Road Trip Drive With Music To Leuchars On Visit To North East Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland early Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive to Leuchars, Scottish Gaelic: Luachar meaning rushes, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to North East Fife. The Barony of Leuchars is recorded during the reign of William the Lion born 1165, died 214. The 12th century St Athernase Church is one of the finest surviving examples of an unaisled Romanesque parish church in Scotland. The town had an adjoining Royal Air Force base, RAF Leuchars, which was established in 1920, and was home to the Eurofighter Typhoon. In 2015, the RAF base became an Army base, as the regimental headquarters of 2 Close Support Battalion REME and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, who saw their return to Scotland after 20 years in Germany, as coming home. Leuchars is seven miles North East of Cupar and six miles North West from the university town of St Andrews. The city of Dundee is seven miles to the North, across the rail and road bridges that span the Firth of Tay.. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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