{"id":174,"date":"2026-09-23T16:37:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/?p=174"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:40:26","slug":"stirling-bus-driver-brian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/2026\/09\/23\/stirling-bus-driver-brian\/","title":{"rendered":"Stirling: Bus Driver Brian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/files\/2026\/09\/image-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7981651376146789;width:261px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/files\/2026\/09\/image-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/files\/2026\/09\/image-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/files\/2026\/09\/image-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/files\/2026\/09\/image.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Written by by Nekoda Burnett<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our travel up into the Highlands, and a visit to the Kelpies, and our next destination (Edinburgh) was on a coach driven by a fun-loving Scot named Brian. Brian was born and raised in Stirling, Scotland, where Stirling Castle was his \u201cplayhouse.\u201d After driving buses for 30 years, Brian says he wishes he had known more about his country\u2019s history so he could narrate the drive for tourists. \u201cI\u2019ve been studying up on more. Used to, people would just get on and I would drop them off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans are Brian\u2019s favorite group of tourists because they are \u201cfriendly and talkative.\u201d Brian says his German tourists are the least fun. \u201cThey complain about the driving, but don\u2019t understand that a 30-minute drive could easily be more like 45 with all the stopping and other traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside of work, Brian enjoys walking his red labrador, watching YouTube, and visiting old churches. Most importantly, Brian enjoys \u201ctaking people about,\u201d which is a very crucial part of his job. We thank Brian for his quick wit and fun facts throughout our journey from Stirling to Edinburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by by Nekoda Burnett Our travel up into the Highlands, and a visit to the Kelpies, and our next destination (Edinburgh) was on a coach driven by a fun-loving Scot named Brian. Brian was born and raised in Stirling, Scotland, where Stirling Castle was his \u201cplayhouse.\u201d After driving buses for 30 years, Brian says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}