Best Scottish Tours

Scottish Net Repairing

2008-08-29T20:07:00.000+01:00

Scottish Net Repairing.

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Scottish Island Women

2008-08-28T21:30:00.002+01:00

Scottish Island Women on St. Kilda, Scotland.

The Life and Death of St. Kilda. From beginnings of known history on St. Kilda, through to the evacuation and the main causes for it, and onto the islands new role as a bird sanctury and a military observation base. A story of a way of life that you would have thought could not have existed in such a barren and wild outcrop of rock. It is fascinating tale of how these Scottish Islanders existed from day to day with the poorest of resources. The St. Kildans lived on seabirds, sheep and anything else they could fashion into a commodity for centuries. The Life and Death of St. Kilda.

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Scottish Invocation

2008-08-27T22:49:00.003+01:00

Scottish invocation. The "Invocation To The Graces" was composed for a girl on her marriage on Uist and is one of the finest Scottish poems.

I Bathe thy palms
In showers of wine,
In the lustral fire,
In the seven elements,
In the juice of the rasps,
In the milk of honey,
And I place the nine pure choice graces
In thy fair fond face,

The grace of form,
The grace of voice,
The grace of fortune,
The grace of goodness,
The grace of wisdom,
The grace of charity,

The grace of choice maidenliness,
The grace of whole-souled loveliness,
The grace of goodly speech.

Dark is yonder town,
Dark are those therein,
Thou art the brown swan,
Going in among them.
Their hearts are under thy control,
Their tongues are beneath thy sole,
Nor will they ever utter a word
To give thee offence.

A shade art thou in the heat,
A shelter art thou in the cold,
Eyes art thou to the blind,
A staff art thou to the pilgrim,
An island art thou at sea,
A fortress art thou on land,
A well art thou in the desert,
Health art thou to the ailing.

Thine is the skill of the Fairy Woman,
Thine is the virtue of Bride the calm,
Thine is the faith of Mary the mild,
Thine is the tact of the woman of Greece,
Thine is the beauty of Emir the lovely,
Thine is the tenderness of Darthula delightful,
Thine is the courage of Maebh the strong,
Thine is the charm of Binne-bheul.

Thou art the joy of all joyous things,
Thou art the light of the beam of the sun,

Thou art the door of the chief of hospitality,
Thou art the surpassing star of guidance,
Thou art the step of the deer of the hill,
Thou art the step of the steed of the plain,
Thou art the grace of the swan of swimming,
Thou art the loveliness of all lovely desires.

The lovely likeness of the Lord
Is in thy pure face,
The loveliest likeness that
Was upon earth.

The best hour of the day be thine,
The best day of the week be thine,
The best week of the year be thine,
The best year in the Son of God's domain be thine.

Peter has come and Paul has come,
James has come and John has come,
Muriel and Mary Virgin have come,
Uriel the all-beneficent has come,
Ariel the beauteousness of the young has come,
Gabriel the seer of the Virgin has come,
Raphael the prince of the valiant has come,
And Michael the chief of the hosts has come,

And Jesus Christ the mild has come,
And the Spirit of true guidance has come,
And the King of kings has come on the helm,
To bestow on thee their affection and their love,
To bestow on thee their affection and their love.

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Scottish Ringing Stone

2008-08-26T21:55:00.002+01:00

Scottish Ringing Stone. This mysterious boulder, on Isle of Tiree, Scotland, is known locally as the Ringing Stone because of the metallic sound it makes if you hit it, features over 50 Bronze Age cup marks and probably dates back to the Ice Age.

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Scottish Handloom Weavers

2008-08-25T22:03:00.001+01:00

Scottish Handloom Weavers.

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Scottish Hayweights

2008-08-23T20:42:00.000+01:00

Scottish Hayweights and old Hayweights Clock.

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Scottish Buchan Ness Lighthouse

2008-08-23T20:38:00.000+01:00

Scottish Buchan Ness Lighthouse. Imagine the view, smell the sea air, feel the freedom of staying in a lighthouse cottage. Now think comfort and luxury and you’re on your way to a Buchan Ness Lighthouse Holiday. With the breathtaking scenery of one of Scotlands best kept secrets, the Buchan Coast, our lighthouse is less than an hours drive from Aberdeen. With miles of empty beaches, some of the best Golf Courses and Surfing in Britain, and within easy reach of Castles and Whisky, our holidays offer something for everyone. Whether its relaxation, walking, scenery, tourist attractions, history or romance you’re seeking you can find it all with Buchan Ness Lighthouse Holidays.

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Scottish Barns Ness Lighthouse

2008-08-22T20:30:00.002+01:00

Scottish Barns Ness Lighthouse. The Lighthouse at Barns Ness is located on a headland located on the coast of East Lothian, and was built by David A Stevenson, Engineer to the Commissioners. The light was first exhibited on 1 October 1901, almost two and a half years after building operations commenced. The tower is 121 feet high.

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Happy Scottish Guests

2008-08-21T22:21:00.001+01:00

Happy Scottish Guests on a small group tour of Scotland.

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Scottish Crofter with Shetland Pony

2008-08-20T19:33:00.000+01:00

Scottish Crofter with Shetland Pony.

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Scottish Nunnery

2008-08-19T18:51:00.001+01:00

An old view of the Scottish Nunnery, Iona, Scotland.

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Scottish Outstanding Beauty Spot

2008-08-18T22:13:00.001+01:00

Queens View Loch Tummel, near Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. One of the outstanding beauty spots in all of Scotland is the Queen’s View where a panorama of Scottish loch and mountain scenery stretches westwards as far as the Glen Coe hills, on clear days.

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Scottish Money Lender

2008-08-18T21:22:00.000+01:00

George Heriot, an Edinburgh jeweller and money lender, of the seventeenth century, visited the Royal apartments at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, and found King James the Sixth basking before a fire of exotic perfumed wood from the Orient.
"Your Majesty, if you will step along to my shop, I will show you an even more costly flame," said Heriot. The King made his way to Heriot's tiny shop and found an unspectacular fire in the grate. Then the jeweller took from his pocket an I0U note from the King for two thousand pounds, casually tossed it on to the fire, and asked:
"Now, sire, is Your Majesty's fire or mine the more expensive one?"

Scottish Conversation and Gossip

2008-08-17T21:02:00.001+01:00

An old Scottish farmer in Galloway used to go to church regularly, mainly for the sake of the conversation and gossip among the congregation after the service. On being taken to task by the minister for absenting himself, he replied; " Oh, there's no need to go to the kirk nowadays. Everybody gets a newspaper. "

Best Scottish Pulpit Humour.

Visit Historic Scottish Trongate

2008-08-17T19:26:00.001+01:00

Visit Historic Scottish Trongate in Glasgow Scotland.

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Scottish Horse Drawn Fire Engine

2008-08-17T15:21:00.000+01:00

An old view of a Scottish Horse Drawn Fire Engine in Central Scotland.

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Scottish Crofter House in the Scottish Highlands

2008-08-16T11:47:00.000+01:00

An old view of a Scottish Crofter House in the Scottish Highlands.

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Scottish Peat Stacking

2008-08-15T21:50:00.001+01:00

An old view of Scottish Peat Stacking on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Scottish Tyrannical Wife

2008-08-14T21:19:00.002+01:00

A Scottish tyrannical wife in Inverness, Scotland, tried to stop her husband from drinking by employing her brother to act the part of a ghost, and so frighten him on the way home from a drinking session. As the apparition appeared before him, the husband asked: " And who are you? " " I am Auld Nick, " was the reply. To which the husband, still very much in his cups, retorted: " Man, are you really? Come away, now, and give me a shake of your hand. I am married to one of your sisters ! "

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Scottish Scenic Falls

2008-08-13T21:48:00.001+01:00

Falls of Dochart, Killin, Scotland. These Scottish Falls form the most scenic and most photographed section of the River Dochart in Glen Dochart.

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Scottish Imbibers

2008-08-12T19:09:00.003+01:00

The two old Scottish men had imbibed overmuch. Saying his good-night, the one told the other: "John, when you go out the door, you will see two taxis. Take the one on the left, for the one on the right is not there !"

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Best Scottish Wit

2008-08-12T00:01:00.000+01:00

A Scottish Wit in the nineteenth century commented:
The dividing line between bad and good is being found out.

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Best Scottish Maryhill Humour

2008-08-10T22:16:00.003+01:00

A not so subtle story concerns the coffin that popped out of a Scottish hearse as it was being driven up a hill to a cemetery in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland. It slid back down the hill and across the street into a chemist's shop. As it was crossing the floor, the man inside sat up and asked the chemist: "Say, sir, have you got anything to stop my coffin?"

Best Scottish Humour.

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Scottish Captains Room

2008-08-09T22:02:00.000+01:00

Scottish Captains Room on the Frigate Unicorn, Dundee, Scotland.

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Best Scottish Tours of Coastal Fishing Villages

2008-08-08T20:29:00.001+01:00

Best Scottish Tours of old Coastal Fishing Villages of Scotland.

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