Ahh, Tayside and Fife.
Home to some of the nation’s finest tourism hotspots.
From the fantastic fairways of St Andrews, to the sweeping majesty of the Angus Glens, Courier Country has it all.
And for many millions the most iconic sight in Scotland is the Swilcan Bridge on the world famous Old Course.
It’s simple beauty, it’s huge significance, the famous shoes that have clattered across it…
Such an evocative sight.
And yet, at the end of the day, “just a small stone bridge”.
Or so one TripAdvisor reviewer thought.
Hey-ho. What about the Angus Glens then?
Nothing small or insignificant about them surely?
There are few finer sights than the rolling hills and babbling brooks of the Glens.
Or perhaps the landscape “could be better”.
Harrumph.
In Saturday’s Courier we run the rule over some of the most astonishing reviews on TripAdivsor.
So perhaps Scotland is made, not by the beauty of its environs, but by the quality of its products. Chief among them, surely, the bagpipes.
But what’s this?
Could the very future of the pipes be under threat?
Could the chanter be forever silenced?
Heaven forfend.
We find out more.
Meanwhile, Bob Servant’s creator has some new scripts. And they are causing a big stir. In LA.
Wowser.
Don’t miss Saturday’s Courier for full mind-blowing details.
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