Tour Scotland Photograph Happy Faces Festival Fringe Edinburgh August 5th

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of a happy Street Performer on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe opened this morning. Lots of happy faces from spectators and performers alike. This is the world's largest arts festival and it was certainly busy today..

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of a happy Street Performer on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of a happy Street Performer on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Loch Tay Kenmore Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Loch Tay by Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland. Overcast and misty afternoon at Loch Tay. This is a long narrow loch of around 14.55 miles long, and typically around 1 to 1½ miles wide, following the line of the valley from the south west to north east. It is the sixth largest loch in Scotland by area and over 490 feet deep at its deepest. The loch is a popular spot for salmon fishing.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Crannog Loch Tay Kenmore Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the crannog in Loch Tay, by Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland. An overcast and rainy day at Loch Tay. A crannog is a type of ancient loch dwelling found throughout Scotland and Ireland dating from 5,000 years ago. Many crannogs were built out in the water as defensive homesteads and represented symbols of power and wealth. The Scottish Crannog Centre features a unique reconstruction of an early Iron Age loch dwelling.

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Tour Scotland Video General Wade's Bridge Aberfeldy Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Wade's Bridge over the River Tay at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. General Wade's Bridge which was built in 1733 and designed by architect William Adam, father of the more famous Robert Adam. General Wade considered this bridge to be his greatest accomplishments. Field Marshal George Wade, born 1673, died 14th March 1748, was a British Army officer who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance before leading the construction of barracks, bridges and proper roads in Scotland. He went on to be a military commander during the War of the Austrian Succession and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Jacobite rising of 1745. He is perhaps best remembered today for his destruction of many miles of Hadrian's Wall to the west of Newcastle upon Tyne in England, flattening it and using its foundations as the core of his Military Road in Northumberland. This was a response to the Jacobite rising of 1745.

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Tour Scotland Video Canoe Slalom Grandtully Perthshire August 4th

Tour Scotland video shot today of the Canoe Slalom at Grandtully near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. Grandtully rapids on the River Tay are a site for canoeing and rafting in Scotland. Lots of young folks training in canoes there today.

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