endeavour to add a different location …
Elias’s Mini Outlander Tour
Elias’s visit to Scotland part 2 These photos were taken the morning after the house concert so no zooming in to see how tired we all look! Elias had to get back to Glasgow so after a quick cooked breakfast we packed up and headed down to Lallybroch. I’m not sure what the dogs thought …
A Special Mary Queen of Scots Tour
Written by Anne – It was my great pleasure to design a specialist tour for our visitor, following in the footsteps of Mary Queen of Scots. We visited as many locations that were important to Mary as we could in a few days. (Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to make it to The Borders in …
A quick tour of Linlithgow
A Snap Shot Of Linlithgow
Day trip to Linlithgow – plan your visit
Coming to Scotland in 2015? A great day trip is to visit Linlithgow, West Lothian. We are just 20 miles from Edinburgh and there are direct trains from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling. What is there to do? Well of course there are our tours – a 90 minute tour of our Royal Burgh, Ghost Walks and Outlander …
Mary Queen of Scots
Taken from History Scotland Facebook page Mary Queen of Scots was born at Linlithgow Palace on this day in 1542, the only surviving child of King James V and Mary of Guise. Mary’s father King James died six days after her birth following the Battle of Solway Moss. Mary was baptisted at the Church of …
Our First Outlander Tour
Outlander Tour – Coming soon
What a great time at Mary’s Meanders HQ it is. Will we wear Jamie or Claire masks? Will Anne sing the theme tune on the tour bus? The creation and planning of tour is hard work but we are having a lot of fun working on this tour. We have been visiting the filming sets, …
Daring escapes from Linlithgow’s jail
In the early 19th century robbery in Linlithgow was a serious crime. So serious in fact that three men were hanged in the burgh for robbery during that time – Ralph Woodness in 1819, and Alexander McDonald and his accomplice Charles Jamieson in 1770. Once caught and sentenced such criminals would be kept in ‘the …
