Alan Laidlaw - Getting ready for the Royal Highland Show! 

What a passionate chap. Nice to hear a CEO has worked on the ground and rolled their sleeves up. Great podcast. Charities can't run properly without a good chief but a hell of a lot of great volunteers & everyone in between. I'm sure the show will be smashing. Hope one day to come up north north and visit 👏🌾🐄🐑🤩

First, Iona! You're a star! Awesome job on the intro and closing remarks. So proud of you 😊. Cammy, as always it was a joy watching you engage and keep the conversation flowing. Your respectful interaction with the variety of guests is amazing. Great job mentoring Iona, giving her confidence to take part in the discussion now. Alan was a great guest, and it was fascinating to hear about the behind the scenes planning, organizing and commitment that it takes to run this great event. I hope you all have a wonderful time over the days of the show. ❤

Really enjoyed listening to this, great to hear how the Highland has developed , the logistics behind the show and above all to find out that in challenging times that surplus income no matter how little can go on to sustain ,develop and create a agricultural legacy that we should all be proud of. Well done team.

Far less nervous doing the lone intro/outro piece now. Well done!

Excellent. More like a seminar than a chat. Very clever man.

So impressed with everything Alan said about everything at RHS! From toilet stories to loading out on Sunday night. ❤

Superb interview, Alan is such a great communicator, would love to hear the jokes that Cammy told during his speech

Iona and Cammy - what a great soft learning podcast! I’m in the middle of the Australian outback in The Northern Territory and I love hearing about the behind the scenes of business and events. Every time I see a big crowd I wonder how the hell you handle the toilet situation 🚽⁉️

Brilliant interview!! I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and all my ancestors came from Scotland. I am obsessed with all things Scottish, especially single Malt. 😊 I follow Dalscone and Cannon Hall farms and Hall Hill farm as well. They are excited about the Highland Show and that excitement is catchy, even all the way across the pond! I hope that one day, I will make the trip to Scotland to really see and absorb all your wonderful offerings❤. Love your podcasts. I could listen to you guys talk all day long.

I have watched every podcast. This was absolutely the best. Knowledgeable about his industry, well spoken, reasonable, willing to explain and offer insight. My hats off to RHS, good on you for hiring this man. Great work Cammy and Iona. L, Florida

Great insight into what goes into running the Royal Highland show 👍

What a brilliant in depth pod cast that was. Really enjoyed it well done team 😀

So fabulous as a retired dairy farmer enjoying this look into Scottish farming and as a nurse COVID casts a big shadow so that was interesting to listen to the other side of virus isolation

Great podcast, amazing insight into what goes on behind the scenes, the cost and what needs to be done for public safety. He's a good story teller and very experienced in what he does, a real pleasure.

Great podcast very informative bout the RHS ..... enjoyed it!

Brilliant............again.

Congratulations Cammy and Iona on hitting 10k subs! 🎉

Brilliant Podcast found it very informative and interesting. Great guest loved hearing about the work that goes on begins the scenes and how well it’s managed.

What a great interview! How I wish I could be there at the Highland show, myself. I'm a bit to far away on the west coast of Canada but if I ever get the chance, I'll go.

Brilliant idea having church on Sunday and a chaplain for the whole show - recognizing the psychological needs of folks, not just the physical aspects of farming.

Another great, informative podcast. Great job. And Iona nailing the intro and outro👏👏👏

Great podcast again. Really interesting to hear the background & puts into perspective the entry price. We had another lovely time at the show today so thank you from a non agri family. Iona & her team were doing all the work while Cammy was wowing all the customers 😆. Doubt you'll have a voice left by Sunday night!

Very interesting podcast ,anyone who has a gripe about the show would do well to see this and would soon change their opinion ,looking forward to my first visit to show since pre covid on Thursday

It is the greatest show on earth! Is the best way to sum it up!

I’m very impressed with this helpful and very informative information about the RHS. I had never heard of this place and I am delighted! Thank you to Dalscone Farm for introducing this to me. I learn something EVERY time they release a video!

The Highland Show will always bring the kid out in me. Such a great long weekend. Meeting friends and family.

What a fascinating insight to the making of the Rhs. Where did that hour go?, I'd have happily listened for another hour (or 2!)😁

Hope you both have an absolutely FABULOUS time, Iona and Cammy xx

Wishing you all a Successful and Safe Royal Highlands Show Looks like you’re going to have lovely weather too Hugs

Y'all should talk to the people who organized the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo(if you haven'talready). They get huge crowds of people and the logistics must be hell for them also. You might be able to get some ideas from them and they might be able to get some ideas from you. It's great to share with other shows. I wish I lived in Scotland cuz I'd go just to watch everything! It sounds exciting from a City Girl living in Houston, Texas

Watching Cammy flounder over his statement on Scotchsheep….. Hilarious!!

Really interesting as an American to learn about this show. I grew up going to and participating in the Iowa State Fair, arguably the largest in the country, and I absolutely love events like this. I'm putting going to Scotland the 3rd week of June so I can go to the highland show on my bucket list. Btw, what is the kissing event thing y'all were talking about?

Alan is ADORABLE! So my type 😉 And so incredibly smart and thoughtful Love the accent I could listen to him all day It was so funny when he caught you out, Cammy and then we saw the Video to prove what you said Pretty sure I saw you blush, Cammy 😁 I really enjoy these in depth interviews Learning so much about Farming and also Scotland Hugs

The podcasts are so interesting!!! I love the learning!

This was a great pod cast. A a youngster we went to the Calgary Stampede and the Stock show was what it was about for us. If we had time after we were done after days of stock show, farrier competition all that we were given enough money to get the midway. We were smart with our money, we hit the food stands and one ride 🤣. Then we hit the bus to get far enough out to make it easy enough for our parents to pick us up. Now the LRT drops you off and you can walk right into the grounds. And you’re so right, the air sizzles the minute you pay your admission.

At £99 for a couple with a car, I think that’s a good way to manage overcrowding? The only people I know that’s going to the show have free tickets.

Another great podcast…..wish I did nt work at weekends ..the R.H.S. Sounds like a great time out

GREAT SHOW!!!!

Is anyone here going to the great Yorkshire show in July

Been lovely the last couple podcasts having people who don’t have that terrible Ayrshire accent! 😂😉

Is kiss party like tailgating?

Has Alan and the Trustees considered Composting Toilets? Also known as Dry Toilets They probably won’t appeal to the older generations but it is worth giving them a go and publicising their Environmental Benefits in advance and see if the younger people attending the Event take to them I am Gen Z and I would In fact I have many times while attending outside events with a Green theme As well as Camp sites that were redesigned for a low environmental impact It was a bit of a culture shock to begin with but I soon adjusted to them Absolutely no smell too! Just saying Hugs