Pam McFadden, that avid local historian and tourism magic maker from Talana Museum, together with the notables of Dundee Tourism, took a very keen clutch of local photographers, Instagrammers and travel bloggers on a wild ride through the spellbinding tale that is historic Dundee and surrounds last week.

They spent three days on various battlefields in the area and capped off the visit with a splendid dinner at Chez Nous Bed and Breakfast. Lori Voss, from N3 Gateway (an association of tourism and tourism product businesses near the N3 route), brought this group to Dundee, and a brief glimpse at social media soon indicated that it was well worth it. Naresh Gopie, Pat Rundgren and Lani van der Mescht of Tourism Dundee also attended the colourful function.

Elisabeth Durham was the gracious co-host for the evening, which was spiced up by Gavin Slater, in his Roland Schikkerling Boer impression, who regaled the guests with various tales about the adventures of historical re-enactment in this bit of the world. The father-and-son combination of Charles and Johan Anderson accompanied him, resplendent in British Red and Khaki.
This led to a frenzy of photographing by these young scribes who briefly invaded Ryley Street to turn it into an ad hoc studio for the evening. The chicken dinner, with a local collection of wine, rounded off the evening which will surely lead to great publicity again for the area which has just marked Talana Live.