Scotland Hour March 2013: Scotland’s Playground

Join us for the Scottish tourism and travel chat #scotlandhour on Twitter on Wednesday 27th March from 9-10pm GMT. 

In keeping with the Year of Natural Scotland 2013, the #scotlandhour theme for March is “Scotland’s Playground – Active, Outdoors, Sports, Activities. If you have room in your tweets, you could also add the hashtag #naturalscotland.

Where are the best places for getting into the great outdoors, getting active, doing sports and activities, extreme or otherwise in Scotland?

If you haven’t participated in #scotlandhour yet or you’re not aware of the new format, here’s how it works:

The hosts of #ScotlandHour: @BairdTravels, @ScotlandHour @HIEHamilton, @AileenLamb, myself, @lesleyjudge, @SusanMcNaughton and @FionaDrane will Tweet out a series of 5 questions: at 9:00 pm, 9:10 pm, 9:20 pm, 9:30 pm, 9:40 pm.

For example:

Q1: Where is your favourite holiday place in Scotland and why? #ScotlandHour

Follow the Q1 question prompt and to signpost, so that we know everyone’s responding to the same question, reply with your corresponding “A1”, for example – and don’t forget to include the hashtag at the end:

A1: We love Loch Lomond because of the great views and walks! #ScotlandHour

Every 10 minutes there will be a new question, eg Q2, Q3, etc, prompting an answer labelled “A2”, “A3” etc – and 10 minutes for you to Tweet your responses before we all start answering the next question.

From 9:50 pm the remaining 10 minutes of the hour will return to the free format, so that contributors can add comments, catch up in a general way and just enjoy the #Scotlandhour chat!

Scotland Hour Questions for Wednesday 27th March, 9-10pm GMT

Q1: Share a favourite place in Scotland for outdoor activities and tell us why
Q2: Where can we get active and outdoors on our own doorstep?
Q3: Favourite outdoor pastimes for kids & families in Scotland?
Q4: Activity #holidays or trails in Scotland – what do you recommend?
Q5: Share a Scottish outdoors/sports #event coming up in your area.

Free chat from approximately 9.50pm till 10pm.

Tips and Info:

Check out the set questions in advance, if you have time, prepare your ideas and responses prior to taking part in #Scotlandhour.

Themes: The monthly chats will still focus on the 2013 Calendar themes.

How to Participate in #Scotlandhour – read “How To Get Involved“.

Find out more about our monthly chat on the Scotlandhour web page.

More questions? Tweet the #Scotlandhour team or email Lesley: info@smart-tourism.co.uk

Happy Tweeting, as always, #scotlandhour fans!

* Photograph courtesy of Paul Saunders Photography.