Clans of Scotland

Clans of Scotland. Our coach is ideal for your Clan tour of Scotland. Clans of Scotland Free Images.

The Battle of Culloden

Sung By: Isla Grant.

The Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746), was the final clash between the Jacobites and the Hanoverians in the 1745 Jacobite Rising. It was the last battle to be fought on mainland Britain, and brought the Jacobite cause—to restore the House of Stuart to the thrones of England and Scotland—to a decisive defeat from which it never recovered.

The Jacobites—most of them Highland Scots—supported the claim of Charles Edward Stuart (aka "Bonnie Prince Charlie" or "The Young Pretender") to the throne; the British army, under the Duke of Cumberland, younger son of the Hanoverian sovereign, King George II, supported his father's cause.

The aftermath of the battle was brutal and earned the victorious general the name "Butcher" Cumberland. Charles Edward Stuart eventually left Britain and went to Rome, never to attempt to take the throne again. Civil penalties were also severe. New laws dismantled the Highlanders' feudal clan system, and even highland dress was outlawed.

Scone Palace

Our luxury coach leaving Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

Golf Scotland Map

Full colour Golf Scotland Map at 9 miles to 1 inch with golf courses clearly shown. 18 and 9 hole courses are plotted on the map and listed with their website address and telephone numbers. Golf Map of Scotland (Map).

Golf in Scotland

A Swing Through Time: Golf in Scotland 1457-1744. The origins of golf are a matter of mystery and controversy. Little, if any, evidence of the game in the form of golfing equipment or recognisable images survives from earlier than the mid 18th century. And so, for the 'Dark Ages' of golf, before the formalisation of the game with the establishment of the first Golfing Societies and Clubs, it is to written sources that we must turn for reliable information. This book takes a close look at the earliest records of the game in Scotland, from the 1457 Act of Parliament banning golf to the first printed book devoted entirely to the game - Thomas Mathison's poem "The Goff", published in 1743. The original documents and books, many from the collections of the National Library of Scotland, are reproduced, while transcripts, commentary and interpretation of the sources illuminate not only the early days of golf, but also the society which gave rise to the world's most internationally popular game. A Swing Through Time: Golf in Scotland 1457-1744.

Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris

The tale of Tom Morris, winner of golf's first Open Championship in Scotland in 1860, and his son, Tommy Morris, who won the Open three years in a row, is not only one of sport's great stories but also a compelling saga of near-Homeric proportions. Like Mark Frost in The Greatest Game Ever Played (2002), about Francis Quimet's unlikely triumph in the 1913 U.S. Open, Cook tells the story of Tom Sr and Tom Jr. with his eyes on multiple balls: golf history, personal drama, and the larger societal concerns that the young game reflected. The son of a weaver and a maid, Tom Morris went from apprentice golf-ball maker to the Grand Old Man of St. Andrews, the home of golf. Along the way, he won the Open Championship four times and fathered a son, known as Young Tom, who broke all his father's records yet died in his twenties at the height of his fame and only a few months after his wife died in childbirth. Golf history claims Young Tom died of a broken heart, and while Cook sets the record straight on that point, the heartbreaking essence of the story will not be reduced to pulmonary embolisms. Beyond telling a tragic story of supreme athletic accomplishment and premature death, Cook shows how golf, though quickly claimed by the aristocracy, had its roots in the working classes. Golf history at its absolute best. Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son.

Colchester Caledonian Society Tour

Colchester Caledonian Society Tour.

Blair Castle Piper

Glamis Castle

The long driveway leading to Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.

Perthshire Chauffeur Drive

Our coaches are ideal for golf outings as well as corporate events. An ideal way to travel to and from a wedding for your guests. Picking up customers or clients or relatives from an airport? Why not travel in style? We can arrange for your complete golf package i.e. hotels, tee times and transport to all of the major courses including St Andrews, Turnberry, Carnoustie and Gleneagles.

Perthshire Chauffeur Drive

Our fleet of vehicles are all fitted with air conditioning and a daily newspaper for your comfort.We also have access to a Rolls Royce for that extra special occasion. We provide security vetted male and female chauffeurs who are professionally attired and courteous.

Carriages of Scone

Carriages of Scone was formed in June 1993. All cars are properly maintained and insured for wedding hire work.

Scotland Coach Tour Plockton

Perthshire Chauffeur Drive can organize your Scottish Coach Tour, including the beautiful Wester Ross. The photograph above was taken at Plockton.

Scotland Coach Tour Skye

Perthshire Chauffeur Drive can organize your Scottish Coach Tour, including the beautiful Island of Skye. The photograph above was taken at Kyleakin. Scottish Coach Tour Of Skye Photographs.

Scotland Coach Tour Glencoe

Perthshire Chauffeur Drive had the pleasure of providing transportation for Colchester Caledonian Society for their tour of Scotland in 2006. The Caledonian Society have also booked us for 2007. Scottish Tour of Glencoe Photographs.

Edradour Distillery

Edradour Distillery. Scotland's smallest whisky distillery, in a small glen just outside Pitlochry.

Golf St Andrews

Golf Scotland specialize in Scottish golf vacations and golf-related tours of Scotland.

Lost Golf Balls

Scottish Golf Collectables

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Gleneagles Hotel

The Gleneagles Hotel is one of Scotland's most famous landmarks and in 1999 celebrates 75 years at the forefront of sporting and service excellence. The Gleneagles Hotel is a beautifully illustrated, high-quality book describing the rich and varied history of the hotel. Introduction; The Highland Palace. Chapter One, The Sum of the Parts: 24 hours in the life of the hotel. Chapter Two; The Early Years: A photographic summary of how the hotel looked 75 years ago and how it looks and works today. Chapter Three; The War Years: From Hotel to Hospital: The history of the Hotel through the 1930s: the army's secondment of the hotel during WWII and the re-establishment of the Hotel. Chapter Four; The Post-War Years. Chapter Five; The Gleneagles Experience: Reminiscenses from guests and staff, past and present. Chapter Six; Golf at Gleneagles: Golf is perhaps the sport most closely associated with Gleneagles and the hotel grounds contain a number of world-ranking courses. Chapter Seven; This Sporting Life: Gleneagles is also home to the Jackie Stewart Shooting School and is a traditional hunting, shooting and fishing centre. Archive material and memories of early guests are used to show how these country pursuits have developed at the Hotel over the years. Chapter Eight; The New Millennium. The Gleneagles Hotel: 75 Years of Scottish Excellence.

St Andrews Old Course

The Book Of St Andrews

Its ecclesiastical significance dates as far back as the fourth century, when St Regulus is claimed to have brought the relics of the saint there; its cultural importance dates from the early fifteenth century, when the world-famous university was founded there. More recently, since the seventeenth century, it has been well known as a centre for golf. This selection of short stories and essays is a wonderful literary celebration of this historic and venerable city which explore the multiple facets of its life and history It includes contributions from a wide range of authors, including A.L. Kennedy, Robert Fergusson, Alastair Reid, Ian Rankin, Samuel Johnson, Robert Burns, Don Paterson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edwin Morgan, Hugh MacDiarmid, Willa Muir, Douglas Dunn, Anna Crowe, Meagan Delahunt, Seamus Heaney, Rudyard Kipling, Kathleen Jamie, Liz Lochhead, J.M. Barrie, Meg Bateman and even Homer. The Book of St Andrews.

St Andrews Map

This map is part of St Andrews, and area, is part of the Ordnance Survey's Explorer series. At 1:25,000 scale this detailed map shows a host of St Andrews attractions including gardens which are open to the public, nature reserves and country parks as well as all official footpaths, bridleways, roads and lanes. Other facilities covered include: St Andrews camping and caravan sites, picnic areas and viewpoints, and other selected places of interest. St.Andrews and East Fife: Cupar, Anstruther and Crail (Explorer).

St Andrews City

A fascinating and comprehensive history of St Andrews, from the dawn of Pictish times to the present, based on several decades of residence in the burgh and on original study of its thoroughfares and byways. The book focuses on a lively selection of colourful characters who have made St Andrews what it is, from doughty residents Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair and Cardinal Archbishop David Beaton to illustrious visitors like Mary, Queen of Scots, John Knox and Samuel Johnson. Thousands of others, from artisans to golfers, have contributed to St Andrews' past, to make it a burgh whose history forms the core of Scotland's story. St.Andrews: City by the Northern Sea.

St Andrews Jigsaw Puzzle

The most famous golf course in the world by the artist Terry Harrison. Gibsons Puzzle - St. Andrews (636 pieces).

A Season in Dornoch

In 1977, Lorne Rubenstein, an avid golfer, first travelled to Dornoch in the Scottish Highlands. Young and adrift in life, he sought to uncover an authentic sense of self and turned instinctively to a place where his beloved game was purest. The experience had a profound effect on Rubenstein. Twenty-three years later, in 2000, now an established golf writer, Rubenstein returned to Dornoch to spend an entire summer. He rented a flat with his wife close to the Royal Dornoch Golf Course and set out to explore the area on many levels. Rubenstein writes about the melancholy history of the Highland Clearances, which left stunningly beautiful landscape sparsely populated to this day. He writes about the friendly and sometimes eccentric people who love their town, their golf and their single malt whiskey and delight in sharing them with visitors whom they recognize as kindred spirits, but most of all he writes about a summer lived around golf, in a community where golf is king and the golf course is part of the common lands where townspeople stroll of an evening. Playing here, Rubenstein gradually begins to relax, to return to golf as play, as opposed to a game of analysis and effort. A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands (Mainstream sport).

Secret History of Golf in Scotland

This story about golf takes place in 16th Century Scotland and is inspired by the earliest historical records about "the greatest game". In it Ian MacPherson, a dirt poor farmer and so-so golfer, decides he must win his town's annual golfing tournament or face financial ruin. Galbraith, the Scottish Laird who rules the area, has financial problems of his own and also has designs on the tournament. He hires a golfing "ringer" from Edinburgh, Black Bart, to try and steal the tournament from the locals. Along with fascinating descriptions about early golf, there is plenty of earthy humor, cruel deception and local Scottish color. The author is a descendant of the MacPherson clan and swears at least some of what happens is fact, passed down to him from family stories. Secret History of Golf in Scotland, The.

In Search of Burningbush

In Search of Burningbush is a beautifully written true-life story of an unlikely friendship between two men with nothing in common except a consuming and abiding passion for the links. In Search of Burningbush.

A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole

A thoroughly delightful and spirited romp through the subculture of St. Andrews's caddies, it fondly chronicles how toting bags at the game's hallowed birthplace grew from the province of scoundrels, some of whom literally fell down drunk on the job, to a corps of thoroughly knowledgeable professionals. Written with flair and obvious affection by the links' current caddie manager, Richard Mackenzie, A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole is both a history and reminiscence and, despite its wealth of photos and lore, it is a volume easily light enough to shoulder on your own. A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole.

Pilgrimage to the Courses of Scotland

The joy of heather, gorse and salt air blowing down the sand dunes. From the isolated Macharanish on the Kintyre penisula of Western Scotland to the blue collar resort courses of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Blasted Heaths and Blessed Green: A Golfer's Pilgrimage to the Courses of Scotland.

Scottish Golf Links

Along the rugged eastern coast, from St. Andrews up to Montrose and Cruden Bay and Royal Aberdeen, "from heather, whin and sand, to points north," to Nairn and Dornoch. Then to the west coast, to Prestwick and Troon. It's not only the courses themselves that Lowe illuminates along the way, but the winding roads, the ancient villages, the farms and whiskey distilleries, and the people who call this land their home as well. Scottish Golf Links: A Photographer's Journey.

The Finest Golf Courses of Scotland

The greatest links and in land courses of Scotland and Ireland, known for their character, sparkle, fascination, challenge, and history. Filled with more original photography than anyone has seen in eons, and written in the wonderfully impassioned voice of a legendary golf raconteur, the book provides not only on the course secrets but also off the course ideas for the full luxury golf holiday experience, in person or armchair. Where Golf Is Great: The Finest Courses of Scotland and Ireland.

Old Course St Andrews

If there is a single course in the entire world that most golfers aspire to play just once in their lifetime, it is the Old Course at St Andrews.

Colchester Caledonian Society

Perthshire Chauffeur Drive at Gleneagles