Scotland Tour Details
Scotland Thread, Ruins and Tunes Tour
April 9-21, 2025
£3600 double occupancy + air, Single supplement £500 (limited availability)
Come along with the Singing Weaver to hear and meet the vibrant artists of Scotland. There will be fiddles, tartans, tapestries, tatties, and much more beyond the traditional icons.
Mind and Body
We welcome travelers with a sense of adventure. Travelers should be open to new experiences, enjoy people and conversations, be flexible, and be of sound mind and body. Daily group events are scheduled with a small amount of time to explore on your own. Travelers are encouraged to arrive early or extend their stay for independent exploration in Scotland and surrounding countries.
Due to the nature of the places we’ll be visiting and mode of transportation, you must pack light, be able to climb up to 3 flights of stairs with your small suitcase, walk on uneven ground and up & down hills, sit on bus for up to 3 hours at a time, endure a damp climate, be prepared for winding roads and open water ferry travel. No smoking is allowed in our lodgings, in vehicles, and in all the public venues in Scotland.
Your Leader
Nadine Sanders is an experienced tour organizer and traveler. She spent the summer of ‘97 in the British Isles researching the links between traditional and contemporary fiber art and music. She has been planning and organizing these eclectic tours since 2007. Each trip includes the best of previous places and people and some new venues and opportunities. Nadine looks forward to showing you what she loves about Scotland!
Register
Request the registration form, terms & conditions by contacting Nadine at:
shoestringlady@gmail.com
Mobile:360.740.0914
www.facebook.com/SingingWeaver
Includes:
- 13 days: Trip begins and ends in Glasgow
- Glasgow, Edinburgh, The Borders, Dundee, Aberdeenshire, Inverness, Orkney Islands, Aviemore, Stirling
- 11 travelers maximum traveling in two vans with 5-star driver/guides
- All breakfasts and half of your lunches and dinners including tips
- 13 nights at 3- and 4-star BnBs and small hotels
- 3 pre-trip letters to help you prepare
- Many educational, entertaining & pertinent pre-trip Scotland Nugget e-blasts about all things Scottish
- A tour handbook
- Daily orientation talks, fiddle tunes, stories, poems, songs, and educational lectures
- Crofts, sheep, lambs, sheepdogs, hairy coos
- Local guides, experts and characters
- Stirling Castle with Unicorn Tapestries
- Charles Renne MacKintosh venues
- Weaving, felting, jewelry, knitting, textile artist studios
- Shop for local fiber
- 1 day straw plaiting workshop with Elaine Lindsey
- Free day in Edinburgh
- Paisley Museum, Sma Shot Cottages, New Lanark World Heritage Site, Lochcarron Mill, Jute Mill Museum, Discovery Point Museum, V&A Dundee Design Museum,
- Skara Brae, WWII Italian Chapel, distillery tour, farm museum, standing stones
- Culloden Battlefield & Visitor Centre, the Cairngorms, the Kelpies
- 1 concert and pub music sessions
- Beaches, bridges, birds, blooms, ferries, glens, lighthouses, lochs, mountains, oceans, rivers, rocks, trails, waterfalls