A ramble up Glen Tilt, from Blair Atholl to the Falls of Tarf
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2020
- Glen Tilt was once the main route connecting Braemar and Deeside to the central highlands of Scotland, at Blair Atholl. It has a great history some of which is talked about in this video of a cycle ride stopping on route to discuss, the formation of the Scottish Rights of Way Society. The rocks that helped to persuade geologists that the world was a very great age and form modern geology. The ordinary people of Glen Tilt, two hundred and fifty years ago.
Very interesting video. I was a young underkeeper on Atholl Estates, 1974 to 1977. This included a season staying in the bothy at Forest lodge 76/77 supervised by Ron McGregor, with Willie McLaughlan, beat keeper at Clachglas. Prior to my arrival, probably 75/76 one of the son's of Ron was doing a seasonal job as a ponyman and had come down with ponies from deerstalking on Ben Y Gloe, over the bridge, at the water fall and sill identified by Hutton. Following a stormy, wet night the bridge was gone the next day. As a member of the local rifle club, I also helped to build the rifle range in the glen. Great to see the old places again. John Robb
Thank you John, what a lovely insight in to the glen b some one who really knows and has experienced it. I have always wondered when that bridge disappeared. Thank for sharing your experiences with us and filling in gaps of knowledge.
My Mum is remembering staying at Marble Lodge as a child with her Auntie Cathy (Coyne). Such good therapy for her dementia, thank you x
Marble lodge always intrigued me. I thought there would be marble columns, but named because of the marble stone quarried near there.
Brilliant video james, i enjoyed watching that mate. It was a very interesting and nice bit of history there. Thanks for sharing 👍 im heading up there tomorrow for a cycle up the glen 😀 🫡🏔🚴♂️
thank you David , have a great ride.
@JamesRattray Thank you james 👍 it was a fantastic cycle. Tough but rewarding views at the Falls of tarf. It's an amazing place. I have uploaded my video from yesterday on my channel 🚴♂️🏔🤜🤛
@@davidgivenadventures loved our video, great take on his special ride.
@@JamesRattray thanks James 😀🤜🤛🚴♂️
Would love to see the same tour when the river's in speight and in the middle of Winter but realise this would be hard to do.
When we were kids, we used to walk up the other side of the Tilt from the River Tilt caravan site (as it was then), it now all chalets etc. Further up there's a swing bridge and when the water was just the right height, we could see salmon waiting to jump the falls. Permanent ghillie at the time.
Fantastic Video James - Great to relive my own cycle up the Glen. If you look on the map there is a knoll called “Sron Na Bhan Righ” The Queen’s Nose - I thought this might be where Mary Queen of Scots came to her summer palace at the invitation of the Earl of Atholl all those years ago.
Very enjoyable and interesting, particularly the history. Thank you for taking the time to make and post this. I share your dismay at ill treatment of Beaver and your wish to see the wolf return. I hope we can rewild the divine country. 🏴🌿
Thank you Sebastian for sharing your comments with me. I also enjoyed gathering the information together, much of which I knew a general way, but not the detail. It was good to do this. I particularly enjoyed the Scottish Rights of Way formation story, the remote village and the ride itself. I hope one day enough people will care about our fellow species on earth and allow them to exist beside us.
ExplorePitlochry i share your hope. It seems that slowly, there is a growing consciousness of our commonality. Thanks again and I shall look forward to watching some of your other postings. 🙂
Just watched this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you. Have spent a lot of time in Blair over the last 30 odd years. Heading there in early September for a weekend break. Will be taking the bikes for a wee cycle up some of this route now. 👍
Thank you Alastair, I really appreciate you taking tyhe time to say you enjoyed the video. This style of video is new for me. That is talking about our part of Scotland, I have been blown away by the feedback I have had by people such as yourself, so I am encoiuraged to do more. I publish many on Facebook Pitlochry-Scotland then on You Tube. Once again thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts.
@@JamesRattray well narrated and very informative. Been going to Blair since late 80's. Beautiful area.
Thank you for taking us with you. That is a very enjoyable video. Greetings, Maurits.
Thank you Maurits, I am pleased you enjoyed it. Thank you for the feedback, which is so important as one spends hours, first researching, then actually filming then editing. I always open for constructive criticism, on how to improve any aspect. Everyone sees things differently which is good.
I like your style. It is very relaxed and you are very interested. The one thing that would make your videos better is a better camera. Even recording with a GoPro or iPhone 11 or SE 2020 would get much better results. Also Having an external microphone like the Sennheiser MKE-200 would make the experience better because the sounds of the environment you are in and your voice would be much more clear. But that is just technical stuff and I just like it as it is. It has charm. I hope you don't mind the bit of advise. I will check some of your other videos. I am from Holland, but worked in Dunfermline for some time a while ago. I have visited the area extensively, when I was there. So I love what you are doing here. I really enjoy it. Thanks again.
Actually, your camera seems to have good dynamic range. It is just that the greens are very green and it is a bit bright. So maybe it is the white balance setting. Best to set it manually (5500K) and exposure compensation at -0.5 or -1 will make it look better.
My dad was the head keeper up glen tilt Richard Fraser