Outdoor Christmas Tree Lights On Visit To A Street In Scone By Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Winter night 4K short travel video clip of the sight of outdoor Christmas Tree lights, on visit and trip to a street in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Christmas lights, also known informally as fairy lights, are lights used for decoration in preparation for Christmas and for display throughout Christmastide. The custom goes back to the use of candles to decorate the Christmas tree in Christian homes in early modern Germany. The first known electrically illuminated Christmas tree was the creation of Edward H. Johnson, an associate of inventor Thomas Edison, on December 22, 1882 at his home on Fifth Avenue in New York City, America, By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Starling Birds Eating Mealworms On Visit To My Cottage Garden In Scone By Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of Starling birds eating Mealworms on an afternoon visit and trip to my cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Packed with healthy fat, protein and fibre that help strength and growth, mealworms make great bird food that feeds hungry birds all year round. The Starling is a familiar bird that breeds in farmland, suburban areas and open woodlands. Seen from a distance, starlings look black with a short tail and pointed yellow bill, but when seen close-to, they are very glossy with a metallic sheen of purples and greens. Starlings forage in lawns, fields, and other open areas with short vegetation. They are primarily insectivores in their natural habitat, but will feed on a wide variety of items outside of their natural diet, including fruits and seeds. The starling can be found throughout lowland Scotland where there is cultivation and pasture. It is generally absent in highlands and in areas dominated by grass or heather moorland. Highest densities are found along the East coast, Central lowlands and Dumfries and Galloway. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Lord Strathcona Lochan With With Music On History Visit To Glencoe Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Lord Strathcona Lochan in Glencoe on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Just outside Glencoe village you’ll find this beautiful lochan, surrounded by tall woods, with a backdrop of pointed mountains. Lochan is the Scottish word for a small loch. The landscape was planted with North American trees by Lord Strathcona in the 1890s as he hoped they would comfort his homesick Canadian wife. Donald Alexander Smith was born in 1820, in the small town of Forres in Scotland, he emigrated to Canada at the age of 18 and is known to most Canadians as Lord Strathcona. He made his fortune building railroads and consequently, played a leading role in railway development in Canada. In 1880 he was one of the organizers of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was chosen in 1885 to drive the last spike at Craigellachie, British Columbia. A regiment bears his name and made itself famous in the Boer war: the Strathcona’s Horse Royal Canadians for which Canada Post issued a stamp on remembrance day, November 11th, 2000 to commemorate Canada’s most illustrous military regiment. He also became Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company and High Commissioner for Canada before the end of the 19th Century. His wife, Isabella, was born and brought up near Hudson Bay. When they both left to live in Scotland, Lord Strathcona acquired the Glencoe Estate. It is said that Isabella was so homesick, that to ease her illness, he recreated, on the estate, a typical canadian forest environment in order for her to feel at home. The lochan, in the grounds of what was once the Glencoe estate, built by Lord Strathcona, is now an attractive area of parkland dominated by the the distinctive Pap of Glencoe. When the wind drops, the surface of the water stills and reflects the surrounding hills and woods. Isabella, whose grandmother was a Native American, longed for the waters and forests of her Canadian home. However, she never took to her new country and the couple returned to Canada. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Ossian's Cave With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Glencoe Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Ossian's Cave in Glencoe on Clan ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Ossian's Cave is found high up in a cliff on the northern face of Aonach Dubh, one of the The Three Sisters of Glencoe. It appears as a tall slot, 150 feet high, in the cliff face, on the south side of the glen. The local legend insists that Ossian, or Oisín, the warrior poet, was born in this cave. The legend tells that a girl, Sadbh, was turned into a deer by the druid Fer Doirich, and then hunted by the warrior Fionn, Finn McCool of Irish legend. Fionn caught the deer but did not slay her, and Sadbh was transformed back into her natural form. From this encounter she left pregnant with Ossian, who was born in this cave in Glencoe. Many years later Ossian met his father on Benbulben in County Sligo n north western Ireland. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Clan Burial Isle With Music On History Visit To Loch Leven Glencoe Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Eilean Munde, also known as the Island Of The Dead, a small island in Loch Leven in Glencoe, close to Ballachulish, on Clan ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The island is the site of a graveyard once used by the Clan Stewart of Ballachulish, the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe and the Clan Cameron of Callart. The clans shared the island and the maintenance of the graveyard, even when there was conflict between them. The last burial took place in 1972, of Mrs Christina MacDonald Sharpe, a native of Glencoe. It is also the site of a chapel built by St. Fintan Mundus, also known as Saint Fintan Munnu, who travelled here from Iona in the 7th Century. The church was burnt in 1495 and rebuilt in the 16th Century. The last service in the church was held in July, 1653. The grave of a legendary chief of the MacDonald clan: Alastair MacIain, 12th Chief of Glencoe is here. He had travelled though the wilderness of Glencoe to Fort William to swear fealty to the King. The governor there refused to take the oath and sent the old chief through the winterstorms to Inverary to make his oath there. With a letter stating he had been in time but in the wrong place. MacDonald believed he was safe. But the Campells persuaded the King to order the MacDonald’s death. Fintan Munnu, Mundus appears to be Latinized, was of the Ui-Neill clan in Ireland and trained as a monk. His birth year is unknown, but he died in 635AD. He studied at Bangor and at Cluain-Innis. As a young monk, he arrived on Iona shortly after Saint Columba died and was sent back to Ireland to found his own monastery as its Abbot. He arrived in Alba in about 600AD and founded several churches. His final parish was on Eilean Nam Munde, Isle of the Teacher, which later became known as Eilean Nam Mairbh, Isle of the Dead. The Irish Gaelic word munnu means “ to learn ” or “ to teach. " 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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