Cranky? Don't be! The original crankybuster web site welcomes you. Perth, Perthshire in Scotland Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland Local AttractionsAccommodationShoppingLocal HistoryWalksFeedback / Credits Nearby ... Aberfeldy .... with it's famous 'Birks'(Robert Burns 1787) and General Wade's bridge (1733). Perth .... situated on the banks of the river Tay, this beautiful city is one of the jewels in Scotland's crown! Crieff .... in one of Scotland's most beautiful and unspoiled areas. Dunkeld .... one of the gems of Perthshire with its own Cathedral. Blairgowrie .... one of Scotland's finest holiday centres, offering an impressive range of activities and attractions. Maps ... Access to Pitlochry is excellent. For a closer look at this area, load our Perthshire map and choose your destination! Details of all items mentioned in this page are available from the Tourist Office on the High Street. Links ... Tourist Board Scottish Tourist Board Scottish Towns
Birnam Hill, Birnam Hear pronunciation Press to hear pronunciation A varied walk with great open views of the surrounding countryside and down to Dunkeld from the final viewpoint. The climb up is reasonably gentle, but the descent is long and steep. Terrain Clear waymarked paths, steep descent with short rocky sections. Public Transport Buses and trains to Dunkeld. Start Birnam Quarry layby off B867. Users' reports As well as reading our description of each walking route, you can read about the experiences of others users on this walk and others.There are 5 user reports for this walk - click to read. Write your own report - there's £90 to win at Webtogs each month User RatingLog in to vote Bog Factor (key)
Apollo Lunar Surface Journal Edited by Eric M. Jones and Ken Glover. Dedication: To Di and HP, the sources of my serenity;and to the memory of my uncle, Leslie M. The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal was inspired by the work of New Zealand historian J.C. This 13 November 2013 release of the Journal contains all of the text for the six successful landing missions as well as many photos, maps, equipment drawings, background documents, voice tracks, and video clips which, we hope, will help make the lunar experience more accessible and understandable. Resources Please don't hesitate to let us know about errors. Page design by Gordon Roxburgh and Brian Lawrence. Regretably, the ALSJ DVD-ROM is no longer available. NASA Host: Steve Garber
Perth & Kinross Council Pitlochry Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland Pitlochry's growth from tiny settlement to bustling and attractive town can be traced back to a two notable visitors. The first was General Wade in the early 1700s, who built one of his main military routes north through what is now the town. The second was Queen Victoria, who in 1842 stayed at nearby Blair Castle. Her favourable comments marked the start of Pitlochry's real growth as a popular tourist destination. The arrival of the third visitor, the railway, in 1863 confirmed it as one of the premier mountain resorts in the country. Given its history, it is no surprise to find in Pitlochry a solid town with a stone-built Victorian air. One of the most attractive features of Pitlochry is that it is surrounded by mountains. Even if you're not into shopping or climbing, there's a great deal to see and do in Pitlochry. Other tastes are also catered for. Lovers of beer rather than malt whisky will find a working brewery in the town, at the Moulin Inn in Moulin.
Welcome Bash Sub Shells When writing bash scripts you sometimes need to run commands in the background. This is easily accomplished by appending the command line to be run in the background with an ampersand "&". But what do you do if you need to run multiple commands in the background? You could put them all into a separate script file and then execute that script followed by an ampersand, or you can keep the commands in your main script and run them as a sub-shell. Creating sub-shells in bash is simple: just put the commands to be run in the sub-shell inside parentheses. As a somewhat contrived example, let's say that we want to start a "server" and then once it's running we want monitor it in the background to make sure it's still running. Now you could start the server from the main script and then create a second script that does the monitoring and then execute it in the background from the main script, but you can do the whole thing from the same script: #!
Perth Scotland Perthshire - the Fair City Perthshire Scotland > Towns > Perth Scotland Guide > About Perth City The city of Perth Scotland is the county town of Perthshire and also known as St John's Town or even as the Fair City. Perth's city centre is compact with two large and open public parks - the North and South Inches on each flank and the mighty River Tay along side. Much of the Perth's High Street is a traffic free precinct with a wide variety of shops large and small. Perth has probably always been a centre for farming and less dependent on the traditional Scottish industries of fishing, textiles and engineering. The city is a bustling market town with much to offer the tourist. Check out Perth self catering and hotel accommodation. Also check out The Fair City's History.
Pitlochry, Loch Rannoch and Blair Atholl walks Pitlochry is one of the most popular resorts in the Highlands and has been for over 150 years, a handsome stone-built town known for its theatre and fish-ladder. It is the gateway to an area of fine Perthshire Highland scenery; the glens here are fertile, the mountains beckoning and the rivers magnificient. To the north is Blair Atholl at the foot of Glen Tilt, one of the most beautiful glens in all Scotland and accessible only on foot. Blair Atholl is the northern end of Perthshire; further north is the bleak Drumochter Pass. Heading west is Loch Rannoch, presided over by mighty Schiehallion, one of the most popular Munros; this region also acts as a gateway to the wilds of Rannoch Moor.
Tour Scotland on a personal small group tour of my homeland. American Pie by Don McLean Songfacts Songfacts®: You can leave comments about the song at the bottom of the page. According to McLean (as posted on his website), this song was originally inspired by the death of Buddy Holly. "The Day The Music Died" is February 3, 1959, when Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash after a concert. McLean wrote the song from his memories of the event. McLean was a paperboy when Holly died. Talking about how he composed this song when he was a guest on the UK show Songbook, McLean explained: "For some reason I wanted to write a big song about America and about politics, but I wanted to do it in a different way. I thought, Whoa, what's that? This song made McLean very famous very quickly, which was very difficult for the songwriter. Contrary to rumors, the plane that crashed was not named the "American Pie" - Dwyer's Flying Service did not name their planes. The line "Eight miles high and falling fast" is likely a reference to The Byrds' hit "Eight Miles High."