English Language Holiday Calendar
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English Language Holidays Exploring Scotland
Every season in Scotland has its own kind of beauty. Sincerely, we love it year-round.
Because our main offer is exploring outdoors, we run language-conversation holidays only from April to October. (If you would like to visit outside this season, contact us.)
In all of our holidays, you are not walking into a pre-written course; we build around your interests and language goals.
→ We also design around Responsible Tourism Goals and share what’s remarkable in Scotland during the week(s) you visit.
This page is to share with you time-specific events you may wish to build your holidays around.
We’ll also highlight what makes it a great time of year to visit.
We have LOADS of cultural and wellbeing activities we do regularly on our English language holidays, from visiting Scottish castles, exploring remote landscapes, visiting galleries and museums, taking a woodland sauna, a yoga class, or a journalling workshop.
The places we visit, and the experiences we have there, are like leaves on the branches.
→ See The Places at the Heart of Our English Language Holiday in Scotland
→ Learn How the Space Between Activities Matters Too
About Our English Language Holiday Schedule
This page is about the festivals, themed weeks and events that our language school shares.
Think of this page as the trunk of the tree – the framework for your immersion holiday.
You can learn more about the structure of the ‘tree’ here:
2027
English Coaching Holiday in Scotland for Adults Aged 60+
Explore Scotland, use your English in real situations, and share the experience with a small group of people of a similar age.
Holiday at a Glance
Experience English through exploring Scotland, meeting people, cultural and creative experiences, food, nature and conversation — with expert language support woven throughout the week.
You should be comfortable walking up to approximately 5km in a day. With a maximum of three guests, the week can respond to the people taking part.
2027 dates:
23 April — one or two weeks
30 April — one week
Choose one week or stay for two consecutive weeks.
These dedicated dates are for travellers who prefer to experience an Experience English holiday with people of a similar age.
More about this holiday:
Experience English Holiday in Scotland
Our signature English coaching holiday — for adults who already have English and want to enjoy using it more.
Holiday at a Glance
Experience English combines English coaching with conversation, culture, community and time exploring Scotland.
With a maximum of three guests, each week is carefully planned around the people coming, the season and what is happening locally. We choose experiences for their cultural interest and the language encounters they can create, while leaving room for one thing to lead naturally to another.
You’ll use English throughout your days — talking, listening, asking questions, meeting people, sharing meals and exploring places together — with coaching and support woven into the experience when useful.
The aim is not to pack your week with activities, but to find the experiences that genuinely engage you. When something matters to you, there is suddenly much more to notice, think about, ask and say.
Good food, thoughtful planning, time to rest and the comfortable Blue Noun Hub in Crieff are all part of the experience. We take care of the week — and your English — so you can concentrate on taking part.
Maximum group size: 3 guests.
Dates:
April:
2 (1 or 2 weeks),
9 (1 or 2 weeks),
16 (1 week)
We plan your holiday. All you need to do is get here.
→ Experience English in Scotland Holiday
Further Information
Let’s Talk!
All holidays begin with a Zoom chat.
April in Scotland
It can mean temperamental weather, but the unfurling of spring is magical. This month is perfect for warming up at our local woodland sauna. You get the landscapes to yourself as there are few tourists. It’s also the perfect time to enjoy places like the Trossachs or the West coast, as the midges are still dormant.
English Coaching Holiday in Scotland for Adults Aged 60+
Explore Scotland, use your English in real situations, and share the experience with a small group of people of a similar age.
Holiday at a Glance
Experience English through exploring Scotland, meeting people, cultural and creative experiences, food, nature and conversation — with expert language support woven throughout the week.
You should be comfortable walking up to approximately 5km in a day. With a maximum of three guests, the week can respond to the people taking part.
2027 dates:
30 April — one week
14 May — one or two weeks
Choose one week or stay for two consecutive weeks.
These dedicated dates are for travellers who prefer to experience an Experience English holiday with people of a similar age.
More about this holiday:
Let’s Talk!
All holidays begin with a Zoom chat.
Local Walking Festival + English Coaching Workshop
A small-scale walking holiday in Perthshire combining the Drover’s Tryst Walking Festival with a private, real-world English workshop. The week includes selected festival walks chosen for their quality and local knowledge, alongside dedicated workshop days focused on real conversation and everyday use of English.
Limited to a maximum of three participants. Early booking essential.
Holiday at a Glance
A 10-day English immersion hiking holiday exploring the stories held in Scotland’s landscapes through walking, local people, nature, history, art and music.
Includes three days taking part in the Drovers’ Tryst Walking Festival as a festival-goer, not as an English learner.
Experience English: Stories of the Land — 5–14 May 2027
More about this holiday:
→ Walking in Scotland, English Holiday with Local Hiking Festival
Experience English Holiday in Scotland
Our signature English coaching holiday — for adults who already have English and want to enjoy using it more.
Dates:
May
28 (1 or 2 weeks)
Let’s Talk!
All holidays begin with a Zoom chat.
May in Scotland
May can be glorious, and nature puts on a show. The bluebells in our local woodlands will take your breath away. We’ll forage for wild garlic on the paths around our local distillery, and enjoy cooking with nature’s gift. May is the pre-tourist season; the midges are still dormant. It’s perfection.
Experience English Holiday in Scotland
Our signature English coaching holiday — for adults who already have English and want to enjoy using it more.
Dates:
June
4 (1 or 2 weeks),
11 (1 week)
Let’s Talk!
All holidays begin with a Zoom chat.
Experience English: Amnesty Edition
A gentler English immersion holiday for adults who have English, but don’t feel comfortable using it.
Explore Scotland at a gentler language pace — beautiful places, books, food, music, making things and interesting experiences, with English around you but no pressure to perform.
You don’t need to arrive ready to work on your English. We begin with Scotland, curiosity and time. When you’re ready for more active language support, it’s there.
English Amnesty is for people who want to reconnect with the English they already have — and start building experiences of English that feel good again.
2027 Dates:
18 June — one or two weeks
25 June — one week
June in Scotland
June is a good time for visiting gardens and castles. These places get busy over the summer months, but June is still quiet. The Highland Games calendar has started, so you have the option of enjoying the games on most weekends. The gorse on the hillsides glows bright yellow.
Experience English Holiday in Scotland
Our signature English coaching holiday — for adults who already have English and want to enjoy using it more.
Dates:
July:
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (all 1 or 2 weeks)
Let’s Talk!
All holidays begin with a Zoom chat.
July in Scotland
July is comfortably warm. It’s a great month for outdoor activities, including wild swimming, canoeing camping. You’ll see our retuning swallows building nests in thick castle walls, and our purple thistles flowering. Wildflower meadows will take your breath away.
Experience English Holiday in Scotland
Our signature English coaching holiday — for adults who already have English and want to enjoy using it more.
Dates:
August:
6, 13, 20 (1 or 2 weeks),
27 (1 week)
→ Experience English in Scotland Holiday
Let’s Talk!
All holidays begin with a Zoom chat.
Experience English: Amnesty Edition
A gentler English immersion holiday for adults who have English, but don’t feel comfortable using it.
2027 Dates:
27 August — one or two weeks
August — Family English Holidays in Scotland
For parents who don’t want to choose between giving English serious attention and spending their holiday with their children.
Bring the Squirrels is our small-scale family version of Experience English: explore Scotland, get outdoors, make things, play and have adventures together — with English woven naturally through your family holiday.
Holiday at a Glance
One or two weeks | August & September | Very limited availability
During August and September, Blue Noun can either welcome a family or run our other Experience English holidays — we don’t do both at the same time. Once a week is booked for another holiday, it is no longer available for a family booking.
We only have space for 2–3 family holidays each year, so please enquire early if you have particular summer dates in mind.
Choose the arrangement that suits your family:
- Private Family Week — £5,750 per week
For two adults + child/children, or one adult + one or two children. Blue Noun is entirely yours for the week, including your own private two-bedroom apartment in Crieff. - Shared Family Week — £2,950 per week
For one adult + one child aged 11+, including your own local homestay accommodation. Created particularly to make our family holidays more accessible to solo parents. Your holiday goes ahead whether or not another family joins; if another suitable one-adult + child family books, you share the family adventures while keeping separate accommodation.
For families with younger children, I particularly recommend two weeks. It gives everyone time to settle in and leaves more room for English, adventures and ordinary family downtime.
Shared Family Week available on two start dates only: 27 August and 3 September. Places are very limited, so please enquire early.
Edinburgh Festival Family Edition | August 2027
Experience Edinburgh at its most magical, then come home to the rivers, woods and breathing space of Perthshire. This private family English holiday combines independent Festival days filled with theatre, art, comedy and street performance with slower family adventures and personalised English coaching around Crieff. Start dates: 6, 13 & 20 August 2027
Bring the Squirrels | Solo Parent Option
A special Bring the Squirrels English holiday for one adult + one child aged 11+, created especially with parents travelling alone in mind. Available for one or two weeks, starting 27 August and/or 3 September 2027.
August in Scotland
Avoid the heat of your homeland in August in Scotland. It’s a season of light evenings that let you be as comfortable outdoors as inside. It’s the month that towns organise family festivals and activities that we can share with you. Or we can take you deep into the hills, far from the tourists.
Our family holidays include days at the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
September — Family English Holidays in Scotland
See above
Available all September
Shared Family Week available on two start dates only: 27 August and 3 September. Places are very limited, so please enquire early.
We only have space for 2–3 family holidays each year, so please enquire early if you have particular summer dates in mind.
→ Explore Family English Holidays
Bring the Squirrels | Solo Parent Option
A special Bring the Squirrels English holiday for one adult + one child aged 11+, created especially with parents travelling alone in mind. Available for one or two weeks, starting 27 August and/or 3 September 2027.
Experience English: Amnesty Edition
A gentler English immersion holiday for adults who have English, but don’t feel comfortable using it.
2027 Dates:
3 September — one week
September — Sketch Scotland | Art + English Workshop Holiday
Once a year, we turn things around. Instead of using creativity to teach English, art comes first — and English develops alongside it.
Sketch Scotland is a tiny maximum-three-person group where making gets to take over. Draw, paint, experiment with materials and techniques, work with artists and specialist workshop leaders, visit studios and exhibitions, follow ideas and give your creative self some serious time.
English is deliberately woven through the experience, with real conversations and plenty of opportunities for one-to-one coaching. No conventional English lessons and no professional art experience required.
Holiday at a Glance
Choose one week for a rich introduction to materials, techniques and creative possibilities, or stay for two weeks to develop your own ideas, voice and projects with highly personalised support.
Perfect for art lovers and creative adults who want to make more — and want a completely different way to develop their English.
2027 dates: 3–10 September | 10–17 September | or both weeks, 3–17 September
Maximum 3 guests. Sketch Scotland runs once a year only. Private English holidays adapted around art, drawing and making may also be available at other times of year.
Useful Links:
Experience English: Autumn Moments
Slow down and savour Scotland as the season changes.
Experience English: Autumn Moments is our slow-travel version of an Experience English holiday. We make space for the experiences autumn does particularly well: changing landscapes, wildlife, seasonal food, historic places, traditional crafts, time outdoors and great conversations.
Think canoeing on a calm loch, watching migrating birds, travelling across Loch Katrine by steamboat as the colours change, cooking with autumn produce, or simply stopping somewhere beautiful because it deserves more time.
Your English is part of all of it. Rather than constantly pushing towards the next level, you have time to use, explore and become more comfortable with the English you already have.
Holiday at a Glance
A no-classroom English holiday in Scotland for adults who want to experience autumn at a slower pace while developing their English through real conversations and shared experiences.
2026: 18 September – 30 October
2027: 17 September – 29 October
Join us for one or two weeks within these autumn dates.
Slow Down for Autumn with English Coaching in Scotland
Useful Links:
September in Scotland
September is warm and lovely, but still green and lush. The mountains bring a cool breeze to warm days, hinting at autumn increasingly as the month progresses. Expect long shadows, wild flowers, the thistles fluffy and the hills purple with flowering heather. It’s the best month to see butterflies and to enjoy campfires by a lochside.
Experience English: Autumn Moments
Slow down and savour Scotland as the season changes.
Experience English: Autumn Moments is our slow-travel version of an Experience English holiday. We make space for the experiences autumn does particularly well: changing landscapes, wildlife, seasonal food, historic places, traditional crafts, time outdoors and great conversations.
Think canoeing on a calm loch, watching migrating birds, travelling across Loch Katrine by steamboat as the colours change, cooking with autumn produce, or simply stopping somewhere beautiful because it deserves more time.
Your English is part of all of it. Rather than constantly pushing towards the next level, you have time to use, explore and become more comfortable with the English you already have.
Holiday at a Glance
A no-classroom English holiday in Scotland for adults who want to experience autumn at a slower pace while developing their English through real conversations and shared experiences.
2026: 18 September – 30 October
2027: 17 September – 29 October
Join us for one or two weeks within these autumn dates.
Slow Down for Autumn with English Coaching in Scotland
Experience English: Tastes of Place
Put your English to work inside a real Scottish food & drink festival.
Experience English: Tastes of Place is our specialist programme for food & drink professionals. Focused English training is built around the Crieff Food & Drink Festival, where you take part as an international professional and festival guest — not as an English learner.
Festival workshops, demonstrations, tastings and encounters give you practical experience using English in your professional world. Around them, we develop the specialist language they open up, with further food, drink, craft and community experiences across the 10 days.
Programme at a Glance
A 10-day specialist English immersion experience in Scotland for food & drink professionals who want intensive language development combined with real-world professional experiences.
2026: 9–18 October
Maximum three participants. £2,850 GBP per person, inclusive of the programme, selected festival experiences and local homestay accommodation.
→ Experience English: Tastes of Place
October in Scotland
October can mean temperamental weather, but you can also get lucky enough to sunbathe and wild swim.
As the month progresses, the coolness arrives. It’s a month for enjoying stunning sunsets and clear starry nights that will take your breath away, as well as warming up at our local woodland sauna. It’s a good time to see red squirrels in trees, hear (And see) red deer calling out in the hills and bats in the sky. Pitlochry’s Enchanted Forest, and a steamboat ride through the autumn colours of Loch Katrine are unmissable.
A Few Pointers for Booking
→ We usually run Friday to Friday, but if the dates you have in mind don’t match exactly, please get in touch — we’ll do our best to arrange something around you.
→ Two-week bookings strongly recommended. It’s not for us — it’s for you. Two weeks gives time for the language transformation to happen.
→ We can never promise good weather. Sometimes there are pleasant surprises, like sunbathing in October. We don’t apologise for the weather. Rain makes Scotland green and full of life.
If rain upsets you, this might not be the right holiday for you.
→ Our holidays are not lessons so much as language practice opportunities. They’re for people who already have the basics (no matter how rusty you may feel). Our weeks work by activating your passive knowledge of English — and we don’t see why you can’t have fun in the process.
→ We compensate for mixed levels with extra 1:1 support.
→ Our holidays have just 3 places per week (if you find a match, don’t wait!)
→ Our goal is to be the best investment in your future you can make.
Every holiday begins with a short Zoom call before booking — just to check our way is right for you.
Our mini group Experience English group holidays are £1,950 GBP per person, per week, plus £25 per night homestay host accommodation.
→ All events and transport around Scotland are included in the price.
You can (and should) check out our Frequently Asked Questions and Terms & Conditions for more details.
Holidays for people who love learning,
but don’t want lessons.
What’s Happening at Our Hub?
Now Booking: Family English Holidays 2027
I’ve opened bookings for our 2027 Bring the Squirrels family holidays, including the special Edinburgh Festival Edition in August.
For one or two families each year, I pause my usual Experience English holidays and dedicate Blue Noun to one family. Parents and children spend the week exploring, making, playing, talking and using English together.
I’m especially pleased that we have access to a lovely private two-bedroom apartment with its own garden in Crieff for these weeks. There’s only one apartment, and its availability needs to coincide with mine, so family holidays are best arranged early.
£5,750 per family for up to 2 adults + 2 children, including 7 nights in the apartment.
New holiday | 2026 Experience English: Tastes of Place
This October, we’re offering Tastes of Place for the first time: a 10-day Experience English programme built around the Crieff Food & Drink Festival.
The festival is a joyful, community celebration of food & drink, with events happening across Crieff.
This year’s programme includes everything from an evening inside a traditional Scottish bakery learning about shortbread to a kombucha and fermented foods masterclass, alongside tastings, demonstrations, cooking, local producers and an artisan food & drink market.
Blue Noun at the 2026 Perth & Kinross Economic Summit
I went as the owner of a tiny tourism and education business with some fairly strong opinions about what progress should look like — and about who speaks for our landscape, wildlife, culture and communities when we make those decisions.
I came away encouraged, challenged, and with even stronger opinions.
I’ve written about what I heard, what I said, and what I hope happens next.
→ Blue Noun at the 2026 Perth & Kinross Economic Summit
