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.
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Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by Dalmahoy a Tower on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Braid Hills near Edinburgh. It is an unspoilt, late medieval 15th century fortified tower house built in the 1480s or 1490s by the Dalmahoy family. Henry de Dalmahoy is recorded as swearing fealty to King Edward I in…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking on windy Mossyard Bay Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the coast of the Solway Firth, Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. Situated on the Solway Firth, the secluded bay features a mix of sand and dunes. In the late 19th century, members of the Glasgow Boys, a…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a road trip, with Scottish bagpipes music, from Caledonian Road on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Balhousie Castle in Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish castle is the Regimental Headquarters and Museum of The Black Watch. The castle, located on Hay Street, originally a few hundred metres north of the medieval town, dates to…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer Saturday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a bushy tailed Grey Squirrel spotted opening feeder box and eating peanuts on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. While Squirrels are known for their agility and resourcefulness in finding food, providing them with…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Saturday wilfdlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a colourful Blue Tit bird spotted eating on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The blue tit bird is identified by its colourful plumage. Blue tit’s wings, tail and crown are bright blue and their other defining…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Saturday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of beautiful, sociable, black and white Magpie Birds spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The magpie bird is one of our most familiar birds and the source of much myth and legend: '" ne for sorrow, two for…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a Lamont Castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Southern tip of the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Britain, United Kingdom. It was built around 1475 and strategically positioned to command sweeping views over the Firth of Clyde, the Bute and Cumbrae…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a Lindsay Castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Glen Esk, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Originally built around 1526 by the powerful Lindsay family, it stands on the foundations of an earlier 14th century keep and served as a crucial defensive stronghold guarding…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a Celtic Cross on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Glencoe, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The most famous Celtic cross in the area is a poignant tribute tucked away in a quiet spot near the river in Upper Carnoch which commemorates the infamous Glencoe Massacre of 13…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with music of a cloudy weather, road trip drive, East on the B935 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Forgandenny, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Forgandenny, Scottish Gaelic Forgrann Eithne, meaning Over-Bog of Eithne, an ancient female Gaelic name, is a small village in Perth and Kinross, located four miles south of Perth. Perth is a…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer Friday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a bushy tailed Grey Squirrel spotted opening feeder box and eating peanuts on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. While Squirrels are known for their agility and resourcefulness in finding food, providing them with supplementary…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Friday wilfdlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a colourful Blue Tit bird spotted eating on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The blue tit bird is identified by its colourful plumage. Blue tit’s wings, tail and crown are bright blue and their other defining…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Friday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of beautiful, sociable, black and white Magpie Birds spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The magpie bird is one of our most familiar birds and the source of much myth and legend: '" ne for sorrow, two for a…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Friday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a dark brown female Blackbird spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Female and juvenile blackbirds have a mainly dark brown plumage. This widespread bird is a common visitor to United Kingdom gardens, and…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a cloudy weather road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the B935 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Forteviot, Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Tabhaicht, in Strathearn, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Forteviot was the Pictish royal centre in the mid ninth century AD, and became the regional ceremonial centre for the Picts…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer Thursday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a much loved Robin bird spotted on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Robin bird is a familiar visitor to my garden. There are tales stretching back to Norse mythology where the robin is the protector from…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer Thursday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of bushy tailed Grey Squirrels spotted opening feeder box and eating peanuts on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. While Squirrels are known for their agility and resourcefulness in finding food, providing them with…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Thursday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of dark brown female Blackbirds spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Female and juvenile blackbirds have a mainly dark brown plumage. This widespread bird is a common visitor to United Kingdom gardens, and…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Thursday wilfdlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of colourful Blue Tit birds spotted eating on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The blue tit bird is identified by its colourful plumage. Blue tit’s wings, tail and crown are bright blue and their other defining…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a sea cave on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to coast of Mullagrach Island, Britain, United Kingdom. Rising to a maximum elevation of 150 feet its coastline is remarkably rugged, featuring rocky beaches, sheltered coves, sea arches, and vertical cliffs. It is also home to Am…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a Pictish Standing Stone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the East coast of the Tarbat Peninsula in Easter Rosss, Britain, United Kingdom. It was erected about AD 800. It seems likely that, at the time, the entire peninsula from the mouth of the Cromarty Firth to Tarbatness…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by Craignethan Castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to South Lanarkshire, Britain, United Kingdom. It is located above the River Nethan, a tributary of the River Clyde. The castle is two miles west of the village of Crossford, and five miles north-west of Lanark. Built in the…
Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a rainy road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the B939 route on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to St Andrews, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. St Andrews is a former royal burgh and parish on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, 10 miles south east of Dundee and 30 miles north east of Edinburgh. The town is home to the University of St Andrews,…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking Drumdurno Standing Stone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The name is derived from a local legend that the daughter of the Laird of Balquhain made a bet with a stranger that she could bake a bannock faster than he could build a…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by the Eagle Stone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Strathpeffer, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Known in Scottish Gaelic as Clach an Tiompain, or Sounding Stone it is an ancient Class I Pictish symbol standing stone located in a field on a hill in Strathpeffer, Easter…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a cloudy road trip drive West on the A913 route from Fife on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Abernethy, Scottish Gaelic: Obar Neithich in Perthshire, Brtain, United Kingdom. The village was once the " capital " or at least a major religious and political centre of the kingdom of the Picts. The Treaty of Abernethy…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer Tuesday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of bushy tailed Grey Squirrels spotted opening feeder box and eating peanuts on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. While Squirrels are known for their agility and resourcefulness in finding food, providing them with supplementary…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Tuesday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of beautiful, sociable, black and white Magpie Birds spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The magpie bird is one of our most familiar birds and the source of much myth and legend: '" ne for sorrow, two for a…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a Clan Menzies of Shian road trip drive on a single track road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Highlands of Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Menzies of Shian, also spelled Schian or Shain, were a prominent cadet branch of the Highland Clan Menzies. While the main chiefly line of the clan Menzies of…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking in the garden by a mansion house on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. In 1790, renowned Scottish architects Robert and James Adam designed this house in the Carse of Gowrie, a 20 mile stretch of fertile land on the north shore of the Firth of…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and Sporran and walking by white cottages on the west coast on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Cullipool, Island of Luing, Britain, United Kingdom. The Island of Luing is one of the Slate Islands, located sixteen miles South of Oban. In the early part of the Christian era Luing would have formed part of the…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Monday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of familiar small birds spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Attracting birds to your garden can be a rewarding experience, transforming your outdoor space into a haven for wildlife. By providing essential…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer Sunday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of much loved Robin birds spotted eating on a morning visit and trip to Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Robin bird is a familiar visitor to my garden. There are tales stretching back to Norse mythology where the robin is the protector from…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North through Glen Quaich on a single track road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Highlands of Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. A large number of Scottish people stayed in this area prior to mass eviction followed by emigration, mostly to North Easthope, Canada, in the early 19th…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and and Sporran and walking on Seacliff Bay Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to coast of East Lothian, Britain, United Kingdom. Due to its position on the Firth of Forth, the beach was used to mount attacks on the nearby 14thcentury Tantallon Castle. During the Napoleonic Wars in 1798, troops were…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer Saturday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of bushy tailed Grey Squirrels spotted opening feeder box and eating peanuts on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. While Squirrels are known for their agility and resourcefulness in finding food, providing them with…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Saturday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a juvenile black and white Magpie Bird spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The magpie bird is one of our most familiar birds and the source of much myth and legend: '" ne for sorrow, two for a joy "is a…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of an afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the A827 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the town of Aberfeldy, Highlands of Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Alan Cumming, was born on 27 January 1965, in Aberfeldy. He is a Scottish American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director, and…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a mansion house on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to East Lothian, Britain, United Kingdom. The original house here was one of the last projects undertaken by Robert Adam before his death in 1792. The house, designed for the 7th Earl of Wemyss, was not actually completed until…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a mansion house on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. Bowhill estate has been owned by the Scott family since the 12th century, with a brief respite from 1690-1745 when it was owned by the Murrays. In 1322 Robert the Bruce granted estates in…
Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking on Glengarrisdale Bay Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the North West coast of Island of Jura, Inner Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. The most famous, and darkest, historical event associated with Glengarrisdale occurred in 1647. At the time, the area was a stronghold…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer Friday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a bushy tailed Grey Squirrel spotted opening feeder box and eating peanuts on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. While Squirrels are known for their agility and resourcefulness in finding food, providing them with supplementary…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Friday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a much loved Robin bird spotted on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Robin bird is a familiar visitor to my garden. There are tales stretching back to Norse mythology where the robin is the protector from storms…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Friday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a juvenile black and white Magpie Bird spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The magpie bird is one of our most familiar birds and the source of much myth and legend: '" ne for sorrow, two for a joy "is a…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a cloudy road trip drive East on the A913 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Newburgh, Fife, Brtain, United Kingdom. Robert Hunter, 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…
Tour Scotland very short 4K travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking on Blackrock Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the coast of Island of Canna one of the Small Isles, Britain, United Kingdom. The beach is composed of dark volcanic basalt sand washed down from the surrounding tiers of geometric basalt columns. These rock formations are part of…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a mansion house on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip near Musselburgh, Britain, United Kingdom. The estate, originally named Whitehill, was purchased in 1686 by the Scottish architect James Smith. Inspired by the classical designs of Andrea Palladio, Smith constructed a modest villa on…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a mansion house on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Strathardle, Highland Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Located 12 miles north east of Pitlochry, this was the ancient castle like home of the Barons Reid from 1554, when the Earl of Atholl granted the lands of Inverchroskie to…
Tour Scotland 4K Summer Thursday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a bushy tailed Grey Squirrel spotted opening feeder box and eating peanuts on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. While Squirrels are known for their agility and resourcefulness in finding food, providing them with…
Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Thursday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a juvenile black and white Magpie Bird spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The magpie bird is one of our most familiar birds and the source of much myth and legend: '" ne for sorrow, two for a joy "is a…
