Robin McKelvie
@robinmckelvie
Award-winning Scottish travel writer, author & broadcaster. Telegraph, National, Indy, Guardian, Times, CNN, Herald, D Mail, Sun, BBC, i, Wanderlust. 30+ books.
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Read all about smuggling intrigue, boat-fresh seafood & community projects in #Eyemouth today in Best of Scotland Magazine in The Herald & Good News Scotland 🏴 Discover South Scotland - Scotland Starts Here BGTW
Storytellers, Clydesdales, ice cream & glorious giant Kelpies. Lovely 10th birthday celebration DiscoverKelpies. Huge gig tonight. Still tickets available… BGTW Falkirk Leisure and Culture
Lovely family carnival atmosphere DiscoverKelpies for their 10th birthday. All happening here until 1500 then a big gig tonight. What a way to celebrate! 🏴 Falkirk Leisure and Culture BGTW
#FridayMotivation Have you read the latest #belocalscotland blog on Portsoy Community Enterprise with Robin McKelvie
Read about this “a happy, fulfilled & successful community” Portsoy Sail Loft Salmon Bothy Portsoy Portsoy Links ACE Winches Scottish Traditional Boat Festival belocal.scot/stories/portso… #communitytourism
Smugglers, soldiers & seabirds - the Borders Badlands between Scotland & England alive with contradictions, duality & intrigue. Telegraph Travel Discover South Scotland - Scotland Starts Here VisitScotland telegraph.co.uk/travel/destina…
Scotland’s GDP per head is higher than Northern Ireland, Wales and 7 of 9 English regions. This is despite a large proportion of the Extra-Regio revenue of £15.6 billion, predominantly from oil and gas in Scottish waters, not being allocated to Scotland. #YouYesYet #Independence
Big moment. The last of the Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines vessels that spent Covid in Rosyth finally makes its way out to sea. They were my symbol of hope during Lockdown that travel would get going again. Bon voyage!
✍️ 'France’s glittering southern littoral has always fascinated me ever since I backpacked through in awe in the 1990s'
Our travel writer Robin McKelvie explores the glamour of the French riviera in his latest piece for the Sunday National
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Skye's lovely, but we're very chuffed Robin McKelvie picked Eigg and the Visit Small Isles as a 'corker' of an alternative VisitScotland island to visit.