Tour Scotland The Other side of Sorrow Video
Tour Scotland The Other side of Sorrow video. The beautiful sound of Alasdair Fraser on the fiddle, and the haunting poetry of Sorley MacLean. Skye and its smaller neighbours that make up the Inner Hebrides are known for their wild, beautiful landscapes of deep lochs and jagged mountains.
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The Cuillin
Who is this, who is this on a bad night,
who is this walking on the moorland?
The steps of a spirit by my side
and the soft steps of my love:
footsteps, footsteps on the mountains,
murmur of footsteps rising,
quiet footsteps, gentle footsteps,
stealthy mild restrained footsteps.
Who is this, who is this on a night of woe,
who is this walking on the summit?
The ghost of a bare naked brain
cold in the chill of vicissitude.
Who is this, who is this in the night of the spirit?
It is only the naked ghost of a heart,
a spectre going alone in thought,
a skeleton naked of flesh on the mountain.
Who is this, who is this in the night of the heart?
It is the thing that is not reached,
the ghost seen by the soul,
A Cuillin rising over the sea.
Who is this, who is this in the night of the soul,
following the veering of the fugitive light?
It is only, it is only the journeying one
seeking the Cuillin over the ocean.
Who is this, who is this in the night of mankind?
It is only the ghost of the spirit,
a soul alone going on mountains,
longing for the Cuillin that is rising.
Beyond the lochs of the blood of the children of men,
beyond the frailty of the plain and the labour of the mountain,
beyond poverty, consumption, fever, agony,
beyond hardship, wrong, tyranny, distress,
beyond misery, despair, hatred, treachery,
beyond guilt and defilement; watchful,
heroic, the Cuillin is seen
rising on the other side of sorrow.
Sorley Maclean.
Tour Scotland Video Stirling Bridge
Tour Scotland video of Stirling Bridge which spans the River Forth in Stirling, Scotland. The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.
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September 18th Photograph Rising Moon Scotland
September 18th photograph of the moon rising, shot at 7.00pm from Kinnoull Hill, above Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
September 18th photograph of the moon rising, shot at 7.00pm from Kinnoull Hill, above Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains)
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Tour Scotland Photograph St Ninians Old Parish Church Stirling
Tour Scotland photograph of St Ninians Old Parish Church, Stirling, Scotland. Erected in the 1730's, the Steeple in the graveyard at St. Ninians Old Parish Church is all that remains of the old church. While Stirling Castle was under attack during the Jacobite rebellion, the original church was used as a powder magazine and was widely believed to have been blown up by the retreating Jacobite army in 1746. An account kept in Stirling Council Archives, suggests that the Jacobites enlisted local help to remove the gunpowder. Some of the locals took the opportunity to help themselves... " filling their pockets and hiding parcels of powder under most of the seats of the church. " A guard who saw what was happening, fired a warning shot, ignited the powder and blew up the church along with several people.
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Tour Scotland Photographs Golf Course Tillicoultry
Tour Scotland photograph of the golf course in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Tillicoultry is an attractive parkland course in a spectacular setting at the base of the Ochil hills. Golf Scotland.
September 18th photograph of the golf course, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
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