Traveling with Clan Irwin
LET’S GO TO SCOTLAND – MAY 2025
Clan Irwin Association has a proud history of sponsoring trips to Scotland for members and friends. Our most recent trip was in celebration of Drum Castle’s 700th anniversary in 2023. If you are a member of the Association, you have read the reports from some of those in the tour group, published in The Holly Leaf Chronicle.
Our next tour will begin May 23, 2025 when you arrive in Glasgow, Scotland. The full itinerary is shown in a document that has been shared with those who previously expressed interest and will be sent to all members and posted on Facebook in the coming days. As with any tour, the itinerary is subject to change based upon the number in the tour group, and additional, smaller items of interest. No matter how many in the group, the tour will go on! The last day of the tour is June 2 with a farewell dinner that evening.
With increasing costs, tour prices have been negotiated with hotels and vendors. For an adult sharing a room, the cost is $3,800 per person. If you do not wish to have a room mate, the cost for a single is $5,067. (For a roommate, contact Mary Erwin.) Down payments are due now to guarantee your spot on the tour, and an installment plan has been offered by the tour operator. Final payment must be received by February 20, 2025.
Please use the form below to register for the trip (if you are not already registered). For questions, please email [email protected].
Potential Itinerary - Scotland 2025
1. Arrive at Glasgow International Airport. 2. Afternoon sightseeing in Glasgow area. 3. Welcome dinner.
1. Visit Irvine, Scotland. 2. Visit Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. 3. Visit Culzean Castle. 4. Arrive at Cairndale Hotel, Dumfries.
1. Lay wreath at Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial, Lockerbie. 2. Visit Kirkconnell Kirk. 3. Lunch and tours at Bonshaw Tower, Kirtlebridge. 4. Stop at Caerlaverock Castle. 5. Drive along Nith Estuary.
1. Visit Kirkcudbright, the artists’ town. 2. Threave Gardens at Castle Douglas (a town). 3. In Dumfries visit Robert Burns sites: House, farm, & mausoleum.
1. Depart Dumfries headed for Edinburgh. 2. Stop at Abbotsford House (Sir Walter Scott’s home). 2. Melrose and Melrose Abbey . 3. Rosslyn Chapel. 4. Evening free in Edinburgh. Dinner on your own.
1. Free Day in Edinburgh. 2. Optional/alternate tour or relax. 3. Depart Edinburgh for Dunblane. 4. Stops at The Kelpies and Falkirk Wheel.
Visit sites in Stirling area: 1. Stirling Castle 2. Wallace Monument 3. Bannockburn Battle site. 4. Surprise in the afternoon.
1. Head toward Drum Castle 2. Stop in Perth to see Stone of Destiny / Stone of Scone in its new home. 3. Arrive at Drum in time for lunch in cafe on your own. 4. Tours of castle, gardens, and chapel in the afternoon. Walk in the Old Oak…
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1. Lunch at Kingcausie House. 2. Explore gardens, labyrinth, and old laundry house converted to chapel. 3. Formal dinner with invited guests this evening at hotel.
1. Depart for Dunnattar Castle at Stonehaven. 2. Stop at Arbroath Abbey to view Declaration of Arbroath. 3. St. Andrews stop. 4. Return to Glasgow.
1. Free day in Glasgow with Hop On-Hop Off tickets. 2. Farewell dinner this evening.
