Spring Drive From Milnathort To Glenfarg Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of a road trip drive on single track roads, with Scottish music, from Milnathort through the Ochil Hills on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Glenfarg, Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Fairg, Perthshire. Originally known as Damhead, the village benefitted from being a stagecoach stopover as horses were rested en route between Edinburgh and the Highlands. Famous visitors over time are said to have included Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Walter Scott and even Scotland's celebrated poet, Robert Burns. Glenfarg comprises the communities of Glenfarg, Duncrievie, Drunzie and Arngask. The name of the village was changed in the 1890s when the newly completed railway began to bring tourists to the area, and Glenfarg was felt to be more appealing than Damhead. The railway line and station closed on 14 June 1964. 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 is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The term is widely used in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands.

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