Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, of a cloudy, rainy road trip drive on a single track road with passing places, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Acharacle, Scottish Gaelic: Àth Tharracail, a village in Ardnamurchan, in the Lochaber Highlands. This road is only wide enough for one vehicle. It has special passing places. If you see a vehicle coming towards you, or the driver behind wants to overtake, try to pull into a passing place on your left, or wait opposite a passing place on your right. Give way to vehicles coming uphill whenever you can. If necessary, reverse until you reach a passing place to let the other vehicle pass. The place name means Tarracal's ford. The Gaelic place name is composed of two world elements: àth meaning ford and the personal name Tarracal. This personal name is cognate to the Scottish Gaelic Torcall and the English Torquil, which are derived from the Old Norse Þorketill. According to Moidart tradition noted in the 19th century, Torquil was the leader of a force of Norse Vikings who were pursued by Somerled, and made a final stand at the riverside below Acharacle Manse, where they were slain. Acharacle lies on the western end of Loch Shiel and its surrounding scenery make it a holiday destination for hill climbers and naturalists. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip
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