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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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On West Voe Beach On Winter History Visit To Shetland Islands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K windy Winter travel video clip of a Scotsman walking wearing a Kilt and Sporran on the beautiful West Voe Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to coast of Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, Britain. United Kingdom . The West Voe of Sumburgh, is the most southerly bay on the Shetland Mainland, located between Sumburgh Head, and the point of Scat Ness.. Voe means sea inlet in Shetland dialect. West Voe Beach is a crescent of white sand around the voe’s turquoise water, it’s backed by steep dunes clad in marram grass. 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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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On Tresta Beach On Winter History Visit To Fetlar Shetland Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K windy Winter travel video clip of a Scotsman walking wearing a Kilt and Sporran on Tresta Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the coast of Fetlar one of the North Isles of Shetland. Fetlar's name is thought to derive from the Viking term Fat Land. The island played a significant role in the Norse settlement of Shetland, possibly even being the first landing site. Fetlar also experienced significant population decline due to land clearances for sheep farming in the 19th century. In the 1800s, Sir Arthur Nicolson cleared many townships here. By 1858 he had cleared 30 townships across large parts of the island and by 1891 the population had shrunk to 363. and it has steadily declined ever since. 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 Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive East on the A917 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Until 1975 Pittenweem was a royal burgh, having been awarded the status by King James V in 1541. Sir Walter Watson Hughes was born in Pittenweem on 22 August 1803. He was a pastoralist, public benefactor and founder of the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He was the third son of Thomas Hughes and his wife Eliza, née Anderson. Hughes 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. Hughes emigrated to South Australia in 1840, started business with Bunce & Thomson and took up land. Hughes suspected the land on which he kept sheep contained mineral deposits and informed his shepherds to look for minerals. In 1860 the Wallaroo copper mine was discovered on his property, and in 1861 the even more important Moonta mine was discovered nearby. Hughes secured the largest interest in both mines and became wealthy, despite paying several thousand pounds to rival claimants. Hughes subsequently returned to England, bought the Fancourt estate in Chertsey, Surrey, and died there on 1 January 1887 after a long illness. Hughes married in 1841 Sophia, daughter of James Henry Richman, who died in June 1885. 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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