Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of Trams on Perth Road in Dundee, Scotland. The first electric tram in Dundee started on July 12, 1900. The route ran from High Street to Ninewells in the West via Nethergate and Perth Road with a later route running to Dryburgh in the North. The peak of the tram network was in 1932, when 79 lines operated in the city.
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Old photograph of a passenger bus in Braemar, Royal Deeside, Scotland. Braemar is approached from the South on the A93 from Glen Clunie and the Cairnwell Pass and from the East also on the A93 from Deeside. Braemar can be approached on foot from the West through Glen Tilt, Glen Feshie, Glen Dee, by the Lairig Ghru, and Glen Derry, by the Lairig an Laoigh. Braemar is within a one and a half hour road trip drive from Aberdeen, Dundee, and Perth, Perthshire.
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Old photograph of the Post Office in Ettrick, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The Poet James Hogg is known as the " Ettrick Shepherd " was born at a farm in Ettrick, by Ettrick Hall,and is buried in Ettrick Kirkyard. James Hogg, born 1770, died 21 November 1835, was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the Ettrick Shepherd, a nickname under which some of his works were published. His father, Robert Hogg, born 1729, died 1820, was a tenant farmer while his mother, Margaret Hogg, née Laidlaw, born 1730, died 1813, was noted for collecting native Scottish ballads. Margaret Laidlaw's father, known as Will o' Phawhope, was said to have been the last man in the Border country to speak with the fairies. James was the second eldest of four brothers, his siblings being William, David, and Robert. Robert and David later emigrated to the USA, while James and William remained in Scotland for their entire lives.
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Old photograph of The Manse in Logiealmond, Perthshire, Scotland. A manse is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, United church, Baptist and other traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin mansus, " dwelling ", from manere, " to remain ", by the 16th century the term meant both a dwelling and, in ecclesiastical contexts, the amount of land needed to support a single family. Many notable Scots have been called " sons, or daughters, of the manse", and the term is a recurring point of reference within Scottish media and culture. When selling a former manse, the Church of Scotland always requires that the property should not be called " The Manse " by the new owners, but " The Old Manse " or some other acceptable variation. The intended result is that " The Manse " refers to a working building rather than simply applying as a name.
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Old photograph of Traigh Geiraha beach, also known as Garry beach, by Tolsta on the East Coast of the Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. At the end of Tolsta's long sandy beach which is popular with surfers there are 5 caves only visitable during low tide, these Caves are locally known as The Caves of Life. Wildlife in the area includes the skua, the kittiwake and the herring gull. Seals, dolphins, porpoises and occasionally whales can be seen offshore.
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