Western Isles Tour Guide Association have been planning new tours as part of the group’s Sustainable Tourism Policy. The new tour in the Point district will commence with a visit to the Ui Church Eaglais na h-Aoidh. The 14th Century building is unique in that …
Paul Donnelly, Barra
My name is Paul Donnelly and I have lived on the Isle of Vatersay for almost thirty years teaching Biology/Science at Castlebay Community School. I have a BSc in Agricultural Botany from Glasgow University and a PhD in Plant Ecology from Sheffield University. I am …
STGA Green Badge Assessment
The Scottish Tourist Guides Association assessors came to Stornoway to assess nine guides for Green Badge Accreditation. The ‘Western Isles Green Badge’ is a NEW regional tourist guide qualification. The guides pictured by the ferry terminal were captured by Brian and Sergio representing STGA.
Autumn Training Stornoway Town Walk
The Lews Castle and fishing nets frame this moment captured by Magz Macleod of Impact Imagz on a beautiful autumn afternoon. Outer Hebrides Tourist Guides training hard for next year’s busy season posed for a moment on the Stornoway Town Walk information session.
Iain Gillies
Very experienced tour guide, working mainly with cruise ship passengers, but also with coach tours, across the islands of Lewis and Harris. Born and raised in Ness in the north of the Isle of Lewis, I am a native Gaelic speaker, and have lived and …
Iain McHardy
Hi I’m Ian McHardy and I am a professional Archaeologist. I have worked in mainland Scotland, Ireland, Africa and and Aotearoa/ New Zealand as well as here in Lewis since 2000. During this time I have been involved in many interesting and diverse projects; including …
Janis Brand
My name is Janis Brand and I am a Green Badge Guide, guiding on the Isle of Lewis since 2015. I worked as a high school teacher of French and Spanish in Stornoway for 24 years after teaching English in Peru for seven years. At …
Ceit Crawford
My family background is from Callanish and Dun Carloway, both sides being Macleans. In respect of Callanish, this goes back some three hundred years with many cousins still in Callanish. When Callanish village was moved and the Druidical stones cleared of peat, my Great Great …
James Crawford
I have been involved in ethnological research and work in the island for some fifty years, leading to many restorations of the traditional buildings, Blackhouses, Bothan (Beehive houses), Norse Mills, and the Iron Age House at Bosta. Also, I was involved at an early stage …
Esther Jamieson
I began guiding for Lewis and Harris tours from cruise liners calling into Stornoway in 2003, initially for German passengers, because I am Swiss as well as Scots, and therefore bilingual German/English, with a little French, Italian and Dutch thrown in ? I had good …