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.
Tour Scotland photograph of St Madoes Stone in the Museum in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A masterpiece of the early medieval stone carver's art. The front of the massive sculpture bears a Christian cross carved in relief and decorated with spiral, interlace and key patterns, flanked by biting beasts.
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November 21st photograph of Cream Sponge in Murrays Bakers, 114 South Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Very popular family run bakers established over 100 years ago. All bakery products baked on the premises. Famed for their Scotch pies. Also produce a range of tea bread, doughnuts, cakes and tarts.
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November 21st photograph of a Scottish Bagpiper in Perth, Scotland. You often see bagpipers on Saturday in Scotland. On their way to weddings or other special events.
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November 21st photograph of Siberian Huskies in Perth, Scotland. Huskies are straining at the leash to take part in an event in Perth.
November 21st photograph of a Siberian Husky in Perth, Scotland.
November 21st photograph of Siberian Huskies in Perth, Scotland.
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Siberian Husky. A Comprehensive Guide to Owning and Caring for Your Dog. The perfect locomotion for a cross-country sledding race is also the ideal companion for millions of owners. The Siberian Husky, praised as the swiftest and most effective dog sled dog ever bred, makes a delightful and outgoing pet, even for those who live hours from the nearest wintry slopes. Besides his athletic abilities and his flawless disposition, the Siberian Husky must be counted among the most beautiful and dramatically striking animals on earth. This book provides the much-needed factual information about Siberian Huskies and their ancestry, character and standard, as well as the proper selection, feeding, training, preventative health care and behaviour of the breed. The new owners will welcome advice about puppy-proofing the home, preparing for the pup's arrival and house training. In addition to an authoritative, lively text, this book presents over 135 photographs in full colour, which prove to be as informative as they are attractive. Helpful hints and important information are highlighted to provide easy access to everything the reader needs to know about life with a Siberian Husky from puppy hood to the senior years. Siberian Husky: A Comprehensive Guide to Owning and Caring for Your Dog (Kennel Club).
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Scotland's Traditional Houses: From Cottage to Tower-house. This series provides a survey of the major aspects of Scotland's history and culture. Each of the colourful volumes explores a single theme, presenting information on a distinctive facet of the country's rich heritage whilst encouraging the reader to discover more. Buildng up a comprehensive picture of the facts which have made up Scottish life across the centuries, each text is accompanied by illustrations and a glossary. This volume takes a panoramic view of the range of houses which cover the land and lend it a unique Scottish identity. From the earliest stone-built houses surviving in Europe to the stone-built castellated towers of the 16th-century to the brick-built workers' cottages of the 19th and 20th centuries, it details the range of homes that not only recreate a vision of past lives but also colour the Scottish landscape of today. Scotland's Traditional Houses: From Cottage to Tower-house (Discovering Historic Scotland).
Tour Scotland photograph of Scots comedian, Doctor Jimmy Logan, giving his Haggis a bit of a medical check-up, to make sure it is 100% fit to eat in Scotland.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the graveyard cemetery at Gulberwick, located two miles South West of Lerwick, South Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The ancient parish of Gulberwick was annexed in 1722 to Lerwick, having previously been united to Dingwall. Gulberwick is located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland. It is is about 210 miles North North East of Aberdeen, 230 miles West of Bergen in Norway and 230 miles South East of Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Queen Mother's bedroom in Glamis Castle, Scotland. The Queen Mother. At her birth Elizabeth's parents were Lord and Lady Glamis. Her father, Claude, was heir to the ancient Scottish Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Her mother, Nina Cecilia Cavendish Bentinck, was of the family of the Dukes of Portland. Her family home was, in 1900, St. Paul's Walden Bury in Hertfordshire. Glamis Castle was, at the time, the home of Elizabeth's grandfather, the 13th Earl. She was the ninth of ten children. The first born, Violet Hyacinth, whom the Queen Mother never knew, had died tragically in 1893 of a heart problem caused by diphtheria. She was aged eleven. When Elizabeth arrived on 4th August 1900 the ages of the other children, Mary, Patrick, Jock, Alexander, Fergus, Rose and Michael spanned from seventeen down to seven years. Her brother Patrick, as eldest son, would later become the 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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