Enjoyed a wee The Macallan dram last night while hearing all about the brilliant The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA fundraising work for National Trust for Scotland 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (Plus it’s always lovely to catch up with fellow Scots in NYC!) #ForTheLoveOfScotland

What a brilliant day marching up 6th Ave in the NYCTartanWeek parade with Isle of Harris Distillery! #mytartanday #nyctartanweek

My latest story for Scottish Islands Explorer magazine is all about this glorious beach in the Visit Outer Hebrides (and how it made me nostalgic for the childhood adventures I had in Uig back in the day!)

For anyone with a connection to Lewis, this is well worth a watch 👀

(I've written before about why I don't believe large-scale wind farms run by multinational companies are the best option for small rural communities, & watching this has only reinforced my views...!)

Said “Tìoraidh an-dràsta” (Cheerio for now) to Point this morning 👋🏻💙

#OuterHebrides #IsleOfLewis #ScotlandIsNow

It’s been wild and wet since I arrived in Lewis last week – but the rain stopped just long enough for a wintry walk this afternoon! #OuterHebrides #ScotlandIsNow

Glorious views from the plane window as we landed in Stornoway yesterday afternoon ❄️ #OuterHebrides #ScotlandIsNow

Having just come back from two weeks in Taiwan, it’s been really
interesting to listen to these stories on All Things Considered 🇹🇼

Catching the end of the #AlbaCeilidh on the morning of January 1st after ringing in the bells with fireworks at Taipei 101 last night 💥 Bliadhna Mhath Ùr / Happy New Year from Taiwan!

Can’t wait to read this new novel by Donald S Murray! 📚

Congratulations to everyone at We love Stornoway for making the #HIPBMA2024 finals for Website of the Year! 🥳

What a song from SKIPINNISH 💙 Have to say it brought a wee tear to my eye!

Absolutely delighted that I’ve been shortlisted for AITO Travel Blogger of the Year 🏆🤩 I can’t make it to the awards party in London tonight (appropriately enough, I’m away on holiday!), but I’m sure it’ll be a great night. Good luck to everyone on the shortlist! ✨

Good luck to everyone at the Travel Media Awards in London tonight 🏆 Unfortunately I can't make it to the celebrations myself, but I'll be following along on social media, of course! #TravelMediaAwards2023

Katie MacLeod article for Scottish Islands Explorer magazine Explorer Magazine is up for an award later this month at Travel Media Awards in the Regional Magazine feature section sponsored by Visit Qatar - the article concerns Hebridean Baker . We are all wishing her luck!

Watching this live online from the USA this morning, but I have to say wish I was in Harris for the big day! Sláinte! 🥃

Enjoying a long weekend in San Diego and being reminded around every corner of what a vast country the US really is 🇺🇸 It feels a world away from NYC!

Here are the finalists in the Regional Publication Feature of the Year category!

Ben Lerwill
catherine turnbull
@domhnall1982
Ian Belcher
Katie MacLeod

The winner will be announced at the Travel Media Awards on the 23 October at The Savoy. Tickets: travelmediaawards.com/awards/en/page…

We just found out that our writer Katie MacLeod is a finalist for the Travel Media Awards for the Table Talk interview with the Hebridean Baker in the Dec 22/Jan 23 issue of SIE in the awards' 'Regional Publication Feature of the Year' category, so well done Katie! Travel Media Awards

Absolutely delighted to be a finalist in the Travel Media Awards Regional Publication Feature category for my interview with the Hebridean Baker in Scottish Islands Explorer magazine! 🤩

#TravelMediaAwards2023 #TravelWriting #OuterHebrides