Tour Scotland: 2010-12-26

Tour Scotland Video Interior Of Rattray Parish Church Blairgowrie

Tour Scotland video of the interior of the Parish Church in Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Rattray’s parish church, which dates from 1820-21, was built to the designs of the elder William Stirling. In the graveyard there is mausoleum of the Whitson of Parkhill family and the burial enclosure of the Clark Rattray of Rattray family.

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Tour Scotland Dance Video

Tour Scotland Dance Video. Learn to dance the Scottish way, Laurel and Hardy style.

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Tour Scotland Edinburgh Hogmanay Fireworks 2011

Edinburgh Hogmanay Fireworks, January 1st, 2011. More than 2000 fireworks lit up the sky over Edinburgh, after the ceremonial firing of a canon from Edinburgh Castle.

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Twitter Tour Scotland Wishes You A Happy New Year

A photograph of Sandy Stevenson, photographer, and owner of Tour Scotland. The photograph above was shot tonight at the Hogmanay Torchlight Procession, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. New Year's Eve, 2010. But which one of these men is me ? I wish all of you a very Happy New Year.

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Tour Scotland Hogmanay Bagpiper Newburgh

Tour Scotland Hogmanay video of a Scottish Bagpiper, tonight in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. A young man named Jack Wright playing the bagpipes tonight outside the town hall on New Year's Eve in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Torchlight Procession Hogmanay Newburgh Scotland 2010

Tour Scotland Hogmanay video of Torchlight Procession, tonight in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The March of the Oddfellows is a unique, annual, event held on New Year's Eve. Constituted in the early 19th centuary the oddfellows raise money for charities in Newburgh. It was very mild weather tonight in Newburgh, and a very enjoyable experience was had by participants and spectators alike.

Scotland New Years Celebration. A mild New Years Eve in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. A tradition in Newburgh, which started in 1864, is the annual procession of the Caledonian Lodge of Oddfellows.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Morning Hogmanay Rural Perthshire

Tour Scotland morning Hogmanay photograph, shot outside my village of Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland morning Hogmanay photograph, shot outside my village of Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Morning Hogmanay Scone Park

Tour Scotland morning photograph on Hogmanay, shot in the park in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. Still lots of ice around, though it is now slowly thawing. The clock on our local school hasn't worked for about three weeks, no doubt due to the recent freeze.

Tour Scotland morning photograph on Hogmanay, shot in the park in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Morning Hogmanay Golf Course Scone

Tour Scotland morning photograph on Hogmanay, shot from the golf course in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. There hasn't been much golf going on here for many weeks due to our recent spell of freezing weather.

Tour Scotland morning photograph on Hogmanay, shot from the golf course in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Morning Hogmanay Scone

Tour Scotland morning photograph of my village of Scone in Perthshire, Scotland. Went out for a long walk this morning, too beautiful here to miss the opportunity.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Early Morning Hogmanay Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph shot early this morning on Hogmanay in rural Perthshire, Scotland. After a misty start to the day it has been quite beautiful this morning in Perthshire.

Tour Scotland photograph shot early morning on Hogmanay in Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot early morning on Hogmanay in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Sunset And Ice

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of sunset and ice near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Shot this photograph at 3pm this afternoon. Although we are having a wee thaw there is still plenty of ice on the rural roads.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Photograph Stained Glass Window Rattray Parish Church Blairgowrie

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in the Parish Church in Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Thaw Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of reflections in thawing Perthshire, Scotland. Shot this photograph at 1pm this afternoon, at last wee have a real thaw now in rural Perthshire.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Parish Church Rattray

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the Parish Church in Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Some sunshine today in Blairgowrie and Rattray, a mild day with a welcome thawing. Rattray’s parish church, which dates from 1820-21, was built to the designs of the elder William Stirling.

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the Parish Church in Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the Parish Church in Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video River Ericht Blairgowrie December 30th

Tour Scotland Winter video of the River Ericht thawing today in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph William Menzies Playfair Gravestone Bendochy

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the William Menzies Playfair Gravestone in Bendochy Churchyard, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of William Menzies Playfair, who died May 29th, 1901, aged 44.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Skull and Crossbones Gravestone

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a Skull and Crossbones Gravestone in Bendochy Churchyard, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of David Smith, who died January 26th, 1738, aged 38.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Celtic Cross Gravestone Rattray

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a Celtic Cross Gravestone in Rattray Churchyard in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of David Stewart, Draper, Rattray, who died March 1913, aged 92.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph River Ericht Scotland

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the River Ericht in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Some sunshine today and a bit of thaw. Still lots of ice and snow on the banks of the river.

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the River Ericht in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the River Ericht in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Dreich Day In Old Graveyard

Tour Scotland Winter video of a misty, dreich day in an old graveyard in Perthshire, Scotland. Very dreich today in Scotland. Dreich meaning overcast and grey. In other words, miserable weather. Shot this video today at Collace graveyard in Perthshire.

A misty drive today to Collace in Perthshire, Scotland. A wee bit of a thaw going on, but still slushy, and icy, on the rural roads.

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Tour Scotland Video Icy Winter Drive

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of an icy winter road trip drive on history visit to Perthshire, Scotland. It is a misty day today in Scotland, hopefully we will not have to dive through the snow and ice for a while in Scotland. Shot this video at the weekend in Perthshire.

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Tour Scotland Video Ice Thawing River Tay

Tour Scotland Winter video of ice thawing in the River Tay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Shot this video from Tay Street in the City of Perth. A wee bit of thaw now in Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Video Ice Flowing Down River Tay Kinnoull

Tour Scotland Winter video of ice flowing down the River Tay below Kinnoull Hill, Perthshire, Scotland. Shot this video below the hill's south facing cliffs. On an outcrop on the summit is Kinnoull Tower. Built in the 18th century by the 9th Earl of Kinnoull, the tower, was meant to resemble the castles on the Rhine in Germany. The tower is easily accessible via a footpath.

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Tour Scotland Video Ice Flowing Down River Earn

Tour Scotland Winter video of ice forming and flowing down the River Earn, Perthshire, Scotland. Frosty and freezing at the River Earn during the coldest winter in Scotland for 100 years. The River Earn leaves Loch Earn at St Fillans and runs east through Strathearn, then east and south, joining the River Tay near Abernethy. The Earn is about 46 miles long. It passes by Comrie, Crieff and Bridge of Earn.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Drive Scone Palace

Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive to Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The long driveway to Scone Palace, which is a historic house at Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. It was constructed, by recasting a 16th century palace, in 1808 for the Earls of Mansfield by William Atkinson. Built of red sandstone with a castellated roof, it is a classic example of the late Georgian Gothic style. In the Middle Ages the land was the site of a major Augustinian abbey, Scone Abbey, nothing now remains above ground level, the crowning-place of the Kings of the Scots, on the Stone of Destiny, down to Alexander III.

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Tour Scotland Video Interior Parish Church Dundee

Tour Scotland video of the interior of St. Mary's Parish Church, Dundee, Scotland. Dundee played an important role in the Reformation, and John Knox asserts in his History of the Reformation that " the first face of a public church Reformed " was that of St Mary's in Dundee, by 1556. The church dates back to 1190, when it was founded by David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of William the Lion, King of Scots. The original buildings have not survived. In 1303 the church was burnt by an invading English army. Following a further invasion in 1547 the church was burnt down again. In the late Middle Ages, Dundee's was the largest parish church in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Christmas Photographs Parish Church Dundee

Tour Scotland Christmas photograph of St. Mary's Parish Church, Dundee, Scotland. The church dates back to 1190, when it was founded by David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of William the Lion, King of Scots. The original buildings have not survived. In 1303 the church was burnt by an invading English army. Following a further invasion in 1547 the church was burnt down again. In the late Middle Ages, Dundee's was the largest parish church in Scotland with, in the Old Steeple, the tallest tower. In 1841 the City Churches were again destroyed by fire. In the 1870s Sir George Gilbert Scott was employed to remodel St Mary's, creating the present Victorian Gothic Revival interior.

Tour Scotland Christmas photograph of St. Mary's Parish Church, Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Christmas photograph of St. Mary's Parish Church, Dundee, Scotland.

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Photograph Sandy Stevenson Tours Of Scotland

A photograph of Sandy Stevenson, photographer, and owner of Tour Scotland Photographs. The photograph above was shot this afternoon on frozen Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photographs Kirkgate Graveyard Loch Leven

Tour Scotland winter photograph of Kirkgate Graveyard, by Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland. A freezing cold and overcast day at the old graveyard by Loch Leven. The old cemetery contains fascinating gravestones; and many record the trades of townsfolk of Kinross.

Tour Scotland winter photograph of Kirkgate Graveyard, by Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland winter photograph of Kirkgate Graveyard, by Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland.

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A Scottish Graveyard Miscellany, Hamish Brown explores in words and extraordinary pictures the folk art of Scottish graveyards from the eighteenth century (when gravestones began to be widely used) to the present day. Each old kirkyard is a riotous celebration of folk art: there are skulls and skeletons, ships and lighthouses, angels galore, carved portraits of our forebears and even a gravestone decorated with a picture of Bart Simpson and his skateboard! More than mere memorials, the graves are a collection of pages in stone taken from the history of Scottish everyday life. Scotland's kirkyards are not gloomy places to be shunned, but places to find vivid stories from the lives of people, without distinction of class or creed. There is much humour in this book, and the photographs throughout taken by the author illustrate better than words why we should look after the unique treasuries in our midst. The Scottish Graveyard Miscellany: The Folk Art of Scotland's Graves.

Tour Scotland Christmas Photographs 2010

Tour Scotland slideshow of photographs shot over the festive period in Scotland. A small selection of my photographs shot recently in Scotland. I hope you enjoy them.

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Tour Scotland Video Frozen Loch Leven

Tour Scotland video of frozen Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland. It is quite rare to see this Scottish loch completely frozen over as it was this afternoon. Loch Leven Castle, one of the best and least changed examples of a fourteenth century keep remaining in Scotland, stands on an island in this loch. I would have liked to have walked to the castle, but with freezing fog rolling in, it would not have been a good idea today.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Photographs Frozen Loch Leven

Tour Scotland photograph of frozen Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland. A very overcast and chilly day in Scotland. This Scottish loch was completely frozen over today. Could have walked all the way over the to Loch Leven Castle, but didn't as freezing fog was starting to roll in.

Tour Scotland photograph of frozen Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of frozen Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

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