Links to the
Blair Atholl Patrol Jamborette
and other interesting links...
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Blair Atholl Jamborette
Baden-Powell Council BSA Blair Atholl Contingent Links
- Baden-Powell Council Contingent Facebook group - BPBlairAtholl
- Baden-Powell Council Contingent Google Groups site (for members only)
- BPBlairAtholl.org - root page for this website
- Mike Brown's Scotland - contingent leader's pictures from Scotland, arranged geographically rather than chronologically
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US Government Web Page to apply for a passport - https://passport.govassist.com/
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Baden-Powell Council Contingent YouTube Playlists - check these
out for touring ideas and background about Scotland. We'll see a few
of these videos at some of our meetings, but there are lots more
on the playlists than we'll ever have time to see together...
- Blair Atholl Jamborette - videos specifically about the Jamborette itself.
- Scotland in General - "best of..." lists, videos about travel in Scotland, things to do and places to go and the like...
- Videos specific to the various regions of Scotland:
- Irn Bru - Scotland's Other National Drink is known for its quirky (and very funny) advertisements ("adverts").
- England,
Wales and Northern Ireland - Videos about the rest of the
nations making up the United Kingdom.
- Archaeology in Scotland (or the UK more generally)
- Castles - you can hardly take a trip to Scotland and avoid visiting at least one castle. What are they, and how were they built and used?
- British Culture and Living - videos about life in the UK or Scotland, and the differences between there and here.
- History and Geography - Scotland and the UK have a much longer history than you'd think. These videos are about various aspects of that history.
- Language - the UK and the USA have been described as "two nations divided by a common language". These videos are about how to speak like (and understand) British English and, more specifically, the many flavors of Scottish English and Scots (which is either an English dialect or a separate, related language, depending on who you ask).
Blair Atholl Jamborette Sites
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Official Blair Atholl Website
- Kastle Kurrents - the Camp Newspaper from 2022
- The Thinking Times - formerly "the Bog Sheet" - a collection of thoughts and musings, posted each day in the leaders' latrine ("bog").
- Instagram Site
- Maryland Contingent Website
- Connecticut Yankee Council at Blair 2000
- Connecticut Yankee Council at Blair 2002
- Connecticut Yankee Council at Blair 2008
- Kamloops Scouts at Blair 2014
- Japanese Scouts at Blair 2018
Video
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Our Satelliters Loved Blair! - Facebook video from the 2022 Jamborette
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Scouts Own from 2022 Jamborette - Facebook Video
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Sandy Black has performances on YouTube of The Blair Atholl Hymn, Blair Atholl Sun and Start Wearing Purple!
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2022 Closing Ceremony - Facebook video
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Baden-Powell Council Contingent - Channel for YouTube videos - some we'll see at meetings, and many more...
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Blair Everywhere Opening Ceremony - Facebook video from 2020
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Blair Everywhere Campfire - Facebook video from 2020
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Blair Everywhere Scouts Own - Facebook video from 2020
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Blair Everywhere Closing Song - How do you Bungalow?
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Blair Everywhere Closing - Facebook video from 2020
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Why Blair? - YouTube video from Maryland Contingent
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Scouting Adventures - Blair Atholl 2016 YouTube video from Florida contingent
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Blair Atholl Lessons - YouTube video from Florida in 2016
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Scouts Own Parade from camp to Blair Castle - YouTube video from 2018
Facebook Groups and Pages
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Blair Atholl Jamborette Staff - private group for present and former staff members and leaders
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Maryland Contingent Facebook Page
- Utah Contingent Facebook Group (the last time Utah sent a contingent was in 2018)
- UK Scout Association ("The Scouts") Facebook Page
- Scouts Scotland Facebook Page
- Highlands and Islands Scouts Facebook Group
General Blair Atholl and UK Scouting Links
- Scouts Scotland Home Page
- Scouts.org.uk - official page of the UKSA, aimed at youth members.
- Scouting Resources UK - just that, an unofficial site including a large collection of clipart.
- Scout Campsites in the UK from Scoutnet.uk
- Scout Centres in the UK from Scouts UK - including online booking facility (which I've never tried)
- ScoutAdventures - from Scouts and Guides UK
- Scouts - European Region
Scotland Links
Scotland Media
- BBC Sounds - access all of BBC radio networks (live and archived) as well as podcasts
- BBC Scotland - also see their webcams
- Scotland Out of Doors podcast from BBC Scotland
- Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers
- The Scotsman newspaper
- Edinburgh Live News website
- LBC - Leading Britain's Chat - British
talk radio.
- James O'Brien's Mystery Hour - a weekly call-in hour where people pose questions and others call in to answer them. - it's a fun podcast.
Scottish Government, Cultural and Historic Organizations
- National Library of Scotland
- National Trust for Scotland (NTS) - one of the two organizations protecting Scotland's historic buildings.
- Historic Environment Scotland
(HES) - the other one
- The HES Facebook Page
- HES also has a collection of 3D models of their properties which you can view and zoom around in.
- Scottish Executive - the web page for the devolved Scottish government
- Scottish Parliament - official web page for the Scottish parliament, meeting again after being dissolved since 1707!
Scottish Travel and Information Websites and Directories
- Visit Scotland - Scottish
Tourist Board UK site. - These are general pages, also see the specific areas,
below.
- Scotland Driving Routes
- TV
shows and Films set in Scotland:
- Set in Scotland - an e-book about filming locations in Scotland (PDF)
- Borders Map (PDF)
- East Lothian on Screen
- Edinburgh Film Map (PDF)
- Filmed on Skye
- Harry Potter Locations
- Highlands Movie Map (PDF)
- Seven Films Set in Scotland
- Seven Surprising Scottish TV Locations to Explore
- Skyfall and James Bond
- Twelve Iconic Film Locations in Scotland
- 7 Cool Neighbourhoods in Scotland’s Cities
- 7 Scenic Natural Wonders of Scotland (Sept 2021 Blog entry)
- 9 Places in Scotland You Must Visit in 2021
- 10 things you didn't know about cities in Scotland
- 10 Stunning Scottish Towns with Walking Routes
- 14 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Scotland
- 15 Relaxing Wellness Walks in Scotland
- 20 Fascinating Historical Places to Enjoy in Scotland (Sept 2021 blog entry)
- 27 things that you must try next: The gems of secret Scotland
- Scotland's Most Famous Castles
- Climate & Weather in Scotland
- Delve Into Scotland
- Scottish Food and Drink - The Essential Eating and Drinking Guide to Scotland
- Scottish Heritage Attractions with a Twist
- Scotland Itineraries & Trips
- Scotland's most-visited attractions
- Scotland Road Trip Itinerary Planner & Route Map
- Discover Scotland's Storybook Trail
- Historical Walking Routes in Scotland
- Walking Scotland - Walk Scotland, The Official Walking site of Scotland's National Tourist Board
- Scottish Wildlife Habitats
- Year of Coasts and Waters 2021
- Visit Britain - UK Tourist Board - Scotland pages
- British Heritage Travel Magazine - Visiting Scotland - ten places you have to see
- Rampant Scotland
- Did you know? Facts about Scotland - About Scotland - Scottish accommodation listings
- Scotland Off The Beaten Track (SOBT) -
a website listing many out- of- the- ordinary places to see in Scotland
- SOBT Interactive Map - see what's listed on the SOBT website on a map
- Secret Scotland's Places to Visit page - enter the length of your visit, and they'll suggest things to do to fit.
- Things to Do and Attractions in Scotland - Viator site
- Rick Steves' Europe
- Edinburgh TV Show (2006)
- Glasgow and Scottish Passions TV Show (2018)
- Scotland's Highlands TV Show (2018)
- Scotland's Islands TV Show (2018)
- Edinburgh Royal Mile Walk audio tour
- Blog Articles
Facebook Pages and Groups
- BBC:
- BBC Scotland Facebook Page
- BBC Radio Scotland
- Scotland Out of Doors
- Scotland Now - Facebook page for Scotland news
- The Scotsman - Scotland's national newspaper Facebook Page - also at Scotsman.com
- Scotland's Scenery
- Scotland Spotlight
- Historic Scotland (HES)
- Visit Arran - Facebook for the Isle of Arran
- Castles of Scotland
- Scotland from the Roadside - Facebook Community for sharing pictures of Scotland
- Blair Castle and the Atholl Estate
Scottish Castles
- Scottish Castles Association
- Rampant Scotland's Castles page
- Scotland's Most Famous Castles - from Visit Scotland
- Historic UK Scottish Castles page
- Scotland's 10 best castles - from CNN
- List of Castles in Scotland - Wikipedia
- 10 Most Dramatic Castles in Scotland - Wilderness Scotland
- Top 12 Castles in Scotland
- Fascinating Scottish Castles
- 22 Mind-Blowing Castles in Scotland
- Scottish Castles page from Must See Scotland
- Seven of Scotland's Strangest Castles - from The Scotsman
- Electric Scotland's page on Scottish Castles
Scottish Culture and History
- Burns Country: Robert Burns website
- Irn-Bru - all sorts of weird stuff about Scotland's other National Drink, with many offbeat adverts
- Scottish Music (Lyrics and Midi files)
- Spikkin Scots: Listen to the different dialects of Scotland with our interactive map - Aberdeen Press and Journal
Scottish Clans
- Electric Scotland - A guide to over 200 Scottish clans, families and tartans
- Scottish Clans - Wikipedia
- ScotClans website
- The Clans of Scotland - from Scottish At Heart
- Scottish Register of
Tartans - here are a few interesting, and possibly Scout-related
tartans:
- Scottish Scouts Tartan (1922)
- Scottish Scouts #2 Tartan
- BSA Webelos Scout Tartan
- 24th World Jamboree Tartan
- MacLaren Tartan - used in Woodbadge neckerchiefs
- Atholl Tartan - a District tartan, which may be worn by anyone from the Atholl area, rather than one pertaining to a family or organization.
- Braemar or Blair Atholl Tartan - another regional tartan
- The subcamps at the Jamborette are named after families who were
important in the history of Blair Atholl. Here are their tartans:
- Murray of Atholl Tartan - Murray of Atholl Dress Tartan - the Dukes of Atholl have been of the Murray clan.
- Stewart of Atholl Tartan - before the title passed to the Murrays, many Earls of Atholl were from the Stewart family.
- MacDonald Tartan
- MacLean of Duart Tartan - we've visited Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull several times.
- Morrison Tartan
- Robertson Tartan
- Scottish Tartans Museum
- Scottish Tartans Authority
- A Guide to Scottish Tartans
Regions
Blair Atholl and Vicinity
Perthshire - Cairngorms
- Blair Castle's own web page
- Scotland Calling - Blair Castle
- Scottish Gazetteer - Blair Atholl
- Perthshire Chamber of Commerce Home Page
- Blair Horse Trials - what they do at Blair Castle when the Jamborette's not there...
- Undiscovered Scotland's Blair Atholl page
- Electric Scotland's page on Places to Go in Perthshire and Tayside
Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Uncover Edinburgh's Hidden Gems - VisitScotland page
- Edinburgh - What to See and Do - PDF eBrochure - VisitScotland
- Edinburgh's Museums
- Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board - Gateway to Edinburgh
- Electric Scotland's page on Places to Go in Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Our Town's Stories
- the story about Greyfriars Bobby
- the story of Edinburgh Castle
- The Royal Mile
- Your Ultimate Guide of Things to Do in Edinburgh!!
- 5 Most Extraordinary Hidden Gems in Edinburgh
- Edinburgh's 101 Objects - a collection of items spread around Edinburgh
- Atlas Obscura places around Edinburgh
- The Atlas Obscura Guide to Hidden Edinburgh
- 9 Historical Secrets of Edinburgh
- Ten Facts you may not know about Edinburgh Castle
- Gardyloo: The grim story of unsanitary Edinburgh
- Turning down chippy sauce and other surefire ways to seriously annoy someone from Edinburgh - Edinburgh Live
- The Forth Bridge – a masterpiece of Victorian engineering
- Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
Glasgow and Strathclyde
- Visit Glasgow & Clyde Valley
- Guide to Glasgow's Museums
- 10 Secret Places To See When Visiting Glasgow
- Murals: Glasgow Murals Trail on walkhighlands - City Centre Mural Trail page
- Glasgow Science Centre
- Ancient Glasgow - top spots for history buffs
- The Gorbals Vampire and monster hunt that shook Glasgow
- Everything you need to know about Clyde shipbuilding
- Electric Scotland's page on Places to Go in Greater Scotland and the Clyde Valley
Central Belt - between Edinburgh & Glasgow
- Stirling
- The Scottish Crannog Centre
- Falkirk - and the Falkirk Wheel - Official Falkirk Wheel website
- The Antonine Wall
- Duncarron Medieval Village
- Electric Scotland page on Places to Go in Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs
Southwest - Ayr, Lanark, Dumfries and Galloway
- Ayrshire and Arran - VisitScotland
- New Lanark World Heritage Site
- Electric Scotland's page on Places to Go in Ayrshire and Arran
- Electric Scotland's page on Places to Go in Dumfries and Galloway
Southern / Borders
- The Borders - Wikipedia
- The Official Robert Burns Website
- Sir Walter Scott - Wikipedia - Life and Works
- Rampant Scotland - Central Scotland
- Melrose Abbey - Wikipedia
- Jedburgh - Wikipedia
- Dryburgh Abbey - Wikipedia
- The Grey Mare's Tail
- Touring Hadrian's Wall
- South of Scotland Map page
- Electric Scotland's pages on Places to Go in the Borders and The Border Abbeys
East Coast (Lothian, Dundee, Aberdeen and northwards to John O'Groats)
- North East 250 - Driving Route Home Page
- Dundee and Angus - VisitScotland
- Walking Scotland - Edin's Hall Broch
- Grampian Transport Museum
- Dunnottar Castle
- The Kingdom of Fife - VisitScotland
- National Museum of Flight - East Lothian
- Scottish Seabird Centre - North Berwick
- Scotland's Secret Bunker
- Electric Scotland page on Places to Go in Aberdeen and Grampian
- Electric Scotland page on Places to Go in the Kingdom of Fife
Highlands / Great Glen / North Coast / Northwest
- The North Coast 500 Driving Route Home Page
- Highlands of Scotland Tourist Board - Official Tourist Site.
- Highland Folk Museum
- Loch Ness Homepage
- Lochaber Internet Home Page - Fort William and the Lochaber area
- Inverness, Loch Ness and Nairn
- Here's a really neat site - "On the road in Northwest Scotland" - follow along on a drive through the Scottish northwest, with nearly 3,000 pictures.
- Vikings – along the north coast where place names are clues
- North of Scotland Round-up
- Jacobite Steam Train
- West Coast Road Trip
- A Scottish road trip in search of Brigadoon
- Electric Scotland page on Places to Go in the Highlands and Outer Hebrides
Islands
- Islands Generally
- Scotland's Islands - links to top website for each island
- 13 Walks with Abandoned Villages
- Island Hopping on Scotland's West Coast
- 5 Amazing Scottish Island Holiday Ideas
- The List's Guide to Scottish Islands (for the Western Isled, along with CalMac Ferries)
- Electric Scotland page on Places to Go in Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs
- Inner Hebrides:
- Isle of Skye
- Isle of Mull - Wikipedia - Tobermory
- Just off Mull are the small islands of Iona and Staffa (Fingal's Cave)
- Outer Hebrides:
- Isles of Lewis and Harris
- Electric Scotland page on Places to Go in the Highlands and Outer Hebrides
- Clyde Estuary: Isle of Arran
- Visit Arran
- Isle of Arran - VisitScotland
- Isle of Arran - Undiscovered Scotland
- 15 Amazing Things to do on Arran
- Kildonan and Sound of Pladda on the south shore of Arran
- Electric Scotland's page on Places to Go in Ayrshire and Arran
- Ayrshire and Arran - VisitScotland
- Orkney
- Orkney Islands tourist board
- Orkney’s hidden secrets | VisitScotland
- Electric Scotland's page on Places to Go in Orkney
- Shetland
- Shetland Web Cams
- Electric Scotland's page on Places to Go in Shetland
- Ferry Companies:
- Caledonian MacBrayne Ferries - with information on the Western Isles
- NorthLink Ferries - information on Orkney and Shetland
England
London
- Weather Underground - London
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - official site
- More information about Shakespeare and the Globe
- Transportation in London, in more detail than you cared to have:
- London Transport
- The Tube - the London Underground is not a political movement
- London Transport Museum
- Docklands Light Rail
- London Bus Page
Other England
- 100 Things to Do in England
- York Web - UK - England
- English Music (Lyrics and Midi Files)
Wales
- Data Wales, your Web resource in Wales
- Ability's_Wales_Cymru_ Page
- Chepstow Millennium Web Site - Chepstow Official Town Council Site
- Welcome to Hay-on-Wye - The Official Homepage
- The Castles of Wales
- The history of Anglesey - the Island on which is located Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
- Welsh Music (Lyrics and Midi files)
UK Links - Misc.
- About.com - UK page
- Antiques Roadshow UK
- The British Monarchy has a website, believe it or not...
- Britain Express - Britain Express is your UK travel and heritage guide, featuring UK accommodation, attractions, English history and culture, and much more... welcome to anglophile heaven!
- Weather Underground: United Kingdom
- USA Gateway to Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland
- UK Repeaters (ham radio repeater stations, that is - from the RSGB)
- Streetmap UK - get maps and aerial photos of anywhere in the UK
- Ordnance Survey Maps - Britain's Mapping Agency
- Heritage
- BBC - "the Beeb" - Britain's official radio and television company.
- Britain's 7 Most Amazing Ruins