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Tour Scotland Video St Andrews Castle

Tour Scotland video of the North Sea and Castle in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Overlooking the foreshore, the ruins once formed part of the palace and stronghold of the Bishops and Archbishops of St Andrews. The castle, founded around 1200. suffered greatly during the Wars of Independence.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Old Course St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of golfers on the 18th Green at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. A beautiful April afternoon on the old golf course at St Andrews.

Tour Scotland photograph of golfers on the 18th Green at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of golfers on the 18th Green at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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St Andrews. The Home of Golf. This is a lavish, full-colour exploration of the Scottish town whose name is synonymous with golf. St Andrews - once Scotland's greatest city, the cradle of its religion and the birthplace of its first university; today the ancient burg is known the world over as the spiritual home of golf, a place that evokes images of windswept seaside links and legendary golfing champions. "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" celebrates this unique haven of the game through striking pictures by renowned golf photographer Kevin Murray, while the authors' blend of history, personal observations and anecdotes distills centuries of golfing tradition into lively, atmospheric prose. Combined, they capture the immortal nature of all that is best about golf embodied in one of its most important and beautiful locations. As the Open Championship returns to St Andrews in 2010, "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" marks the 150th anniversary of golf's oldest and most prestigious tournament with a lavish visual journey along the medieval city's bustling cobbled streets, through the doors of many prestigious golf clubs residing within its venerable greystone walls, and around each one of St Andrews' several great courses - from the famous Old Course to the stunning new Castle Course. For those who know and love St Andrews, this book will evoke fond memories. For those still to make the pilgrimage and walk in the footsteps of golf's greatest players, "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" is a must-read that no lover of the game should be without. St Andrews: The Home of Golf.

Tour Scotland Photograph East Pier Anstruther

Tour Scotland photograph of the East Pier at Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This is where I used to fish when I was a young boy growing up in Anstruther.

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Tour Scotland Video Herring Drifter Anstruther

Tour Scotland video of the " Reaper " Herring Drifter returning to Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Built by J. & G. Forbes of Sandhaven in 1901, Reaper is 21 metres long and of carvel construction, using larch planking on larch and oak frames. First registered at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, in 1902, she operated initially as a sailing lugger with a main dipping lugsail and a mizzen standing lug sail. There would have been a crew of around eight to work the nets which were set at dusk and hauled in at dawn. Once the haul was complete, a swift return to port would ensure the best prices for the earliest sold catches. Reaper later spent many years in Shetland fishing for herring in the summer and she was fitted with an engine between the Wars. During World War II she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and served in the South East of England, often being used as a barrage balloon mooring. After the war, she resumed fishing in Shetland and continued until 1957. She holds the record catch for Shetland of 233 cran, almost 250,000 herrings. From 1959 she served the local council as a general purpose cargo boat until the introduction of the roll on roll off ferries when she was retired from service. Reaper was purchased by the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, Fife in 1975 and restored to her traditional sailing configuration as a two-masted sailing lugger, much as she would have appeared when first going to sea in 1902.

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Tour Scotland Video Lifeboat Anstruther

Tour Scotland video of the Lifeboat leaving the harbour in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Anstruther Lifeboat, The Kingdom of Fife, leaving Anstruther Harbour on exercise. The boat is a 12 metre Mersey Class, Fast Carriage Boat. I am a big supporter of the RNLI which is funded by charitable donations. Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

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