Local Guides Mike and Joe lead a walking tour of the Lawnmarket in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Learn about the living conditions back in the 17th century as well as social improver and town planner, Patrick Geddes.
I was in Edinburgh in 2018 and 2019. 2018 was a round trip through Scotland. I fell in love with Scotland then and have been ever since. But I couldnt walk even a mile with my healing foot now. So I am more than grateful that you take me on these tours. I am going to watch everyone of them since I admire your background knowledge and the stories being told about those lovely old places. They bring the times gone by back to life.
Thank you Joe and Mike this video is fantastic.. particularly because the info you supplied about the sculpture heads (the architect) was an apartment I stayed in when I last visited Edinburgh… I have so much love for Scotland and the Scottish people and I can’t wait to get back as soon as possible for a visit.. hello to you all the way from Melbourne, Australia…
What a wonderful and productive 44 minutes. Loved every bit of it. I have been staying in the city for the last few years and visited all these places and today they became really meaningful. Subscribed straight away.
I have lived in Edinburgh for 45 years, though most of that was spent in the Merchant Navy, these videos are GREAT! Learned a lot to tell my Spanish friends, thank you very much!
I would go to English language school located on The Royal Mile. I wanted to go further study for Edinburgh university and get involved in the tourism industry like you doing now. Unfortunately it didn't come true with my health condition. Now I"m qualified to be a tour guide for foreign tourists in Japan. I'm learning how to guide from you. Your technique is authentic. I'm so glad to know about the origin of the loo😂
Hello Joe and Mike! I am from Hong Kong. Thank you for sharing so much interesting information about Scotland. It gives me a strong desire to visit this beautiful place without hesitation. I will definitely not miss visiting all the Close that you guys have mentioned.
Hi Simon, Glad you are enjoying our tours. Remember you can join us live on Facebook on Piping SCOT Tours every Monday 3:00pm our time. Let us know when you come to Scotland. We can maybe organise a personal tours for you. All the best, Mike and Joe.
Thank you Uni. Glad you enjoyed our virtual tour and thanks for commenting. Hope you will subscribe to our channel. We love what we do. Best regards from Edinburgh. Joe and Mike
Fionnah Saunders, excellent tour of auld reekie, I spent some years at the old Edinburgh Royal Infrmary and often explored the those places.Wished I had stayed for longer ..... Please do a tour of its medical and veterinary areas too.Greetings from Zimbabwe .
Thank you Fiona. Great to know you enjoyed our tour. We continue to look to new areas to cover and thanks for your suggestions. We will definitely take these on board. All the best, Mike and Joe.
Doing the live tours without a script we often make the occasional “fluff”. Yes “kirk”or church has a Scandinavian origin. All the best and thanks for watching.
I have read that Lawnmarket is called like this because of Land market which took place here - people sell products from the land - milk, butter, etc. as well as cloth, linen and yarn. Never heard of drying stuff here. From where water was taken in those times? Which version is correct?
Absolutely brilliant. Loved this a lot. Just one critique, please try and hold the camera more steady when possible. Quite hard to watch at times. Cheers!
Thank you. We must have a closer look next time. Maybe you would like to subscribe to our RU-vid channel to see more of our tours. Enjoy. Joe and Mike 🙂🙂
Yes we certainly do in-person tours. You can find Mike on pipingscottours.com Or message directly on piping.scot.tours@gmail.com I will post Joe’s details in a separate message
During the 17c my ggggparents lived in Edinburgh. I had their address and wanted to see what it looked like. Sadly it had been knocked down during the building of Edinburgh University, more than likely as an add on to the University, which is very old anyway. The area was called Mahogany Land. I was very happy that it was the Student Union building. With all the other addresses I had the buildings were still remaining. I was born in a little village just outside Edinburgh. Funny he should mention ER11, if you look at the verses of 'God save the Queen' the 7th verse is all about 'slaughtering all Scot's'. No wonder the Scottish don't like her. Hypocritical of her to spend her holidays there.