Summer Afternoon Road Trip Drive Bridge Of Earn Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of a Summer afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish music, West on the A90 road from Dundee and over Friarton Bridge on to visit Bridge Of Earn just South of Perth, Perthshire. Bridge of Earn Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Èireann, is a small town in the parish of Dunbarney often referred to simply as The Brig. The parish of Dunbarney was very much part of the traditional agricultural economy of lowland Scotland up to the late 19th century, with most of the inhabitants engaged in agriculture or associated rural crafts. The traffic on the main north road from Edinburgh also gave a certain scope for the inn and hotel trade to accommodate travellers. Since the Second World War, Bridge of Earn has increasingly become a dormitory town for families whose wage-earners commute to Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh or other large towns, and this has led to a great expansion in the numbers of homes being built, and a corresponding increase in the number of local shops and services.

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