welcome to dunvegan castle.ue to covid, so no problem with the mask, keep your distance. would you like to come inside? fantastic. my middle name is mc—leod, not mac—leod. they cut the a at some point. there's are many different spellings of macleod but, basically, welcome home, because but this is where it all started. we've been holding fast. that's the bull, which is the hat the family motto. we've been going through clan battles, famine, and hopefully we are going to manage to kind of survive the covid—i9 pandemic as well. i think you will. even by historical standards, dunvegan has faced a difficult year. it has remained closed to visitors since the coronavirus lockdown began in march. we've managed now to open just the gardens and the gift shop in the car park, but it's very much a partial reopening, so the castle is still closed. we might trial opening for guided tours of no more than 25 people, but the mechanics of putting that in place is quite difficult, and actually the economics, it's not that viable

welcome to dunvegan castle. we a re here. welcome to dunvegan castle. we are closed here.th the mask, the distance. come inside. fantastic. my middle name is mcleod, they cut the aid one point. there are many different spellings of mcleod but this is where it all started. we been holding fast. that is the ball, the family motto. with when going through clan battles, famine and hopefully we can survive the covid—i9 pandemic as well. even by historical standards, dunvegan has faced a difficult year. it has remained closed to visitors since the coronavirus lockdown began in march. we've managed now to openjust the gardens march. we've managed now to open just the gardens and get shop and car park but it's very much a partial reopening so the castle was still closed. we might trial opening the guided tours with no more than 25 people but the mechanics of putting that in place is quite tickled and actually the economics is not that viable, really, from a business point of view. the loss of revenue has impacted on ongoing restoration work. so, mike, welcome to the fairy tale, wh

and dunvegan is far from the only place yet to fully reopen.anages 80 visited properties, almost 90% of which are now open again in some shape orform. but you won't be able to see inside some of their most famous historic buildings until 2021 including culzean castle and ayrshire. each one is unique, so they have very different layouts, they're different in size, so burns cottage in alloway is a simple four—room cottage with one way and in one way out, so that's much easier to manage, so things like that have been really important to think about how visitors access and enjoy these spaces. despite a fundraising drive over the summer, the trust faces a £30 million shortfall. they've recently announced 200 job losses, a grim set of circumstances that's spurred one trust worker to mount his own charity event. i'm here on the grounds of haddo house in aberdeenshire, where there is an excited group of people, even though the building is still closed. we're here to greet edoardo bedin, a local historian and archaeologist actually works here. edoardo's

and dunvegan is far from the only place yet to fully reopen.pe orform. but you won't be able to see inside some of their most famous historic buildings until 2021 including culzean castle and ayrshire. each one is unique, so they have very different layouts, they're different in size, so burns cottage in alloway is a simple four—room cottage with one way and in one way out, so that's much easier to manage, so things like that have been really important to think about how visitors access and enjoy these spaces. despite a fundraising drive over the summer, the trust faces a £30 million shortfall. they've recently announced 200 job losses, a grim set of circumstances that's spurred one trust worker to mount his own charity event. i'm here on the grounds of haddo house in aberdeenshire, where there is an excited group of people, even though the building is still closed. we're here to greet edoardo bedin, a local historian and archaeologist actually works here. edoardo's been walking for, give or take, 500 miles across the entirety of the country an