SCOTLAND TOURISM - There's magic in the air!
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom/Great Britain. Northern third of the island of Great Scottish border with England to the south, the North Sea in the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, as well as the North and Irish Sea Strait in the southwest.
In addition to the mainland, Scotland also consists of over 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides. Edinburgh, the capital city and second largest city, is one of the largest financial center in Europe. Edinburgh once the center of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century, which transformed Scotland into one of the power industry, trade, and intellectual in Europe. Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, had become one of the leading industrial cities in the world and is now located at the center of Greater Glasgow conurbation.
Aberdeen, the third largest city in Scotland, dubbed the oil capital of Europe. in Scotland 90% of the population is indigenous. British English accent is so thick, .. make us any clever sailor who speak English need to adapt again to be able to communicate with the people of Scotland.
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South West England and South Wales from the Air
Views from Bristol to Cardiff from a Jet2 737 en route to Leeds.
Dunfermline - Abbey - Robert The Bruce Last Resting Place.
Dunfermline Scots: Dunfaurlin, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain) is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife, Scotland, on high ground 3 miles (4.8 km) from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. According to a 2008 estimate, Dunfermline has a population of 46,430, making it the second-biggest settlement in Fife. The town's name comes from the Gaelic words dun (meaning fortified hill), fearam (crooked) and linn (stream). The area around Dunfermline became home to the first settlers in the Neolithic period, but did not gain recognition, until the Bronze Age as a place of importance. The town was first recorded in the 11th century, with the marriage of Malcolm III, King of Scotland and Saint Margaret at the church in Dunfermline. As his Queen consort, Margaret established a new church dedicated to the Holy Trinity which evolved into an Abbey under their son, David I in 1128. The graveyard of this abbey would become the burial place for many of Scotland's kings and queens.
There have been various interpretations of the name, Dunfermline.[5] The first element, dun translated from Gaelic, has been accepted as a (fortified) hill, which it is assumed to be referring to the rocky outcrop as the site of Malcolm Canmore's tower in Pittencrieff Glen (now Pittencrieff Park).[6] The rest of the name is problematic.[6] The second element, the ferm may have been an alternative name for the tower burn according to a medieval record published in 1455 and that together with the Lyne Burn to the south, suggest the site of a fortification between these two watercourses.[5][6]
The first record of a settlement in the Dunfermline area was in the Neolithic period. This evidence includes finds of a stone axe; some flint arrowheads and a carved stone ball which was found near the town.[7] A cropmark which is understood to have been used as a possible mortuary enclosure has been found at Deanpark House, also near the town. By the time of the Bronze Age, the area was beginning to show some importance. Important finds included a bronze axe in Wellwood and a gold torc from the Parish Churchyard.[7] Cist burials from the Bronze Age have also been discovered at both Crossford and Masterton, the latter of which contains a pair of armlets, a bronze dagger and a set necklace believed to have complemented a double burial.[7]
The first historic record for Dunfermline was made in the 11th century.[8] According to the fourteenth-century chronicler, John of Fordun, Malcolm III, King of Scotland (reign 1058--93) married his second bride, the Anglo-Hungarian princess, Saint Margaret at the church in Dunfermline between 1068 and 1070;[9] the ceremony was performed by Forhad, the last Celtic bishop of St Andrews.[8][10]
Birth: Jul. 11, 1274
Death: Jun. 7, 1329
Scottish monarch. The son of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick and Marjory of Carrick, he was a descendant of Alexander II, King of Scots. He was married to Isabella of Mar in 1295, and Elizabeth DeBurgh in 1302. He was the father of two sons and three daughters. Around 1298, when Scotland was under English rule, he was appointed a Guardian of Scotland along with John Comyn. It was discovered that Comyn intended to sell out his country and become a puppet king under Edward I, and Bruce killed him in 1306. He was then taken to Scone and crowned Robert I in March. He then began a guerilla war against Edward I. While not initially successful, he gradually gained support and captured several castles. In 1314, at the Battle of Bannockburn, although vastly outnumbered, he defeated the English forces. King Edward II agreed to sign the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1328, recognizing Scotland's independence. Gravely ill with leprosy, Bruce died at Cardross the following year. His body was entombed at Dunfermline Abbey, while his embalmed heart was taken on Crusade by Sir James Douglas (Black Douglas) before being returned to Scotland and entombed at Melrose Abbey. (bio by: VampireRed)
British Isles - Scotland 01 - The Scottish Border, Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford, Hadrian's Wall
Trip to the British Isles: June-July, 2009
John Stott interview
John Stott, was once called The closest thing to an evangelical Pope. He was listed in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People (April, 2005) and was named in the Queen's New Years Honours list as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on December 31, 2005.
John Stott was born in London in 1921 to Sir Arnold and Lady Stott. He was educated at Rugby School, where he became head boy, and Trinity College Cambridge. At Trinity he earned a double first in French and theology, and was elected a senior scholar.
John Stott trained for the pastorate at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was awarded a Lambeth doctorate in divinity (DD) in 1983 and has honorary doctorates from universities in America, Britain, and Canada.
I had the great honor to travel with him throughout the United States as a videographer. Will Howard
Forth Rail Bridge and Road Bridge over the Fog
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of central Edinburgh. It was opened on 4 March 1890, and spans a total length of 2,528.7 metres (8,296 ft). It is often called the Forth Rail Bridge or Forth Railway Bridge to distinguish it from the Forth Road Bridge, although it has been called the Forth Bridge since its construction, and was for over seventy years the sole claimant to this name.
The bridge connects Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, with Fife, leaving the Lothians at Dalmeny and arriving in Fife at North Queensferry; it acts as a major artery connecting the north-east and south-east of the country. Described by the Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland as the one immediately and internationally recognised Scottish landmark, it is a Category A listed building and was nominated by the British government in May 2011 for addition to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
The bridge was begun in 1883, took 7 years to complete, cost the lives of 98 men and nearly 58,000 tonnes (128,000,000 lb) of metal and used 10 times as much metal as the Eiffel Tower. It was deliberately chosen to look strong, due to the collapse 4 years earlier of the first Tay Bridge.
Until 1917, when the Quebec Bridge was completed, the Forth Bridge had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world. It still has the world's second-longest single span. The bridge and its associated railway infrastructure is owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.
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H M the Queen visits Dumfries 14 07 2010
A FILM ABOUT H M THE QUEEN AND H R THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH ON THEIR VISIT TO DUMFRIES SCOTLAND.including still shotts of the spectators.
Fiunary Cottage, Drimnin
Fiunary Cottage, Lochaline, Morvern, Drimnin, Highland, PA34 5XU, Scotland
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Dundee, Scotland (from the air)
Flying into Dundee, Scotland by air and viewing the place from above
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