An Aerial view of Bothwell Castle in Lanarkshire, Scotland, on a cold early morning in March 2015.. Filmed using a Yuneec Q500 Typhoon Quadcopter www.yuneec-foru...
Nice video of the castle. I grew up on the other side of the woods and the castle, along with its policies, were our playground. One wee mistake in your text on the video. The ‘Union of the Crowns’ took place in 1603 (not 1707) when James VI of Scots (son of Mary, Queen of Scots), also became James I of England, when Elizabeth I of England died without having children. The ‘Union of the Parliaments’ took place over 100 years later in 1707 when the majority of Lords voted for this in exchange for money. These were the “parcel o rogues in a nation”who Burns referred to as having “bought and sold” Scotland “for English gold”.
