Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of the view from the scenic viewpoint at West Braes at low tide ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the old fishing village of Pittenweem, coast of East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The white houses with red roofs illustrate the classic East Neuk building style, influenced by trade with the Low Countries, Belgium and the Netherlands. The East Neuk offered natural trading ports for Dutch and Belgian captains as they sailed up past the east coast of England. These ships brought red pantiles as ballast, and the locals soon found them to be excellent roofing material. In 1779 John Paul Jones, founder of the American Navy, anchored half a mile off Pittenweem in the USS Bonhomme Richard. Jones bombarded Anstruther, but did not attack Pittenweem. However he made off with the town's pilot who had sailed out to meet Jones' squadron. The surname hughes was numerous amongst the fishermen recorded in 19th century censuses for Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. A twentieth century oral tradition in at least one Hughes branch held that the family fished from Pittenweem for hundreds of years. Jessie Bell Elder was born in 1882 in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland, she married David Brown Beatson on 3 Aprill 1905 in Edinburgh. She died on 19 May 1957, in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland aged about 75. Ian Stewart was born at Kirklatch, Pittenweem, in 1938 was to follow a very different path from the local fishermen. He went on to become a founding member, then road manager, of the Rolling Stones, before his sudden death in 1985. The Fife Coastal walking Path is a Scottish long distance walking footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh. It runs for 117 miles along the coastline of Fife and passes through many seaside towns and villages including Pittenweem. The path would take around one week to walk completely from end to end. 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. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland
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