Tour Scotland Video Boats Misty Firth Of Forth

Tour Scotland video of boats on a misty Firth of Forth by the Forth Bridge at South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The Firth of Forth, Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe, is the estuary, firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times. In the Norse sagas it was known as the Myrkvifiörd. The Kincardine Bridge, the Clackmannanshire Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge carry traffic across the firth.

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Tour Scotland Video Single Track Road Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of part of a drive on a single track road in the Scottish Highlands just North of Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. This road was an old Military road.

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Tour Scotland Video Road To Tummel Bridge Village Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the drive to Tummel Bridge village, West of Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. The small village of Tummel Bridge at the head of Loch Tummel takes its name from the Bridge that General Wade built here in 1733 to carry his Military Road south from Dalnacradoch on the A9 to his bridge at Aberfeldy. That old bridge still stands, although today it is only open to pedestrians, cyclists etc., with a much more boring structure carrying the road alongside.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Road To Kinlochleven Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of part of a drive to Kinlochleven, Scotland. Kinlochleven is a village in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe. Kinlochleven is the penultimate stop on the West Highland Way.

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Tour Scotland Video Walk Dean Cemetery Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of a walk around Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh is a place of tranquility and unique beauty that today carries out funerals with the same sense of quiet dignity that it has been providing since it opened its gates in 1846. It was one of the first cemeteries in the Edinburgh to be laid out along formal lines and the trees that were planted more than a century ago have grown now to maturity, giving the Dean Cemetery the atmosphere of a peaceful garden.

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Old Photograph Seagate Dunvegan Castle Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the seagate at Dunvegan Castle, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.
Dunvegan Castle has been the home of the chiefs of the Clan MacLeod since 1270. It is also the home of the Fairy Flag which was given to a MacLeod chief by his fairy wife. The old Seagate in the outer wall surrounding Dunvegan Castle was once the only entry point to the Castle.



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Old Photograph Gathering Peat Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of gathering peat on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Horse And Carriage Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and carriage in Paisley, Scotland. Historically, Paisley was notable as the religious home of the Stewart family who descended from Walter FitzAlan, the first High Steward of Scotland and founder of Paisley Abbey, eventually becoming the Scottish and British Royal Family. The Stewarts once resided at a castle in nearby Renfrew. All six of the High Stewards are buried in the Abbey, as is Marjorie Bruce, the eldest daughter of King Robert I of Scotland, Robert the Bruce, who married the 6th High Steward, thus founding the Stewart dynasty. The first Stewart King of Scotland and son of Marjorie Bruce and Walter Stewart, Robert II, is believed to have been born in the Abbey. His son Robert III is buried there. Ronald Reagan's maternal great great grandparents, Claude Wilson and Margaret Downey, were married at Paisley High Church on 23 May 1807.



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Old Photograph Horse Ploughing Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of Horse Ploughing in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photograph Pictish Round Tower at Abernethy

Tour Scotland video of the view from the Pictish Round Tower at Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland. This Tower is one of the two round towers of Irish style surviving in Scotland, dating from the end of the 11th century. It is 15ft in diameter at its base and 74ft high.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the Pictish Round Tower at Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Berry Picking Blairgowrie Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Berry Picking in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Soft fruit growing, mainly raspberries and strawberries developed in the 20th century and became a very important part of the town's economy with Smedleys opening a cannery in Haugh Road, Adamsons a jam factory in Croft Lane and huge quantities of table berries and pulp being despatched to markets and jam factories throughout Britain. Berry pickers were brought in by bus from Perth and Dundee, and large encampments were set up on farms for pickers from further afield, mainly from the Glasgow area, who made this their annual holiday. They were joined by the travelling community who congregated here for the berry season.



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Old Photograph Balmoral Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Balmoral Castle, Scotland.

Old photograph of Balmoral Castle, Scotland.

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Aberdeen and Royal Deeside. Royal Deeside, Whisky, Castles and Coast. The royal connection is most obvious around Balmoral, and there are castles and distilleries throughout the area. There are also spectacular coastal routes, such as Collieston and the Sands of Forvie, Cruden Bay and the Bullers of Buchan, and a route from Cullen along a disused railway that takes walkers past Bow Fiddle Rock. Magnificent views of the surrounding countryside can be seen from Scolty Hill, Tap o'Noth (site of an Iron Age fort) and Mither Tap. This fully revised edition includes brand new walks at Loch of Fyvie, Glen Tanar and Tarland. Aberdeen and Royal Deeside: Walks (Pathfinder Guides).

Old Photograph Stonemason Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Stonemason in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Blacksmith Pitlochry Scotland

Old photograph of a Blacksmith in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. The blacksmith who made knives and swords was a Bladesmith. The blacksmith who made locks was a Locksmith. The blacksmith who made gun barrels and triggers was a Gunsmith. The blacksmith who shod horses was a Farrier. Generally, the blacksmith was a man who possessed all of these skills.



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Tour Scotland Video Railway Station Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland video of the Railway Station in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. From Perth station, trains operate to: Edinburgh, via Fife; Glasgow, via Stirling; Inverness, via the Highland Main Line; and Aberdeen via Dundee. The overnight Caledonian Sleeper service between Inverness and London and the daily East Coast Highland Chieftain service between Inverness and London Kings Cross call at this station. Many of my tour guests choose to travel be train to arrive, or depart, from Scotland. A relaxing way to travel.

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Old Photograph Sweetie Shop Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a Sweetie Shop in Paisley, Scotland. All over Scotland, every town, village and street would have its own sweetie shop. Scots used eat more sweeties than any other people in the world. The simple explanation of this not altogether enviable reputation is that since 1680, when sugar began to be shipped in bulk from the West Indies, sugar refining has been an important west of Scotland Industry, Greenock on the Clyde being known as " Sugarapolis ".



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Old Photograph Crofter And Cottage Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter beside her cottage on the Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Market Street St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of Market Street, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Market Street and the linking cross streets and wynds emerged as the burgh developed westwards, and by the 16th century, St Andrews had reached the peak of its mediaeval cultural development, and was one of the great historic cities of Europe.





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Tour Scotland Video Stunt Horse Riding Countryside Festival Glamis Castle

Tour Scotland video of stunt horse riding at the Scottish Countryside Festival at Glamis Castle, Scotland. The festival originally came about in the wake of the 2007 outbreak of foot and mouth disease. The organisers hoped to try to develop something that would be good for the rural economy after the devastation that disease brought. During the outbreak, businesses closed and events were cancelled because people were asked not to move about the countryside. The Festival was intended as a sign of confidence in the future of rural activities.

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Tour Scotland Video Horse Riding Countryside Festival Glamis Castle July 29th

Tour Scotland video shot today of horse riders at the Scottish Countryside Festival at Glamis Castle, Scotland.

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