Tour Scotland travel video of a New Year's Day, road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, on a single track road past Loch Freuchie to visit Glen Quaich in the Highlands of Perthshire. Glen Quaich gets its name from the River Quaich which runs through it into Loch Freuchie. The Highland clearances in Breadalbane, did not occur until the 1830’s, under the command of the Second Marquis of Breadalbane. In 1835, the factor, James Wyllie, had cleared the entire population of Glenquaich, with most Scots in the Glen taking flight by sea and populating lands in the new world mostly to North Easthope, Canada. 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. In Scotland you may also find sheep walking on the road. This kind of road is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The term is widely used in Scotland, particularly the Highlands, to describe such roads.
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