That's so true about current TV content - that's why I don't have one - definitely not worth the licence fee! The series follows naturalist Tom Weir as he travels rural Scotland, stopping to offer snippets of history and advice to those who might follow in his footsteps.

One of Scotland's most well-known broadcasters and champion of the great outdoors, Tom Weir, has died. The 91-year-old was best known through his long running stv series Weirs Way in which he explored the Scottish countryside. He passed away yesterday at a retirement home in Balloch. I wonder just how many people of a certain age were influenced into enjoying our surrounding countryside by the likes of Tom - I certainly was and I'm sure many others were too. He was a climber, a naturalist, an explorer, a writer but most of all he was one of the first ever TV presenters to bring the beauty of Scotland's great outdoors to a worldwide audience. In his wooly bunnet and Fair Isle jumper, Tom Weir was an unmistakable figure roaming across the Scottish landscape.He was born in Glasgow's Springburn in 1914 and grew up without his father who was killed in the First World War. After his own war time service, he was employed as a surveyor for Ordinance Survey but soon established a full time career as a writer, climber and and photographer.

In January 1970, the famous Scottish mountaineer and broadcaster Tom Weir wrote an introduction to his latest book. While previous publications featured far away places such as Katmandu and Arctic Norway, he wrote about wonders found closer to home - the Scottish Lochs. Weir won the Scottish Television 'Personality of the Year Award' in 1976. He was appointed MBE in 1976. He lived in Gartocharn and in 2000 he was awarded the inaugural John Muir Lifetime Achievement Award by the John Muir Trust in recognition of his environmental work. [4] He is also celebrated in the song "Tom Weir" written by Edinburgh musician Sandy Wright and performed by the band Aberfeldy. [5] And in 2007, L. Pierre wrote an ambient instrumental song, "Weir's Way", featured on his album, "Dip". [ citation needed] He was also an author whose writings were admired for the picture they painted of the places he described. His other works include Highland Days (1948), Tom Weir’s Scotland (1982), and Weir’s World (1994). A regular contributor to the well known and long established Scots Magazine, published by DC Thomson of Dundee, he contributed articles for more than 50 years, and also became a pioneering campaigner for the protection of the Scottish environment. In 1978 he was named Scottish radio and television personality of the year; in 1992 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society; in 2000 he received an MBE and was honoured with a John Muir lifetime achievement award, presented by his friend and fellow environmentalist, Adam Watson.We wanted to let you know about it and hopefully generate some discussion about Tom and his legacy. We'd also like to invite you over to the channel to leave any comments about the walks he carried out, perhaps pointing out whether they've changed much since Tom and the STV cameras were there. These programmes seemed to be ' gentle ' in that you could sit and enjoy and dream of the places and times , that the presenters were portraying - almost magical. His regular Scots Magazine contribution was entitled My month, and appeared for 43 years until he announced his final article under the title in the December, 1999 issue, quoting his forthcoming 85th birthday on December 29, and his thought that it was better to leave on a "high" and to leave while the going was good. Recalling his first writing for the magazine in 1949, he reflected on the way the hills seem to be getting higher every year, and described himself as becoming more of a naturalist than a mountaineer. Weir was born in Springburn, Glasgow, and the younger brother of the actress Molly Weir. After service in the Royal Artillery during World War II, he worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey, before commencing a full-time career as a climber, writer and photographer.

Thomas Weir MBE (29 December 1914 – 6 July 2006) was a Scottish climber, author and broadcaster. He was best known for his long-running television series Weir's Way.Tom wrote the introduction to this two volumes series at his home in Gartocharn, close to the southern shores of Loch Lomond. The books featured stories and pictures of freshwater lochs throughout Scotland, with the first entry being Loch Lomond, the largest of them all. A collection of some of Weir's best walks was released on DVD in 2006. Both series of Weir's Way are available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK. I discovered and bought these books in a second-hand book shop on Great Western Road in Glasgow in January 2020, exactly 50 years after being first published. Hopefully this is as good a place as any to add a new thread about the classic Scottish Television series, Weir's Way, which all walkers out there, plus those just interested in looking at the scenery, will be interested to learn has recently arrived on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/show/weirsway