Some walks are easy to find and do.
You arrive, follow the route, and leave with a sense of having seen something.
This day is different.
Each day is built around expert-led guided nature walks in Perthshire, as part of the Drovers’ Tryst festival — but shaped into something more complete, where the landscape, your experience of it, and your English all connect.
Places are limited to three people, so the experience remains personal and carefully held throughout the day.
Saturday 16 May & Monday 18 May
All images on this page were taken during a similar expert-led landscape walk, as part of a day I hosted with a guest from Germany.
Days Full of Nature
Each day is built around one of the Drovers’ Tryst walks — a programme that draws people from across Scotland, and beyond.
These are not general-interest walks. They are led by specialists, with a level of knowledge and attention that most people wouldn’t access on their own.
Places are limited, and many of the walks sell out months in advance.
What you’re joining here is not a “nice walk” — it’s a chance to be guided properly through the landscape, by people who know how to read it.
Why Join This Walk With Me
Anyone can book onto a Drovers’ Tryst walk — although these particular ones sold out months ago, as group sizes are kept small to protect the landscape.
What changes when you come with me is how you experience it.
On my holidays, I sometimes take guests to public talks or events, and one thing comes up again and again: how difficult it can be to follow when native speakers are talking to each other. Even when you’re welcomed in, it can feel excluding. You want to understand, and when you can’t, it knocks your confidence.
I’m there as a buffer for that.
Not by interrupting or translating everything, but by helping you stay connected to what’s happening — picking things up, supporting where needed, and making sure you don’t lose your place in the experience.
There’s also something quite brave about stepping into a local event like this. Coming with me takes that pressure away. You can arrive, join in, and stay part of it.
The Middle Way
You don’t need a full course to make progress with your English.
Many travellers choose a middle way — adding a small number of well-placed experiences into their trip, so their English develops naturally alongside it.
Aberuchill Nature Walk (Easy)
Saturday 16 May
8:30 am – approx. 1:30 pm
Distance: 10.5 km
Led by Andrea Hudspeth (Aquila Wildlife)
This walk focuses on close observation — birds, woodland life, and the ecosystems that hold everything together.
Tyndrum Pinewoods Walk (Medium)
Monday 18 May
10:30 am – approx. 4:00 pm
Distance: 9 km
Led by Gareth Kett (National Park Ranger)
This walk moves through a wider landscape — ancient forest, history, and deeper ecological context.
What Happens to Your English
Your English is supported throughout the day.
In the first part, my role isn’t to fill the space with conversation, but to look with you, to listen with you, and to make sure you stay connected to what’s happening.
After the walk, we return to Blue Noun for a pause — something to eat, a coffee, and time to settle.
From there, we spend some time reflecting on the experience. Not as a formal lesson, but as a way of noticing what came up — the moments, the language, the things that stayed with you.
This is where I support your English more directly, expanding where it’s useful and following the conversation where it naturally goes.
We also include a light Review & Revive session — helping you see what your next steps in English could be, based on your experience of the day.
But ultimately, this isn’t about learning new words.
It’s about matching who you can be in English with a day of being that person.
Closing the Day
At the end of the day, we return to Blue Noun, where we’re joined by a local Scottish singer.
At the end of the day, we return to Blue Noun, where a local Scottish singer joins us.
It’s a private moment, shared just within our small group, and a quiet way to bring the day to a close.
They share a small number of songs connected to the landscape we’ve just spent time in. It’s not a performance in the usual sense — more a quiet, shared moment in the room.
After being out in the landscape, it brings everything back in — into voice, story, and feeling.
Song and landscape are two of the ingredients of belonging.
They’re not shortcuts — but without them, the experience of place, and of language, remains lighter, more surface-level.
Being in the room, listening to songs connected to the landscape you’ve just walked through, stays with people.
It’s often the moment they remember most.
A moment from the end of a different day — Jen Newall singing for the Blue Noun Burns Night party.
Bringing the Landscape into Your Holiday
This way of working sits at the centre of what I do.
Across my holidays and day experiences, I bring together landscape, real-world situations, and English — not as separate elements, but as something that works together. The place gives you something to respond to, and your English grows out of that.
It’s not about learning in the traditional sense, but about using English in a way that feels connected, natural, and part of your experience.
Price
£225 for the first person
£100 for each additional person (same booking, maximum 3 people)
If you’d like to join one of these days, send me a message to check availability.
Practical Details
- I can collect you from local accommodation and take you to the walk start
- There are bus connections into Crieff from Perth, Dunblane, and Stirling
- Please bring your own packed lunch and drinking water (at least 1 litre on warmer days)
- Sturdy footwear and waterproofs are essential
The walks runs from morning to afternoon, with time afterwards at Blue Noun for food, reflection, and the closing part of the day.
Start Times & Travel
Saturday 16 May – Aberuchill Walk
You’ll need to be in Crieff by around 8:00 am for collection and transfer to the walk start.
Monday 18 May – Tyndrum Walk
You’ll need to be in Crieff by around 9:15 am, ready for collection and transfer to the walk start.
