Ross Inglis's Tour of Scotland

20/12/2013

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

11/10/2013

Glen Coe

11/10/2013

Scotland's Industrial revolution created Scotland on the Great Glen is the Caledonian Canal its 62 miles from Inverness to Fort William 3 lochs across the channel connects from the east to the west. The canal is design and built by "Thomas Telford" completed in 1822 locks have 29. In Banavie Telford's eight locks name the Neptune Staircase its built in 1811 and it's funded by the Government and all boats are come and go.

The land Lochaber belong to clan Cameron there were a number of mainly Cameron settlements in the area and two footpath trail the Great Glen Way from Inverness to Fort William and West Highland Way from Glasgow to Fort William.

History about Fort William is meaning the Garrison lies near the head of Loch Linnhe one of Scotland's longest sea lochs, beside the mouth of the rivers Nevis and Lochy, fort constructed to control the population after Oliver Cromwell's invasion during the English Civil War, The fort was named "Fort William"' after William of Orange, and the settlement that grew around it was called "Maryburgh", after his wife. This settlement was later renamed "Gordonsburgh", and then "Duncansburgh" before being renamed "Fort William", this time after Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. plant in Fort William is made aluminium a plant and another pland at kinlochleven operated by Alcan.

Ben Nevis 4,409 ft the Highest Mountain in Scotland and Great Britain Standing at 1,344 metres. 17 August 1771, by James Robertson first success of geological structure. Cairn shows the summit of Ben Nevis is tallest many pictures view from Corpach Banavie and Fort William, many visitor came to Nevis range for viewing rambling hill walking and skiing and ride on the cable car.

Ben Nevis Distillery is one of Fort William's single malt Scotch whisky

18/09/2013

Acqua vitae is Latin and uisge beatha in Gaelic meaning "Water of Life" is known Scotch Whisky, Scotland's National Drink.

making single malt and blend is one thing how Scotland's made Scotch whisky can be split into five main production regions - Highlands, Speyside, Islands, Islay, Lowlands and Campbeltown.

The most oldest distillery is Glenturret in Perthshire in 1775. On the Isle of Islay Bowmore and owned by Diageo Oban distillery is oldest with classic malts owned by and the smallest distillery is Edradour.

Started as a way of using up rain-soaked barley and now the crystal clear spring Scottish water streams that flow through Scotland are at the heart of whisky production
the stages are to make the whisky in the distillery is malted the Barley the floor where the distillers turning the Piece of the malted barley and 8 or 21 days
than the kiln where the peat come from the fields cutting and take it to the distillery's kiln and burning the peat and smoke rises to dry the malt.
Than the malt goes into the Mash tun mixed it with sugar and a liquid brewing call it wort. Mas tun looks like a teapot water heated to 85°C thats very hot.
Than move onto the Washback is where all the wort alcohol that finds its way into a distillery to container about 12ft across and often 20ft or more deep. The action of the yeast on the sugar of the wort will produce alcohol and carbon dioxide. The wort starts bubbling, which will sometimes result in strong vibrations of the wash back making 8% beer before the whisky.

The still house where like kettle pots the stills are large and the neck is like a swan's neck and alcohol has to be 40% minimum where inside the water boiled. The washbacks move to wash stills and spirit stills.
spirit safe making sure the clear water is ready into the cask. when the water is cloudy it's not ready.
and the warehouse cask bourbon barrels American, European, sherry, wine and oak cask in with flavored peaty or smokie, light sweet fruity, rich and delicate
When our Single Malt is put into casks. Malt Whisky in the Barrel loses 5% of its volume immediately to the wood in the cask and a further 2% to evaporation each year. This is called the Angel's Share, and causes the volume of liquid to shrink, making what's left in the cask even more valuable.

blended Scotch whisky brands include Bells, Dewar's, Johnnie Walker, Whyte and Mackay, Cutty Sark, J&B, The Famous Grouse, Ballantine's and Chivas Regal.

In towns there have Whisky Bars across the country like one in Edinburgh and whisky tasting sessions

31/08/2013

Copper Stills at dalwhinnie distillery

14/08/2013

Uiversity of Bedfordshire pipe band at Perth Highland Games

University of Bedfordshire Pipe Band wearing the Black Stewart Tartan at Perth Highland Games play thier match off tune 11 august 2013

14/08/2013

Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band from New Zealand played their melody at the Perth Highland Games in Scotland

Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band from New Zealand at the Perth Highland Games in Perth Scotland 11 August 2013

14/08/2013

From Texas in America St Thomas Alumni Pipe Band playing grade 1 melody at Perth Highland Games

St Thomas Alumni Pipe band from Texas USA wearing the Isle of Skye Tartan come to Perth in Scotland for a highland games 11 August 2013

14/08/2013

Inveraray and District Pipe Band from Argyll winner of grade one pipe band at Perth Highland Games

Inveraray and District Pipe Band and their Pipe Major Stuart Liddell and their tartan Maccallum win a performance in the Grade 1 Medley here at Perth Highlan...

14/08/2013

Canterbury Caledonian Pipe Band from New Zealand played melody at North inch Perth Highland Games

From New Zealand Canterbury Caledonian Pipe Band at Perth Highland Games in Perth 11 August 2013

14/08/2013

My fist video I Arrived at North Inch in Perth this is the Solo Piper or the Lone Piper enter the solo piping competition

At north inch Perth Scotland 11.08.2013

14/08/2013

I'll be post my video from Perth Highland Games from sunday 11 August 2013 hope you enjoy the sound of pipes and drums

07/08/2013

Inverness Castle in Inverness Highlands

07/08/2013

Urquhart Castle is one of the ruin castle sites on the shores of Loch Ness.

Loch Ness is legendary is one of the lochs in the Great Glen from Inverness to Fort Augustus.

Historys take back of this castle was a pictish fort in 580 when Saint Columba visit Loch Ness and he was a first recorded to witness the Loch Ness Monster.

In 1230 Sir Alan Durward built the Castle was granted by King Alexander II, during the wars of Independents Captured by Edward I of England in 1296, it was surrendered to the Scots in 1298. The castle soon changed hands again when in 1308 Robert the Bruce took control of Urquhart for the Scottish Crown. in 1395 MacDonald the Lords of the Isles seized the castle. Grant tower was built by the Grant Family gifted by King James IV in 1509 when Macdonalds raid the castle in 1545. in 1644 the Grants driven out by Covenanters and never returned.

In 1690 the Jacobites Besieged the castle on a final attack and the castle blew up in 1692 and it's left a ruin fortress castle on the Loch.

In 1912 the castle was taking into state care and in 1994 it was owned by Historic Scotland with car parks and visitor centres and the pier on Urquhart bay for Boat Trips owned by the Jacobite Cruise from Inverness and the Clansman Hotel route the castle with visitors and tourist.

06/08/2013

Loch Tummel from Queen's View overlooking to west to Loch Rannoch and Glen Coe and Lochaber.

The tune is "the Road to The Isle"

06/08/2013

I leave from Perth to head north to Dunkeld, Pitlochry, tummel valley, killiecrankie and Blair Atholl surrounding of Perthshire. I was visiting Dunkeld and its river tay andthe Hermitage. I was head back perth I taking on a steam train to Pitlochry and it's special the Black 5 hauls Great Britain Tour and I join on board to Pitlochry to visit the blair athol distillery where the famous Bells whisky, the festival theater and the Dam Fish ladder.

Than I visit the Road to the Isle at the Queen's View of Loch Tummel in the valley and Killiecrankie where the battle was placed of Bonnie Dundee and his Jacobite army and visit to Blair Atholl at Blair castle where the Duke of Atholl and his private army where Oliver cromwall invaded and jacobite of 1746 and queen victoria stay

03/08/2013

Next Week I'll be head to Perth to Join my tour for a exciting event the Perth Kilt Run 2013 I'll be filming and taking pictures all event on with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers and thousands of pipers and Drummers matching in Perth. The Event starts from 12 noon till 5 race starts at one come along and have fun :)

-Ross-

The countdown is ON! One week to go and Bells Sports Centre will reopen in full - just in time to host registration for the Perth Kilt Run! Are you signed up?

03/08/2013

Today on this day King of Scotland's King James II killed near Roxburgh Castle near Kelso in the Scottish Borders

King James II was killed during the siege of Roxburgh Castle on this day in 1460, whilst trying to take the castle from English hands.

James II was a keen devotee of fi****ms and cannon and was killed when a cannon known as 'the lion', imported from Flanders, exploded.

02/08/2013

01/08/2013

Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. it's approximately 23 miles southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 m 9 villages and it's home to "Nessie the Loch Ness Monster". Between from Inverness and Fort Augustus 34 miles.

So is Loch Ness monster becoming a legend or a myth, it's Started in the 6th century Saint Columba was staying in the land of the Picts and he first sighted of the Monster one of the man swimming attack and Saint Columba made the sign of the Cross and commanded and he said "Go no further. Do not touch the man. Go back at once. and the monster had gone.

On 22 July 1933, when George Spicer and his wife sighted a creature cross the road from n front of their car seeing a large body and a motorcyclist named Arthur Grant claimed to have nearly hit the creature while approaching Abriachan, Grant claimed that he saw a small head attached to a long neck, and that the creature saw him and crossed the road back into the loch.

Photos captured of the creature and people or scientist on boats and submarine and onshore get a sight of the monster.
Hugh Gray's first photo of the Loch Ness Monster splash and in 1934 a Surgeon's Photo it appear of the head and neck of Nessie. other photos include three humps and underwater Pictures by Robert Rines. It has filmed the Loch Ness Moster captured on video like G. E. Taylor in 1938 Tim Dinsdale 1960, Gordon Holmes in 2007 and the Skipper George Edwards photo in 2011 and Marcus Atkinson, a local Loch Ness boat skipper, photographed a sonar image of a long 5 ft wide unidentified object. it's a mystery when it believe a real loch ness monster and some people and scientist believe a hoax of the Loch Ness Monster.
In 1987, Operation Deepscan took place. Twenty-four boats equipped with echosounder equipment were deployed across the Loch.

finally all tourist did believed about the mystery of the loch but there no rip off, they come on boat the Jacobite Cruise from Inver Ness and Cruise Loch Ness from Fort Augustus.

In the village at the foot of Glen Urquhart called Drumnadrochit it has a exhibition for the Loch Ness Monster and it's home to shinty club the Glen Urquhart Shinty Club and the historic ruin castle just 1 mile off the village on the shore Urquhart Castle it was built in the 13th to 16th centuries and ruin in 1692. In 1994 the castle is owned by Historic Scotland and it's open to public for tourist and visitors came and visit to the castle and get a splendid views of the famous loch and Great Glen.

The Caledonian Canal is a masterpiece an engineering marvel Creating a canal across the heart of the Scottish Highlands from coast to coast it's 60 miles from Inverness to Corpach near Fort William. The canal was design by Thomas Telford constructed in 1803 till 1822 during the Industrial Revolution leading boats across the channel with 29 locks and eight locks is the Nepturn's Staircase in Banavie near Fort William.


I came on the Jacobite Cruise on sail to Urquhart Castle and I came on citylink to visit Drumnadrochit, Invermoriston and Fort Augustus

31/07/2013

Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo begins tomorrow at Edinburgh Castle

30/07/2013

Culloden Moor near Inverness 16th April 1746 the last battle thought in the british soil.

Charles Edward Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie the young Pretender Arrived from the outer Hebrides and his Jacobite army uprising in Glenfinnan and victory in Prestonpans and match to London and reach Derby and retreat back to Scotland and reach culloden for the battle to face Prince William Augustus known as Duke of Cumberland known as the butcher his army "the hanoverian" or British Government.

The Jacobite are highlanders and clansman and chieftain for clans who are allies, wearing blue bonnets and tartan dress broadswords a targe and the dirk and speak scots and gaelic and they famous is the highland charge.

Hanoverian cannon's fire, the Jacobite doing the highland charge, they running towards the red coats through the moor the ground is mash and watery ground the Jacobites were outnumbered. Cumberland’s strength in heavy artillery ambush and cavalry, the charge itself was disorganised. The Hanoverians stood firm and blasted the Jacobite army into retreat.

5000 Scottish troops died on the moor, wounded and capture on the moor 300 Hanoverians died.

After the Battle Charlie escape and leave Scotland back to France by the help of Flora MacDonald. Cumberland had victory the battle he brutal the village and hunt for the young pretender, he disarmed the act he Banned the tartan, banned the language the Gaelic and highlanders were prison and ex*****on in London.

30/07/2013

I arrived the Capital of the highlands Inverness I had arrived by Train I walk to river ness view the castle and event on Inverness is the Armed force and near Inverness are two Armed force the Back Watch based in Fort George and RAF Lossiemouth. and a day to Culloden Battlefield this is the end of Bonnie Prince Charlie lost his Army the Jacobite.

30/07/2013

10 pm on Sunday 28 July 2013 across the clyde one of Scotland's tallest free-standing structures former Scottish Power oil fired Inverkip power Station the chimney has finally gone.

30/07/2013

27th July 1689 Battle of Killiecrankie


This is where that day during the First Jacobite uprising in and John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee rising his Jacobite on Dundee Law, were mainly Highland Scots gathered by the clan chief Cameron of Lochiel.

The Battle took place on the Pass of Killiecrankie starting the Highland Charge and red coats where smashed into the centre of the Government lines a fleeing soldier escaped his pursuers by leaping across the river on the Soldiers Leap, Donald MacBean, is said to have jumped 18ft across the River Garry to safety at what is now known as the "Soldier's Leap" and Mackay's force fleeing the field.

The Jacobite victory won the battle of Killiecrankie defeated Hugh Mackay's Army the Orange Covenantor Royalists of but Bonnie Dundee killed who was fatally wounded during the Jacobite charge.

30/07/2013

I Leaving Tomatin than off to Inverness the Capital of the Highlands I'm gonna visit few places in Inverness, overlooking the Moray Firth, than battle of culloden, Fort Geroge home to there Army the Black Watch the Royal Regiment of Scotland and starting the Great Glen to Fort William. Loch Ness home to Nessie the Loch Ness Monster few villages I'm visit is Drumnadrochit, Invermoriston and reach Fort Augustus

29/07/2013

I left Blair Atholl behind towards the Highlands to get around the beautiful scenery landscape on the A9 Pass of Drumochter the main mountain pass and the summit is the highest 1,516 feet above sea level.

the River Garry flows to the south, and the River Truim to the north. I came to the wee villiage of Dalwhinnie is also known as "the Meeting Place" I come to the Distillery for a tour and a taste of malt whisky the 15 year old. before I made my way to Newtonmore I take a detour to Loch Laggan where the TV drama series Monarchof the Glen the sight of the Glenbogle House and the Laggan Dam.

Than I head off to Newtonmore where its home to the clan MacPherson and that house is a museum and I pass Ruthven Barracks near Kingussie and Ruthven. Than on the Cairngorms and Aviemore and take the train on the Strathspey railway to Broomhill to see the sight of the caledonian Pine forest. Than up to Carrbridge and Tomatin.

24/07/2013

I arrived in the Highlands just behind Blair Atholl entering the cairngorms national park heading towards the highest summit in the country a lovely scenery grampian mountains and the village is known as the meeting place called Dalwhinnie. Dalwhinnie has the road the A889 cuts off from the A9 and heads to Laggan and Fort William and the junction to Newtonmore the A86 one of the coldest villages in Scotland.

Dalwhinnie has a tourist visitor center one of Highland malt Whiskys there and Dalwhinnie railway station lies on the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness. Tourism has walks and cycling along the River Truim and Cairngorm and Monadhliath Mountains Cairngorm National Park and the area including one alongside Loch Ericht.

24/07/2013

Floors Castle is home to the Dukes of Roxburgh near kelso in the Scottish Borders.

The Castle was first built in 1721 for the 1st Duke of Roxburgh and rebuilt in 1837 and 1847 by the 6th Duke. It has a lovely ballroom and the drawing room in the 1930's

In history king of Scotland king James II was killed where the Holly Tree near the River Tweed and the remains of Roxburgh Castle across the river.

Present duke is the 10th Duke of Roxburghe and the Estate is 56,000 acres 20 mile radius of Kelso the farms trees the 3 mile river on the river tweed and 220 employment who work the estate

23/07/2013

Anglo-Scottish Border enters Dumfries and Galloway from Gretna to Moffat and the Scottish Borders Kelso, Jedburgh, Melrose Coldstream and st Boswells and visit to see