Gavin Hunter

I am a Professional tourist guide, from June 2002, and am qualified to guide in English, French and German. I am also a part-time secondary school teacher, qualified to teach French, German and Geography. My interests are Scottish culture-history, geography, hill walking, Scottish food and drink. After graduating from university in 1980 with a B.Sc. in Geography, I worked offshore in the UK and Norway on oil rigs.

Why not take a cruise on Loch Katrine on the Steamship Sir Walter Scott, renovated for 2008.

In 1985 I left the North Sea to train as a teacher and began teaching Geography in 1986. Since 1990 I have been teaching French and German. For many years I have also been involved in exchanges and twinnings between Gremany, France and Scotland. My home town of Linlithgow and its palace (birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots) is a beautiful place to visit, lying only 30 kilometres from Edinburgh. It is twinned with the French town of Guyancourt, near Versailles. Scotland and France have cultural, commercial and political links going back well over 700 years (including Bordeaux wine imports to the port of Leith in Edinburgh).

Linlithgow is also famous for being the birthplace (in 200 years time) of Chief Engineer Scott from the TV series "Star Trek"!

We are associated with the Pride and Passion Community Challenge being one of the first towns chosen for this accolade in Scotland. We were recently awarded Cittaslow status.

For further details about these, visiting Linlithgow and all it has to offer as a destination and centre for touring follow this link: http://www.linlithgow.com/

Linlithgow Palace.