Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Aberfoyle Trossachs

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Aberfoyle, Trossachs, Scotland. Scottish Gaelic: Obar Phuill, Aberfoyle is a town in the historic county and registration county of Perthshire and the council area of Stirling, Scotland. The town is is situated on the River Forth, 27 miles north west of Glasgow. Aberfoyle has connections to many historical figures such as Rob Roy and Mary, Queen of Scots. Robert Roy MacGregor was born at the head of nearby Loch Katrine, and his well known cattle stealing exploits took him all around the area surrounding Aberfoyle. Visitors were first attracted to Aberfoyle and the surrounding area after the publication of The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott in 1810. From 1882 the town was served by Aberfoyle railway station, the terminus of the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway which connected to Glasgow via Dumbarton or Kirkintilloch. The station closed to passenger traffic in 1951, and the remaining freight services ceased in 1959.

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