Tom Weir At 70 - Tom Weir at 70

A special interview with one of Scotland's leading TV personalities, Tom Weir, to celebrate 10 years of Weir's Way and his 70th birthday. Now a leading author, President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, he has an MBE and was Scottish TV Personality of the year 1978. This intimate interview reveals the real Weir and what brought a wee boy from the Springburn tenements to have such a passion for the mountains and beautiful scenery of Scotland.

[@silverlaptop2022]

Tacoma Washington state West coast U.S.A. Here. I have family in Motherwell Scotland. House of MacDonald. I love and have all of Tom's DVDs. Never gets boring. God bless Scotland🤗

[@maggiecreighton7909]

Humbling listening to him and the many heroes of the mountains....

[@darnick54]

Wonderful reminiscing……Tam Weir was a really tough man on the hills, some of his feats of distances covered are astonishing. Great video, I remember when this interview was first aired…..great to see it again.

[@stevensteven2663]

Thanks Tom 😁

[@garyelrick2653]

Fabulous, Tom is so sincere .

[@dissonantdreams]

Three cheers for Tom Weir ❤️

[@silverlaptop2022]

Hip Hip....

[@BlytheWorld1972]

What a legend i love him . Scotland will never forget you the wee man in the tammy

[@anthonyjames237]

Gem of a man - a Scottish treasure who could teach us all so much.

[@kevinmc2808]

A True Man Of The Hills. I could listen to Tom all day long. The way he describes the simple natural things and brings them to life.

[@jamescorrigan2777]

Ten years ago i got my first real taste of the hills. It was a shock in many ways. I wasn`t long before i knew i was smitten by the hills. Reading and watching everything about Tom Weir sealed it. He is a huge inspiration and a legend.

[@johnnypalermo4620]

Lovely man n absolute Scottish legend 🤗

[@markhogg3776]

i always enjoy watching tom weir i really wish the programs were in a podcast version to so i can listen to them when i am at work there fantastic

[@jamesstewart3317]

Toms brother lived near us in robroyston,he used tell us tales about their upbringing,especially toms involment with ordance survey at the wars end and beyond.lovely sringburn family.god bless.

[@andobreslin8735]

Only discovered about Tom whilst randomly searching videos about The Caledonian forests of Scotland. Already fascinated by him :) Would love to have met him. One of the first environmentalists for sure...

[@yellowfolder]

I used to watch Weir's Way in the early hours of the morning when it was on late 90s. That's when I first thought "wow, this TV show is ancient, this guy must be long dead" and of course he wasn't, not until 2006. Nice to revisit 15 years later to see he's steadily increasing in prominence. He just got a statue erected of him in Loch Lomond a week or so ago.

[@dajossa1]

I watched it also in the small hours in the early 00s as a student. Really enjoyable programme.

[@dougieranger]

I did too, it was an inspiration for me.

[@johngeddes4161]

reminds me of my youth enjoyed his tv programmes grand lad

[@keithmclaren2986]

tom weir was a national treasure sadly missed never forgotten

[@markaitken4589]

Wonderful interview. My respect for Tom Weir has further grown, a great man and a life so well lived. I thought Magnus Magnussson was very good too.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

fantastic both men legends

[@BlytheWorld1972]

an amazing interview

[@1o1s1s1i1e]

Fantastic!

[@orkneyancestor2059]

An inspirational man.For some unknown reason the BBC did not mention Tom Weir when they made a programme about his sister Molly.They said her ashes were strewn on Loch Lomond but forgot to say her brother Tom had a statue nearby.

[@georgethomson9725]

I'm 40 now and Scottish from Ayr used to watch weirs way back in the late 90s early 2000 in the Early hours on stv. I loved his voice and his walks the way he would say stuff like "I'm standing here approximately 2000 feet above sea level" Those long walk he must have been super fit.

[@sidlawman2]

A true Scottish legend.

[@spookedhorse]

LEGEND

[@Thanks_for_posting.]

Legend

[@MrScotia]

Superb.

[@climbhigh395]

A wee man in height but a GREAT man in stature

[@laela1247]

a wee boy....love that. I am not Scottish....well not fully but I love this man and these programs Love the Kurdish story

[@Rikkki01]

A "Wee" giant of a man........

[@adidasaddict2023]

Great interview but the interviewers abit of a snobby git