Tour Scotland Video Traditional Music Festival Auchtermuchty Fife

Tour Scotland video shot tonight of traditional Scottish music in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. An instrumental music session this evening in the Cycle Tavern, Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. One of the first events this weekend at the Auchtermuchty Music Festival.

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Tour Scotland Photographs The Thistle Chapel St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of The Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Thistle Chapel was designed by Robert Lorimer and finished in 1911. It contains stalls for the 16 knights, the Sovereign's stall and two Royal stalls. The chapel contains a wealth of detail, both religious and heraldic.

Tour Scotland photograph of The Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of The Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of The Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Thistle Chapel is the chapel of The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Scotland's foremost Order of Chivalry. The chapel was built in 1911 to designs by Robert Lorimer, at the south-east corner of the church. It is a small, but exquisite, chapel with carved and painted fittings of extraordinary detail. The Order, which was founded by James VII in 1687, consists of the monarch and 16 knights. The knights are the personal appointment of the crown, and are normally Scots who have made a significant contribution to national or international affairs.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Red Haired Lass Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of a red haired lass under a brolly on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland also has a very high percentage with around 6% of the population having red hair. Previously it was estimated that red hair occurrence in Scotland was around 13%, which had been widely reported in reliable media sources. However, Dr. Jim Wilson of Britain's DNA study used a sample of 2,343 people, and found red hair occurrence of 6% in Scotland, with 35% overall carrying the gene and Edinburgh having the highest proportion of gene carriers at 40%. The largest ever study of hair colour in Scotland, which analysed over 500,000 people in 1907, found the percentage of Scots with red hair to be 5.3%. 38% of Welsh people carry the red haired gene. A 1956 study of hair colour among British army recruits found higher levels of red hair in Wales and the English Border counties.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Witches Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of witches in the rain on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph James Braidwood Statue Parliament Square Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the James Braidwood Statue in Parliament Square on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. Known as the Father of Firefighting, James Braidwood, at the age of 24, founded the world’s first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824.

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