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14th April 2010 Shetland guide meeting and reccyWe are just back from our guide meeting on Shetland. We used the meeting for exploring the islands. Shetland will be our new destination in our walking programme from next year. We think this is going to be a very good holiday, excellent walks in stunning scenery. Add to it the very interesting geology, lots of archeology and abundance of wildlife. |
The About Argyll team at Hermaness, Unst |
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23rd March 2010 Gold award for About Argyll from Green Tourism Business SchemeAbout Argyll Walking Holidays has recently had the second grading visit since we joined the Green Tourism Business Scheme and this has resulted in a Gold Award for excellent environmental practice and our commitment to reducing the impact of our business on the environment. Our holidays take you into the fragile and sensitive landscape of the Scottish Highlands and Islands where you will certainly see lots of wildlife and wildflowers. The Scottish Highlands and Islands are one of the few places left in Europe where you can find such an abundance of wild places and we must protect these for the future. Therefore, we are committed to a responsible approach by reducing our impact to the area and contributing to its conservation. In our office we aim to be as energy efficient as possible and all the paper we use is recycled, comes from sustainable resources and is chlorine-free. We compensate for the carbon emissions of our minibus by donating a tree for every guided holiday to Trees for Life, which will use it for restoration of the Caledonian Forest that once covered most of the Highlands. We started our business in 1995 because we wanted to share our love of Scotland with you. We have run our business in a sustainable way and we are pleased that our continuous efforts in reducing our impact on the environment has merited a Gold Award under the Green Tourism Business Scheme. |
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12th March 2010 Southwest Highlands & Islands walking tour 8-15 May, now 10% discount |
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This tour explores Mid-Argyll, the heartland of ancient Scotland, and four islands of the Inner Hebrides: Kerrera, Garvellachs, Luing and Islay. We now offer 10% discount on our Southwest Highlands & Islands holiday from 8th till 15th May. The holiday starts from a base in Oban. From here we will visit Glen Coe, walk on the islands of Kerrera and Luing and have a boat trip through the Gulf of Corryvreckan to the uninhabited Garvellachs, Isles of the Sea. We will spend some time on the most southerly island in the group, Eileach an Naoimh or Isle of the Saints, with its 9th century monastery with its 'bee-hive' corbelled stone cells. This is believed to have been originally established in 542AD by Irish Saint Brendan. On our way to Islay, where we will stay the second half of the week, we visit Kilmartin Glen to see the prehistoric and early historic monuments. You will see chambered burial cairns, a stone circle, standing stones and Dunadd, the capital hill-fort of the Scots. Islay is one of the largest of the Hebridean islands. High cliffs, sandy and rocky bays, caves and arches, give great variety to its coasts, in addition to glorious land and seascapes and a wealth of wildlife. Once Islay was the home of the MacDonald ‘Lords of the Isles’. Their powerbase was at Finlaggan. Nowadays Islay is famous for its malt whiskies. This 8-day guided holiday combines exploring the islands, their history, geology and wildlife on foot. Our guide will take up to eight people - into some of the best and most dramatic of the scenery of the west coast of Scotland. Date: 8th - 15th May 2010, week starts and ends in Glasgow. Click here for more information. |
Beehive cell, Eileach nan Naoimh, Garvellachs © Copyright Donald MacDonald and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence |
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25th September 2009 New programme Southwest Highlands & Islands walking tour |
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 Stob Dairg, Buachaille Etive Mor, Glen Coe |
We have made the itinerary of our Southwest Highlands & Islands walking tour even more exciting. On the first day we will drive across Rannoch Moor and through Glen Coe to Oban, our base for the first half of the week. From Oban we will explore Loch Awe, the isles of Kerrara, Luing and the Garvellachs. The only way to get to the inhabited Garvellachs islands is by hired boat. Our route will take us through the Gulf of Corrievreckan, the 3rd largest whirlpool in the world. On Wednesday we will visit the Neolithic monuments Kilmartin Glen before we take the ferry to Islay where we will stay the rest of the week. On Islay we will walk along one of the deserted beaches and we will enjoy the views from the cliffs of the Mull of Oa. A visit to one of the whisky distilleries on Islay is certainly part of the programme.Click here for more information. |
25th September 2009
2010 programme ready 5% early booking discount |
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Our 2010 holiday schedule is now on our website.
It includes our old favourites. Some of the holidays have new walks added to it for an even better experience. During all our holidays you can be assured of carefully selected accommodation and after a day walking we will take you to places to eat that offer good food and a Scottish hospitality. If you book your 2010 walking holiday before the 31st January 2010, you will get 5% early booking discount. |
 Machrie Moor, Isle of Arran |
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26th May 2009 Walk the Cowal Way (self-guided) |
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 Loch Asgog along the Cowal Way |
Rucksack readers has recently launched the new guide book of the Cowal Way, the route that links the Kintyre Way and West Highland Way. The Cowal Way runs for 57 miles (92 km) across the Cowal peninsula, which lies west of Glasgow. The route starts at Portavadie on Loch Fyne and ends at Inveruglas on Loch Lomond. The trail is waymarked and undulating, with rugged terrain and glorious views over Bute and the Firth of Clyde. The area is rich in history and heritage, with wildlife sightings including red squirrel, red deer and golden eagle. We offer the Cowal Way as a self-guided walking holiday. The package includes, guide book, maps, accommodation, (luggage) transport and transfers to/from Glasgow. Click here for more information. |
Wear gaiters during the walksWe advice our clients and anyone who goes walking in Scotland, wearing gaiters all the time. Ticks are abundant on rough ground. Ticks are known to transmit several diseases including Borreliosis (Lyme disease). Gaiters prevent ticks from crawling into your trousers and they prevent that your trousers will get wet from the undergrowth. If you don't use gaiters, tuck your trousers into your socks.For more information about ticks and the risks they impose, download the pdf-leaflet of BADA (Borreliosis and Associated Disease Awareness). |
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