Tour Scotland travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish music, through Perth, then North on the A9 road to Auchtergaven Parish Church and graveyard on ancestry, genealogy family history visit to Bankfoot, Perthshire. There has been a Church building in this location since the 10th Century. The present building, which was destroyed by fire, was the third on the site and was erected in 1812. Auchtergaven Parish was created in 1845. The Luncarty to Birnam dualling section encompasses many miles of the A9 and will be widened as part of the dualling programme, improving journey times and safety on the route. Lots of traffic restrictions on this stretch of the A9 including narrow lanes and a reduced speed limit of 40mph to 30mph. One of Scotland's largest transport infrastructure programmes aims to upgrade 80 miles of single carriageway between Perth and Inverness in the Highlands. 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. During the coronavirus pandemic I have been a volunteer driver.
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