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 travel Blog photograph of the hotel in Bridgend, Island of Islay, Scotland. Islay Whisky. The island's two main road the A846 and A847 meet in the village just north of the bridge over the River Sorn that gives the village its name. The River Sorn is a small river on the Scottish island of Islay. Draining Loch Finlaggan and having gathered the waters of the Allt Ruadh and the Ballygrant Burn, it flows southwestwards to enter the sea at the village of Bridgend at the head of Loch Indaal.
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Old travel Blog photograph of the Temperance Hotel in Blackwaterfoot village at the mouth of the Black Water on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The Temperance Scotland Act 1913 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom under which voters in small local areas in Scotland were enabled to hold a poll to vote on whether their area remained " wet " or went " dry, " that is, whether alcoholic drinks should be permitted or prohibited. The decision was made on a simple majority of votes cast. The Act was a result of the strong temperance movement in Scotland before the First World War. Brewers and publicans formed defence committees to fight temperance propaganda. The village of Blackwaterfoot is within the parish of Kilmory. It is located in the Shiskine valley in the south west of the island. It is one of the smaller villages of Arran and home to one of Europe's two 12 hole golf courses. A short walk from Blackwaterfoot is Drumadoon Point, home to the largest Iron Age fort on Arran. Further North is the King's Cave, reputed to be a hiding place of Robert the Bruce. After being defeated at a battle, Bruce escaped and found a hideout in a cave. Hiding in a cave for three months, Bruce was at the lowest point of his life. He thought about leaving the country and never coming back. While waiting, he watched a spider building a web in the cave's entrance. The spider fell down time after time, but finally he succeeded with his web. So Bruce decided also to retry his fight and told his men: " If at first you don't succeed, try try and try again ", Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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Old travel Blog photograph of Broomhill in Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. Stanley is a village on the right bank of the River Tay in an area popular for salmon fishing. The village gained its name from Lady Amelia Stanley, the daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl, decided, in the 18th century to harness of the nearby River Tay to power a cotton mill., Richard Arkwright, an inventor of cotton spinning machinery set up a cotton mill in Stanley as well as one at New Lanark. Stanley Mills opened in 1787, and by its 10th year employed 350 people. The village was built to house the workers of the mill. Work on the village began in 1784. It was designed by the Duke of Atholl’s factor James Stobie. By 1799 the village’s population was around 400, and by 1831 it had reached around 2000 residents.
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Tour Scotland travel video of seals around the coast on visit to the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. In the Sea lochs and bays around Skye there are 2 types of Seal the Common, which is sometime known as the Harbour Seal, and the Grey Seal. The Common Seal grows up to 6 foot in length, the Grey Seal tend to be bigger with and adult male reaching up to 11 foot long. The best way to see seal in the wild are by taking a boat trip. As the seals do get used to those same tour boats coming around for a look all summer, you will get surprisingly close in the tour boat allowing you to take photos of the that classic sun bathing Seal. There are some places where you can see the colony’s from land such as the small Islands near Dunvegan Castle.
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Tour Scotland travel photograph of Loch Dunvegan on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Dunvegan sits on the shores of the large Loch Dunvegan and is famous for Dunvegan Castle, seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod.
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