Tour Scotland Video Medieval Knights Doing Battle Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of medieval Knights doing battle on ancestry visit to the grounds of Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. In Medieval Times a tournament was a series of armoured combats, fought as contests, in which a number of knights competed and the one that prevailed through the final round or who finished with the best record was declared the winner and awarded a prize, or purse of money. Tournaments kept the knight in excellent condition for the role he would need to play during medieval warfare. To gain Knighthood in Medieval times was a long and arduous task. Knighthood was not bestowed purely because a young man was the son of a noble. There were many steps to achieving a knighthood, requiring years of training.

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Tour Scotland Video Drive From Elie To St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of a drive on the A917 coast road East from Elie, through the fishing villages of St Monans, Pittenweem and Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, then North on the B9131 road on ancestry visit into to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Neuk is the Scots word for nook or corner, and the East Neuk is generally accepted to comprise the fishing villages of the most northerly part of the Firth of Forth and the land and villages slightly inland therefrom. In effect, this means that part to the south of a line drawn parallel to the coast from just north of Earlsferry to just north of Crail. As such it would include Elie and Earlsferry, Colinsburgh, St Monans, Pittenweem, Arncroach, Carnbee, Anstruther, Cellardyke, Kilrenny, Crail and Kingsbarns.

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Tour Scotland Video International Folk Dance Festival Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of an International Folk Dance Festival on King Edward Street on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Including Dance groups from Edinburgh, Croatia, Mallorca and Germany.

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Tour Scotland Video American Roots Music Festival Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of musicians and singers performing American Roots Music by the Concert Hall on Mill Street on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. The main difference between the American folk music and American roots music is that roots music seems to cover a broader range, including blues and country. Roots music developed its most expressive and varied forms in the first three decades of the 20th century. The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl were extremely important in disseminating these musical styles to the rest of the country, as Delta blues masters, itinerant honky tonk singers, and Latino and Cajun musicians spread to cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, USA.

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Tour Scotland Video Drive Down Famous Bealach na Ba Road Highlands

Tour Scotland video of a drive down the famous Bealach na Ba single track road on ancestry visit to the Scottish Highlands near Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland. This road is a traditional cattle drovers' route from the Western Isles to the markets in the Central Belt. From Isle of Skye, the cattle would have been swum across to Applecross via Raasay as an alternative route to crossing near Kyle. Despite the road's importance to the community it serves, as much so as many of the B-roads in the Highlands, it was never classified, and this is probably due to the steepness and height of the pass. A single track road or one lane road is a road that permits two way travel but is not wide enough in most places to allow vehicles to pass one another, although sometimes two compact cars can pass. This kind of road is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The term is widely used in Scotland, particularly the Highlands, to describe such roads.

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