Winter Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Eastern Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a road trip drive on single track back roads on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to rural Eastern Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. A single track road or one lane road is a road that permits two way travel but is not wide enough in most places to allow vehicles to pass one another, although sometimes two compact cars can pass. This kind of road with passing places is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Clan Donnachaidh, Scottish Gaelic: Clann Dònnchaidh, also known as Clan Robertson, is one of the oldest of all Perthshire clans. The clan's first recognised chief, Donnchadh Reamhar, " Stout Duncan ", son of Andrew de Atholia, Latin for Andrew of Atholl, was a minor landowner and leader of a kingroup around Dunkeld, Highland Perthshire, and as legend has it, was an enthusiastic and faithful supporter of King Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence; he is believed to have looked after King Robert after the Battle of Methven in 1306. The clan asserts that Stout Duncan's relatives and followers supported Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Road Trip Drive With Music From Fife To Cross Tay Road Bridge On Visit To Dundee Tayside Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Winter, sunny, but cold, road trip drive, with Scottish accordion music, through Wormit and Newport on Tay in North Fife to cross the Tay Road Bridge which spans the Firth of Tay on visit to the city of Dundee in Tayside, Britain, United Kingdom. The Tay Road Bridge carries the A92 road across the Firth of Tay from Newport-on-Tay in Fife to Dundee in Scotland, just downstream of the Tay Rail Bridge. At around 1.4 miles long it is one of the longest road bridges in Europe, and was opened in 1966, replacing the old Tay ferry. The bridge was designed by consulting engineers WA Fairhurst and Partners of Glasgow and Dundee, under the direct supervision of the firm's founding partner, civil engineer William Fairhurst. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Bagpipes Music By A Waterfall On History Visit To Glencoe Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a Scottish piper playing bagpipes music by a waterfall on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Glencoe, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. This famous Scottish Glen was the site the of the famous Massacre of Glencoe which began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen at Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon, although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued. 38 MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Campbell guests who had accepted their hospitality. This Highland location featured a lot in Skyfall the James Bond movie, mainly because it is the most famous Scottish glen and one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world, it also featured in Highlander, Rob Roy, Braveheart and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Being in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Winter Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Arncroach Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry visit to Arncroach village in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Arncroach is situated at the foot of Kellie Law, a small hill which is visible from as far as the Firth of Forth, within the parish of Carnbee. Arncroach once had two schools, despite it only being a very small village. One was a boys school and the other was for girls. Children living in the village and surrounding area now have to travel to Pittenweem or Colinsburgh Primarys, and Waid Academy in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife for secondary education. William Wheeler was born in Kinghom, Fife, in 1845 or 1846. After serving an apprenticeship in Kirkford, Cowdenbeath, he went to Glasgow to work as a foreman. He returned to Fife, to Kirkcaldy, but within a year moved to Amcroach around 1877. He established himself first as a wheelwright and joiner. The 1881 Census Return for Amcroach, in the Parish of Cambee, lists William Wheeler as a carpenter and master of two boys, married, with four children. He later branched into furniture making, and was by all accounts very successful, earning a reputation for well made furniture. He established a very good connection with the architect and furniture designer Robert S. Lorimer, born 186 4, died 1929, who took up a lease of Kellie Castle near Amcroach, shortly after Wheeler settled in the village. Robert Lorimer’s early furniture design was much informed by the Arts and Crafts Movement; and it was appropriate then that he should have engaged local craftsmen such as Wheeler to execute his designs. During the 1890s in particular, Wheeler worked closely with Lorimer, making some of the furniture Lorimer submitted to the triennial Arts and Crafts Exhibitions in London, England. The surname Wheeler was first found in Worcestershire. England, where they held a family seat from ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Over the years, many variations of the name Wheeler were recorded, including Wheeler, Wheler, Wheller and others. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Winter Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To New Gilston Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to New Gilston village in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. New Gilston was built around 1700 and owes its existence to coal mining. The 1841 census data for the village shows that the majority of adult males in the vilage were employed either as agricultural labourers or as coal miners, with a small number of hand loom weavers and carters and a couple of blacksmiths and stone masons). At that time the village had a school for a number of years, a subscription school having begun in 1832. The surname Gilston was first found in Dumfriesshire and in Warwickshire, England, at Gilson, a hamlet that dates back to 1232 AD. Gilston is a village near Harlow in the county of Hertfordshire. It dates back to 1197 when it was first listed as Gedelston and literally meant farmstead or village of a man called Gedel or Gydel. Spelling variations of this family name include: Gillson, Gilson, Gillieson and others. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Doctor Gillson who settled in Boston, Massachusetts, America, in 1764; followed by Mr. Gillson in 1768; Ann Gilson settled in New England in 1635; Edward Gilson settled in Virginia in 1670. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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