Tour Scotland Video Wee Kilted Kilt Walk Pittencrieff Glen Dunfermline Fife
Tour Scotland video shot this April morning of the Wee Kilted Kilt Walk in Pittencrieff Glen on ancestry visit to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. A wee break from the heavy rain for the start of this public charity walk led by pipers from Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing Pipe Band. Well done to everyone involved, including Jim Leishman.
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Tour Scotland Video Brigadier General John Forbes Memorial Dunfermline Fife
Tour Scotland video on a rainy morning of the Brigadier General John Forbes Memorial in Pittencrieff Glen on ancestry visit to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. John, born 5th of September 1707, died 11 of March 1759, was a British general in the French and Indian War. He is best known for leading the Forbes Expedition that captured the French outpost at Fort Duquesne and for naming the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after British Secretary of State William Pitt the Elder. He was born on his family's Pittencrieff Estate in Dunfermline in 1707, the son of an army officer. After beginning to study medicine, he decided in his second year as a student to become a soldier and was accepted and commissioned as a lieutenant in the Scots Greys in 1735. He saw action in the War of the Austrian Succession and in the Jacobite rising of 1745, serving under the Duke of Cumberland as acting quartermaster-general.
Forbes surname derives from the Scottish Clan Forbes. Descendants of the Scottish clan are also present in Ireland from the 17th century. The name of an unrelated Irish sept, Mac Fhirbhisigh or MacFirbis, was also anglicised as Forbes.
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Tour Scotland April Video Pittencrieff House Dunfermline Fife
Tour Scotland video of Pittencrieff House in Pittencrieff Glen on ancestry visit to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish house, now a museum, was built by Sir Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff as a simple laird's house with two stories and an attic around 1635. In 1902, Andrew Carnegie purchased both Pittencrieff House and Estate from its then owner, Colonel James Maitland Hunt, with the intention to gift these to the people of Dunfermline. The official ceremony for the gifting of the park occurred the following year, and a trust fund in honour of the benefactor, known as Dunfermline Carnegie Trust, was founded for the general maintenance of the glen and house.
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Tour Scotland Self Catering Holiday Cottage Recommendations Cupar Fife
Tour Scotland self catering holiday cottage recommendation in Cupar near St Andrews, Scotland.
Castlefield cottage in the conservation area of Cupar. Bright and sunny cottage within a few minutes walk of the town centre on quiet residential street. Living room with home office area, WiFi, 2 bedrooms, bathroom with over bath shower, kitchen with folding dining table. Central heating, well equipped kitchen with washing machine, enclosed sunny rear garden with outside seating. On street parking or adjacent free public car park. 2 minutes walk to play park and river, less than 5 minutes to town centre and train station within 10 minutes walk.
Cherry Blossom is an idyllic 1 bedroom Cottage ideal for a quiet, romantic break away. Spacious bedroom with beautiful super king four-poster bed, stunning luxury bathroom with free standing bath and separate power shower, open-plan fully equipped kitchen / dining / living room area with TV/DVD, iPod dock and wood-burning stove. Large private decking area with hot tub and views over the Fife countryside. Cherry Blossom Cottage is also pet friendly so you don't have to leave your four legged friends at home.
Garden Cottage is right in the heart of our country estate in Fife, about 9 miles from St Andrews and its many golf courses. The cottage has 2 bedrooms, and sleeps 4 plus baby or small child.. The cottage is detached, two storey, and sits in its own garden, with a lawn to the front, and grass at the back, with woodlands at the side. It is set on a private road, which is only used by cottage guests, and the very occasional tractor working on the estate. Inside the cottage has a sitting room, dining room, kitchen and cloakroom with toilet on the ground floor, and upstairs, there is a bathroom with shower bath and power shower, and 2 bedrooms, one with a double bed, the other with 2 twin beds. St Andrews itself has much to see, from St Rules Tower, the Castle and the other historic areas. On the Fife Coast, there are the pretty East Neuk villages, such as Anstruther, and Pittenweem, and the Pittenweem Art Festival is not to be missed. Edinburgh is only an hour away by train or car, with the Edinburgh Festival in August,and so many sights and shops to see and visit.
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Tour Scotland Holiday House Recommendation Blebo Craigs St Andrews Fife
Tour Scotland self catering holiday house recommendation in Blebo Criags by St Andrews, Scotland.
Birkbrae is set in acres of private woodland just a few miles from St. Andrews , beaches and The Old Course for Golf. 5 stylish and comfortable bedrooms, 3 en-suite. Fresh and contemporary master bathroom. Ideal entertaining and living spaces including large balcony over looking woods and gardens. Perfect for watching the sunset. Log burning stove in the main living room for cooler evenings. Quieter rooms for relaxation. Neighbourhood. Blebo Craigs is a small rural village with an abundance of wildlife and miles of woodland to walk through and explore with great views over Fife. Life is slow and quiet in the village but just a few miles away is the historic city of St. Andrews, the home of golf.
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