Trials and Tribulations of the Mercat Guide Part I
Top Ten weird and wonderful things that have actually happened on our tours….No really, they...
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I remember Boris Becker winning the Wimbledon men's final, and sulking about not being...
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And so it all begins
We have the International Festival, the Festival Fringe, the Book Festival and...
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A concentrated silence permeated by the smell of strong coffee (and possibly melting brain cells)...
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For May is Whisky month, the month to raise your glass with a slainte mhath, and...
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What does it take to don a cloak and lead a group into our dark and spooky closes, or to bring our...
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We tested our witches by throwing them into the filthy waters of the Nor Loch, before burning them...
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As the resident friendly ghost at Mercat Tours, my life is a whirl of social activities. A haunting...
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