Tour Scotland Photograph Walker Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of a walker in Strathardle, Scotland. Kev Smith is walking from Land's End to John o' Groats. The name Ardle is derived from a Pictish warrior who was killed in battle at Enochdhu. He was reputed to be a giant, and the mound of his supposed grave is located in the garden of Dirnanean Lodge in Enochdhu.



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August 22nd Photographs Strathardle Highland Gathering Scotland

August 22nd photograph of Strathardle Highland Gathering, Kirkmichael, Scotland.


August 22nd photograph of Strathardle Highland Gathering, Kirkmichael, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Judging Cattle Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of judging cattle at Strathardle Agricultural Show, Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. Strathardle Highland Gathering & Agricultural Show is held annually in Kirkmichael on the fourth Saturday of August. The Gathering is currently held in Bannerfield with the Agricultural Show in an adjacent field.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Brown Sheep Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of brown sheep at Strathardle Agricutural Show, Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. These Scottish sheep are dyed brown so that their black faces will be highlighted for judging. The show started in the late 19th century and was held in various locations including Croft of Dounie, Aldchlappie and Dalnagairn before settling in its current Bannerfield location in the late 1940s.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Prize Winning Black Faced Ram Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of a Prize Winning Black Faced Ram at Strathardle Agricultural Show, Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. The Scottish Blackface is the most common breed of domestic sheep in the United Kingdom. This tough and adaptable breed is often found in the more exposed locations, such as the Scottish Highlands or roaming on the moors of Dartmoor, England. It is also known as Blackfaced Highland, Kerry, Linton, Scottish Mountain, Scottish Highland, Scotch Blackface and Scotch Horn. Artisans have long treasured the horns of the Blackface for the carving of shepherd's crooks and walking sticks. In America the fleeces are becoming of interest to fibre artists and hand spinners for use in tapestry and the making of rugs and saddle blankets.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Judging Black Faced Rams Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of judging Black Faced Rams at Strathardle Agricultural Show, Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. The origins of the breed are uncertain. It was developed on the Anglo-Scottish border but it is not clear exactly when it became a distinct breed. It replaced the earlier Scottish Dunface or Old Scottish Short-wool, a Northern European short tailed sheep type probably similar to the modern Shetland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Grooming Orange Sheep Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of Scottish hill farmers grooming their orange sheep, prior to judging, at Strathardle Agricultural Show, held in Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. Kirkmichael is a village located in Strathardle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is 13 miles North North West of Blairgowrie and 12 miles East North East of Pitlochry.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Judging Orange Sheep Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of judging orange sheep at Strathardle Agricultural Show, held in Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. The colouring of the fleece makes any white in their head and legs stand out to make them look more showy in the ring. With south type Scottish Blackfaces they use moorit which gives a really dark colour to hide some of the black wool in the fleece. The idea stems from the practice of tupping on the hill and with them being coloured you can see your tups within a flock of ewes at just a glance and at a distance. In the show ring the colour is to try and draw the judges eye.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Black Faced Ram Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of a Black Faced Ram at Strathardle Agricultural Show held in Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Derelict Church Kirkmichael

Tour Scotland photograph of a derelict church in Kirkmichael, Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland. The disused Free Kirk, known as the Duff Memorial Church, was built in the late 19th century by the break away Free Church of Scotland. In 1928 the Free Kirk amalgamated back into the Church of Scotland with the two churches being used on alternate Sundays until the Duff Memorial finally closed in the 1950s. It was then used as an agricultural building and in the late 1990s the then Village Hall committee drew up plans to acquire the building, restore it to its former glory and provide the village with a 21st century Community Hall. Unfortunately they were ultimately unable to acquire the old kirk which is now derelict and fast becoming an eyesore. The Free Kirk manse became a SYHA youth hostel and for 30 years was very popular with cyclists and hikers especially from Dundee. It is now a private house.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Old Churchyard Kirkmichael

Tour Scotland photograph of the old churchyard cemetery in Kirkmichael, Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland. The name Kirkmichael means The Church of St Michael; the Gaelic name is Cill Mhìcheil. The village dates back to the first millennium. The Church of Scotland Kirk dates back to the 18th century and is built on a site used for worship for over one thousand years. It is surrounded by the original graveyard which contains graves dating back many centuries. The east end of the graveyard which does not have headstones or individual graves is the site of a mass burial plot for the victims of the Black Death plague of 1348 which has never been reopened.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Kirkmichael Church

Tour Scotland photograph of Kirkmichael Church, Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland. The Church of Scotland parish church of Kirkmichael is situated on the main road through the village. The present church was built in 1791, but there has been a church on this site for far longer.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Ballintuim Church

Tour Scotland photograph of Ballintuim Church, Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland. The foundation stone of St Michael’s Church in Ballintuim was laid in September 1898 and was built using stone from three local derelict crofts. Services began in August 1899.



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August 21st Photograph Drystone Wall Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of a drystone wall, north of Kirriemuir, near Glenisla, Angus, Scotland.

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August 21st Photograph Rural Workers Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of rural workers, North of Kirriemuir, near Glenisla, Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Parish Church Kirkton of Glenisla

Tour Scotland photograph of Glenisla Parish Church and cemetery, Kirkton of Glenisla, Angus, Scotland. This Scottish church is mentioned in the history of Banff Estate written by George Halliburton in 1627. The present church was built in 1821 replacing an older building from 1793. Small oblong Gothic building with belfry and session house.



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August 21st Photograph Parish Churchyard Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of Glenisla Parish Churchyard, Kirkton of Glenisla, Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Hotel Glenisla Angus

Tour Scotland photograph of Glenisla Hotel, Kirkton of Glenisla, Angus, Scotland. An Old Cateran Trail and Scottish Coaching Inn.



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August 21st Photograph Pipe Band Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of members of the Towie and District Pipe Band at Glenisla Highland Games, Angus, Scotland.

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August 21st Photograph Haugh Park Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of Haugh Park, Glenisla, Angus, Scotland. The Glenisla Highland Games are held in Haugh Park, beside the River Isla.

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August 21st Photograph Mount Blair Hill Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of Mount Blair Hill, Glenisla, Angus, Scotland. The Glenisla Highland Games are held below this hill, and the games include the Mount Blair Hill race.

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August 21st Photograph Solo Piping Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of a Scottish Bagpiper competing in the solo piping competition at the Glenisla Highland Games, Angus, Scotland.


August 21st photograph of a Scottish Bagpiper competing in the solo piping competition at the Glenisla Highland Games, Angus, Scotland.

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August 21st Photograph Hammer Throw Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of a hammer thrower at Glenisla Highland Games, Angus, Scotland.


August 21st photograph of a hammer thrower at Glenisla Highland Games, Angus, Scotland.


August 21st photograph of a hammer thrower at Glenisla Highland Games, Angus, Scotland.

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August 21st Photograph Piper Glenisla Scotland

August 21st photograph of a Scottish Piper at Glenisla Highland Games, Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Photograph Cat Glenisla

Tour Scotland photograph of a cat in Glenisla, Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Forter Castle Glenisla

Tour Scotland photograph of Forter Castle, Glenisla, Angus, Scotland. The castle comprises four storeys and a garret and was built on the L-plan. It was a former stronghold of the Ogilvies that was stormed along with Airlie Castle by the Campbells of Inverewe in 1640 on the instructions of Archibald Campbell, the 8th Earl of Argyll. Briefly the property of the MacThomas family, the castle eventually fell into a ruinous state. However, it was restored around 1990.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Cottage Glenisla

Tour Scotland photograph of a cottage in Glenisla, Angus, Scotland. Glen Isla is the most westerly of the Angus Glens, and the only one that is a through route for cars. The head of the glen lies close to the border with Aberdeenshire and is an important destination for the outdoor enthusiast with wide open spaces offering opportunities for walking and fishing.



Sheep at Folda in the Angus Glen of Glenisla, Scotland. These Scottish Sheep were brought down from the hills for Spring lambing

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Tour Scotland Photograph Glenisla

Tour Scotland photograph of Glenisla, Angus, Scotland. Glenisla is the most westerly of the five Angus Glens and the only one where the road exits to the north, as well as the south, so you can drive through the Grampian hills to Braemar and Deeside.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Boat Dysart Harbour Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of an old boat in Dysart Harbour, Fife, Scotland. Dysart was recorded as a fishing village and port as early as 1450 with an export trade in salt and coal, mainly to the Low Countries. There was no harbour as such at the time, with the ships being grounded in the bay at Pan Ha' and loaded when the tide was out.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Lobster Shop Crail East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Lobster Shop in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The earliest records of lobster fishing in Scotland date back to the 12th century when lobster was caught by hand using ‘crooks’ and hoop nets. With the development of baited traps, exploitation on a more commercial basis was developed, and today creel fishing for the European lobster, Homarus gammarus, supports very important local fisheries around the Scottish coast



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Tour Scotland Photograph Scott Monument

Tour Scotland photograph of the Scott Monument, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the largest monument to a writer in the world. It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the Jenners department store on Princes Street and near to Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott's Waverley novels.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Pottery Crail East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of pottery made in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Crail Pottery is set around a beautiful courtyard in the heart of historic Crail. Crail is famed for it’s picturesque old fishing harbour, historic buildings with pantiles and crow stepped gables and Crail Pottery.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Vintage Rolls Royce

Tour Scotland photograph of a vintage Rolls Royce in a Classic Car repair shop in Scotland. Rolls Royce is a renowned British car-manufacturing and, later, aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Charles Stewart Rolls and Sir Frederick Henry Royce on 15 March 1906 as the result of a partnership formed in 1904. In addition to the company's reputation for superior engineering quality which has led to its epithet as the " best car in the world. "



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August Photograph Edinburgh Castle Scotland

August photograph of Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Unicorn Errol Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Unicorn at the top of the mercat cross on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Errol, Perthshire, Scotland. The Unicorn was believed to be the natural enemy of the lion, a symbol that the English royals adopted. According to folklore, the lion and the unicorn hated each other, a tradition going back to the ancient Babylonians in 3,500 B.C. The Unicorn became Scotland’s national animal in the late 1300s. Errol is twinned with Mardié, a village on the Loire near Orléans in France. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Pub Sign Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the pub sign at Number 1 High Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. This is a traditional Scottish pub, on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, offering a fantastic selection of Scottish whiskies and cask beers. Food is available all day.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Fireweed Pittenweem

Tour Scotland photograph of Fireweed above Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Chamerion angustifolium, commonly known as fireweed, mainly in North America, great willow-herb, in some parts of Canada,and rosebay willow-herb or rosebay willowherb, mainly in Britain, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Gorse Pittenweem Scotland

Tour Scotland photograph of Scottish Gorse above Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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August Photograph Old Course St Andrews Scotlands

August photograph of the world famous, golf course, the Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland.


August photograph of the Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland.


August photograph of the Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Mending The Nets Pittenweem

Tour Scotland photograph of a fisherman mending a fishing net at the harbour in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Pears Elcho Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of pears in the orchard at Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Pear cultivation in cool temperate climates extends to the remotest antiquity, and there is evidence of its use as a food since prehistoric times. Many traces of it have been found in prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich. The word “ pear ”, or its equivalent, occurs in all the Celtic languages, while in Slavic and other dialects, differing appellations, still referring to the same thing, are found.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Plums Elcho Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of plums in the orchard at Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. A plum is a fruit of the subgenus Prunus of the genus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera, peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc. in the shoots having a terminal bud and solitary side buds (not clustered), the flowers in groups of one to five together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one side and a smooth stone, or pit.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Apples Elcho Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of apples in the orchard at Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. The apple tree, Malus domestica, is a deciduous tree in the rose family best known for its sweet, pomaceous fruit, the apple. It is cultivated worldwide as a fruit tree, and is the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe, and were brought to North America by European colonists. Apples have religious and mythological significance in many cultures, including Norse, Greek and European Christian traditions.



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August 18th Photograph View From Orchard Elcho Castle Scotland

August 18th photograph from the orchard at Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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