Torros in the Trossachs

I spent 4 days over a long weekend in the company of a group of 12 and 13 year old Spanish children with their teachers. It was my first time working with a company from Peterborough which organises educational tours so it was important to make a good impression. We had 2 half day walking tours and 2 day tours by coach planned. The first walking tour, in the Old Town was conducted in the teeth of a North Easterly wind and sleet, but the kids and their teachers fell in love with Edinburgh anyway.

The snowfalls over the weekend ruled out sticking to the original plans so we had to be flexible and what a time we had! By the last day tour, the principal of the school was saying it was like a family outing. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the Trossachs, covered with snow, breathtaking.

Unforgettable moments? The kids, who had never seen snow up close, having a snowball fight, who had never seen a frozen loch, sliding on one and the Spanish picnic in Callendar in the middle of a Scottish winter. Priceless. For every thing else?................................................Slainthe