Category: Scotland 2022

• Jul 26, 2022

  The First Jacobite Rebellion

  

  One day on our holiday to Scotland, we visited Perth and the popular Blackwatch museum. This is where I was first introduced to the Jacobite rebellion. Cue hours of happy history hunting! This museum is absolutely full to the brim of Scottish history! Where they began James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James…
• Apr 5, 2022

  Pitclochry, Dam & Ladder – Scotland

  

  This month we stayed in a lodge in Scotland in the little town of Pitlochry. According to a census taken in 2011, there is a population of just under 3,000 people that live here. It will most likely have doubled within the last 11 years. Pitlochry lies on the River Tummel and the nearest loch…
• Mar 17, 2022

  Clunie Dam and Power Station

  

  When we stayed in Pitlochry, we were a 5 minute drive from this station and the dam. I found it interesting to learn about and I hope you do too. Why was it built? It is all part of the Tummel-Garry scheme. As you can see in the image below, (taken from SSE Renewables), this…