Edd Hamilton

Edd was a very conscientious guide and took great care to ensure folks were happy. Particularly appreciated his care in swapping days to get the best of the weather

Our guide, Edd Hamilton, was excellent! We gather that it’s his first year with you, which you wouldn’t have known! He was very helpful, always willing to answer any queries ( not many), but also must have learnt up on the relevant historical facts for all the places we went to and never referred to notes and made that interesting too! His driving was very considerate and some roads were bumpy, but we all felt comfy and safe. He was very relaxed with us and always on time. We all very much enjoyed being led by him!

Edd was excellent in every respect. He looked after us all very well and chose excellent routes, taking account of the weather. He was also a very good and safe driver of the minibus.

Given it was our guides first trip for Wilderness and he had not visited this part of the country / outer isles before, he was very well prepared in his knowledge, including the number of jetties and WCs around Castlebay! Fluency comes with repeat trips. I was 'glad' for my occasional trip to actually give him some real guiding to do!

TEAM WILDERNESS REPSONSE:

It's great to hear you had a great time with Ed. The senior guide who who has an in-depth knowledge of the area unfortunately had to pull out last minute because of COVID, and therefore it was Ed that stepped up to the bar. I'm so glad you had a good time!

Edd, our guide was great. He explained what we were to be doing and when. He was very knowledgeable and if someone asked a qustion to which he did not know the answer, he found out. He was very good at managing the individual participants of the group, encouraging and helping those that needed it on the walks. All in all an excellent guide.

There was one wee slip up where Edd took us to the wrong meeting place for a boat trip but we got to where we were going eventually and were able to have a laugh about it afterwards. A couple of the group had less confidence in their abilities than others at times but Edd helped and encouraged them without it seeming like a big issue or that it was a problem. I know he wouldn't be allowed to as he was on duty but Edd is the type of person you could happily enjoy a beer/dram or two of an evening with, sharing stories and travel experiences. If he hadn't told us at the beginning of the trip that this was his first trip with yourselves as a guide, I'd have never known it was his first time.