Tour Scotland Travel Video Solo Male Piper Bagpipes Music 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a male Scottish Piper playing bagpipes music at the Strathspey, marches and reels Solo piping competition at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Bagpipes have been around since pre-Roman times, and the typical Highland bagpipes we know best today have roots back to the early 1500s in Scotland. Bagpipes are aerophone instruments, with an air supply, a bag, a chanter or melody pipe and a drone that provides a constant note throughout playing.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Tossing The Caber 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of athletes Tossing The Caber at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. A long tapered pine pole or log is stood upright and hoisted by the competitor who balances it vertically holding the smaller end in his hands. Then the competitor runs forward attempting to toss it in such a way that it turns end over end with the upper end striking the ground first. The smaller end that was originally held by the athlete then hits the ground in the 12 o'clock position measured relative to the direction of the run. If successful, the athlete is said to have turned the caber.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Community Tug Of War 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Community Tug Of War between Blairgowrie and Rattray at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Tug of war also known as of tug, tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, tugging war is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Scots Lifting The Ardblair Stones 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Scots trying to lift the Ardblair Stones at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The Ardblair Stones are nine reinforced concrete spheres ranging in weight from 18 to 152kg which is 40 to 335lbs. The Ardblair Stones Challenge involves lifting the stones sequentially from lightest to heaviest onto whisky butts which are 132cm or 52 inches in height). The event is judged on both time and the number of stones successfully completed.

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Old Photograph North Fens Largs Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in North Fens in Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. From its beginnings as a small village around its kirk, Largs evolved into a busy and popular seaside resort in the nineteenth century. Large hotels appeared and the pier was constructed in 1834. It was not until 1895, however, that the railway made the connection to Largs, sealing the town's popularity. The town is served by the railway line from Glasgow to North Ayrshire. Largs is the birthplace of the actors Daniela Nardini and John Sessions, the footballer Lou Macari and the golfer Sam Torrance. Though not born in Largs, musician and songwriter Graham Lyle of Gallagher and Lyle was brought up there and still returns to visit his holiday home.



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