Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Leap Day February 29th road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the A911 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Leslie, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This February will be a little longer than usual. It's a leap year, and in 2024, Leap Day falls on Friday, February 29. The calendar oddity means this year is actually 366 days long, instead of the regular 365. Leap years exist because while the world follows a 365 day Gregorian calendar, it actually takes the planet a little bit more than a year to orbit the sun. It takes Earth 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds to orbit the sun, and while that is rounded down to the 365 days we recognize as a typical year, those nearly six extra hours don't disappear. Instead, leap years are added to account for the difference. The extra day keeps calendars and seasons from gradually falling out of sync and impacting harvesting, planting and other cycles based on the seasons. Without Leap Days, in 100 years, calendars would be 24 days off, and in 700 years, Northern Hemisphere summers would begin in December. Little is known about the history of Leslie before 1300. The village which bears the name of the Leslie family area descended from Bartolf or Bartholomew who was a Hungarian or maybe Flemish tradesman, who according to legend arrived in Scotland with Queen Margaret, the sister of Edgar the Ætheling in 1057. Finding favour with Queen Margaret's husband, King Malcolm III, Bartolf became the governor of Edinburgh Castle and was knighted and granted with lands in the Garioch in Aberdeenshire. In 1283, Norman de Leslie, the fourth descendent of Bartholomew, was granted the lands 'of Fettykill or Fythkill from King Alexander III. A settlement also known as Fettykill began to develop around these lands In 1455. The the settlement was renamed 'Leslie' after Sir George Leslie. Burgh of Barony status followed in 1458 being awarded by James II after Sir George Leslie who became 1st Earl of Rothes, a title which came from the family owning land at Rothes, near Elgin. During this time, the family started to become prominent in Scottish affairs. John Leslie, the then Earl of Rothes, was awarded the title of Lord High Chancellor to Charles II in 1667 and then became known as the Duke of Rothes in 1680. Leslie House was built for the Duke of Rothes between 1667 and 1674 and this became the seat of the Rothes family. From 1457 the Clan Chief of Clan Leslie also held the position of Earl of Rothes. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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