A Journey Through 18th Century Scotland

This is the sequel and follow-on from our hugely popular Virtual Tour of 1740’s Scotland. Join us as we take you on a further whirlwind journey to a new set of historic locations around Scotland. Starting in the West Highlands, we’ll transport you across the length of Scotland to the East Coast, taking in several locations en-route. Then we’ll begin the journey south through the Lowlands, ending up in 18th century Edinburgh itself.

Over 20 new locations feature in this Virtual Tour, which include a handful of Outlander-related filming locations. We have chosen locations that we know you’ll love; all of them are steeped in history, which we’ll share with you as take you there.

A few years ago, we invested in our own copy of a very large historic map which documented the whole of Scotland in the mid-18th Century – every town, every road, every property. It’s an incredible resource and we’ll be sharing some of its secrets with you on this tour.

Diane Nicholson will be hosting A Journey through 18th Century Scotland live from our Culloden home. She will show you how each location was documented on our map of 18th century Scotland, and then using a combination of videos and photos, she’ll take you to those places now as she compares current to old. You’ll see how much, or in many cases, how little these places have actually changed over the last 3 centuries…

This Virtual Tour is extremely visual, packed full of Scottish history and includes a visit to:

• Thirteen mightily impressive Castles, some of which are well known and loved, and others that will leave you wanting to visit them. We’ll even take you on a tour through the inside of some of them.
• A spectacular historic seaside town harbour, which will take you back to the 16th century.
• A Chapel dating all the way back to the 13th century with a very special story to tell.
• A Standing Stone, well over a thousand years old, which was so tall and impressive it was documented as an individual entry on the 18th-century map.
• We finish this tour with an 18th-century visit to the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, when we take you to several more historic locations. Starting from inside Edinburgh Castle, we move down the Royal Mile and finish up at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

If you love Scottish castles, Scottish history and historic maps, then this tour is for you.

Please note this Virtual Tour was created specifically for those who are unable to visit Scotland this year, so booking is only open to those based outside of the United Kingdom, as places are limited.

Your tour guide for this tour is Diane Nicholson. Diane is passionate about Scotland, her history and the people who lived here, especially in the 18th century. Using lots of photographs taken by Andrew, plus other imagery and video and a very special 18th century map, Diane takes you back in time. She paints a picture of what Scotland was like back then compared to now; you get to see and feel both. Many people have commented that “it is like being there”.

You can read more about Diane on our About Us page. You can also read more about Diane, her love of Scotland and her past-life memories here on our other website www.outlanderpastlives.com. Look at the sub-menu options under the main menu ‘Information about past lives’.

We now have a recorded version of this tour which is available to rent here on our video-on-demand (VoD) channel; please note the the rental is available for 24 hours from time of purchase. So you can watch it at a time that suits you, you can pause, rewind and repeat it, but please do not buy until you are ready to watch.

This live tour takes place at 16:00 which is 4pm UK time. This will be different times in your local time zone.

• For example, the USA can be 3 to 8 hours behind UK time, so the tour will start somewhere between 8am and 1pm local time in the USA.
• Whereas, Australia is between 8 and 10 hours ahead of UK time, so the tour will start somewhere between Midnight and 2am local time.

You can use the following link to view a Time Zone Map of the world, to get an idea of how your local time zone different from the UK.

The tour itself lasts 2 hours and is followed with questions and open discussion with both Andy and Di, so please allow up to 2.5 hours. It is held in a private Zoom meeting which is hosted live.

The price of ‘A Journey Through 18th Century Scotland Virtual Tour’ is £15 GBP (British Pounds Sterling).

The payment is made in £ GBP but your card will convert this into your local currency based on the exchange rate at the time you buy.

£15 GBP is approximately $20 USD, $25 CAD, $26 AUD, $28 NZD or €16

Please note this Virtual Tour was created specifically for those who are unable to visit Scotland this year, so booking is only open to those based outside of the United Kingdom, as places are limited.

Full instructions and assistance are provided Here: FAQs, Guidance and Terms & Conditions for our scheduled live Virtual Tours on Zoom. You will require ALL OF THIS INFORMATION to attend this tour, including: confirming your time zone difference, how access to Zoom works, how and when you’ll receive your link to access the tour and the essential part you’ll play in actually being there. Admission to the Virtual Tour will close once the tour officially begins, and tickets are non-refundable or transferable, so please don’t skip reading our guidelines as you may miss the tour if you do.

In summary:

BOOK USING THE CALENDAR BELOW. Click on the date that you want (green square, if it is red it is sold out). Then click on the time you want. Then choose the number of places. Then click BOOK NOW and enter your name, e-mail address, the country you live in and your payment details.

Payments are taken securely via Stripe, our secure payment gateway. You can choose to save your payment details which speed up any future purchases, however, we don’t get to see your credit card details. They are stored securely and hidden from being able to be seen.

You can pay by card using a Visa, Mastercard or American Express. Unfortunately, you cannot use other cards such as JCB, Discover or Diners Club for international purchases.

This live virtual tour is delivered via a private Zoom meeting. You do not need a Zoom account, but it is best to set one up and to use the Zoom app on your computer or smart device (phone or tablet).

For the best results use a large screen, so a computer or cast to a smart TV. It is also best to use a wired connection unless you are sure your wifi is sufficient to stream high-quality video.

This tour takes place at 4pm (16:00) UK/Scottish Time (the UK is all one time zone, also known as GMT or Greenwich Mean Time).

Note: You may see the time shown as UTC (aka Coordinated Universal Time) e.g. on Facebook events; this is a standard worldwide time. UK time is the same as UTC in the winter, but is UTC+1 in summertime (when the clocks have been put forward one hour). To be sure what time this event starts in your local time zone you are best to use the link below in the next section.

This tour next takes place on Sunday 20th February, both at 4.00pm UK/SCOTTISH time.

Please use the following link and add your local time zone or add the nearest major city to you that is in the same time zone to find your local time that this tour starts: Time Zone Converter – Time Difference Calculator

If the timing of the live tour doesn’t suit you – we now have a recorded version of this tour which is available to rent here on our video-on-demand (VoD) channel; please note the the rental is available for 24 hours from time of purchase. So you can watch it at a time that suits you, you can pause, rewind and repeat it, but please do not buy until you are ready to watch.