The HSS are organising a tour starting from St Andrews and ending in Edinburgh, taking in Dundee, Aberdeen, Elgin, Perth and Dunfermline.  We shall visit churches, castles and other places of heraldic, architectural and historic interest.

We shall also include a distillery, for how could one visit Speyside, without seeing a distillery?  The tour will last for five days and include four nights.  We shall end at Broomhall, the home of the Earl of Elgin, chief of the name of Bruce.  Here Adam Bruce, Finlaggan Pursuivant, will show us the family treasures and Lord Elgin has offered some hospitality.

A brief outline of the tour is shown below:

Saturday 26th August   St Andrew’s Church, Dundee       Civic Reception in the St Nicholas Room, Aberdeen

King’s College, Aberdeen

Sunday 27th August King’s College,   Aberdeen       St Machar’s Cathedral,   especially the ceiling       Fyvie Castle and   Huntly Castle

Monday 28th August	Tour of Elgin followed by a visit to Elgin Cathedral
	Visit to Glen Grant Distillery
	Visit to Speyside Cooperage
	perhaps a whisky tasting by Gordon & McPhail

Huntly Castle Aberdeenshire

Tuesday 29th August  St Adamnan’s Church Kilmaveonaig, Blair Atholl       St Mary’s Grantully       Dunkeld Cathedral   St Mary’s Grantully   Wednesday 30th August Falkland Palace       Dunfermline Abbey and Palace       Culross Abbey and Palace       Broomhall, home of Lord Elgin, Chief of the Bruces

Approximate cost, subject to confirmation

20–30 people on the tour

£533

31–40 people

£479

Surcharge for single occupancy

£75

HSS Organiser: Alex Maxwell Findlater, eMail: alex@findlater.org.uk

The tour organisers are The Scotland Tours Co Ltd & 1st Events Ltd

30 Canmore Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7NT Scotland, tel +44 1383 727999

www.scotland-tours.com & www.scotlandgolftours.com & www.1st-events.co.uk