Tour Scotland Video Yellow Fields Fife

Tour Scotland video shot today of yellow fields North of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Shot this video this morning at a hamlet called Moonzie, near Cupar, North West of St Andrews. It was a beautiful, if windy, Scottish morning. Yellow fields of Rapeseed, Brassica napus, also known as rape, oilseed rape, rapa, rappi, rapaseed, and in the case of one particular group of cultivars, canola, is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae, mustard or cabbage family.

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Tour Scotland Video Crookit Bawbee Song

Tour Scotland video of two wonderful Scots singing the Crookit Bawbee Song in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Bill Brechin was born in Aberdeen, and many years ago played in the Dysart Colliery Band. For the past 55 years he has lived in Dunfermline, Fife. Nancy Rennie, sang in the old days with the Burntisland Palais Band, and lives in Kinghorn, Fife. They are both wonderful Scots.

"Oh! whar awa’ got ye that auld crookit penny?
For ane o’ bricht gowd wad ye niffer wi’ me?
Richt fu’ are baith ends o’ my green silken wallet,
An’ braw will yer hame be in bonnie Glen Shee."

"It’s oh! that I saw the dear laddie that had it,
Wha when we were bairnies twa, gied it to me;
For a’ the bricht gowd in yer green silken wallet,
I never wad niffer my crookit bawbee."

"Oh! whar awa’ got ye that auld worsted plaidie?
A mantle o’ satin were fitter for thee;
I wad cleed ye wi’ satin, an’ mak’ ye a lady,
Gin ye will gang wi’ me to bonnie Glen Shee."

"Ye may cleed me wi’ satin an’ mak’ me a lady
An tak’ me aft wi’ ye to bonnie Glen Shee;
But the heart that beats true ‘neath this auld worsted plaidie
Was gi’en him lang syne for this crookit bawbee."

"Ye ken na’ the laddie that gied ye the penny,
Ye ken na’ the laddie wha’s true been to thee;
But I ken the lassie that wears the auld plaidie,
The lassie that keepit my crookit bawbee."

"An’ ye are the laddie that gave me the penny,
The laddie I'll lo’e till the day that I dee;
Ye may cleed me wi’ satin, an’ mak’ me a lady,
An’ I will gang wi’ ye to bonnie Glen Shee."

ane: one
auld: old
awa': away
bairnies: babies, children
baith: both
bawbee: penny or half-penny
braw: handsome, fine
bricht: bright
cleed: clad, clothed
crookit: crooked
gang: go
gin: if
gowd: gold
ken: know
lo'e: love
na': not
niffer: trade
twa: two
wad: would
whar: where

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Tour Scotland Photograph Wedding Couple Harbour St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of a wedding couple walking near the harbour in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Met this lovely couple yesterday in St Andrews. She is from Markinch, Fife, and he is from York, England. I met them down by the harbour first, and saw them again down by Swilcan Bridge at the Old Course.


Tour Scotland photograph of a wedding couple by the harbour in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.


Tour Scotland photograph of a horse drawn wedding carriage waiting by the harbour in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Rain Clouds 8th May

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of rain clouds above a road in Perthshire, Scotland. Big rain clouds today over Perthshire, almost turning daytime into night.


Tour Scotland photograph shot today of rain clouds above a road in 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).

Tour Scotland Photograph Wedding Couple St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of a wedding couple on the Swilcan Bridge on the 18th Fairway at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Shot these photographs yesterday in St Andrews. A very misty and damp day. It is quite common for couples after their wedding in St Andrews to have their photographs taken on this famous bridge.


Tour Scotland photograph of a wedding couple at the Swilcan Bridge on the 18th Fairway at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.


Tour Scotland photograph of a wedding couple at the Swilcan Bridge on the 18th Fairway 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.