Submitted by: Louise Simm

Dear Wild In Scotland,

I went on your 4 day “Highland and Isle of Skye tour”  last week and just wanted to tell you how much of a fantastic time I had.

Your tour was fantastic, and I’ve been on a few similar tours in different countries. The fact that you can go off the beaten track and explore different areas on foot provides you with such a vastly different kind of trip. You don’t get that with many other tours. I went on a one day tour with another tour company after coming back from your tour, and was so disappointed in how crap it was compared to yours. Other companies have very high standards to meet if they want to even scratch the surface compared to the tours that you provide.

The accommodation was also great, and the views you get when you wake up and look out of the window is great. You don’t get that everyday, and  I think it has inspired some of us to want to be able to live like that.

I would love to say that the tour guide Colin was the one who made the trip the most memorable.  He was a really good tour guide, he really knew what he was talking about and made the history much more understandable through his story telling  and was loads of fun! Most of all to me,  he really encourage me and helped me along throughout the tour. I fell over one day  cut my knee and was rather shaken up  and unsteady on my feet. He pulled me through and helped me with the tough areas. He really encouraged me and had someone not done that  I don’t know how much of the walks I would have done (this would have spoilt my trip).  He stayed back and helped me through the tough bits  when I  really wasn’t sure if  I would get there or not. Being on the tour was difficult for me as I was on a special clinically supervised diet;  i.e not eating conventional food  but foodpacks.  It was hard being around others who were eating all the time. Colin was impressed at my courage and determination to carry on and I really appreciated the encouragement he gave me.

When I’ve lost all the weight I need to (there’s a long way to go),  I’ll  be back for a longer tour with you,  and Colin won’t recognise me!

I had one of the best holidays with you  and believe me when I say I am beaming with confidence and cant stop going on about my holiday.

Thanks

Louise Simm