"My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe
My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go."
Pic by one of our teams from a layby on #A82 near #BridgeOfOrchy!
#BurnsNight #TaeTheBard
BEAR Scotland
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Operating & maintaining trunk roads & bridges across the South East and North West of Scotland on behalf of @transcotland. Visit @NWTrunkRoads or @SETrunkRoads
Perth, Scotland
Joined May 2011
- My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go. Happy #BurnsNight! 🏴 #TaeTheBard
- - and there we have it, our newest named Gritter hits the road. Plougher O’Scotland named by listeners of @tayfm
- We might be basking in sunshine today, but there’s always time to name another Gritter - we support @MNDoddie5 @DoddieWeir5 - do you? #AsOne
- Bernard the Elf was so happy to visit the top of the Forth Road Bridge today.... It reminds him of home as it's nearly as cold as the North Pole!
- We're so pleased to hear that the gritters are making people smile despite everything going on right now! Here's a few pics of some of our faves... ❄️🚛
- We set up a camera trap beneath a bridge on the #A887 to check for wildlife activity ahead of us doing some work in the area...look at what we spotted! Stags, pine marten & even a cheeky otter who knocked over the camera before making a run for it! @trafficscotland @transcotland
00:00 - @BEAR_Scotland with the support of CECA_Scotland are proud to name one of its gritters in honour of @DoddieWeir5 and his MND Charity @MNDoddie5 - the Gritter will wear the badge, “My Name’5 Doddie” – #AsOne
- Happy #JamesBondDay! In our winter fleet, Snow Connery and License to Chill are gearing up for their own missions. With winter approaching, look out for our named gritters carrying out winter maintenance on Scotland's trunk roads 🤵 🎬❄️
- AMBER warning for #snow issued across central Scotland from 3am, please #TakeCare if heading out! Our teams will working round the clock to keep routes clear - follow @NWTrunkRoads @NETrunkRoads @SETrunkRoads & @BEAR_M80 for more info about our winter service & gritters! 🐻❄️❄️🚛
- Charity of the Year Announcement! We are delighted to announce that @alzscot has been selected as BEAR Scotland's Charity of the Year! More Info: bearscot.com/alzheimer-scot…
- We’re celebrating the brilliant women working across our teams at BEAR Scotland today. Proud to support #InternationalWomensDay! #WomenInEngineering #IWD2019
- Happy New Year from everyone at BEAR Scotland! It remains business as usual due to cold weather impacting routes across Scotland! Our Corpach Depot Supervisor snapped this great picture of one of our smallest gritters known as “Little Betty” sitting under the mighty #BenNevis!
- We’re celebrating the brilliant women working within our teams at BEAR Scotland today. Proud to support #InternationalWomensDay18! #WomenInEngineering #IWD2018

















