Tours

The two tours in May and June 2024 were the last Folksong Tours I will be leading. Since 2000, Charles Hunter and I have led over 40 tours to Scotland and we have both agreed it is time for me to retire as a tour guide and for him to focus more on smaller group situations.

It’s been an honor and a treat to have introduced so many people from my adopted home in the US to the music, history and landscape of Scotland. In the process, I’ve learned about and seen so much more of my homeland, which I may have left physically; but never emotionally.

I cannot thank Charles enough for his work, charm and patience over the years, he’s a real pro! Also, special thanks to “regulars” who performed for us, Iain Fraser, Margaret Bennett, Pete Clark, Charlie Milne & George Archibald, Scott Gardiner, Robin Laing, Jim & Susie Malcolm, the George Duff Band et al. They, and all the other singers and musicians we enjoyed over the years make up a veritable who’s who of Scots folk music.

Huge thanks also to all the folks who signed up and came on the tours….for your curiosity, enthusiasm, energy and senses of humor. I now count many of you as good friends and I know our paths will cross again in the future somewhere down the tartan-brick road.

Please enjoy the photographs below and I’ll be adding a lot more after I’ve downloaded them.

A’ the best, Ed