Yodagoat
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Another winter trip if the F650GS.
Out highest road in winter.
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Thanks for the video, well edited as always. 12.27 you passed the old Delvils Elbow Road exit on your left.
A road I like to travel most years, Braemar heading to Pitlochry, then Westwards to Spean Bridge and beyond.
The boulder you past with painted soldier and date of 1715 represents Raising the Standard: The Earl of Mar raised the Jacobite standard at Braemar on September 6, 1715, marking the beginning of the uprising.
The Jacobite forces, led by the Earl of Mar, aimed to capture key locations, including Stirling Castle. They were significantly outnumbered by government forces.
The Jacobites faced government troops at the Batttle of Preston from November 12 to 14, 1715. Initially, they achieved success but ultimately surrendered due to reinforcements for the government forces.
The Jacobite rising of 1715 was primarily led by John Erskine, Earl of Mar, and aimed to restore James Francis Edward Stuart, the "Old Pretender," to the throne, but it lacked significant support and ultimately failed.
In contrast, the 1745 rising, led by Charles Edward Stuart, or "Bonnie Prince Charlie," initially saw greater success, including the capture of Edinburgh and a victory at Prestonpans, but ultimately ended in defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
A road I like to travel most years, Braemar heading to Pitlochry, then Westwards to Spean Bridge and beyond.
The boulder you past with painted soldier and date of 1715 represents Raising the Standard: The Earl of Mar raised the Jacobite standard at Braemar on September 6, 1715, marking the beginning of the uprising.
The Jacobite forces, led by the Earl of Mar, aimed to capture key locations, including Stirling Castle. They were significantly outnumbered by government forces.
The Jacobites faced government troops at the Batttle of Preston from November 12 to 14, 1715. Initially, they achieved success but ultimately surrendered due to reinforcements for the government forces.
The Jacobite rising of 1715 was primarily led by John Erskine, Earl of Mar, and aimed to restore James Francis Edward Stuart, the "Old Pretender," to the throne, but it lacked significant support and ultimately failed.
In contrast, the 1745 rising, led by Charles Edward Stuart, or "Bonnie Prince Charlie," initially saw greater success, including the capture of Edinburgh and a victory at Prestonpans, but ultimately ended in defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
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As ever, great little video Mike. The return trip looked grim. (How'd the GS end up on it's side
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Along with the Lemon Drizzle output, one of the very few YouTube channels I watch. Thanks for creating and sharing etc.
Loads of history when passing these old roads, that Yodagoat travels, unlike in 1715 era would have been nothing more than an old drovers road, farmers walking their cattle down to Perth market or even to Glasgow.
Interesting (after a fashion) that it was a couple of hours from your home, up over the highest road and into Braemar, along with all the scenery etc. It’s 90 minutes from me to the Chunnel, with a lot less interesting scenery (and a lot flatter) on the way.
Nice to see the towns etc. I like the ‘tree filled’ bits of Scotland, as much (if not more) than the barren bits.
Nice to see the towns etc. I like the ‘tree filled’ bits of Scotland, as much (if not more) than the barren bits.
Indeed.
I think if you look beyond the fake (Disney Wold like) imagination of the Victorians, there’s a wealth of interesting stuff that surrounds ‘Scottish’ history, that it’s only too easy for us English to ignore. As with Irish and Welsh histories, we skip over it in English schools, limiting ourselves to tales of inflicting blows and victories.
It’s an interesting comment you make about old roads and old scenery. The family home (way away in rural Northamptonshire) dated from the 1680’s. I realised that, by looking at paintings from roughly the same period (there’s lots in the excellent Wallace Collection in London) I could have a snapshot of what the countryside very probably looked like and, to some degree or another, how they dressed and lived.
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Fact many forget when it comes to Scottish history, many battles took place between warring Clans for domanance against lairdship of English owners, stealing of another clans cattle or women.
Some battles where seldom written down in history due to lack of English speakers, but for the Scottish bards, that could write lines of poetry or Gaelic songs sung by Heiland lassies at Gaelic dances and local social gatherings.
Sung or written in Gaelic incase any English would sneak in and report such words or writings.
To this day many poems, songs in Gaelic still exist, written in terms of such events.
Some battles where seldom written down in history due to lack of English speakers, but for the Scottish bards, that could write lines of poetry or Gaelic songs sung by Heiland lassies at Gaelic dances and local social gatherings.
Sung or written in Gaelic incase any English would sneak in and report such words or writings.
To this day many poems, songs in Gaelic still exist, written in terms of such events.
I understand regarding the trees, around Braemar going east, you would pass many forests and woods heavily planted for quick grow and production of timber for wood manufacturing in this area. Many sawmills provided much need pallets or housing timbers for local developments either close or further away.
From the mountains of the Cairngorms going eastwards the mountains become rolling hillsides, with trees being produced due to less strong winds breaking the sapplings before maturity.
Many small roads leading to tiny villiages, which have not advanced much in 100 years, but the roads are more two way traffic and less single tracked as in the west of the country.
Not least the fact that the 45 rising was effectively the last hurrah of the wars of the 3 Kingdoms (and a principality, Wales) which began with the Bishops' War (Charles 1 v the Scots) in 1638-9. All written off as the "English civil war". Casualties just from the first phase of that up to 1649 are estimated at 5% of the population of these islands which = approx 3.5m in contemporary terms. That level of casualties MUST have had a huge economic impact. Then there's the political, constitutional and dynastic changes.
My guess is that things changed very little between the Iron Age (when de-forestation was significant) and the mid to late18th century when canals and agricultural practices were introduced. Up here, sheep and deer were the chief reason for the upland areas looking pretty much as they do now. It'd be an interesting matter to research.
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