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 Chaipaval on Island Of Harris, Scotland. Chaipaval mountain, Gaelic: Ceapabhal, rises to a height of 1.207 feet at the centre of a bulbous southwestern peninsula of the island, some 2 miles south east of the headland of Toe Head. A secondary peak of 1,112 feet rises to the north west. Toe Head is the most westerly point of South Harris, Western Isles and is located 6 miles north west of Leverburgh.
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Old travel Blog photograph of people by the the swimming pool and beach below the castle in Dunbar, East Lothian. For almost a thousand years the East Lothian fortress of Dunbar has been at the centre of events in Scottish history. The impregnable castle site in Dunbar harbour was defended by the Votadini tribe in Roman times, held by Northumbrian and Pictish warriors in Scotland's 'dark ages' and was finally captured by Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Scots in 849 AD.
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Old travel Blog photograph of the narrow road through Glen Clova, Angus, Scotland. Glen Clova is a glen of spectacular Highland scenery with the landscape becoming more dramatic as you travel up the glen towards Glen Doll. Glen Doll, also sometimes spelt Glendoll, lies within the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, at the top of Glen Clova, in an area of steep hills, corries and Munros. It includes the Corrie Fee Nature Reserve, which has many endangered plants.
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Old travel Blog photograph of people on the West Beach in Musselburgh, Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk and bridged the river here. In doing so they established the line of the main eastern approach to Scotland's capital for most of the next two thousand years. The bridge built by the Romans outlasted them by many centuries. It was rebuilt on the original Roman foundations some time before 1300, and in 1597 it was rebuilt again, this time with a third arch added on the east side of the river. The Old Bridge is also known as the Roman Bridge and remains in use today by pedestrians. To its north is the New Bridge, designed by John Rennie the Elder and built in 1806. This in turn was considerably widened in 1925. Musselburgh Racecourse is a horse racing venue located in the Millhill area of Musselburgh. 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 the 18th green and clubhouse of the Royal Burgess Golf Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh is a Scottish golf club, which holds claim to be the oldest golfing society in the world, with references to it being instituted in 1735 dating from 1834. It is a members club but visitors are made very welcome. This fine parkland course located in Barnton, Edinburgh was designed initially by Tom Morris of St Andrews, Fife, and Willie Park Jnr, with subsequent revisions by James Braid. Notable members include Jack Nicklaus & Bernard Gallacher alongside a host of royals, aristocrats and socialites.
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