Brian Palmer, a friend from Islay, wrote a book review about Scotland's Heritage: Scotland is justly renowned for its scenery: mountains, valleys and the occasional river running through it. The Clearances and its often violent past have left a legacy of ruined homes, villages and castles while its traditional industries often continue to leave their mark upon the landscape. All in all, a veritable gift shop for the photographer. If you add in some wild variations in weather and climate, it is little wonder that folks travel from across the world to marvel at it for themselves. John … [Read more...] about Book Review Scotland’s Heritage
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Victorian Heritage Trail in Royal Deeside Relaunched
The area to the west of Aberdeen, stretching as far as Braemar, is not known as 'Royal Deeside' for nothing. In case recent Jubilee celebrations have eclipsed all thoughts of any other British royalty, let's go back a bit and remember Queen Victoria who, in 1848, along with Prince Albert, first visited, and fell in love with, the Balmoral Estate on Deeside. The present royal family has an equal love for this historic area and takes every opportunity to spend time at Balmoral. And now you can follow in the footsteps of all these generations of royals and visit the picturesque Dee and Don … [Read more...] about Victorian Heritage Trail in Royal Deeside Relaunched
Scotland in a Motorhome Pictures and Information
We've been on a stunningly beautiful trip in the spring of 2012. We've toured the entire west coast of Scotland in a motorhome, travelled well over 2,000 miles, took over 4,000 pictures, been to 17 campsites and had the best of times ever in Scotland. And there you are, four weeks later, with so many beautiful memories and a "homesick feeling" because it was too good to be true, and if we had the choice we would go back instantly. This motorhome thing was our first holiday this way, we rented one to see if this would be the thing for us and it is, in fact it is much more than that, I could … [Read more...] about Scotland in a Motorhome Pictures and Information
Forgotten Railway Trains of Dunaskin
Mark from Abandoned Scotland sent me an email to point out their stunning Youtube channel. They are not the usual Scottish Landscape videos but beautifully edited scenes of former industrial and other sites, the forgotten and abandoned places in Scotland. The video below shows the forgotten railway trains of Dunaskin, not far from Ayr. Mark wrote: "It started life as an Ironworks in 1840 but as the times changed it was uneconomical to keep open and was closed in 1921. It was then used as a brickworks and for coal mining used all the way up to 1988 when the last brick was produced. The … [Read more...] about Forgotten Railway Trains of Dunaskin
Support The Russian Arctic Convoy Museum and See the Enigma Machine
It was in August 2011 that the community around Loch Ewe held a 70th anniversary Memorial Service to commemorate the first of many convoys that set sail from Loch Ewe on their perilous journey taking war supplies to Russia. Between 1941 and 1945 the local Wester Ross community supported this key part of the war effort, and today's local community are now working hard to raise money for a Museum on the shores of the loch. They are determined to create a lasting legacy to the 3,000 men who died and to all who took part in this remarkable story from WWII. The importance of highlighting the … [Read more...] about Support The Russian Arctic Convoy Museum and See the Enigma Machine
Visit Loch Ewe and Visitor Centre
If there is one Loch in Scotland that has a somewhat unusual history it's probably Loch Ewe. Why? Loch Ewe played an important part in WW2, it was a Convoy Collecting Point for the Arctic convoys to Russia. During that time Loch Ewe was protected by light and heavy anti aircraft guns, the remains of these gun emplacements and other buildings are still present and dotted around the Loch. For some the history of this Loch is reason enough for a visit but for most it's the sheer beauty of the place. Loch Ewe and surrounding area is a stunningly beautiful part of Wester Ross. There are lovely … [Read more...] about Visit Loch Ewe and Visitor Centre
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