Grand Tours of Scotland is a Travel programme that first aired in 2010.

The Sporting Life has no rating, but Grand Tours of Scotland is a 4/5 star programme.
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Grand Tours of Scotland: The Sporting Life

Series 1, episode 2

Documentary series in which Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of the first tourists to Scotland. With a Victorian guidebook in his hands, Paul navigates around the country and traces the changes that have taken place since the birth of Scottish tourism 200 years ago. In this episode, he discovers how 19th-century Scotland's mountains and glens were a playground for rich gentlemen eager to test themselves against the forces of nature. In the spirit of Victorian manliness, Paul makes the journey using a conveyance of the period, an original 1870s tricycle, travelling from Dunkeld along the banks of Scotland's longest river, the Tay, before climbing the mountains to Royal Deeside. From Braemar, he travels to the iconic destination of Balmoral, before attempting to cycle one of Scotland's most famous mountain passes, the Lairig Ghru.