Spring Drive On A9 Road North To Birnam Highland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, from Dunkeld Road in Perth and then North on the A9 road on visit to the village of Birnam in Highland Perthshire. Road works to upgrade the A9 north of Perth to dual carriageway were put on hold to adhere to social distancing guidance during the Coronavirus Pandemic. John Everett Millais, who painted many local landscapes, and Beatrix Potter, with her family, often visited the village. Birnam is approximately one hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, and two hours from Inverness in the Highlands by car. The A9 is a major road running from central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. At 273 miles, it is the longest road in Scotland and the fifth longest A road in the United Kingdom. Historically it was the main road between Edinburgh and John o' Groats, and has been called the spine of Scotland. Drive with great care and patience on this road as it regularly appears in lists of Scotland's most dangerous roads.

The Birnam Oak is thought to be one of the oldest trees in the area, at least 600 years old, and once part of the woodland that inspired Shakespeare during a visit to the area he is thought to have made in 1589.

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