Tour Scotland Photograph Squirrel Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of a Squirrel on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Squirrel Party is one of the shows this year at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph David Hume Statue Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the statue of David Hume on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. On a grey, rainy afternoon someone had added some colour to the bronze atatue of David Hume. David Home was the second of two sons born to Joseph Home of Ninewells, an advocate, and his wife Katherine, née Falconer. He was born on 26 April 1711 in a tenement on the north side of the Lawnmarket in Edinburgh. Hume's father died when he was a child, just after the author's second birthday, and he was raised by his mother, who never re-married. He changed the spelling of his name in 1734, because of the fact that his surname Home, pronounced Hume, was not known in England. Throughout his life Hume, who never married, spent time occasionally at his family home at Ninewells in Berwickshire, which had belonged to his family since the sixteenth century. He became a famous Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of radical philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.



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Tour Scotland Video River Tay Perth Perthshire August 11th

Tour Scotland video shot this morning of the River Tay in spate in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. I took a wee walk by the river this morning. After a second day of torrential rain, the river is now at near flooding levels.

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Tour Scotland Video Flooding South Inch Perth Perthshire August 11th

Tour Scotland video shot this morning of flooding at the South Inch in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Lots of rain these past few days has resulted in flooding at this park in Perth.

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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 Video It's My Life Out Of The Blue Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh August 10th

Tour Scotland video shot today of Out Of The Blue singing It's My Life in the rain on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Oxford's all male vocal sensation in Edinburgh. These fifteen undergraduates provide a musical experience like no other. You can follow them on Twitter @ootboxford

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