So beautiful. A mystical natural wonderland. No wonder why Scotland is listed as the most beautiful place in the world.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Molly. I love this place

Scotland is beautiful.

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

Amen 🙏 😆

Wow you took me back, we got married here on 30 October 2023 in Ossians Hall and it was a magical day. We love the Hermitage and are fortunate to only live less than an hour from it. We’ll return next October for our first wedding anniversary. Thank you 🫶🏼

I live in the Piedmont in North Carolina , USA. I can see why so many ended up in this area from Scotland, no matter when or how they got here. It is so similar in terrain. It is so beautiful in Scotland!

My wife and I are from Mississippi in the USA. We have visited this place and made the circuit hike there several times when visiting. We have stayed at the Atholl house in Dunkeld (Holiday Inn) and have driven in several times from the Jute Mill at Blairgowrie just a short drive away. The Hermitage, Scone Palace, the Cateran Trail, Dunkeld Cathedral, and Cargill's Leap on the walk from the Jute Mill into Blairgowrie are just fantastic. Anyone in the area that wants a first class diner should eat at Little's in Blairgowrie/Rattray. I LOVE SCOTLAND.

John, I’m pleased that while the National Trust warns visitors about copper poisoning while discouraging visitors from pounding coins into tree trunks, I am happy to see that they haven’t hauled off the stump to augment the till of the Trust! Beautiful tour! Also, if you ever wish to visit California to see two favorites of John Muir, Muir Woods in Marin County, north of the Golden Gate Bridge and Yosemite National Park, send me a message!

Found you detecting first. Your knowledge and ease of relating of the history Scotland is the biggest reason I became a regular viewer of your other KZread channel. You bring characters and stories to life. This? Spectacular. Thank you for what you do! ♥

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Elaine. So glad you enjoyed and many more tours to come!

@Davidrcobb

9 ай бұрын

@@visitscotlandtours1 Same, will def be coming to visit soon enough.

@SheilaLS

8 ай бұрын

​@@visitscotlandtours1I thought you looked and sounded familiar. I'm enjoying your channel very much.

@whiskeycook3323

8 ай бұрын

What detecting channel

@SheilaLS

7 ай бұрын

​@@whiskeycook3323I think it's called The Scottish Detectorist

You made comments about David Douglas. This is an excellent book written in the Pacific Northwest about his travels. Really brings to life the times he was collecting in this region. The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest by Jack Nisbet

I love Scotland! My maternal grandparents were born there. My friend and I visited in 1994 and I ache to go back! Beautiful country but bad politics (like most of us around the world). Thank you for your videos.

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, haste ye back

I loved the video! I hope there’s more to come. Your mic did a great job, btw. 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated Violet

spectacular!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Nancy

I love your detecting but this channel brings the beauty of Scotland and it’s history right over my doorstep and into my home, where you will be a welcome channel often. 🥰

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

Aww thanks …Glad you enjoyed thanks for watching

The spirit and tenacity of the Scottish people is well represented by the story of the unfair toll being forcibly removed. Or so this old Yank believes. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏❤️

Absolutely breathtaking and fascinating from beginning to end! I am all a-thrill! Can't wait!!! Huge gratitude to you, Sir!

@visitscotlandtours1

3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! ☺️

Awesome video, thank you

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks and thanks for watching

Absolutely Beautiful! Thanks for the tour, John.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks

More of this please!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks. Lots more to come and I’m glad you enjoyed!!

Added to my must see list. Amazing the coin tree tradition. Love new knowledge.

@visitscotlandtours1

4 ай бұрын

Wonderful Ruth, hopefully you come to see it very soon

Thank you for posting this video. Used to live just outside Dunkeld and visited the hermitage many times. You’re right about the hermitage being a magical place and you did a good job capturing the stunning scenery ! (mind you, not so sure quite how much Ossian appreciated the splendour of the views since he was reportedly blind 😁). Been away from Scotland too many years now. This video rekindled desire to return home some day. Thanks again for posting. Cheers, 👍

What a beautiful place John, and good to see the other side of the SD channel! This video is good enough to bring the world to Perthshire! I’m definitely going to plan a break there and visit this magical place 😍

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Pauline. Glad you enjoyed

We had just gotten to Edinburgh when I watched this video! So glad I did. It was the perfect halfway point between our AirBnB locations. What a beautiful hike. The river was quite full, the sun shining, and seeing the “wishes” all over the forest trails was quite nice too. The trees covered in moss was a nice touch. Your video was amazing, but seeing it in person even better! Thanks again John!

Tuned in here from your shout out in MD video and I’m so pleased I did. What a truly magnificent place, I can’t wait to visit. loved every minute of your commentary and the stunning scenery, Thanks for sharing John and look forward to seeing more sites in Scotland.

I can see why you are so passionate about your homeland. Beautiful it is.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks I feel blessed to live here!! ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Your love for your country comes true in you tone & words. I bet you can figure out the coins that are buried in the wood…..even with only a fraction of the coin showing.😊

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

Many thanks Claire. Glad you enjoyed. Possibly my favourite place in Scotland

So beautiful!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sally. Glad you enjoyed

691st subscriber!... I was one of the first 1000 on the Scottish Detectorist. "yay me" I could get me some nice big Brown Trout below that waterfall.

@wolfdog7265

Жыл бұрын

Well there we go again… another task for us. Like and share. I guess king John wants 22k on this channel too? 😁 Scottish Trout, like the folks, are very picky. I’ve heard they only bite on scones with jam or chocolate. 🥯🍩 The trout that is…. Yep, really picky, I mean, we don’t see John going around the fields with a Garret Ace 200. It had to be the XP Deus 2. 😉

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

Love this! I am mainly of the Sutherland Clan, but also the Murray's. I have got to get there. I own 5 square foot of land outside of Inverness and can legally use Lady before my name. I want to get more reforestation in the Highlands! My people have been here in the Colonies since 1747. We were among the first to hit the Far Blue Smokey Mountains, the first frontier. It looks exactly like where I live in the Appalachians!

Thank you John, for a wonderful and informative video. I have been enjoying the Scottish Detectorist and your history lessons for some time and all I could think of when I saw those coin trees - was "Coin Hoard" :D Thank you so much for the Insight you give to a place you love. Looking forward to the next tour :)

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Haha 😂 many thanks Jennifer and I’m glad you enjoyed! Best wishes and thanks for your support

It is absolutely spectacular.

@visitscotlandtours1

9 ай бұрын

One of my favourite places in Scotland

It is unlikely I will ever see this in person. The work you put in to bring this to us is much appreciated. Thank you.

I walked here in the winter of 1980… snow and ice everywhere and it was stunning!! I was 16 at the time and on holiday staying with my Granny in Edinburgh and we had driven up to Blairgowrie to stay with a friend of Mums. I think it was about -10 which didn’t bother this skier and tramper from New Zealand.

@visitscotlandtours1

3 ай бұрын

Must be time for another visit Catherine. ☺️

Wow! Thanks for sharing all of this with us! Looking forward to watching the rest! 😍

@visitscotlandtours1

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks and happy new year!

Really good upload, very nice moderation👍😜🔝❤️

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Toni ❤️

@tonilauge5786

Жыл бұрын

@@visitscotlandtours1 theres 💰 in your Skills 23.1 subs now impressing and Deserved👍

Ich habe noch nie einen schöneren Ort wie diesen gesehen und werde ihn gleich einer reisefreudigen Nachbarin empfehlen, ich hoffe man kann von Deutschland aus etwas buchen und vielleicht lernt man Sie auch persönlich kennen. Danke für die tolle Reisebeschreibung. Und außerdem sind Sie mein absoluter Lieblingssondler......

@visitscotlandtours1

9 ай бұрын

Danke!! I hope you make it over soon too!!

@Goetz-von-Luthringshauser

Ай бұрын

Don't we have the same, still beautiful and deep forests in Germany ? In Franconia for instance, to name but a few !

What beautiful scenery and a great video to watch thank you 👍🇨🇦

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Eva! Best wishes

Simply stunning and now on my list when I next visit Scotland!

@visitscotlandtours1

4 ай бұрын

Definitely one to see ☺️

John, I have been watching your metal detecting for almost a year now and this is the first time I’ve been to your Travel Channel. I didn’t know what I was missing.

So so beautiful❤❤❤

Thank you so much 🫶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏

Some of the shots in your video would make fantastic postcards. The colours in the trees and the foaming river with the mist in the air are absolutely beautiful

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jan! Glad you enjoyed

This makes me so happy. John, you are an incredible talent.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Aww thanks much appreciated

Best of luck with your new channel john,just subscribed .

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Pat. Much appreciated

What a beautiful place. A real gift to the future.

This looks like driving the river road in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park here where I was born and have lived all my life in Tennessee. Our property joined the border line of the park. The hills were a playground for myself and my brother and sister. We ran these hills like the wild critters. My older brother would hunt and bring home rabbit and squirrel for us. I would never eat it! A sweet rabbit or squirrel. Thats about the only meat we had. Beautiful! Thank You John!

Your vlogs have proven to be so useful for planning my next trip to Scotland. My Scottish husband was wonderfully proud of his country and set me on the same path of appreciation for the glorious scenery and history of his grand home of Scotland. He oftentimes used the same description...absolutely gorgeous! Thank you, John.

Enchanting

Magical place. Thank you for this wonderful tour and great education.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Another great job John, best of luck with your new channel.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Laura much appreciated

Well, how lovely was that? What an absolutely beautiful part of the world! I can't walk these days but it used to be one of my main pleasures in life, and to be able to watch as you took us along on this walk was just brilliant! Thank you so much! A guided walk is always better when you can learn something about what you are seeing and you are an excellent guide. A fountain of knowledge and information! You're a great storyteller, as you manage to bring the tale to life. I can tell I'm going to love your new channel as much as the detecting one!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Jan and I’m glad you enjoyed. I wish I hadn’t drowned out quite so much of the flowing water noise but at least you could hear me! Many thanks

What a beautiful place!!! Thank you so much for sharing, and yay, now I have a new channel of yours to follow!!!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Debbie. Glad you enjoyed!! Best wishes and see you in the next tour!

What an awesome place. My GGGG Grandparents were from Scotland. Thank you for taking us along John.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Jeff and I’m glad you enjoyed

Absolutely beautiful video John!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks 😊

Very, very much enjoyed this beautiful walk along the Hermitage path. Absolutely gorgeous. I look forward to many more of your informative guided tours John.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Myn and I’m glad you enjoyed, see you on the next!

i was raised in dunkeld. i lived straight up the hill from the left side of the bridge. this was my brothers and mine fishing hole..i now live in northern california. its really great to see my old haunts again. thanks john. .i also watch avidly your metal detecting videos.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Roy. Happy memories I hope!!

Thank you so much what a beautiful place. My husband is from Scotland living in Canada absolutely love these videos.

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Julie. Much appreciated & I hope he isn’t too homesick!

As a young man in the RN I visited many Scottish ports, never venturing inland, thanks for rubbing it in John. Stunning

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

Haha 😂 well you’re mine was on other things! Make it happen

Been there many times over the years. One of my favourites. I am luck to live in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Absolutely astonishing eye candy! Thank you!

What a beautiful video. Thank you!❤

So glad to see you on this new channel, John. The Hermitage is a family favorite walk. So so beautiful! I’m excited to see , and hear, more of you on this new KZread venture.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Derin. Couldn’t agree more, I love this place!!

Well done John, i enjoyed that.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

Sigh. This looks so much like my home state of West Virginia, USA. As you say, they were once connected. WV was also heavily settled by the Scots partly because it reminded them so much of home. I guess now I can say it also reminds me so much of home; my ancestral home. What a wonderful boon to the country the creator of this incredible parkland accomplished. I could spend a lifetime there I think, or at least years, just wandering and studying the different species of plants. And watching the river, letting it both soothe and excite my soul. Thank you for this wonderful tour. I could almost feel my feet squishing the Scottish mud.

Great job....love to visit

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks saw bone. Glad you enjoyed

I am a decent of the Graham clan of Montrose. I can go from 1400s until today. Thank you for showing me the castle they use to live in. I am Scottish and English, and American Indian.

I'm getting married here in July, glad to know the puppers won't be able to get at the dress 😅

Wow, amazing to see this again after so many years of not seeing it. I lived in Burnham, Dunkeld and went to the Royal School of Dunkeld when I was young. My family owned the Smithy House in Burnham/Dunkeld, the local farriers house. My family restored it to a beautiful property after being abandoned for many years. We used to horse ride up those tracks and walk there on school day trips. Lovely scenery and the most beautiful area to be. My family have roots to the area of Aberfeldy and Kenmore, so the area to me is like a second home. The Mains of Taymouth was owned and run by family until quite recently, when they sold it on after the estate being part of the family for over 100 years. Still have family in the area and one lives on the grounds of the local Taymouth castle in Kenmore. Would love to be walking in your footsteps while you take in the lovely nature and animals. Thanks for uploading this video. 😊 maybe if you get a chance to visit Aberfeldy and Kenmore - J K Rowling is a famous neighbour and she is often in Aberfeldy visiting the local shops lol. Taymouth Castle is a must see.

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and glad I’ve brought back some happy memories! Definitely Aberfeldy and Kenmore to come and I’m definitely going for a behind the scenes looks around the new Crannog site soon!! Watch this space

@antheawitts1121

8 ай бұрын

Loch Tay is Beautiful (my aunt and uncle live on the bank of the Loch. Oban is another place to add to your list. A worthwhile visit steeped in history. Happy adventures/travels 😊

Fantastic! Loved it!!! Thank you! ❤

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Connie. See you in the next!!

What a brilliant video thank you .

@visitscotlandtours1

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

Years back, we visited your amazing country..3weeks spent traveling through stops, including Hermitage with McBackers Tours and a lovely guide named Grahm. Absolutely stunning!!!!

@visitscotlandtours1

9 ай бұрын

I hope you’ll be coming back soon to see some more! But glad you have such happy memories

Very cool! Headed here from your plug in the latest detecting video. Enjoying your tour. What a beautiful country!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Izzy. And thanks for the support

Magnificent place

Wow John!!! You ought to think about doing this for a living!!!! 🤗 Absolutely could listen to you for hours!!! Well done Sir! ❤👍👍👍👍👍👍

Beautiful gorgeous site. And narration. Thank you, from a great grandmother, age 81, with deep Scottish roots. Am in freezing cold, beautiful Montana, on top of the Continental Divide, the town at 6,200 feet. . Its going to be 8 degrees F. tonite. Deep snow. October 26, 2023.

This is one of The most beautiful places i have ever been! Thank you for all of the historical information.

👍

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

just subscribed, already enjoy your metal-detecting videos John and now there's this channel which is absolutely amazing. If I'm ever blessed to get to Scotland, Perthshire will be the place for me. Looking forward to future videos and thank you.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Channel penny and thanks for your support

Whenever I need a soothing escape from work, and daily life-I come to your page(s). I'm a history/travel junkie. The pace and content of your tours are spot on. Thank you again for sharing your amazing knowledge and love of your stunningly beautiful country! I often wonder how my ancestors could leave such a magnificent and magical country!! Hello from Santa Fe New Mexico (USA)

That alternative view! Breathtaking!

Breathtaking tour. Thank you for sharing a view of your beautiful world!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks and I’m glad you enjoyed

I was born in Perth and miss the beautiful scenery I grew up with, I had never heard of the Hermitage, unfortunately I will not be able to go and view this beautiful view. You have taught me where two names came from. The river Bran (Bran Terrace was the name of a road that leads you up the hill from Mercer Terrace) The river Lyn (we used to go swimming at the Lyn in Stanley Thank you. 21:51 👵🏼❤️

What a magical place to go to work !! Thank you for taking us along!!!🥰🥰🥰

Well put together John... Dunkeld is a cracking place 👍

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks and thanks for watching

Such an beautiful place❤ Thank you so much to make thee videos.absolutely stunning❤❤❤

@visitscotlandtours1

8 ай бұрын

My pleasure and thanks for watching

Thank you John. I had never heard of The Hermitage. Would Love to visit, as you say "It's absolutely gorgeous"

Thank you so much for this wonderful video. In fact, this magical place is already on our list, for visiting. Now I'm looking forward even more. Thank you so much. Please do make more videos 😊

Stunning scenery…thank you John! Keep these up. Please!

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

Thank you for the video of a truly wonderous part of Scotland.

Such a wonderful video. So mystical and calming. A privilege to watch. Thank you.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

Thanks for the tour

@visitscotlandtours1

7 ай бұрын

Many thanks. Hope to see you on the next virtual tour

Great video. Beautiful place to visit. Went at the weekend but it was overrun with hoards of people. Couldn't believe how popular this place is. Maybe better to go during the week.

@visitscotlandtours1

7 ай бұрын

Aww no! That’s a shame. Yes definitely during the week or early morning is best!

I love how you gave exact descriptions of the locale of The Hermitage, along with info about the overflow parking facilities and the fact that you must have 3 pound coins for parking. You also gave a nod towards Dunkeld for their cafe's, well done John! Your information is so informative about the history of Scotland, you are a treasure to your country.

What an amazing place ❤ I bet it smells amazing too after the rain has soaked the ground the trees and the fallen leaves 🍂

Thank you for this gorgeous walk through the woods. So wonderfully peaceful and calming in stressful times . Best regards from war-torn Israel

Hi John, beautyful. Perfect tour gide. No nonsens and telling how it was in the old times just like your detecting chanel wich I love also to watch and subscribet to. I always wanted to visit Scotland and visit the old Castels. It is such a mittical country. Looking forward to the next video. Well don.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated Jack. Thanks for the kind words and your support

Stunning. Thank you for that lovely woodland walk and great commentary.

Wow, what a stunning little piece of paradise John. Love the history of it

Thank you so much for making the soothing restful recording of the Hermitage. It was delightful, and gave me the desire to visit it one day.

Thanks!

Wow that was awesome trail through a wonderful magical place. Thank you for sharing 😊

Just beautiful definitely going to visit this summer 👍. Thanks for the tour, I’m looking forward to seeing the next one.

@visitscotlandtours1

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure and thanks for watching