Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish music, of a sunny, but cold road trip drive mostly North on the A826 road to Aberfeldy on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Highlands of Perthshire. The A826 is a very barren road. It only goes through one town, and that is at one end in Aberfeldy. The road is twisty and bendy. On the way, you see Grandtully Hill, the small Loch na Creige and Glen Cochill. It is also a tourist route, being part of the Perthshire Tourist Route. In fact, it is all in the historic country of Perthshire. The A826 originated in the late 1720s as part of General Wade's Crieff to Inverness military road. This route started as the A822 in Crieff, followed the A826 into Aberfeldy. Beyond its association with Robert burns Burns, who mentioned Aberfeldy in his poem The Birks of Aberfeldy, the town is known for Wade's Bridge, built in 1733 and designed by architect William Adam, father of the more famous Robert Adam. General Wade considered this bridge to be his greatest accomplishment. Aberfeldy is also mentioned in the traditional Loch Tay Boat Song. Aberfeldie, the suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia was named, indirectly, after the town, as was the locality of Aberfeldy, Victoria. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March.
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