Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive on narrow country roads on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to rural Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Weather forecast was for the warmest day of the year with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Centigrade. Fife is a large peninsula of lowlands and hills located on Scotland’s east coast. It is located within the Midland Valley of Scotland, a relatively low lying part of the country, between the Grampian Highlands to the North and the Southern Uplands to the South. The county is well known for its scenic landscapes. The area is quite diverse in character ranging from low lying arable farmland to large areas of upland pasture. The lower lying, flatter landscapes have fertile soils where agriculture dominates, supporting a broad range of crops, including cereals, fruit and vegetables. Cattle grazing is also common on less fertile areas, with a small amount of sheep grazing. Also 17% of Scotland’s total poultry production occurs in Fife. The Mesolithic is the period between the end of the last Ice Age and the introduction of farming in Fife. They would have had a deep knowledge and understanding of the landscape as they moved on a seasonal basis to exploit the changing resources within their territories. The Neolithic, New Stone Age, marks the introduction of farming around 6000 to 5,500 years ago. The origins and spread of Scotland’s first farmers in Fife are disputed, but farming appears to have arrived with domesticated animals and plants. There have been changes to the rural farmland over the years, the most obvious being the increase in arable cultivation, the removal of field boundaries and the consequential enlarging of arable fields. Roads are important elements in the landscape of Fife. For most of the area they form a network of small scale rural roads that relate to the topography and drainage patterns and generally blend well with the landscape. Their roadside stone dykes and hedges are important linear features where they remain intact. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip.
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