Bothy McWeevil – On the Outer Isles
The Outer Hebrides are significantly further west than Land’s End, but with themes of peat, fish and wild woolly sheep there are plenty of better marketing messages available than mere west-ish-ness.
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Bothy McWeevil – At the Uttermost Ends
Bothy is hopeful that the edges of the UK will provide some inspirational entries for his awards.
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Bothy McWeevil – Orkney
Sid and especially Doris have wanted to go to Orkney for a very long time, so it comes as a slight shock to realise that it is already a popular tourist destination with plenty of opportunities already grasped. But Bothy knows that creativity is always rewarded.
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Bothy McWeevil – Across the Highlands
As we set out northwards into the land of sheep, grouse and tourist farming, Bothy is hopeful of some good competition.
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The Shipping Forecast and the Geometry of the UK
Doris suddenly realises that the UK is not square, and it is not triangular.
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Bothy McWeevil – The Borders and Fife
As we crossed the border into Scotland, the Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Challenge officially opened.
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The Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Challenge
Bothy McWeevil is the proud proprietor of the famous Thistle Garden, a tourist attraction somewhere in deepest Scotland.
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Kindness and Ingenuity – A Round-Up
This has turned out to be a most effective theme for the tour. To remind you of the nominations, which had to be both Kind and Ingenious:
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Hermann’s Grand Tour Experience
We did realise as we set off that this would be a “vehicle dependent expedition“.
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Views on Touring in a Time of Covid
A post where we muse on what worked well and what didn’t.
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