Tour Scotland Video 2013 Kilt Run Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the 2013 Kilt Run at North Inch Park on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This attempt to break Guinness World Record for the Largest Kilt Race was held on Saturday 10th of August 2013. With more than 1,300 runners taking part in this event, it did fail to beat the " unofficial " world record of 1,757 runners which was set in Canada. However, as Perth, Ontario did not register their attempt with Guinness World Records, Perth in Scotland is set to take the title. Runners of all ages and from countries including England, Poland, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain and Canada took part in this wonderful event.

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Tour Scotland Video Red Hot Chilli Pipers Kilt Run Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers doing their sound check before the 2013 Kilt Run at North Inch Park on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Perth and District Pipe Band Kilt Run Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Perth and District Pipe Band marching ahead of the runners at the 2013 Kilt Run at North Inch Park on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Dancing Kilt Run Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of dancing before the 2013 Kilt Run at North Inch Park on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Rhythm Wave Samba Band Kilt Run Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Rhythm Wave Samba Band performing at the 2013 Kilt Run at North Inch Park on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Dolphins Firth Of Tay Tayport Fife

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Dolphins in the Firth of Tay far outside the harbour on a visit to Tayport, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Holy Trinity Church St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of photographs on visit to Holy Trinity Church in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. A small selection of my personal photographs shot on small group tours of Scotland.

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Old Photograph Steam Engine Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a steam engine in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Steam Engine Blair Atholl Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of steam engine just South of Blair Atholl by Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. The Highland Main Line through the village of Blair Atholl first opened for traffic on the 9th of September 1863. Blair Atholl railway station was bulit in 1869 as part of an agreement with the Duke of Atholl.



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Old Photograph Steam Engine Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a steam engine in Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Steam Engine Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a steam engine in Paisley, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Steam Engine Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a steam engine near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. The railway line linking Pitlochry with Dunkeld was opened in 1863 and quickly put Pitlochry on the tourist map. The station was built in 1883 by local builders, Stuart Forbes and Jameson.



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Tour Scotland Video Photographs National Museum Edinburgh

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of the National Museum on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. It would take a whole day to view all the exhibits in this wonderful museum, and with free admission it is a real bargain. A small selection of my personal photographs shot on small group tours of Scotland.

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Old Photograph Shoemakers Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of shoemakers in Paisley, Scotland. Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded by the volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or craftsmanship. Shoemakers or cordwainers, cobblers being those who repaired shoes, produced a range of footwear items, including shoes, boots, sandals, clogs and moccasins. Such items were generally made of leather.



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Tour Scotland Video Dolphins Firth Of Tay Tayport Fife

Tour Scotland video of Dolphins and calves in the Firth of Tay outside the harbour on a visit to Tayport, Fife, Scotland. A dolphin calf learns by imitating the mother. They stay right at the mothers side and turn, dive and surface right along with her.

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Old Photograph Leaderfoot Scotland

Old photograph of cottages. houses and people in Leaderfoot village located two miles East of Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The first bridge over the River Tweed in the village, now long gone, would have carried the Roman road, Dere Street on its way from the nearby fort of Trimontium to the northern frontier of the Empire on the edge of the Scottish Highlands. Today, three bridges cross the river; the old Drygrange road bridge built in 1780, now closed to traffic, the grand nineteen arch Leaderfoot Viaduct built in 1865, that once carried a section of the Berwickshire Railway which closed in 1948 and a modern road bridge built in 1973, supporting the A68 trunk road.



Tour Scotland video of Leadefoot Viaduct two miles East of Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland. This Scottish viaduct which is no longer used by trains, was opened on November 16th, 1863 to carry the Berwickshire Railway, which connected Reston, on the East Coast Main Line between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh, with St Boswells, on the Edinburgh to Carlisle "Waverley Line", via Duns and Greenlaw. The engineers of the railway were Charles Jopp and Wylie & Peddie.

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Tour Scotland Video Yachts Sailing Firth Of Tay

Tour Scotland video of yachts sailing in the Firth of Tay on a visit to Tayport, Fife, Scotland. In the background of this video are the towns of Broughty Ferry and Dundee.

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Old Photograph Vintage Car Balmoral Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car and Chauffeur by Balmoral Castle, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Vintage Car Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. The development of the town began in the 18th century, when General Wade’s Great North Road, built to allow military access to the Highlands, was routed through Pitlochry. General Wade was sent to Scotland in July 1724. He reported back in December that " more than half of the 22,000 men capable of bearing arms in the Highlands and Islands were ready to create new troubles and rise in arms to favour the Pretender ". In his report Wade pointed out that government troops would benefit from improved roads and river crossings to put down the rebels. King George I appointed Wade as Commander in chief, North Britain. The first of four roads whose building Wade would oversee, was under construction by the following year; 1, from Inverness to Fort William (along the south side of Loch Ness, 2 from Dunkeld to Inverness via Pass of Drumochter, 3 from Crieff to the existing road at Dalnacardoch by Aberfeldy and Tummel Bridge, 4 from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus via Corrieyairack Pass, and a spur to Ruthven via Crubenbeg. Construction of the roads took place between April and October of each year, the winter months being too harsh for such labours. Work in the summer could be arduous too with uncertain weather and the presence of the ubiquitous midge. The construction parties consisted of 100 men overseen by 2 corporals, 2 sergeants, 2 subalterns and a captain. They were generally also accompanied by a drummer. Wade engaged craftsmen with skills in masonry, carpentry for example to ensure that major structures such as bridges were built to a standard. Encampments were established at ten mile intervals and the inns which developed became known as Kingshouses. Some of these continue to serve travellers today. The well known Kingshouse on Rannoch Moor sits beside the route made by Wade's successor William Caulfeild.



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Old Photograph Vintage Car Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car in Paisley, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video David Livingstone Bust Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the David Livingstone bust in the National Library on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. David Livingstone, born 19th of March 1813, died 1st of May 1873, was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley on the 10th of November 1871 gave rise to the popular quotation " Dr. Livingstone, I presume ? "

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Tour Scotland Video Thomas Chalmers Bust Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the Thomas Chalmers bust in the National Museum on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Thomas Chalmers, born on 17th of March 1780, died on 31st of May 1847, was a Scottish minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called Scotland's greatest nineteenth century churchman.

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Old Photograph Friars Carse Scotland

Old photograph of Friars Carse located one mile South East of Dumfries, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is located on the west bank of the River Nith and is known for its strong associations with Robert Burns who lived for a while at the nearby Ellisland farm. Alexander Fergusson of Craigdarroch married Bonnie Anna Laurie or Annie Laurie in 1710, daughter of Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, the Annie Laurie of the song. Although she lived at Craigdarroch for over 50 years, she died at Friars' Carse on the 5th of April 1764, aged 81.



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Old Photograph Woman With Bicycle St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of a woman with her bicycle in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Kirkpatrick Macmillan, born 2 September 1812 in Keir, Dumfries and Galloway; died 26 January 1878 in Keir, was a Scottish blacksmith. He is generally credited with inventing the rear wheel driven bicycle.



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Old Photograph Blacksmith Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of a Blacksmith on the Island of Arran, Scotland. The blacksmith who shod horses was called a Farrier. A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary. A farrier combines some blacksmith's skills, fabricating, adapting, and adjusting metal shoes) with some veterinarian's skills, knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the lower limb, to care for horses' feet. The village blacksmith, though, was called upon to do many things.



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Old Photograph Cornhill Scotland

Old photograph of Cornhill a small village near Banff, Scotland. Near to this Scottish village is a castle, Castle of Park, also known as Park House, which was built in the 16th century.



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Old Photograph Fochabers Scotland

Old photograph of Fochabers located ten miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. Fochabers was founded in 1776, and is one of the best examples of a planned Scottish village. Alexander Milne born 1742, died 1838, was a Scottish American entrepreneur and philanthropist who was born in Fochabers, Moray. He was employed as a footman by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon and when ordered by the duke to powder his red hair, Milne declined, left his employment and emigrated to the American colonies. By 1776, Milne had moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, where, after doing well in the hardware business, he set up a brick making company using mainly slave labour and by the late 18th century most of the brick used in New Orleans was made at his works.



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Old Photograph Aberlour Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Aberlour located twelve miles South of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. The full name of this Scottish village is Charlestown of Aberlour. The town was granted its feu charter in 1814 and began to operate its own markets. Whisky was a major industry even then and once the 1823 licensing act was passed and a longer warehousing process introduced it began to take on the more mature characteristics that we are familiar with today.



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Old Photograph Keltie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Keltie Castle, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish fortified house was built by the Bonar family around 1600. The Rollo family acquired the estate in 1835. Keltie incorporates earlier work. It is an L shaped building with an unusual turret corbelled out on the east gable with five shot holes. There are other shot-holes elsewhere and a stout iron grille over a first floor window.



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Old Photograph Castle Sween Scotland

Old photograph of Castle Sween, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish castle is thought to be one of the earliest stone castles built in Scotland, having been built sometime in the late twelfth century. In the thirteenth century, the Clan MacSween governed lands extending as far north as Loch Awe and as far south as Skipness Castle on Loch Fyne. In the later half of the thirteenth century the MacSween lands of Knapdale passed into the hands of the Stewart Earls of Menteith. By the time of the Wars of Scottish Independence the MacSweens entered into the service of King Edward I of England in the hope of recovering their lands from the Earl of Menteith, however when Robert the Bruce became King of Scotland he displaced the MacSweens from their lands. After Robert the Bruce had defeated MacDougall Lord of Lorne in 1308, he then laid siege to Alasdair Og MacDonald in Castle Sween. Alastair gave himself up and was disinherited by Robert Bruce who then granted Islay to Alasdair's younger brother, Angus Og, the king's loyal supporter, who also received the Castle Sween in Kintyre from the King. In 1376 half of Knapdale, which included Castle Sween, passed into possession of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles, by grant of Robert II of Scotland to his son-in-law John I, Lord of the Isles.



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Old Photograph Crofter Carrying Peat Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter carrying a Peat basket on the Island Of Harris, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lann Hall Scotland

Old photograph of Lann Hall, Tynron, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A late 18th century symmetrically planned small mansion house.



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Old Photograph Kinlochmore Scotland

Old photograph of Kinlochmore, Kinlochleven, Scotland. This Scottish village is located to the north of the River Leven in Inverness-shire. With Kinlochbeg to the south of the River Leven it was combined to create Kinlochleven, following the construction of an aluminium smelter and associated housing for its employees.



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Tour Scotland Video Exiles Statue National Museum Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the mother and child maquette in the National Museum on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. The original Exiles statue stands at Helmsdale, Sutherland, with an exact replica in Winnipeg, Canada, a symbol of the continuing connection between emigrants and Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Red Admiral Butterflies

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Red Admiral butterflies by the coast of the Firth of Tay on a visit to Tayport, Fife, Scotland. This butterfly is unmistakable, with the velvety black wings intersected by striking red bands and is a frequent visitor to the British Isles.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Yacht Lighthouse Firth Of Tay

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of a yacht sailing past the old Pile Lighthouse in the Firth of Tay on a visit to Tayport, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Grand Gallery Atrium National Museum Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the grand gallery and atrium in the National Museum on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Old Photograph The Manse Colinton Scotland

Old photograph of the church manse in Colinton located South West of the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. Robert Louis Stevenson spent the summers of his childhood at the manse when his grandfather was the village's Parish Minister; the philanthropist James Gillespie; and architects Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and John James Burnet also lived in this Scottish village.





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Old Photographs Tarland Scotland

Old photograph of a car, cottage, houses and shops in Tarland located five miles North West of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Melgum Lodge near Tarland was originally built as a hunting lodge for the physician to Queen Victoria who frequently stayed in the vicinity at Balmoral Castle.

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Old Photographs of Burntisland Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish town developed as a seaport, being second only to Leith in the Firth of Forth, and shipbuilding became an important industry in the town. In 1633 one of the barges, the Blessing of Burntisland, carrying Charles I and his entourage's baggage from Burntisland to Leith sank with the loss of Charles' treasure. In 1601, King James VI chose the town as an alternative site for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland



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Old Photographs Port Bannatyne Scotland

Old photograph of Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland. This Scottish village started in 1801 with the building of a small harbour on Kames Bay. Lord Bannatyne of Kames Castle, at the head of the bay, planned the village in an attempt to rival Rothesay. Initially known as Kamesburgh, by the mid 19th century, steamers were calling there regularly. In 1860 the Marquess of Bute purchased this part of the island and renamed the village Port Bannatyne in honour of the long historical association of the Bannatyne family with the area. Boat building became an important local industry.

Old photograph of Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland.

Old photograph of Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Edinburgh Castle From Grassmarket

Tour Scotland video of Edinburgh Castle from visit to the medieval Grassmarket in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Grassmarket is located directly south-east of Edinburgh Castle with the castle dominating views northwards from the space. The Grassmarket was, from 1477 to 1911, one of Edinburgh's main markets for horse and cattle. It was also a setting for public executions. A popular story in Edinburgh is that of Maggie Dickson, a fishwife from Musselburgh who was hanged in the Grassmarket in 1728 for murdering her own baby. After the hanging, her body was taken back to Musselburgh in a coffin. However, on the way there she awoke. Under Scots Law she had served her punishment. Only later were the words "until dead" added to the sentence of hanging. It was also to some extent seen as divine intervention, and so she was allowed to go free. In later life, and legend, she was thereafter referred to as Half-Hangit Maggie.

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Old Photographs Sumburgh Airport Scotland

Old photograph of Sumburgh Airport twelve miles South of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sumburgh Links was surveyed and the grass strips laid out by Captain E. E. Fresson in 1936: the Airport was opened on the 3rd of June of that year with the inaugural flight from Aberdeen by the De Havilland Dragon Rapide G-ACPN piloted by Fresson himself.

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Old Photographs Meigle Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. Nearby Belmont Castle, constructed from the 15th century, originally as a residence of the Bishops of Dunkeld, was the residence of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, born 1836, died 1908, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908. He is buried in the village churchyard.

Old photograph of Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph George Street Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of George Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Dunkeld Road Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Dunkeld Road in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin Scotland

Old photograph of a car on the road to Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin located North of Ullapool, Scotland. Gaelic for White Cairn Loch this is a sea inlet off Eddrachillis Bay on the North West coast of the Western Scottish Highlands. It was the site of the World War Two midget submarine training base, Port HHZ. The base was heavily involved in the training for the X-Craft operations, Operation Source, to sink the German battleship Tirpitz. From July 1943, the craft worked up from HMS Bonaventure at Port HHZ. Commander in Chief Naval Home Command allowed capital ships of his fleet to act as target ships at Port HHZ. The Boom Defence organisation were also heavily involved in surrounding these ships with nets and providing net defences and equipment for the trials. HMS Titania sailed for and arrived at Port HHZ on 30 August 1943 to act as depot ship to the submarines taking part, and the submarines HMS Thrasher, Truculent, Stubborn, Syrtis, Sceptre and Sea Nymph arrived between 31 August and 1 September. Special security measures at Port HHZ were also increased from 1 September. No leave was allowed, and only specially selected officers and ratings were permitted to leave the area. All ships present were retained in the port until the completion of the operation.



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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Dolphin Firth Of Tay Tayport

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of a Dolphin by the old Pile Lighthouse in the Firth of Tay on a visit to Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Shot these photos from about half a mile away, hopefully the dolphins will come closer to shore next time I am in the area. The lighthouse with lantern on small, square wooden building atop wooden piles is one of the few surviving pile lighthouses in Britain. It was built in 1848. and has been Inactive since about 1960.

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Tour Scotland Video Yacht Firth Of Tay Tayport Fife

Tour Scotland video of a yacht returning to harbour on the coast of the Firth of Tay on a visit to Tayport, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Red Admiral Butterfly Tayport Fife

Tour Scotland video of a Red Admiral butterfly by the coast of the Firth of Tay on a visit to Tayport, Fife, Scotland. This butterfly is unmistakable, with the velvety black wings intersected by striking red bands and is a frequent visitor to the British Isles.

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