Winter Old Tidal Bathing Pool On History Visit To Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video clip, of the sight and sounds of the old tidal bathing pool on the coast of the fishing village of Cellardyke on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the coast of the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. I spent many happy days here as a child growing up in Cellardyke, The pools contain water even if the tide is out. The swimming pool was once known as The Cardinal's Steps after Cardinal Beaton of St Andrews who had a seaside residence here in the 16th century. It was developed into a formal bathing pool in the 1930s by local volunteers. The sea air would be rather bracing, the water not much warmer than freezing and the chance of swallowing a lungful of salty seawater extremely high. Long before heated and indoor swimming pools arrived, generations of hardy Scots learned to swim in Scotland’s coastal tidal pools. Interest these in days tidal pools is thought to have been sparked both by a resurgence in interest in wild swimming in Scotland, plus a wave of nostalgia for a simpler age when summer holidays were spent closer to home. Tidal pools cropped up all around the Scottish coast and waters, including in Dumfries and Galloway. The UK’s most northerly pool, in Scalloway in Shetland, was bulldozed in 1993 to make way for a car park. The Fife Coastal Walking Path goes through Cellardyke and runs from the Forth Estuary in the south, to the Tay Estuary in the north and stretches for 117 miles. 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. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Road Trip Drive With Music On Winter History Visit To Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video of a, road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, along the narrow John Street, George Street on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This is where I was raised in Scotland. 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. Cellardyke was formerly known as Nether Kilrenny, Scots for Lower Kilrenny, or Sillerdyke, and the harbour as Skinfast Haven, a name which can still be found on maps today. The harbour was built in the 16th century and was rebuilt in 1829. The modern name of the town is thought to have evolved from Sillerdykes, a reference to the sun glinting off fish scales encrusted on fishing nets left to dry in the sun on the dykes, or walls, around the harbour. Fishing was a hazardous occupation, and over the years a number of boats from Cellardyke were lost. On 6 April 1826 a boat was lost. Seven of the crew perished and one survived. On 28 May 1844 a boat with eight crew members was lost. Two years later, on 23 April 1846 a boat with seven crew was lost. On 3 November 1848 a boat with eight crew was lost. The next loss occurred on 10 May 1865, when a boat with eight crew disappeared. In 1910 a boat from Pittenweem sank off Cellardyke with the loss of three lives. There was one survivor. In addition, on 1 July 1837 a boat from Cellardyke carrying people on an excursion to the Isle of May as part of a celebration for the start of the herring fishing foundered. Seventeen women and children lost their lives. I was raised in this old fishing village on the East coast and attended Cellardyke Primary School and Waid Academy in Anstruther. I was raised a Dyker. The Fife Coastal Walking Path goes through Cellardyke and runs from the Forth Estuary in the south, to the Tay Estuary in the north and stretches for 117 miles. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On Dunnet Bay Beach On Winter History Visit To Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K windy Winter travel video clip of a Scotsman walking wearing a Kilt and Sporran on Dunnet Bay Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the North Coast of the Caithness, Highlands. Britain, United Kingdom. Beach is located between Thurso and John O’Groats. Archaeological evidence suggests prehistoric settlement, while the Vikings also farmed in this area. The stunning beach is used for sunbathing, swimming, and watersports, including surfing. 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. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On Winter History Visit To Clock Tower Methil Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive East down Wellesley Road to the clock tower on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Methil in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The building, a two storey public house, dates from 1906 and features a distinctive five stage, slim, square plan clock tower with Roman numerals on each face. It was originally known as the " Clock Tower Tearoom and Tavern " and was built by the Wemyss and District Tramway Company or the Parish of Wemyss Public House Society. The tower's design is closely based on the early 18th-century tolbooth at West Wemyss. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On Sandwood Bay Beach On Winter History Visit To Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K windy Winter travel video clip of a Scotsman walking wearing a Kilt and Sporran and wakling on Sandwood Bay Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the coast of Sutherland in the North West Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Sandwood Bay, Scottish Gaelic: Bàgh Seannabhad, is located about 5 miles South of Cape Wrath. The name Sandwood Bay probably derives from the Viking name ' Sandvatn ' meaning sand water and it is believed longboats were dragged across the sands into Sandwood Loch. There are also remains of Pictish settlement in the area. The area has been largely uninhabited since 1847 when the land was cleared for sheep farming as part of the Highland Clearances. On 30 September 1941, Sergeant Michael Kilburn from 124 Squadron at RAF Castletown was flying a Spitfire south west of Cape Wrath when the engine failed. He crash landed the plane on the beach at Sandwood, and managed to escape uninjured. The bay is the haunting ground of a ghostly seaman, thought to be the ghost of a shipwrecked sailor. He often appears out of thin air and commands visitors to leave the bay. At Sandwood Loch, near Sandwood Bay, there is a derelict cottage. A former owner still haunts the cottage and his footsteps can be heard walking the area during the night, 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. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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