Tour Scotland

10/02/2025

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the A977 road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Blairingone village in Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish village was once a base for the serious manufacture of weapons of war, the twin forges of the village Blacksmiths being maintained by the easily obtained surface coal in the area. Materials like Limestone, Alum, Iron-ore, Whinstone and Sulphur as well as coal were mined here on a regular basis. History records that the Fossoway area and over into Fife contained the most ancient coal mining operations in Scotland. During the 1700s a wagon way complex included a track from Blairingone for carrying coal which also connected the North Fife coal fields and the lime burners at Limekilns on the Forth Estuary

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the A977 road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit t...

09/02/2025

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North over Clackmannanshire Bridge, a road bridge over the Firth of Forth on history visit to Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The bridge opened to traffic on 19 November 2008, and is positioned in an area where three council area boundaries converge. The North approach road to the bridge leaves from Clackmannanshire, the bridge itself standing in Fife, and the south approach to the bridge is within Falkirk. This means that the span of the bridge is within Fife; however, it can only be accessed by travelling through either Clackmannanshire or Falkirk council areas

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North over Clackmannanshire Bridge, a road bridge over th...

07/02/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a morning road trip drive with Scottish bagpipes music, West on the A9 major road to the Cathedral on ancestry visit to Dunblane, Britain, United Kingdom. James Gillespie Graham was born in Dunblane on 11 June 1776, the son of Malcolm Gillespie, a solicitor. He was christened as James Gillespie. Graham designed principally country houses and churches. In 1815 he married Margaret Ann Graham, daughter of a wealthy landowner, William Graham of Orchill in Perthshire. Together they had two daughters. In 1825, on the death of his wife's father, the couple inherited his large country estate, and James thereafter became known as James Gillespie Graham.

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a morning road trip drive with Scottish bagpipes music, West on the A9 major road to the Cathedral on ancestry visit ...

05/02/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Blackford, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The village is located just off the A9 between Perth and Stirling which has been bypassed since 1978. Blackford was first known as a ford over the Allan Water. There is a legend that a King Magnus lost his wife Queen Helen in a storm and she is buried on a nearby hill. Blackford became a popular stopping place especially when Scotland's first public brewery was started. James VII of Scotland even stopped in Blackford while travelling to sample their ale

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Blackford, Perthshir...

04/02/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Newburgh in North Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Robert Hunter, was born in 1823 in Newburgh. He became the lead editor of the Encyclopædic Dictionary, which he produced in seven volumes between 1879 and 1888. In addition, he was an ordained minister and missionary for the Free Church of Scotland, and a notable geologist, becoming a Fellow of the Geological Society, was born in Newburgh, Fife

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Newburgh in North Fi...

02/02/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North on the B936 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Auchtermuchty in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. James Ferrier was born on 22 October 1800 in Auchtermuchty.. Ferrier migrated to Canada in 1821 and established himself in Montreal, Quebec, as a successful Scots Quebec merchant. He served as a city councillor of Montreal from 1841 to 1848. Ferrier was chancellor of McGill University from 1884 to 1888. He is commemorated by Ferrier Street in northwestern Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal. Ferrier died on 30 May 1888

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North on the B936 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit...

30/01/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter afternoon travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive East on the A90 route from Perthshire, to the Swallow Roundabout on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Dundee, Tayside, Britain, United Kingdom. Swallow Roundabout is at the western end of the Dundee Kingsway, from where the A85 Riverside Drive leads in to the City. It was named after the nearby hotel, however the hotel was renamed as the Landmark Hotel, became the DoubleTree Hotel in 2013, and reverted to the Landmark Hotel in 2020

Tour Scotland 4K Winter afternoon travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive East on the A90 route from Perthshire, to the Swallow Roundabout on...

17/01/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a short road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry visit to the Regimental Headquarters and Museum of The Black Watch in Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Balhousie Castle is located on Hay Street, originally a few hundred metres north of the medieval town, dates to 1631, though its origins are believed to go back a further three hundred years. It originally served as the seat of the Earls of Kinnoull, and stood within a walled enclosure on a terrace overlooking the North Inch Park

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a short road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry visit to the Regimental Headquarters and Museum of...

11/01/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish bagpipes of a road trip drive North on a narrow roads on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Kinkell Bridge in Strathearn, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The village of Kinkell Bridge lies on the River Earn two miles north of Auchterarder. The grand four arched bridge over the River Earn was built in 1793 and alongside is a former toll house

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish bagpipes of a road trip drive North on a narrow roads on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and tr...

10/01/2025

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of an afternoon road trip drive on the single track route across Sheriffmuir Battlefield on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Battle of Sheriffmuir, Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim, was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in England and Scotland. John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, standard bearer for the Jacobite cause in Scotland, mustered Highland chiefs, and on 6 September declared James Francis Edward Stuart as King of Scots. With an army of about 12,000 men Mar proceeded to take Perth, and commanded much of the northern Highlands

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of an afternoon road trip drive on the single track route across Sheriffmuir Battlefield on ancestry, gen...

09/01/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish music, of a morning road trip drive from Friarton Bridge near Perth in Perthshire, South down the M90 motorway route almost to the junctions to Dunfermline on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The M90 motorway runs from junction 1a of the M9, at the south end of the Queensferry Crossing Road Bridge, to Perth, passing Dunfermline and Kinross on the way. It is the most northerly motorway in the United Kingdom

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish music, of a morning road trip drive from Friarton Bridge near Perth in Perthshire, South down the M90 mot...

07/01/2025

Tour Scotland short Winter 4K travel video clip of a morning road trip drive South from Fife, with Scottish bagpipes music, to visit and cross the Queensferry Crossing the new Forth Road Bridge which spans the Firth of Forth, Britain, United Kingdom. The Queensferry Crossing, formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing, is a road bridge built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge which carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Lothian, at South Queensferry, into Fife and onwards to Perthshire, at North Queensferry

Tour Scotland short Winter 4K travel video clip of a morning road trip drive South from Fife, with Scottish bagpipes music, to visit and cross the Queensferr...

06/01/2025

Tour Scotland 4K Winter afternoon travel video of a dreich, which is a Scots word for dull and cloudy weather, road trip drive, with Scottish music, through the city on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Smeatons Bridge in Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Perth Bridge, also known as Smeaton's Bridge, locally, the Old Bridge and in the local dialect of Scots, The Auld Brig, is a toll free bridge that spans the River Tay, connecting Perth, on the western side of the river, to Bridgend, on its eastern side, carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of West Bridge Street. The bridge was completed in October 1771

Tour Scotland 4K Winter afternoon travel video of a dreich, which is a Scots word for dull and cloudy weather, road trip drive, with Scottish music, through...

05/01/2025

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, after overnight show, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Blairgowrie was made a barony in favour of George Drummond of Blair in 1634 by a royal charter of King Charles I, and became a free burgh in 1809. The town expanded hugely in the 19th century thanks to the employment provided by the many textile mills which were built along the River Ericht, all now closed

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, after overnight show, on ancestry, genealogy, family history v...

04/01/2025

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, after overnight snow, to cross the bridge over the River Ericht on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The River Ericht, Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Eireachd is a river formed from the confluence of the rivers Blackwater and Ardle at Bridge of Cally. It runs south for around 10 miles before discharging into the River Isla, and eventually the River Tay

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, after overnight snow, to cross the bridge over the River Erich...

03/01/2025

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter video clip of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, after overnight snow on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Balbeggie, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. At the end of the 18th Century, the land on which Balbeggie village was to take shape was owned by Andrew Murray of Murrayshall. It was an insignificant place on the Scone to Abernyte road and probably comprised only a few crofts and cottages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-gVk9CdbvQ

03/01/2025

Tour Scotland Winter 4K travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, North on a long narrow road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Lomond Hills in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The Lomond Hills have been occupied by people in Hill Forts for at least 2,700 years, if not longer, straddling the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Picts. The Lomond Hills where shaped by volcanic activity and many climates, including hot deserts, tropical humidity and several Ice Ages over millions of years

Tour Scotland Winter 4K travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, North on a long narrow road on ancestry, genealogy, family history v...

02/01/2025

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video of a, road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on New Year's Day, Wednesday, 1 January 2025, along the narrow John Street, George Street on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This is where I was raised in Scotland. Cellardyke was formerly known as Nether Kilrenny, Scots for Lower Kilrenny, or Sillerdyke, and the harbour as Skinfast Haven, a name which can still be found on maps today. The harbour was built in the 16th century and was rebuilt in 1829

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video of a, road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on New Year's Day, Wednesday, 1 January 2025, along the narr...