September 10th Photograph Orienteering Scotland

September 10th photograph of orienteering at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. A runner on Moot Hill at Scone Palace, with the Stone of Destiny in the foreground. It started as a wild idea. A World Cup in park orienteering. A competition that would bring the orienteers into the cities, in front of the people and the crowds. Park World Tour contributes to spreading orienteering all over the globe, with the ultimate goal, inclusion in the Olympic Games. Today the first day of the Park World Tour will took place with two races; a qualification race in the grounds of Scone Place. 40 international elite orienteer’s participated, acting as a showcase for orienteering.


September 10th photograph of orienteering at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.


September 10th photograph of orienteering at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Iron Horse Video

Tour Scotland Iron Horse video. The Iron Horse were a Scottish Celtic music band formed in 1990 and retired in 2001. They became better known when they created the music for the BBC TV documentary series, The Gamekeeper. They wrote and performed powerful Scottish folk music covering a broad spectrum, from slow airs and ballads to driving instrumentals.

This is no' my plaid, my plaid, my plaid
This is no' my plaid, bonnie though the colour be.

The ground o' mine was mixed wi' blue
I got it frae the lad I lo'e
He ne'er has gied me cause tae rue
And oh the plaid is dear to me
For mine was silky soft and warm
It wrapped me round frae arm tae arm
And like himself it bore a charm
And oh the plaid is dear to me

Although the lad the plaid wha wore
Is now upon a distant shore
And cruel seas between us roar
I'll mind the plaid that sheltered me
The lad that gie'd me it like me well
Although his name I duarna tell
He likes me just as weel's himself
And oh the plaid is dear to me

Oh may the plaidie yet be worn
By Caledonians still unborn
Ill fa' the wretch whae'er shall scorn
The plaidie that's sae dear tae me
Frae surly blasts it covers me
He'll me himself protection gie
I'll lo'e him 'till tha day I die
And oh the plaid is dear to me

I hope he'll no' forget me now
Each aften pledged aith and vow
I hope he'll yet return to woo me
In the plaid sea dear tae me
And may the day come soon my lad
When we will tae the kirk and wed
Weel happit in the tartan plaid
The plaidie that's sae dear to me

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Tour Scotland Border Pipes Video

Tour Scotland Border Pipes video. The border pipes are a type of bagpipe closely related to the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe. It is commonly confused with the Scottish smallpipe, although it is a quite different and much older instrument.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Entrance Brechin Cathedral

Tour Scotland photograph of the entrance to the cathedral in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.

Famous Scots from Brechin include;

Sir David de Brechin, died 1320, who was a Scottish knight who fought on both sides during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He was the son of Sir William de Brechin by Elena Comyn, daughter of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Elizabeth de Quincy. Sir William was the son of Henry, an illegitimate son of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon. He fought in the Earl of Surrey's army at the Battle of Dunbar, and was granted lands previously owned by Alan Durward. With Robert the Bruce, he was present at Peebles when the Bruce, John Comyn, and William Lamberton were sworn in as Guardians of Scotland. Brechin returned to Galloway with Bruce. Brechin returned to English service when he did homage to King Edward I of England at the Siege of Stirling Castle. In 1320, at a parliament at Scone by Perth, Perthshire, later known as the Black Parliament, Brechin was found complicit along with William de Soules, the Countess of Strathearn and others in a conspiracy to depose the king. For this offence Brechin was executed.

Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, born on 13 April 1892 in Brechin, died 5 December 1973, was a pioneer and significant contributor to the development of radar. Radar was initially nameless and researched elsewhere but it was greatly expanded on 1 September 1936 when Watson-Watt became Superintendent of a new establishment under the Air Ministry, Bawdsey Research Station near Felixstowe, Suffolk. Work there resulted in the design and installation of aircraft detection and tracking stations called Chain Home along the east and south coasts of England in time for the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. This system provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain.



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September 9th Photograph Sunset Scotland

September 9th sunset photograph shot from Bridgend in Perth, Scotland. I shot this photograph at 8.00pm from Bridgend, Perth.


September 9th sunset photograph shot from Bridgend in Perth, Scotland.

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