For Paula McGuire battling life-long social anxiety has set her on a path of extraordinary adventure and even the sky is no limit!
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UTTS #044 An Insider's Guide to the Highland Military Tattoo
Go behind the scenes of the Highland Military Tattoo with its Director, Major General Seymour Monro.
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The Golspie Inn - photo courtesy Colin Baird, www.cyclingscot.co.uk
UTTS #043 Historic Inns Tour of the Scottish Highlands
The Historic Inns Tour offers an easy to follow route through the Scottish Highlands using four historic Inns as anchor points to see many sights along the way.
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UTTS #042 Female Innkeepers and the Start of the Hospitality Industry, Scottish Highlands and Islands 1790-1840
The period of 1790 to 1840 saw the Scottish Highlands and Islands opened to tourism for the first time. With that came the first vestiges of a hospitality industry that thrives across the region today, and it was largely founded by a group of hearty female innkeepers.
Read MoreUTTS #041 Prickly Thistle: Your Story Woven Into the Fabric of Scotland
Clare Campbell, founder of Prickly Thistle, has a passion for all things Scotland and tartan. It's a passion she hopes to share globally with each bespoke tartan she designs.
Read MoreUTTS #040 Touring Scotland by Bicycle
If ever there was a land sculpted for scenic touring it is Scotland. The question is not what to see, but how best to see it. One man, Colin Baird believes the answer is, the bicycle.
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Kilchurn Castle
UTTS #039 Scottish Castles: The Hunt for History
Scotland is populated with thousands of castles, some completely restored and others mere ruins. David Weinczok is a freelance heritage professional fascinated by the history and heritage to be found among these stone walls. He is known on Social media as The Castle Hunter and he shares some of his vast knowledge about Scotland's castles.
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"The Tartan Witch", a children's book written in English and Scots by Greta Yorke, illustrated by Maggie Bolton
UTTS #038 The Tartan Witch: A Children's Tale in Two Languages
"The Tartan Witch" is a delightful wee cultural children's story told in both English and Scots languages. Author Greta Yorke hopes the book will be adapted by Education Scotland as an official teaching aid for promoting the Scots language as directed by the Scottish government's "Scots Language Policy" of 2015.
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Besides the famous TV show, "Monarch of the Glen," a bit of Scottish history played out at Ardverikie Estate when Queen Victoria considered buying it for the Royal residence in Scotland. If not for Scotland's infamous midges, who sent Victoria packing, Ardverikie might never have become known as "Glenbogle."
UTTS #037 2017: Scotland's Year of History, Heritage, and Archaeology
Each year, Scotland’s national tourism organization, visit Scotland, and the Scottish Government put forth a promotional theme, aimed at driving tourism to and throughout Scotland while featuring specific sectors of Scottish industry, culture, history, etc. For 2017 that theme is "History, Heritage, and Archaeology." #HHA2017
Read MoreUTTS #036 Between Daylight and Hell: Scots Who Stained American History
Numerous volumes have been written extolling the virtues of the Scots and Scots-Irish who helped to shape the United States. Scottish journalist and now author Iain Lundy has taken a different direction, peering into the seedier side of history to uncover a rogue's gallery of Scots who left a stain on American history.
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