Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a dreich morning road trip drive West on the A917 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to West Shore Street in Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Dreich is a Scots word for dull and cloudy and rainy weather. Founded as a fishing village around a probably early Christian religious settlement, Pittenweem grew along the shoreline from the west where the sheltered beaches were safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water. 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. Sir Walter Watson Hughes was born on 22 August 1803 in Pittenweem, the third son of Thomas Hughes and his wife Eliza, née Anderson. He attended school in Crail and was apprenticed to a cooper for a short time, he then entered the merchant service and became a master, including whaling in the Arctic for several years. After hearing of opportunities for trade in Asia, Hughes purchased a brig, Hero, in Calcutta and traded opium in the Indian Ocean and seas of China, having to contend with pirates. He emigrated to South Australia in 1840. Frequently referred to as Captain Hughes, he was a pastoralist, public benefactor and founder of the University of Adelaide, South Australia. Hughes and his wife subsequently returned to England, and and bought the Fancourt estate in Chertsey, Surrey, England. He died at his home on 1 January 1887. Joseph Bowman was born in Pittenweem in 1814, the tenth of fourteen children, of the rope spinner James Bowman. In March of 1836 he, along with another 8 men from Pittenweem, as well as men from Arncroach and Cellardyke, walked the 20 miles to Dundee to join the Arctic whaler Thomas a fine old ship of 356 tons, that had braved many an Arctic storm. Captain Davidson of Pittenweem was their young Master. Their destination was Baffin Bay in the high Arctic, between Greenland and Northern Eastern Canada. John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury, was born in Pittenweem in 1721, where his father was "an extensive wine, timber, and iron merchant. The surname Hughes was numerous amongst the fishermen recorded in 19th century censuses for Pittenweem. 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. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30. The equinox at which the sun approaches the Southern Hemisphere, marking the start of astronomical Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The time of this occurrence is approximately September 22. @tourscotland #autumn #drivingtrip #scotland
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