Autumn Road Trip Drive With Music To Visit Acharacle Lochaber Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a dreich 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. Dreich is a Scots word for dull and cloudy and rainy weather. 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. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30. The equinox at which the sun approaches the Southern Hemisphere, marking the start of astronomical Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The time of this occurrence is approximate#lydr September 22. @tourscotland #music #autumn #highlands #drivingtrip #scotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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