Tour Scotland Video Bagpipes And Drums City Of Edinburgh Schools Pipe Band

Tour Scotland travel video of the bagpipes and drums music of the City Of Edinburgh Schools Pipe Band. Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical buildings. Looming over the city is Edinburgh Castle, home to Scotland’s crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny, used in the coronation of Scottish rulers. Arthur’s Seat is an imposing peak in Holyrood Park with sweeping views, and Calton Hill is topped with monuments and memorials.

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Tour Scotland Video Drive Through Glen Salach Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive on a single track unclassified road through Glen Salach, also known as Gleann Salach, on ancestry history visit to the Highlands. Glen Salach is a valley which links Loch Etive with Loch Creran. It extends for 5 miles and contains two rivers; the Dearg Abhainn which flows north north west through the Barcaldine Forest and the River Esragan which flows south south east to Inveresragan. The road runs through the valley, reaching a height of 515 feet on the watershed between these two rivers.

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Tour Scotland Video Loch Achtriochtan Glencoe Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of Loch Achtriochtan on ancestry visit to Glencoe, Highlands of Scotland. Loch Achtriochtan is a small fresh water loch in Glencoe, fed by the River Coe, which eventually flows into Loch Leven at Invercoe. To the south of the Loch is Achnambeithach Cottage, accessible from the A82 road. To the north, there are the mountains Sgorr nam Fiannaidh and Stob Coire Leith and, to the south, the Three Sisters. Loch Actriochtan sits about three miles from Glencoe village. During the 18th century the loch flooded and nearby inhabitants had to abandon the area.

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Tour Scotland Video Tide Corryvreckan Off The West Coast Of Mainland

Tour Scotland video of the tide at Corryvreckan, a narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of mainland Scotland. Strong Atlantic currents and unusual underwater topography conspire to produce a particularly intense tidal race in the Corryvreckan channel. As the flood tide enters the narrow area between the two islands. The Corryvreckan is the third largest whirlpool in the world. In mid August 1947, the author George Orwell nearly drowned in the Corryvreckan whirlpool. In Scottish mythology the hag goddess of winter, Cailleach Bheur, uses the gulf to wash her great plaid, and this ushers in the turn of the seasons from autumn to winter. As winter approaches, she uses the gulf as her washtub, and it is said the roar of the coming tempest can be heard from as far away as twenty miles, lasting for a period of three days. When she is finished with the washing, the cloth is pure white, and becomes the blanket of snow that covers the land. The Cailleach occupying the whirlpool was described as " the fiercest of the Highland storm kelpies " by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor.

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Tour Scotland Video Dinghy Sailing Under Now Closed Forth Road Bridge Firth Of Forth

Tour Scotland video a dinghy sailing below the Forth Road Bridge on visit to the Firth Of Forth near South Queensfery, Scotland. On 5 September 2017 the bridge carried its final private cars, as the vast majority of traffic was transferred to the new Queensferry Crossing. Following a few weeks closure for repairs, the new role of the Forth Road Bridge will be as a public transport corridor, open only to buses, taxis, cyclists and pedestrians. It is expected that these changes will mean the bridge will now only carry a few hundred vehicles per day, rather than the 65, 000 per day average carried in recent years.

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