Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of an afternoon road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Captain Alexander Rodger was born in Cellardyke in 1804. Alexander was only ten when he was left an orphan by the loss of his father, who perished by the capsizing of his boat while at the Burntisland herring fishery on the last day the year 1814. A few years later he was one of the crew in his brother David’s fishing boat. At the age of eighteen began life as a sailor on the little Dundee brig the Ocean, and when little more than twenty two he was sailing master of a square rigged ship trading to the Mediterranean. Subsequently Captain Rodger was in command on voyages to all parts the world, in the course of which his ship was the first to sail from Glasgow to Australia, an incident that at the time attracted much attention as an extraordinary era in the navigation of the Clyde. He was later the owner of the tea clipper Taeping which won a grand race from Foochow to London against fifteen other clippers including the Ariel captained by his friend and rival Captain John Keay, born 1828, died 1918. This involved a journey of almost 16,000 miles in only 90 days. He died in Glasgow in 1877 and Rodger Street in Cellardyke is named in his memory. 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. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. @tourscotland #winter #music #drivingtrip #bagpipes #scotland #music #shorts
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