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Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie ( ; "meeting place") is a small village in the Scottish Highlands. Dalwhinnie is located at the head of Glen Truim and the north-east end of Loch Ericht, on the western edge of the Cairngorms National Park. Location Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of . It is one of the coldest villages in the UK, having an average annual temperature of , making it suitable for winter walking and mountaineering. It is north of Pass of Drumochter, Drumochter, just off the A9 road (Great Britain), A9 road from Perth to Inverness and has been bypassed since 1975. It is about from both Edinburgh and Glasgow, from Aviemore, from Newtonmore and from Kingussie. Dalwhinnie railway station lies on the Highland Main Line from Perth, Scotland, Perth to Inverness. Tourism The area is walking destination along the River Truim and in Cairngorm and Monadhliath Mountains in the Cairngorm National Park. Dalwhinnie is on the Sustrans National Cycle Route 7, Glasgow to Inverness. There are several c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalwhinnie Distillery
The Dalwhinnie Distillery, located in the Highland village of Dalwhinnie in Scotland, produces single malt Scotch whisky. The Dalwhinnie Distillery is located in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland Council and so is in the Speyside region as defined by the SWA. SWA regulations place the full Speyside region within the boundaries of the Highlands, and so Speyside distilleries are allowed to label their whisky as Highland. The distillery is owned by Diageo. The site for the distillery was chosen for its access to the available clear spring water from Lochan-Doire-Uaine and abundant peat from the surrounding bogs. Set in mountain scenery, Dalwhinnie is the highest distillery in Scotland, at above sea level. The name Dalwhinnie is derived from the Gaelic ''Dail Chuinnidh'', which means meeting place, referring to the meeting of ancient cattle drovers' routes through the mountains. History In 1897, John Grant of Grantown-on-Spey, George Sellar of Kingussie, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalwhinnie Single Malt
The Dalwhinnie Distillery, located in the Highland village of Dalwhinnie in Scotland, produces single malt Scotch whisky. The Dalwhinnie Distillery is located in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland Council and so is in the Speyside region as defined by the SWA. SWA regulations place the full Speyside region within the boundaries of the Highlands, and so Speyside distilleries are allowed to label their whisky as Highland. The distillery is owned by Diageo. The site for the distillery was chosen for its access to the available clear spring water from Lochan-Doire-Uaine and abundant peat from the surrounding bogs. Set in mountain scenery, Dalwhinnie is the highest distillery in Scotland, at above sea level. The name Dalwhinnie is derived from the Gaelic ''Dail Chuinnidh'', which means meeting place, referring to the meeting of ancient cattle drovers' routes through the mountains. History In 1897, John Grant of Grantown-on-Spey, George Sellar of Kingussie, and desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalwhinnie Railway Station
Dalwhinnie railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dalwhinnie, Highland, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line, from , between Blair Atholl and Newtonmore. There is a crossover at the south end of the station to allow trains to turn back if the line north to Newtonmore is closed. History The station opened in 1863. The station buildings were completed in 1864 by Joseph Mitchell & Company. Accidents and incidents In early March 1881, during a severe snow storm a passenger train was stranded for 20 hours two miles from Dalwhinnie. Employees of the railway company were dispatched to the Dalwhinnie Hotel to procure food and refreshments for the passengers, but the gale and drift were so severe that the effort failed. In the darkness the employees failed to reach the hotel. Eventually the employees escorted the 15 passengers in daylight two miles to the hotel but it took them two hours. Some passengers chose to remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Main Line
The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. It is long and runs through the central Scottish Highlands, mainly following the route of the A9 road (Scotland), A9, and linking a series of small towns and villages with Perth, Scotland, Perth at one end and Inverness at the other. Today, services between Inverness and Edinburgh, Glasgow and London use the line. At Inverness the line connects with the Far North Line, the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, Aberdeen-Inverness Line and the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. Much of the Highland Main Line is Single track (rail), single track, and trains coming in opposite directions are often timed to arrive at stations at the same time, where Passing loop, crossing loops permit them to pass. Journey times between Inverness and Edinburgh or Glasgow are approximately three and a half hours.Highland Main Line timetables at https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/edinburgh_glasgow_-_inverness_0.pdf History The vast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A9 Road (Great Britain)
The A9 is a major road in Scotland running from the Falkirk council area in central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. At , it is the longest road in Scotland and the fifth-longest A-road in the United Kingdom. Historically it was the main road between Edinburgh and John o' Groats, and has been called ''the spine of Scotland''. It is one of the three major north–south trunk routes linking the Central Belt to the Highlands – the others being the A82 and the A90. The road's origins lie in the military roads building programme of the 18th century, further supplemented by the building of several bridges in later years. The A9 route was formally designated in 1923, and originally ran from Edinburgh to Inverness. The route was soon extended north from Inverness up to John O'Groats. By the 1970s the route was hampered by severe traffic congestion, and an extensive upgrading programme was undertaken on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Ericht
Loch Ericht () is a freshwater loch on the border between the former Perthshire, now Perth and Kinross and the former Inverness-shire, now Highlands Council areas of Scotland. It has a north-east to south-west orientation. The village of Dalwhinnie lies at the north east end of the loch. Loch Ericht is the tenth largest freshwater lake in Scotland and has a good reputation for its trout fishing and Ferox trout. Loch Ericht occupies a major glacial breach cut through the former main Grampian divide from Ben Nevis over Ben Alder to the Cairngorms. The breach exploits the Loch Ericht Fault, a major feature of the Caledonian Orogeny, parallel to the Great Glen Fault and other NE-SW faults. The preglacial col in the former divide at Beinn Bheoil - Stob an Aonaich Mhoir is estimated by Linton to have been at 650m asl. With the loch bed being at 200m asl, ice has excavated a trench at least 450 m deep. The glacier has carried erratic boulders of Rannoch granite far down the flanks o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairngorms National Park
Cairngorms National Park () is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of National parks of Scotland, two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, which was set up in 2002. The park covers the Cairngorms range of mountains, and surrounding hills. Already the largest national park in the United Kingdom, in 2010 it was expanded into Perth and Kinross. Roughly 18,000 people live within the national park. The largest communities are Aviemore, Ballater, Braemar, Grantown-on-Spey, Kingussie, Newtonmore and Tomintoul. Like all other national parks of the UK, national parks in the UK, the park is IUCN protected area categories, IUCN designated Category V however it contains within its boundaries several national nature reserve (Scotland), national nature reserves that have IUCN Category II (national park) statuses, such as Abernethy Forest and Mar Lodge Estate. In 2018, 1.9 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diageo
Diageo plc ( ) is a British Multinational corporation, multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England. It is a major distributor of Scotch whisky and other spirits and operates from 132 sites around the world. Diageo-owned distilleries produce 40 percent of all Scotch whisky with over 24 brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Justerini & Brooks, J&B and Buchanan's. Its leading brands outside whisky include Guinness, Smirnoff, Baileys liqueur, Captain Morgan rum and Tanqueray and Gordon's Gin, Gordon's gin. Diageo has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange as American depositary receipts. History Formation Diageo was formed in 1997 from the merger of Guinness plc and Grand Metropolitan. Its creation was driven by the executives Anthony Greener and Philip Yea at Guinness, along with George Bull and John McGrath of Grand Metropolitan. Anthony G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairngorm National Park
Cairngorms National Park () is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, which was set up in 2002. The park covers the Cairngorms range of mountains, and surrounding hills. Already the largest national park in the United Kingdom, in 2010 it was expanded into Perth and Kinross. Roughly 18,000 people live within the national park. The largest communities are Aviemore, Ballater, Braemar, Grantown-on-Spey, Kingussie, Newtonmore and Tomintoul. Like all other national parks in the UK, the park is IUCN designated Category V however it contains within its boundaries several national nature reserves that have IUCN Category II (national park) statuses, such as Abernethy Forest and Mar Lodge Estate. In 2018, 1.9 million tourism visits were recorded. The majority of visitors are domestic, with 25 per cent coming from elsewhere in the UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Truim
The River Truim (Abhainn Truim in Gaelic languages, Gaelic) is a right bank tributary of the River Spey in the Scottish Highlands. Its headwaters meet to the north of the Pass of Drumochter and flow northwards as the Truim past the dam at the northern end of Loch Ericht and through the village of Dalwhinnie, highest village in the Scottish Highlands. The distillery at Dalwhinnie producing Dalwhinnie Single Malt is also the highest in Scotland. The waters of its most significant tributary, the Allt Cuaich, are diverted in part along an aqueduct to Loch Ericht. The river continues north-northeastwards down Glen Truim, over the Falls of Truim and on to meet the Spey 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Newtonmore. It is closely followed for almost its entire length by both the A9 road (Scotland), A9 road and the mainline railway from Perth, Scotland, Perth to Inverness. Etymology The name 'Truim' is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic word for 'elder tree'.Ross, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pass Of Drumochter
The Pass of Drumochter () meaning simply 'high ridge' is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands. The A9 road (Great Britain), A9 road passes through here, as does the Highland Main Line, the railway between Inverness and the south of Scotland. The Sustrans NCR 7, National Cycle Route 7 between Glasgow and Inverness also runs through the pass. The pass is the only gap in the main Grampian Mountains, Grampian Watershed suitable for road traffic routes for almost 100 km, between Glen Coe (west) and Cairnwell Pass (east); the West Highland Railway is the only other crossing, at Corrour. The pass is a natural low point, where the headwaters of the river Spey, Spey and river Tay, Tay penetrate most deeply into the broad Gaick Plateau, with the River Garry, Perthshire, River Garry flowing south, and the River Truim north. The gap has been shaped into a "U" convenient for a transport corridor by glacial action over successive ice ages, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (; , ) is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Scots language, Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic name of ' literally means "the place of the Gaels" and traditionally, from a Gaelic-speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands. The area is very sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the British Isles, Ben Nevis. During the 18th and early 19th centuries the population of the Highlands rose to around 300,000, but from c. 1841 and for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
