Old Travel Blog Photograph Loch Maree Hotel Talladale Wester Ross Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Loch Maree Hotel in Talladale, a village on the southwestern shore of Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. The waters of Loch Maree were thought to have curative effects, with being submerged in the water thought to be a cure for lunacy. It has has its own monster in the form of the muc-sheilch. The loch is often referred to as the most beautiful loch in the Highlands. Wester Ross is featured in the lyrics to the song Letter from America by The Proclaimers, and Kishorn Commandos by North Sea Gas, which relate the wild lifestyle of construction workers on the Ninian Central Platform in Kishorn. Many other songs refer to or are named after areas, geographical features and villages of Wester Ross, notably Loch Maree Islands, which has been recorded by many artists including Calum Kennedy. Major outdoor scenes in the films Stardust and The Eagle of the Ninth were shot in Wester Ross. Wester Ross is the location for the adventures of John Macnab in the book by John Buchan.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Fishing Boats Harbour Whitehills Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in Whitehills on the Moray Firth on the North East coast of Scotland. Whitehills is a Trust Harbour, established by Act of Parliament in 1895. Whitehills was a very successful fishing port up until 1999, when due to changes in the fishing industry, the Commissioners decided to develop it as a Marina. Between 1924 and 1969 Whitehills had an RNLI lifeboat station. The station was transferred from Banff and in 1932 a new boathouse and slipway (which still stand today) were constructed for a new motor lifeboat. Whitehills received a new 47ft Watson-class boat in 1961, but this was withdrawn and the station closed in 1969 after launching only eleven times in eight years.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Hairpin Bend Road To Uig Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a hairpin bend on the road to Uig, Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Uig is situated partly on the raised beach around the head of the bay and partly on the steep slopes behind it. Two watercourses enter the bay at Uig; the River Rha from the north and the River Conon which drains Glen Uig to the east. The lower courses of both of these small rivers are characterised by waterfalls. Uigg, Prince Edward Island, Canada was named by settlers from Uig.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Fishwives Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of fishwives and fishermen by the harbour in Cellardyke in the East Neuk Fife, Scotland. Cellardyke harbour experienced much congestion in the middle of the 19th century, due partly to the ever increasing number of boats, but mainly also to the increase in size of these boats. Fishermen were now using much larger boats, to enable them to venture further out to sea and return with much greater catches of fish. It was a Cellardyke boat that made the first of what was to become the annual autumn parade of Scottish boats to the East Anglian Herring Fishing at Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft in England. I was raised in this old Scottish fishing village on the East coast.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Road To Golspie Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph road workers on the road to Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland. Golspie is a village in the Highlands, which lies on the North Sea coast in the shadow of Ben Bhraggie. Dunrobin Castle, the seat of Clan Sutherland, is nearby. Adam Beattie Gunn was born in Golspie on December 24, 1872. he was an American athlete who competed mainly in the "All rounder", the fore runner of today's Decathlon. Gunn took first place in the Amateur Athletic Union's U.S. All-around championships in 1901 and 1902. The 1901 title was won in Buffalo, New York which Gunn adopted as his home town. He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri in the All rounder which consisted of 100 yards run, shot put, high jump, 880 yards walk, hammer throw, pole vault, 120 yards hurdles, 56 pounds weight throw, long jump and 1 mile run, where he won the Silver medal. He died on August 17, 1935. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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