Scottish History Road Trip through Dumfries and Galloway
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2023
- A Scottish history road trip including John Paul Jones, Dundrennan Abbey, Cairn Holy and more as Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey takes you on a road trip of Dumfries and Galloway
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Scotland History Tours is here for people who want to learn about Scottish history and get ideas for Scottish history tours. I try to make videos which tell you tales from Scotland's past and give you information about key dates in Scottish history and historical places to visit in Scotland. Not all videos are tales from Scotland's history, some of them are about men from Scotland's past or women from Scotland's past. Basically the people who made Scotland. From April 2020 onward I've tried to give ideas for historic days out in Scotland. Essentially these are days out in Scotland for adults who are interested in historical places to visit in Scotland.
As a Scottish history tour guide people ask: Help me plan a Scottish holiday, or help me plan a Scottish vacation if your from the US. So I've tried to give a bit of history, but some places of interest in Scotland as well.
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Hi Bruce, have you done any videos o the battle of loudoun Hill..
Have heard this battle mentioned but have heard Wallace mentioned but believe he died before this battle took place, so not sure how this can be with William Wallace involved..
I love these road trip videos. I’ve always known but, it never ceases to amaze me just how much places in Scotland look like my families homelands in Appalachia or the places I see in the south where I live and grew-up. Little wonder my people settled where they did. What a beautiful country you’ve got there!
There are geologists who now think that the mountains of Scotland and the Appalachian Mountains were all once the same mountain range before the continents split. They are about the same age so it's possible. But there are letters that my old mountain friends had that were written by their great-great grandparents who settled in eastern Tennessee because it looked so much like the Highlands that they were forced to leave behind in Scotland. I'd say your eyes are quite sharp!
@@nancyholcombe8030 That's true, but this part of Scotland was joined to the England side, not the American. The lost ocean of Iapetus was north of here, in the Central Lowland Belt.
Yes tyvm 🏴🇬🇧
‘Look up to a view that warms the heart’. You certainly have the words, Bruce and I loved that video. As always, thank you for sharing and I hope the drone survived 🌞
Dear Bruce - There was an empty plate when there was an opportunity to show the rest of the world a proper Scottish breakfast. As Samuel Johnson once said: "If an epicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratifications, wherever he had supped he would breakfast in Scotland." There are monuments, kirks, statues and landscapes where beauty belies treachery , but few people outside Scotland know the perfection of a square sausage. Just saying 😉
Poetic, my man. Thanks
He has a way with the words does our Bruce.
Thanks for coming to Dumfries and Galloway the forgotten part of Scotland
It was a pleasure
Fabulous, Bruce, as always. I grew up a few miles away from Dundrennan so especially loved it.😃
Wonderful
thanks for giving galloway some love, tourism is just about all we have left now.
I love traveling to these places with you; it's the only way I can get to know my ancestors homeland. Thank you with much gratitude. ☮️❤️🕯️🌹🦋
Our pleasure!
4:50 -- You made a right proper sea 'Capt. Fumey' !!!
I daresay you'd make Mr. JPJ, very proud, indeed.
A much-loved part of my lifelong memories and, for me, one of Scotlands most beautiful areas. If you are a sea angler too, Luce Bay offers some of the finest fishing in the UK which is a great bonus!
Cracking part of the country that always seems to be missed by tourists as they go north for the more famous Highlands. I used to go to the annual Wickerman Festival just on the hills outside of Dundrennan and I'd always pass by the Abbey, so beautiful even as a ruin. Glen Trool is also a little known gem with the story of the Bruce, I stayed overnight down by Loch Trool in my hammock before visiting Bruce's footsteps. Shame aboot that drone though lol.
🤣C'est la vie
Bruce im so happy you are now close to 200,000 subscribers, keep going as watching your videos on my beloved Scotland with a cup a tea and a couple of chocky biscuits is a wee morning thing i love. thankyou.
Well, that little song was worth the listen!! Thank you for that!
I did a history term paper (USA) on John Paul Jones and also drew a picture of his ship engaged in battle. I got an A+!
Yay
I've only just now realised that, apart from on the way elsewhere (the place which must not be mentioned or the ferry to Ireland) I've spent only a few days of my 56 years in the Borders. Probably no more than half a week. I've likely spent more time in branches of the bookshop 'Borders'!
This video has made me realise I need to go spend some time down there if I can ever afford a holiday again!
Edit: I just remembered I played a weekend chess congress in Hawick around 2005/6, taking it to maybe nearly a week down there. It wasn't a good weekend with just 2 wins and a draw from 5 matches, which would have been fine if four of my opponents were under 16 and two of them under 10. The one under 10 whom I lost to was playing for Scotland a couple of years later and is currently way stronger than me (I think she might even have a Master title by now) but that was no consolation at the time, which may be a part of why I forgot about being there earlier.
We lived in Glentrool village in the 90's. Absolutely loved living in the middle of 50 square miles of the Galloway forest! :)
Oh wow!
I really appreciate the longer format of this video. I think your fans would even enjoy a 30 min video, too.
Oooft I'd be scared they got bored
@@ScotlandHistoryTours ....from you, and your content. NEVER!!!
I love so many parts of Scotland but this is where we visit most, since we can see it across the Solway and have many friends there. You made another great video Bruce. The Cairn Holy sites are always lonely and empty in my experience and that makes it so much more personal. Our ancestors were not uncivilised were they? To build those monuments took hundreds of people all working together and that meant planning, housing and feeding. It's easy to underestimate them.
Ditto , we say we will have a change , but when it comes down to it Dumfries & Galloway is the only place we go, to the Isle. 🏴
Jeez Bruce were you trying to make us cry! ❤🇨🇦
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My great-grandparents on my bio fathers side were born here and I never knew untill a couple months ago.
Your videos are a breath of fresh air. Im loving it. I am Pagan so i can identify with the sacred ground & the toumbs. It looks a beautiful place. Maybe one day ill get to visit. Hi from the West of Ireland.
Loved seeing Orchardton Tower. I am descended from William de Carnys and the Cairns, Carnes, Cairnie, etc., It seems our name comes from the Land of Cairns. Loved the trip through our ancestral lands. Thanks.
My mates from Castle Douglas in Dumfries. Been a few times there and I absolitkey love it
The Ancients really did pick the best landscapes to lay there loved ones to rest! Stunning.
Scotland hills are always a top choice😊
One of your best .
Ah thanks
Ah my old stomping grounds! Thanks for showing the beauty and history of my home region (despite the tories). Shame you never got to Lochmaben Castle, it's a beautiful site and interesting castle. Can't wait to see you at the MacRoberts Centre next month!
Thank you Mr Bruce! 🖤
Any time
What a lovely emotional description of time and life down the ages on Cairn Holy! Thank you. 👌🇮🇪🏴🙋🙏
Another enlightening video Bruce, fair enjoyed it as have never been down that area of the country. Maybe need to get Matty some flying lessons for that drone though as some ariel shots would have been spectacular.
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Just a heads up Bruce. Even though you and Mike the Viking don't collaborate. You both must be doing a awesome job.
If there are any counterdictions I missed them. Your both in agreement on everything as far as I can see.
So it's still fun to watch both.
Cowans Toffee 👏🏻
Awesome❤thanks for sharing. My ancestors come from there.
A prt of Scotland I don't know at all---but now that will change!
We done a road trip around this area not long ago, abbeys castles, abandoned buildings and I Bluetoothed the wee Kirkcudbright centipede song through the car because the girlfriend had no idea about it either 😂
Love your posts. You make it fun and interesting. I'm Scottish, Irish and English. I'm from the US state of Michigan and I greatly enjoy learning about Scotland. Thank you Bruce.
Another entertaining video Bruce.
Was a pleasure to meet you on your travels the other night. Myself and the misses enjoyed our blether
Brilliant
I love this! Thank you so much! #believeitanditwillbe 🙏🏻♥️🕊️🌹📿👑👑🥰💎🇺🇸🎶
Loved it That is were one of my family line's comes from. Thank you for the history and the view on the herizon.
Yes please i want to come Scotland and when are you going on TV...children' and Adults will learn with intrested ..I home you get there Mr Bruce 💚
Last night I was reading about Bertram de shotts and his death in the 15th century, interesting part of Scotland.
You should talk to Cairn Holy Joe, that place is way more interesting than most people realise.
As always Bruce an excellent informative video. Thanks for sharing 👏 👍
Good stuff. The mystery and beauty of Galloway right enough. 'A view that warms the heart'. Keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Very profound ending Bruce, well done!
Thank you sir
OH LOOK ITS HOME!! Annan born and bred.😎
What a great outfit Captain!
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Bruce You had me at road trip. I love the ancient sites you have in Scotland. Hello Fummey Family and the crew too. Thanks for all your hard work!!!
Thanks 👍
@@ScotlandHistoryToursdo a trip to Aberdeen Scotland😊 best coffee houses in Scotland my opinion.🤷♀️
We filmed in Aberdeen at the weekend
Loved it, had to watch Wee Kirkcudbright Centipede.
Not heard it for years. Im from Kbt, singing along foot tapping. 😂
Its nearly a year since our beloved Queen Elizabeth passed away in her beautiful Scottish Castle, its hard to take it all in I hope she lives in our memories for a long time yet.
Great and interesting vid - loved the reflections at the end ... meaningful :)
Love your channel been subscribed for years now. Thanks you for all your hard work.
Much appreciated!
Classic Galloway roadtrip, in that they never go through Wigtownshire and most of Galloway, mostly going through Kirkcudbrightshire. Cool otherwise, but frustrating as a Gallowegian!
Thanks for another great video Bruce.
You are very welcome
A lovely trip but, as always, a provocative thoughtful conclusion. Humanity transcends time and place.
Such Charisma! Such energy! Wonderful presentation mate, keep up the hard work!
Thank you! Will do!
@ScotlandHistoryTours you ever heard of the surname Scrimshire? That's my mother's maiden name. I am from Texas, but her family came from Scotland a long time ago.
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Great gig on Monday Bruce. Pity I couldn't hang around for a chat. Buses to catch. Maybe next time .
takes me back to my childhood memories with my mum and dad, went with my wife a few years ago and all the stories and memories came back to life, cheers Bruce
You're welcome
Lord, I love your videos! I pray to heaven that I some day soon have enough funds to take a trip to Scotland. You must be the most interesting guide, Mr. Fumey!
That visit to the cairn touched the heart, well said!!!
JPJ was the last person to invade England. In a museum in Whitehaven there is a pardon from the mayor in 1999. The mayor and my brother share names! Could a knocked me over with a feather in Yankee Doodle’s hat !! 😂
It’s pronounced Whitton , or called The Isle when you turn left at Newton Stuart roundabout on the A76. Aye Kircudbright is the Artist town , and Wigtown is the Scottish Book town equivalent to Ross on Wye. We Scots are educated.
Thanks!
Ah thanks
Grew up in Dumfries. Nice to see the old sights. Used to go discovering these places as a kid.
The drone video was hilarious. I'm going to rewatch the John Paul Jones video. I did not visit a beach on my last visit. I will definitely have to in May.
It's a nice spot
That closing monologue was brilliant. Thank you, Bruce.
Many thanks!
Thank you, really enjoyed the video.
Our pleasure!
Thankyou for your video. Just beginning to research our trip for later in the year. Your video was really helpful in the planning of our itinerary.
Brilliant
What a delightful road trip to start my weekend! Thank you gentlemen.
Our pleasure!
What a pretty place.
Loving these road trips! One lot of my Scottish ancestors (Cowan) were generations of shepherds in the Dumfries area.
Bruce, you’re certainly a scholar and a poet. Maybe not a troubadour. I enjoyed this journey through space and time.
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There’s a little known burial Cairn and stone circle near me. 4000 years old. Hardly anybody goes there, they tend to flick to the larger Clava Cairns.
Great video Bruce. That ending message you had there was deep! I love these videos.
Glad you like them!
We saw your movie! I'm betting there's an Oscar in your future.
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So beautifully done ❤ from🇺🇸
Thank you! 😊
A'reyt Bruce. I am enjoying your trips. More reminders of caravan tours of Scotland as an English child.
I hope the drone is soon better.
❤❤❤!
Thanks for a great roadtrip through Dumfries and Galloway. I still think that you could do an entire video on St. Ninian and Whithorn or the Battle of Loch Ryan ca. 1306 where Dougal McDowell, Lord of Galloway, defeated two of the brothers of Robert Bruce. Thanks again. All the best, A McDowell in Alabama, J.R.S.,Jr.
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Hopefully what you had for breakfast was blasta (delicious)Brucy 😋, dunno what'd you had but I'm sure it was good
May you fulfill ever journey discussing about the history of Scotland and her people in all of your trips around the world 🌎
Who disnae like a cooked breakfast?
Another great video Bruce, I truly do enjoy them. I loved the insight at the end, but in this video you made me take a lil detour 😂 I had to go watch the centipede song video 😂. Thanks I got a kick out of that one all early on this Saturday morning... 👍🏻🏴🇺🇸
John Paul Jones managed to upset evry country he lived in. If you haven't read his full story it's an eye opener!
Bruce ya know why Galloway really makes you connect with inner peace?.
OK yes the scenery is fantastic & aye there's a ton of things to see & do....but there is something truly magical that doesn't care is your Scottish, British, white, black, straight, gay, identify as a chocolate teapot, even a.....traffic warden😳.
And that is the Dark Sky Park in the Galloway forest.
I used to go on holibags to a caravan at Gatehouse of Fleet & late on at night my wee entourage & I would almost cause ourselves permanent spinal problems by staring up into the night sky, into not a black void but the most unbelievably busy colourful universe above us & realising just how small we are not as Scots, Brits or anything else that mere mortal humans on a tiny spit of sand in a endless sea.
Humble doesn't do it justice bráther.
Aye
The Hoof GP near you, he has experience in getting drones from a tree. 😂
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"under a cloud" is both a description of his circumstances, AND a weather report.
I went to scara brea last year and it was quite thought provoking to consider what has happened since that was built , i also said to them that bay probably wasnt there and it was likely inland
Hope your back is okay after traveling on our roads 😳 thanks for this great video, maybe bring some more interest to our lovely region 😊
I hope so too!
If you do film a clip about the battle of inverkeithing please include a piece about Samuel greig -who founded the imperial Russian navy ta coyp
Pedantry is the best part.
Scots wha hae I share your videos love them and making notes of when you’re doing a show near them. I’m sure someone will be buying you a coffee soon 😊
Thanks for that!
was down that way two weeks ago - don't tell everyone how good it is though 😘
Reiver territory, now bb! ⚔️ Moffitt ⚔️ Spero Meliora!
Aye, Bruce. Would I be so blessed as to journey with you and your team, through glens with the sun filtering through the trees, around lochs with light reflecting diamonds in our eyes, and a dram awaiting us warm and beckoning. Seems I will have to dream, aye, and hope ta dream forever, but I will never give up hope of such a time. Keep a story and a dram, lest we meet agin.Arohanui
Maybe one day!
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I will bring the dram, my friend.
And now I've learned a Māori word too! These videos get more educational all the time!
It's a pity so many Scottish historical sites are either closed or have large parts fenced off at the moment (and have had for more than a year). Dundrennan, Threave Castle, Orchardton Tower, Cardoness Castle, McClellan's Tower etc. etc. Historic Scotland need to pull their finger out.
I thought that too, till I met a Historic Scotland guy working on the safety project and realised the importance and extent of the work
CLAN MACDOWALL REPRESENT!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
When you go.these very old places in Scotland, or I go to very old places here in the U.S. I always try to picture the people of the time in that setting in there time. And then try to imagine myself in it. Such as the civil war places I’ve seen. I guess I’m weird like that, it’s just what I do.
omg yay!!! i feel like you really leveled up in environmental story telling this recently, again, somehow! go Bruce go! LOVE THE FIT CAPTAIN! EEHHH 'the constitution' dead LOL
i now realize once again this is a team effort, and kudos team Scotland History Tours!! THANK YOUUUuu
You were great on Radio Skye.
😂Aye guid laugh
Dumfries and Galloway , the forgotten corner of Scotland , along with Fife .so many nice places and small towns and villages to visit . Used to go down every two or three years from Aberdeenshire , haven’t been for while , a nice drive is from Glen Trool up through the hills to Dalmellington in south Ayrshire and then on to Douglas , the stomping ground of the Black Douglass .😊
cheers bruce for showin some of the galas