07 Sep 2022
Jim Devine was our tour guide and driver. The tour was amazing but Jim went the extra mile for us. We were to see the Brodie Castle but the stop did not include an inside tour. Our last name is Brodie so this was highly important to us that we see inside. Jim arranged for us to get a partial tour inside. We were only able to purchase 4 tour guides (souvenirs for family members back home) from the gift shop but we wanted 5. When we returned to the tour bus, Jim surprised us by telling us he didn't know if we had time to buy a tour guide so he bought one for us at the Welcome Centre and didn't want us to pay him!!! Of course we did pay him. That truly went above and beyond helping to make tourists' experience the best it could be. Thank you again, Jim, for your thoughtfulness, kindness and generosity. I tell this story over and over again now that we're back in Canada.
About the tour itinerary, I wish we had been allowed more time at the Brodie Castle and that all our tour mates could have had a tour inside. This was one of the main reasons we travelled to Scotland and it was rushed and stressful. From the little we did see, it had a gorgeous interior. We are grateful Jim arranged for us to see what little we could.