Old Travel Blog Photograph Torduff Waterfall Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Torduff waterfall in the Pentland Hills, South West of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Pentland Hills Regional Park was designated in 1986. It covers an area of 35 square miles at the northern end of the hills. The park, together with the rest of the hills, are used for a variety of recreational activities including hillwalking, mountain biking, horse riding, golf and skiing at the artificial ski slope at the Midlothian Snowsports Centre. The hills were the scene of an incident in 1666 following the Restoration of King Charles II when an outbreak of armed rebellion amongst Covenanters led to a small force of badly armed conventiclers being defeated at the battle of Rullion Green, after which the whole tragic episode was named the Pentland Rising. The incident is commemorated by the Covenanter's Grave, a cairn after which one of the drove roads across the hills is known.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Thistle Chapel St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of The Thistle Chapel 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 Sir Robert Lorimer, at the south east corner of the church. It is small, but exquisite, with carved and painted fittings of extraordinary detail. One figure depicts an angel playing bagpipes. The Order, which was founded by King James VII in 1687, consists of the Scottish monarch and 16 knights. The knights are the personal appointment of the monarch, and are normally Scots who have made a significant contribution to national or international affairs. Knights have included Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Mackay of Clashfern and Sir Fitzroy Maclean.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph West Door Cathedral Dunblane Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the West Door of the Cathedral in Dunblane, Scotland. The Cathedral was once the seat of the bishops of Dunblane, also sometimes called 'of Strathearn, until the abolition of bishops after the Scottish Reformation. There are remains of the vaults of the episcopal palace to the south of the cathedral. Technically, it is no longer a cathedral, as there are no bishops in the Church of Scotland, which is a Presbyterian denomination. William Chisholme, the last Catholic bishop of Dunblane in 1561, later became bishop of Vaison in France.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Road To Quiraing Isle Of Skye Inner Hebrides Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the road Road the Quiraing on Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The C1225 is the famous Quiraing Road on Skye. It runs across the Trotternish Peninsula from the ferry port of Uig to Staffin on the east coast, passing the famous rock formations at The Quiraing above Staffin. The road below the Quiraing is a popular route in itself, with a couple of switchback bends to negotiate, climbing up from Staffin to the car park at the top. To the west, the road is much gentler, climbing slowly from the junction on the A855 above Uig, and running over open moorland.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Castle Bridge Forres Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Castle Bridge in Forres, Moray, Scotland. Castle Bridge in Forres crosses the Burn of Mossett, a relatively small river which flows into the vast tidal basin of Findhorn Bay to the north. The bridge was originally built in 1823, and re-erected in 1908, presumably to make it wider. The bridge has six castellated turrets, hence its name, one marking each corner of the structure, including the short causeways across the parkland on either side of the river, and one on each side above the central pier. That on the northern side bears the towns coat of arms, while that on the south has a date plaque.



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