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 Stob Ghabhar a Scottish mountain located north west of Bridge of Orchy. It is part of the Black Mount group of mountains in Scotland.
Tour Scotland photograph of Stob Ghabhar, Scotland.
Tour Scotland photograph of Stob Ghabhar, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland photograph of Ben Lui mountain, the highest and most famous of a group of four Munros that lie south of Glen Lochy, and about 5 miles north of the top end of Loch Lomond, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland travel Blog photography of a cairn on visit Beinn Challuim, a Scottish mountain located in the very northern part of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, 4 miles west north west of the village of Tyndrum. The word cairn derives from Scottish Gaelic càrn, which is essentially the same as the corresponding words in other native Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and Brittany, including Welsh carn, and carnedd, Breton karn, Irish carn, and Cornish karn or carn. Cornwall, Kernow, itself may actually be named after the cairns that dot its landscape, such as Cornwall's highest point, Brown Willy Summit Cairn. Burial cairns and other megaliths are the subject of a variety of legends and folklore throughout Britain and Ireland. In Scotland, it is traditional to carry a stone up from the bottom of a hill to place on a cairn at its top. In such a fashion, cairns would grow ever larger. An old Scottish Gaelic blessing is Cuiridh mi clach air do chàrn, " I'll put a stone on your stone ". In Highland folklore it is believed that the Highland Clans, before they fought in a battle, each man would place a stone in a pile. Those who survived the battle returned and removed a stone from the pile. The stones that remained were built into a cairn to honour the dead.
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Tour Scotland photograph of Lochboisdale, South Uist, Outer Hebrides. This the main population centre on the island which profited from the herring fishing boom in the 19th century, and a steamer pier was built in 1880. In 1905, a mission church was built, and by 1953, steamers were connecting Lochboisdale with Oban, Castlebay, Mallaig and Lochmaddy. Lochboisdale is the ferry terminal for the island of South Uist.
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Tour Scotland photograph of a house in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A charming stone house in the heart of the picturesque holiday village of Crail, in the historic East Neuk of Fife, is only a few minutes walk from the pretty harbour and award winning beach. Freshly caught seafood is the order of the day in nearby restaurants, with lobster being a speciality. Arts, crafts, galleries and potteries in the village. Wildlife boat trips to the Isle of May, famous for puffins and seals. Windsurfing, sailing and golf locally. Only 10 miles from St Andrews.
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