Tour Scotland Video Scottish Bearded Collie Doing Tricks Christmas Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Scottish Bearded collie dog doing tricks on the High Street by the Christmas Market in the city centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. It was pleasure to meet Roger and his wonderful dog named Seiben who brightened up a rainy day in Perth. The Bearded Collie, or Beardie, is a herding breed of dog once used primarily by Scottish shepherds to herd both sheep and cattle, but now mostly a popular family companion.

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Tour Scotland Video Perth and District Pipe Band Playing Dream Valley of Glendaruel Christmas Market

Tour Scotland video of Perth and District Pipe Band playing Dream Valley of Glendaruel on the High Street by the Christmas Market in the city centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The objects of the Band are ‘to promote and develop the playing of the Highland Bagpipe and Pipe Band drumming; to provide tuition in piping and drumming and to perform as a Pipe Band in the community and in competitions.

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Tour Scotland Video Perth and District Pipe Band Playing Scottish Soldier Christmas Market

Tour Scotland video of Perth and District Pipe Band playing Scottish Soldier on the High Street by the Christmas Market in the city centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The objects of the Band are ‘to promote and develop the playing of the Highland Bagpipe and Pipe Band drumming; to provide tuition in piping and drumming and to perform as a Pipe Band in the community and in competitions.

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Tour Scotland Video Perth and District Pipe Band Playing Highland Cathedral Christmas Market

Tour Scotland video of Perth and District Pipe Band playing Highland Cathedral on the High Street by the Christmas Market in the city centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The objects of the Band are ‘to promote and develop the playing of the Highland Bagpipe and Pipe Band drumming; to provide tuition in piping and drumming and to perform as a Pipe Band in the community and in competitions.

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Tour Scotland Video Perth and District Pipe Band Playing Scotland The Brave Christmas Market

Tour Scotland video of Perth and District Pipe Band playing Scotland The Brave on the High Street by the Christmas Market in the city centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The objects of the Band are ‘to promote and develop the playing of the Highland Bagpipe and Pipe Band drumming; to provide tuition in piping and drumming and to perform as a Pipe Band in the community and in competitions.

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Tour Scotland Video Perth and District Pipe Band Playing Amazing Grace Christmas Market

Tour Scotland video of Perth and District Pipe Band playing Amazing Grace on the High Street by the Christmas Market in the city centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The objects of the Band are ‘to promote and develop the playing of the Highland Bagpipe and Pipe Band drumming; to provide tuition in piping and drumming and to perform as a Pipe Band in the community and in competitions.

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Old Photograph Caiplie Caves Scotland

Old photograph of Caves of Caiplie located on the Fife Coastal Path between Anstruther and Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Caves were the site of early Christian worship, after this they were used by farmers to house livestock and included a doocot for housing pigeons, the caves are thought to have been abandoned since 1800. From the caves you are offered views of the May Island, a nature reserve that can be travelled to by boat from Anstruther, and the Bass Rock. In the morning and night you get a spectacular view of the sunrise and sun set. To the left of the caves you can see along to Kilrenny and Cellardyke and to the right you can see Crail, a small fishing village.



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Tour Scotland Music Video My Johnny Was A Shoemaker

Tour Scotland music video recommendation. Barbara Dickson singing My Johnny Was A Shoemaker. Barbara Ruth Dickson, OBE, born in Dunfermline, Fife, on the 27th of September 1947 is a wonderful Scottish singer.

My Johnny was a shoemaker and did he love me
My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea
With pitch and tar to soil his hands
And to sail across the sea, stormy sea
And sail across the stormy sea
His jacket was a deep sky-blue and curly was his hair
His jacket was a deep sky-blue, it was a do declare
For to reeve the top sails up against the mast
And to sail across the sea, stormy sea
And sail across the stormy sea
Some day he'll be a captain bold with a brave and a gallant crew
Some day he'll be a captain bold with a sword and spy glass too
And when he has his gallant captain's sword
He'll come home and marry me, marry me
He'll come home and marry me.

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Old Photographs Isle Of Coll Inner Hebrides

Old photograph of the Isle of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. This Scottish island was home to a branch of the Clan Maclean for 500 years, not all of which were peaceful. In 1590 the Macleans of Duart invaded their cousins on Coll with the intention of taking the island for themselves. A battle was fought at Breachacha Castle where the Coll clan overwhelmed the Duarts, chopped off their heads and threw them in the stream, which is still known as " the stream of the heads ". The Macleans of Coll retained their baronial fief and Castle of Breachacha until 1848 when Alexander Maclean of Coll emigrated to Natal, South Africa where he died unmarried.





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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Jam And Cream Doughnuts Christmas Food Market Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of jam and cream doughnuts at a Christmas Food Market in Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. A doughnut or donut is a type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food. The doughnut is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets. Doughnuts are usually deep fried from a flour dough, and typically either ring shaped or without a hole, and often filled.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Cream Doughnuts Christmas Food Market Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of cream doughnuts at a Christmas Food Market in Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Apple And Cream Doughnuts Christmas Food Market Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of apple and cream doughnuts at a Christmas Food Market in Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Sprinkles And Chocolate Doughnut Christmas Food Market Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of chocolate doughnuts covered with hundreds and thousands at a Christmas Food Market in Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Each doughnut is covered with Sprinkles which are very small pieces of confectionery used as a decoration or to add texture to desserts, usually cupcakes, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream, frozen yogurt, and some puddings. Sprinkles generally require frosting, ice cream, or some other sort of sticky material in order to stick to the desired food surface. They can be most commonly found on smaller confections such as cupcakes or frosted sugar cookies, as these generally have more frosting and smaller diameter than do cakes.

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Old Photograph Whittingehame Church Scotland

Old photograph of Whittingehame church near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. This Gothic T-plan Scottish church was built in 1722, and added to by Barclay and Lamb in 1820 for James Balfour, grandfather of A J Balfour, Prime Minister of Britain from 1902 to 1905. The Eighteenth century burial enclosure of Buchan Sydserfs of Ruchlaw and good late 17th century headstones show that there was an earlier church on the site.



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Old Photograph Whittingehame House Scotland

Old photograph of Whittingehame House near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. James Balfour engaged James Dorward, from Haddington, to build a new neo-classical mansion and offices to designs by Sir Robert Smirke, Whittingehame House, completed about 1817, with additions and alterations by architect William Burn ten years later. Between 1939 and 1941, Whittingehame house was converted into a school for Jewish refugee children coming to Britain through the Kindertransport. The school, known as the Whittingehame Farm School, sheltered 160 children between the ages of 7 and 17.



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Old Photograph Whittingehame Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Whittingehame Castle located two miles South of East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built on lands belonging to the Cospatrick Earls of March. In the 14th century the lands were acquired by the Douglases. During the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, they were held by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton. The property subsequently passed through the hands of the Setons, Hays and Balfours of Balbirnie, who occupy the castle still. Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905, belonged to this family.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Pictish Warrior Stone Abbot House Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Pictish Warrior stone in Abbot House on ancestry visit to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. This stone of Pictish horsemen was discovered in nearby Inverkeithing. The Picts were a tribal confederation of peoples who lived in what is today eastern and northern Scotland during the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval periods. They are thought to have been ethnolinguistically Celtic. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from the geographical distribution of brochs, Brittonic place name elements, and Pictish stones. Picts are attested to in written records from before the Roman conquest of Britain to the 10th century, when they are thought to have merged with the Gaels. They lived to the north of the rivers Forth and Clyde, and spoke the now-extinct Pictish language, which is thought to have been closely related to the Brittonic language spoken by the Britons who lived to the south of them.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Annunciation Stone Abbot House Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland video of the replica of the Annunciation Stone in Abbot House on ancestry visit to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The stone is a graphic illustration of Luke, Chapter I, verses 28 to 38. With the angel Gabriel with outspread wings, and the Virgin Mary in an attitude of devotion. In his right hand the angel holds a sceptre, and in his left hand is a scroll, inscribed as follows:

AVE - GRATIA - PLENA - DNS - TECV

At the top is a human head and face with a crown of glory, the emblem of God the Father, and to the left, a dove. There is also shown a two-handed pot containing a lily, the emblem of purity. In the lower part of the stone is a shield bearing the arms of George Durie. The arms consist of a shield with a chevron between three crescents.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Crois Mhor Dunkeld Cathedral Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Crois Mhor on on ancestry visit to Dunkeld Cathedral , Perthshire, Scotland. A Scottish cross made of driftwood said to have connections to the island of Islay and St Columba. Relics of Saint Columba, including his bones, were said to have been kept at Dunkeld until the Reformation, at which time they were removed to Ireland. Some believe there are still undiscovered Columban relics buried within the cathedral grounds.

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Tour Scotland Video Callanish Standing Stones Isle Of Lewis Outer Hebrides

Tour Scotland video of Callanish Standing Stones on the Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Local tradition says that giants who lived on the island refused to be converted to Christianity by Saint Kieran and were turned into stone as a punishment. Another local belief says that at sunrise on midsummer morning, the " shining one" walked along the stone avenue, " his arrival heralded by the cuckoo's call. " This legend could be a folk memory recalling the astronomical significance of the stones.

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Old Photographs Larkhall Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, tram and people in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Larkhall is located fourteen miles southeast of Glasgow. Traditionally a mining, weaving and textile area, most of Larkhall's traditional industries have now closed, including the Lanarkshire iron and steel works.



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Old Photographs Slamannan Scotland

Old photograph of houses, hotel and people in Slamannan located six miles East of Cumbernauld, Scotland. Former Cabinet Minister Viscount Horne was born in Slamannan in 1871, the son of the village's Church of Scotland minister. After study at the University of Glasgow, he became a successful QC and was elected to represent Glasgow Hillhead in Parliament, and served as Minister of Labour, President of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lloyd George after the First World War. He was ennobled in 1937 as Viscount Horne of Slammanan. Lance Corporal Samuel Frickleton, was born in Slamannan, in 1891, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Frickleton. The family emigrated to New Zealand to take advantage of the plentiful jobs on offer in the coal mining industry, and the following year saw the outbreak of the First World War. Corporal Frickleton was awarded the military's highest honour for his actions in the Battle of Messines. His bravery was so outstanding that his commanding officer claimed he could have won the Victoria Cross " twice over ".



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Tour Scotland Music Recommendation A Celtic Prayer

Tour Scotland Music recommendation, A Celtic Prayer by Karl Jenkins with London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Laurence Cottle, Davy Spillane, Simon Halsey, Gareth Davies.

Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you

Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.

Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you

Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.

Deep peace of Christ, The light of the world to you
Deep peace of Christ to you.
Deep peace of Christ, The light of the world to you

Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.

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Tour Scotland Video Little Bay Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of the An t-Òban in Scottish Gaelic meaning Little Bay which is located in a beautiful setting in the Firth of Lorn at Oban, Scotland. The bay is a near perfect horseshoe, protected by the island of Kerrera, and beyond Kerrera the Isle of Mull. To the north is the long low island of Lismore, and the mountains of Morvern and Ardgour. The site where Oban now stands has been used by humans since at least mesolithic times, as evidenced by archaeological remains of cave dwellers found in the town Just outside the town stands Dunollie Castle, on a site that overlooks the main entrance to the bay and has been fortified since the 7th century. The modern town of Oban grew up around the distillery which was founded there in 1794, and the town was raised to a burgh of barony in 1811 by royal charter Sir Walter Scott visited the area in 1814, the year in which he published his poem The Lord of the Isles, and interest in the poem brought many new visitors to the town. The arrival of the railways in the 1880s brought further prosperity to local industry and giving new energy to tourism.

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Tour Scotland Video Loch Maree Wester Ross Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. The waters of this Scottish loch were thought to have curative effects, with being submerged in the water thought to be a cure for lunacy. It has has its own monster in the form of the muc-sheilch. The loch is often referred to as the most beautiful loch in the Highlands. Wester Ross is featured in the lyrics to the song Letter from America by The Proclaimers, and Kishorn Commandos by North Sea Gas, which relate the wild lifestyle of construction workers on the Ninian Central Platform in Kishorn. Many other songs refer to or are named after areas, geographical features and villages of Wester Ross, notably Loch Maree Islands, which has been recorded by many artists including Calum Kennedy. Major outdoor scenes in the films Stardust and The Eagle of the Ninth were shot in Wester Ross. Wester Ross is the location for the adventures of John Macnab in the book by John Buchan.

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Tour Scotland Music Video Recommendation The Fishwives Choir

Tour Scotland Music video recommendation, When The Boat Comes In, Eternal Father by The Fishwives Choir. The choir singing for fishermen lost at sea. Trying to revitalise a lost fishing culture.



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Tour Scotland Music Videos Christmas Carols Edinburgh Castle

Tour Scotland video of Christmas Carol singing in the Great Hall on visit to Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of Christmas Carol singing in the Great Hall on visit to Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Lumsden Scotland

Old photograph of children, cottages and houses in Lumsden located seven miles from Alford, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded around 1825 by Harry Leith Lumsden of Auchindoir on what was then a barren moorland.

Recorded in several spellings including Lumsden, Lumsdaine, and Lumsdon, this is a Scottish locational surname. which originates from a place called " Lumsden " in the parish of Coldingham, Berwickshire. The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th century " lumm " meaning a pool, plus "denu " a valley. In an early Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, reference is made to an Adam de Lummesdene of Berwickshire who rendered homage in 1296. In the early half of the 14th century a branch of the Lumsden family acquired land in Fife and in Aberdeenshire, near Aberdeen to which they gave their family name, whilst John de Lummysden witnessed a charter by Duncan, earl of Fife in 1335. An interesting name bearer was Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden, born 1821, died 1896, lieutenant general of the British army, and who served for many years in India. He introduced the khaki uniform into the Indian army, and it was subsequently adopted throughout the forces at the end of the 19th century. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gillem de Lumisden. this was dated circa 1166, when he witnessed a charter by the earl of Dunbar to the Priory of Coldingham. This was during the reign of King William, the Lion, of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Music Video Recommendation The Snowman IRN BRU

Tour Scotland Music recommendation, Walking In The Air, The Snowman. This video was by IRN BRU, a Scottish carbonated soft drink and was a Scottish parody commercial of the popular Christmas Cartoon, The Snowman. In the video the young boy and the snowman fly over Scotland, on a visit looking at the Falkirk Wheel, the Forth Bridge, Glasgow’s Buchanan St, the Princes St Gardens Ice Rink, the Loch Ness monster, a red deer, the Glenfinnan viaduct, Eilean Donan Castle, and Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall. When the boy refuses to share his IRN BRU with the snowman he’s dropped off in George Square in Glasgow.

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Tour Scotland Music Video Recommendation All Through The Night Alex Beaton

Tour Scotland Music recommendation, All Through The Night by Alex Beaton. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, to a Scottish father and an Irish mother, Beaton began his musical career as a member of The Cumberland Three, one of Britain's top folk groups in the early 1960s.

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Old Photographs Ollaberry Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages and church in Ollaberry village on mainland Shetland Islands, Scotland. Andrew Cheyne, the father of Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet the famous surgeon was from here. Sir William himself was born at sea off Tasmania.

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Old Photograph Rowanburn Scotland

Old photograph of Rowanburn located near Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded as a coal mining community in the late 19th century to house miners from the Canonbie coalfield. The coal mines are now closed. To the south is the Riddings Viaduct, a nine span railway viaduct built in 1864 for the Border Union Railway.



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Old Photograph Drumtochty Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Drumtochty Castle near Auchenblae, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. During the Second World War, Drumtochty Castle was bought by the Norwegian government in exile and used as a boarding school for Norwegian children who were refugees from the German occupation of Norway. On the 1 May 1947, Robert and Elizabeth Langlands, opened a boys preparatory school at the Castle, having bought Drumtochty from the Norwegian government. The school closed in 1971.





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Old Photograph Forest of Birse Kirk Scotland

Old photograph of Forest of Birse Kirk in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish church or chapel was built in the early 1890s to act as a church and school for the remote and sparsely populated community. It replaced a late 18th century church built by local heritors. A small ruin close to the church was the school teacher's house, but this was abandoned in the 1890s and the church ceased to be a school in 1933. The church is still in use today for fairly regular services.



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Old Photographs Reawick Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Reawick village on mainland Shetland Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Cairnbaan Scotland

Old photograph of Cairnbaan, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the Crinan Canal about half way between the two ends of the canal, where lie respectively the settlements of Ardrishaig and Crinan. The village has a hotel, built in the 18th century, which has featured in the television series The Tales of Para Handy, based on the novels of Neil Munro.



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