Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland photograph of a Blacksmith Gravestone in Liff graveyard cemetery near Dundee, Scotland. For several centuries the name Liff denoted a large area, not a village. It comprised the parish of Liff together with its united parishes of Benvie, Invergowrie, Logie, and Lochee, and so included substantial parts of the city of Dundee. The village around the church was known as Kirkton of Liff or simply the Kirkton. An ancient site in the village called Hurly Hawkin was regarded for several centuries as a palace of King Alexander I.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the McCaskie Celtic Cross gravestone in Liff graveyard cemetery, near Dundee, Scotland. Roy Whyte McCaskie, Military Cross and Bar. Lieutenant, 6th (Morayshire) Battalion (Territorial Force), Seaforth Highlanders. Wounded at Marvaux near Rheims and died at Le Havre on 5th August 1918. Age 28. Son of Mary Leitch McCaskie, nee Spiers, of Rose Place, Elgin, and the late Alexander McCaskie (Schoolmaster, Registrar and Session Clerk at Liff for 23 years); brother of Frederick M. McCaskie.
Citation for the Military Cross in the London Gazette, dated 9th January 1918 (Gazetted 26th September 1917), states: " 2nd Lt. Roy Whyte McCaskie, Seaforth Highlanders. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack on the enemy's line. He displayed the finest qualities of leadership, again and again capturing enemy machine guns and teams which were opposing his advance. He broke through all opposition and gained his objective up to time, having led his men so well and confidently that his company suffered very few casualties. His courage and utter disregard of danger inspired his men in the highest degree. "
Citation for a Bar to the Military Cross in the London Gazette, dated 15th October 1918, states: " Lt. Roy Whyte McCaskie, M.C., Seaforth Highlanders. For conspicuous gallantry, during an attack. He led forward his company under intense machine gun and artillery fire, and personally accounted for two of the enemy with his revolver before being wounded himself. He set his men a splendid example of coolness under fire and contempt of danger. "
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
The Isle of Skye occupies an almost mythical place in the minds of many Scots. Romantic castles, magnificent sea-scapes, the alpine peaks of the Cuillin Ridge, marching pipe bands, scattered white crofters' cottages and a bloody history; the island has all these and more. This book features 40 moderate walks that take in much of this celebrated landscape, but reveal hidden gems too. In spite of its popularity Skye is still rich in undiscovered treasures, from coastal caves and arches, ruined villages cruelly cleared of their inhabitants, to fossilised dinosaur footprints and a rich array of wildlife. Written by Skye residents Paul and Helen Webster, these walks will reveal both the wild and gentler sides of this dramatic landscape. Isle of Skye: 40 Coast and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).
The Storr is a rocky hill on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye. There are a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remnants of ancient landslips on The Storr. One of the most famous of these is known as the Old Man of Storr.
Tour Scotland photograph of Uig Bay, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The village of Uig lies in the sheltered Uig bay near the north end of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. From its sheltered port, Caledonian MacBrayne ferries run to Tarbert on Harris and Lochmaddy on North Uist providing links with the Outer Hebrides.
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