Tour Scotland Photograph Flying Puffin

Tour Scotland travel Blog photography of a flying puffin on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip Handa Island, off the west coast of Sutherland Highlands. Anciently Handa Island was used as a burial place, and there are still the remains of a chapel in the south east, commemorated in the name Tràigh an Teampaill, Beach of the Temple. These days Handa is noted for its birdlife, which includes puffins, razorbills and guillemots.


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Tour Scotland Photograph Climber Stac Pollaidh

Tour Scotland photograph of a climber on Stac Pollaidh, Scotland. Stac Pollaidh is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The peak displays a rocky crest of Torridonian sandstone, with many pinnacles and steep gullies. The sandstone pinnacles are impressive and are rated in Scotland as second only to the ones on Quiraing on the Isle of Skye. They carry names such as The Sphinx, Tam o' Shanter, Andy Capp and Madonna and Child, a particularly fine example known as the Lobsters Claw partly collapsed several years ago due to natural erosion.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Home Baked Custard Creams Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of home baked Custard Creams from a wee shop in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A custard cream is a type of biscuit popular in the British Isles. Its structure is that of a sandwich, with a creamy, custard flavoured centre between two flat biscuit layers. Traditionally, the filling was buttercream, which is still used in home made recipes, but nowadays cheaper fats have replaced butter in mass produced biscuits. The filling tastes of vanilla and as such is more akin to the taste of custard made with custard powder than egg custard. It is believed that the custard cream biscuit originated in 1908.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Melville Monument Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the Melville Monument, St Andrews Square, Edinburgh, Scotland. Erected in 1823 in honour of Henry Dundas, the Melville Monument stands proud in St Andrews Square. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville PC, born 28th of April 1742, died 28th of May 1811, was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was the first Secretary of State for War and both the first and last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom. The statue depicts Dundas looking towards George Street.



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September 22nd Evening Photograph Scotland

September 22nd evening photograph of the sky above Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Dark rain clouds coming in from the West this evening.

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