Autumn Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Glen Etive Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip driveon a narrow single track through Glen Etive on St Andrew's Day ancestry visit to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. At the north end of Glen Etive lie the two mountains known as the Herdsmen of Etive, Buachaille Etive Mòr and Buachaille Etive Beag. Other peaks accessible from the Glen include Ben Starav, located near the head of Loch Etive, and Beinn Fhionnlaidh on the northern side of the glen. 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. This kind of road is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The term is widely used in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands. Buachaille Etive Mòr appears in the films Braveheart and Skyfall. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Deirdre and her love Naoise founded Glen Etive after fleeing Ulster. The Fachen is also known as the Dwarf of Glen Etive. The name Etive is believed to mean " little ugly one " from the Gaelic goddess. Gregor McGregor was born in Glen Etive in 1908. Dorothy Wordsworth tells how from Kingshouse Hotel she and her brother 'often looked out of the window towards a huge pyramidal mountain called Buachaille Etive Mòr. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. According to the meteorological calendar, the first day of Autumn or Fall always falls on September 1. If you follow the astrological calendar, however, Autumn or Fall begins on Saturday, September 23. Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and he is celebrated on 30 November. This is called St Andrew's Day. He is also the patron saint of Romania, Greece, Russia, Ukraine and Poland. Patron saints are chosen to be special protectors or guardians over things. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs