mcleanscotland  are local Scots who pride ourselves on showing you the nooks & crannies other tours companies pass on by.   We can show you those hidden gems even Scots do not know!  Colin Birkbeck coach driver and guide extraordinary driving for mcleanscotland a Scottish tour company

Photos: above left Colin with his new baby!  Right with Paul McLean of mcleanscotland.

COLIN BIRKBECK is the main coach driver for mcleanscotland, he is also a very good friend and (oh God how did that happen?) a relative of Paul’s.  If there is one coach driver in Scotland who can claim the right to say he is “the best” (which Col does regularly) then it is Colin without a doubt. Just on our tours alone he has had so many comments about his driving AND GUIDING that this accolade is well found.

Col was brought up and now lives still in Glasgow. Paul normally calls him the “wee man” or “that dodgy relative of mine” but these are both said with honesty and a warmth to the wee man hisel’!  Many has been the time we both have been on the town together and Paul (me) has stayed over at the Birkbeck mansion in Glasgow.

Photos: above left with "his people" which means, on his coach and under his care! Centre, with Liz and Paul of mcleanscotland. Right, with his bird!

An extract taken from the Vietch Chronicle.  The Clan Veitches visit to Scotland 2003

THOUGHTS OF A TOUR DRIVER AND GUIDE Guide and driver extraordinaire Colin Birkbeck, is a passionate Scot and a devoted Glaswegian.  Father of six, problem solver, Gaelic Diplomat, he has been driving tourists around Scotland for 26 years including 8 on the Isle of Mull.  At the age of 15 he joined the military through the Boys Service.  After almost three years he left due to injury.  During his years he has been an active unionist, often going to bat for he fellow drivers.  He likewise goes out of his way to help his visitors to Scotland.  Our problems were his, after ten days on the road with him, we would certainly nominate him for “Best Tour Bus driver in Scotland”.  Colin has made this trip a trip of a lifetime, he is a fort of knowledge on all things Scottish and is very skilled at relating his knowledge to our culture. 

Paul; oh no!  I will have to push that expanding heed of his through the door frame now!

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