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November 2024 Newsletter
Review of 2024As the nights are drawing in and we are cooried in by the fire, now is a good time to reflect on 2024 and look forward to new adventures in 2025, and beyond. Thank you to everyone who has joined us here in Scotland this year. It’s been a busy few months with …
January 2024 Newsletter
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!Welcome to 2024 and an exciting year of adventures ahead. We already have a number of slots booked in for this year, from Family groups exploring across Scotland, to Ancestry tours discovering family heritage, Mary Queen of Scots and of course our very popular Outlander immersive tours. Whatever, you would like from a …
August 2022 Newsletter
Welcome Back It’s being a few months since our last newsletter, but we have the perfect reason. We have been so busy welcoming so many guests back to Scotland, we have barely had time to draw breath. A huge Thank You to those who have taken the plunge and travelled as soon as we re-opened. …
December 2021 Newsletter
Hi EveryoneAs we look forward to the holiday season and the year ahead, we have some exciting new tours. If you want to remind yourself of our current travel advice, click here We were lucky to be able to attend the Clanlands Almanac launch at The Usher Hall in Edinburgh with Sam and Graham, and they …
July 27th Newsletter 2020
It’s been an exciting couple of weeks with Tourism officially re-opening (read what that means in practice for us below), and we have managed to visit a couple of favourite locations, Culross and Hopetoun House (grounds only). We also launched our very own Phone app game and it is very addictive. If you haven’t yet …
Newsletter 6th July 2020
Thanks to all our new followers who have discovered us via our Virtual Tours. Doing these tours helps us to keep spreading our love for Scotland and Outlander and we hope brings enjoyment to you, while we gradually return to “the new normal”. Please share the details in any groups you are part of and …
Newsletter 22nd May 2020
Live Classic virtual Outlander TourWe now have almost 1,000 people have joined us on this tour. It has been fantastic to see lots of “old” friends and meet so many new people, sharing our wonderful Outlander world. We are trying hard to keep up with the demand for the French tour and keep adding as …
Newsletter May 14th 2020
Live Classic Virtual Outlander TourTwo weeks on and we have had over 500 guests sign in for our Virtual Tours. Thank you everyone who has joined us. It is great to be “back out” meeting people and sharing our love for Outlander and Scotland. We have added extra spaces and days to accommodate demand, so …
BRUNCH AT HOME WITH MARY’S MEANDERS
NEW AND LIVE FROM SCOTLAND We are delighted to launch our new Brunch at Home with Mary’s Meanders event series. Emma and Anne from Mary’s Meanders continue to bring Scotland to the wider world with their virtual tours and events. We would be delighted if you would join us for our virtual brunch and enjoy …
Newsletter 5th May 2020
Who would have realised, just 2 mths ago, when we were at the Visit Scotland Thistle Awards, celebrating all that is best about Scottish tourism, that in such a short space of time all our worlds would have ground to a shuddering halt. At that point, we were in the early stages of the …
*NEW* Virtual Outlander Locations Tour
Scottish Tour company launches Virtual Tour to keep the Scotland dream alive, during the Coronavirus shutdown. Mary’s Meanders, based in Linlithgow, near Edinburgh have been running Outlander based filming location tours for 6 years and have built a wealth of knowledge and expertise over this period. Unable to share this with our visitors this summer, …
Our Outlander Adventure: 2016 to 2019
In 2016 we did head back to Tartan Week in New York, and how excited we were when it was announced that Sam Heughan would be The Grand Marshall of The Tartan Day Parade. The whole City became one big Outlander party, and that’s when it really hit home, just how huge this phenomenon is. …
Visit Scotland Thistle Awards 2019
What a night we had on the 14th November, as Anne, Emma & Paul headed off to Prestonfield House for our second year as nominees for a Visit Scotland Thistle Award- the Scottish hospitality and tourism “Oscars”. Following Emma’s win as Regional Ambassador in 2019, Anne was nominated as Tourism and Hospitality Hero for Lothian …
Mary’s Meanders Tour With Diana Gabaldon
We have just had the most amazing few days with Diana Gabaldon, who was justly being recognised for her contribution to Scottish Tourism with The Outlander books and subsequent TV series. And we were honoured at Mary’s Meanders to have been part of the celebration.
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 …
Lights Camera Action – On set at the filming of Outlander Series 2
Anne and I are incredibly lucky to live where we do. Linlithgow is quite literally at the heart of many Outlander filming locations & it is quite strange to realise you are walking the dog where months earlier Jamie and Claire were saying their emotional goodbyes! Over the winter months, we made it along to a number …
Tartan and Kilt making workshop
Inspired by Visit Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016 – Mary’s Meanders will be hosting different workshops, talks, events throughout the year that embrace this theme. The first is detailed below. In conjunction with BORDER KILT CRAFT – Tartan and Kilt making workshop. Saturday 5th March 2-4pm Westport Hotel, Linlithgow …
Emma’s New York Tartan Week
My adventure began before I had even left Linlithgow. As soon as I signed up, I was welcomed with open arms by the US ladies and brought into the Outlanders United fold. I discovered that the only other person going from Outlandish, UK was Julianne, who actually lives in the US. I’m so glad that …
Welcome to Scotland, Elias
What a fantastic evening we had as we welcomed Elias Alexander to join us for a House Concert right here in Linlithgow as part of his visit to Celtic Connections. House Concerts are very popular in The USA and Canada and they’re beginning to catch on here. This is my second such concert (the first …
Our Outlander Inspired Dinner Show Returns
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Visit Scotland Press Release – Taste of Outlander
Press Release • Jul 03, 2015 10:37 BST Fans of the hit television series Outlander can satisfy their hunger for more Jamie and Claire adventures with the launch of a new dinner show inspired by Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling books. VisitScotland Information Centres in Edinburgh’s Princes Street and at Edinburgh Airport are now selling tickets for …
