@@georgemckendrickbryce9863 yes it is a union but it represented as one internationally so the rest of the world thinks of it as one. A kingdom means a country with a king and as there is only one monarch the UK is a country and each separate kingdom is also a country due to treaties that were signed into law.
@@sueKay No, you're not "Scottish only". Whether you like it or not, as a Scot you ARE British. Of course you can say "I'm Scottish"; but the fact is that the sovereign country of which you are a citizen is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Scotland ceased to be a sovereign country in 1707, as did England, when the Act of Union was signed. Sovereign countries issue their own passports, have their own Embassies and consulates around the world. Defend themselves against foreign aggressors with their own armed forces. Represent themselves at the United Nations. Do Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland issue their own passports? No. If you have a passport it is a UK one. Our embassies and consulates around the world represent all the inhabitants of the UK. The military forces that defend these islands are the UK armed forces. Is there a separate Scottish airforce? No, it is the UK airforce. Is there a Welsh Navy? No. It is the UK navy, etc. Who represents all of us in the United Nations? The UK, not the individual member Nations of the UK. Which sovereign country collectively represents Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland in NATO? The UK.
in that case then you are not just British but you are also Northern Irish. Why drop the Northern Irish part and only focus on British? Isn't it The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Yet you seem only intent that we are only British and completely ignore Northern Ireland. Why would Northern Ireland be named separately if it were British? You would have to concede that you and all "British" are also Northern Irish as well.
@@xhorse_magicx You are playing games. The island of Britain contains Scotland, England and Wales. Scottish, English and Welsh people are British. The people of Northern Ireland are not, although they are a part of the larger entity called the United Kingdom.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv that's a lot of words, just to declare your servility to Westminster. And there is no island called Britain. There's the British Isles, of which Great Britain is the biggest.
@@johngallacher7360 Scotland is not a sovereign country and hasn't been since 1707. Neither are England, Wales or Northern Ireland sovereign countries in their own right. They are each a part of the sovereign country called The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Yes, of course you can call yourself Scottish. But, whether you like it or not, you are also British.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv David's absolutely DESPERATE For us Scots to identify as British, for some reason. He's written the same trash under every comment, saying the same silly thing. What David doesn't seem to understand is that identity is personal and subjective. We're only British if we feel a connection with that label, culture, society, etc. What Dave probably doesn't realise is how few Scots feel that way.
@@OneTrueScotsman No, I am not "DESPERATE". And no, what I said wasn't "trash " or "silly". Merely factual. I never said you can't call yourself Scottish. Simply that as a Scot you ARE also British. It is not a question of feeling but of legal fact. If you have a passport it states that you are a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain comprises Scotland, England and Wales. It has nothing to do with "feelings".
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Yes, David, my boy. You are desperate. Every comment you're crying that, as you've discovered, the vast majority of us shit on that label. You can deny it and claim otherwise until you're blue in your face. But the fact remains, only 8% of Scots also identified as British in the last census. You asked about the passport, but that's a silly question that pathetic, desperate unionists like to bring up. I could move to France tomorrow and live there until I die, get a citizenship and a passport. But I'll never be French. I'll just be a Scottish man who's a French citizen. Same is true in Britain. I don't care about the rest of Britain. Feel no connection to it, or respect for it. But unionists are desperate to claim us. If they weren't, they wouldn't be basically begging those of us who don't feel British to identify as such. They'd be the first ones to say "you're not British!"
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Why are you so desperate for us to identify as British? You will get nothing from it. If you're talking strictly geography, then I don't care. I'm also from the Northern Hemisphere. But these facts mean nothing to me. But people / unionists like you say we're "British" as if it's some sort of argument that I belong to people from other countries on this island, as if they're my siblings or some nonsense. Or that we care about its anthem, its monarchy, its flag, its army, etc. None of that could be further from the truth. And every vote I cast will be delivered with the aim of dissolving the union, and bringing full democracy back to Scotland. And I'm far from the only Scot who feels this way. A tiny 8% of Scots identified as British in the last census.
@@OneTrueScotsman It seems that you are "desperate " to identify solely as Scottish, when in reality you are also British, by dint of the Act of Union. Unless and until Scotland separates itself from the UK by means of a majority vote in favour of independence, we remain politically a part of the UK. Whether you like it or not...
@@davidlauder-qi5zvas a Scottish person I would never identify myself as British, I do not want someone to think I was English, especially as most foreigner would most likely associate someone who called themselves British as English.
I live in Edinburgh and identify as Scottish. As a smaller nation we tend to get overlooked and grouped together with England but we are a patriotic bunch with a lot of history! p.s love the still game reactions!
@@bekkacherry But as a Scot you ARE British, whether you like it or not. Both Scotland and England ceased to be sovereign countries in 1707, when the Act of Union was signed. Of course you can say that you are Scottish, but the fact is that the sovereign country of which you are a citizen is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sovereign countries issue their own passports, have their own embassies and consulates around the world, defend themselves against foreign aggressors with their own armed forces. Represent themselves at the United Nations and are members of military alliances such as NATO. The individual home nations of the UK do none of these by themselves. If you have a passport, it is a UK passport. It is UK embassies and consulates around the world that look after the welfare of the citizens of these islands while abroad. And the armed forces of the UK defend us. As you well know, there is no such body as the Scottish Navy or the Welsh Airforce, etc. And it is the UK that represents all of us at the UN and in NATO, not Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland individually.
@@TalorcMacAllan-j2z That's what you'd like to think. But you are wrong. If you have, or apply for, a passport what is the name of the country that issues it? The sovereign country of which you are a citizen - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As you know, Scotland does not produce passports. Neither do England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Dave's absolutely DESPERATE For us Scots to identify as British, for some reason. He's written the same crap under every comment, saying the same silly thing. What he doesn't seem to understand is that identity is personal and subjective. We're only British if we feel a connection with that label, culture, society, etc. What Dave probably doesn't realise is how few Scots feel that way.
Fair video apart from the deep mars bar guff. Scots do not eat them its started as a gimmick and seems to obsess tourists who are told we eat them as part of our diet so chippys oblige.
Bless you guys for taking the time to do this.. we've got a stunning Country to be rightly proud of, and as an old belt buckle I had read: "British by Birth, Scottish by the grace of God!" 😁 ..Haste ye Back! ..and Slainte'!
@@kennethferguson8921 I wouldn't suggest that you are not Scottish. But as a Scot you are also British. It is a geographic fact. Britain doesn't mean only England. It is the mainland island of the British Isles and it contains Scotland, England and Wales.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv David's absolutely DESPERATE For us Scots to identify as British, for some reason. He's written the same trash under every comment, saying the same silly thing. What David doesn't seem to understand is that identity is personal and subjective. We're only British if we feel a connection with that label, culture, society, etc. What Dave probably doesn't realise is how few Scots feel that way.
The thing to remember about Scottish mountains is that as we're so far north, although the elevation doesn't seem that great compared to other mountains, the conditions are artic due to combination of elevation and latitude. The rainfall in the western part of the means that forest there is counted as cool rainforest. The tree loss is due to grazing by cattle and sheep, but also deer which have no natural predators. In 2022 census 77.7% of people said their identity was Scottish. Most Scots actually speak a mixture of Scottish English and Scots language. Scots language has it's own dialect. Scots is still spoken. People understand it even if they don't usually speak it.
Scottish first and foremost especially if abroad . If someone asks I would say Scottish not British but I think if you asked someone from wales or England they would pick their home nation first.
The problem I have with being called British is that most Americans think it just means English. If it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t have a problem with it because technically I am British but Americans just use English and British as the same term.
I’m Scottish. I was born in Northern Ireland, but after 50 years of living in Scotland I definitely see myself more as a Scot….. half my family and ancestors are Scottish. 🏴
We have so much water in Scotland that we don't have a water meter, like the rest of the UK does. It's a set charge. It's never bothered me tbh, I hate hot weather and love dark, moody, winter weather. Deffo my Viking blood. One love from Glasgow. 💙
TBF, we are not on water meters due to rainfall, we just happened to have a Govt that made decisions to keep water in public ownership. If Westminster had their way we'd be getting pumped just as the do with energy.
My mum was a Paisley Buddy my dad was English but lived most of my 67 years in Scotland. Currently living on Royal Deeside but my maternal ancestors are from Plockton/Applecross areas on the West Coast. My grandmother’s first language was Gaelic and I am learning it myself. It is beautiful stunning place and I am proud to be Scottish .
Haggis is totally better when NOT deep fried, Next time try to coincide a visit with a Burn's Night for the full experience, goes great with Whisky btw 👍
I had a US colleague a while back (pre covid) who was trying to get a work trip orgwnised for me to visit the offices where he lived and worked and was trying to arrange it for the end of January i.e. around aburns night. Now this guy was proud of his Scottish heritage and rightly pointed out that ascotland invented the modern world. While we couldn't convince management that this trip was a good idea i later found out that the reason for this was to convince me to read 'tae a Haggis' at his groups Burns Night. This was so they could one up a local competing group by having a Scot from Ayrshire (aka Burns country) read the poem in the dialect and accent for which it was written. I recorded it for the next years ceremony
Husband had red hair, my kids are one red head and one reddish blonde (strawberry blonde), two of the grandkids are redheads. By the way we all consider we are Scots, being born to Scots. One English son in law. He voted for Scottish Independence as did all my English friends living here. PS Never heard anyone here in Scotland say ‘hungert’.
Lived up there at one stage and always preferred driving the South side of Loch Tay. Took longer but fewer tourists and infinitely nicer scenery because of the woods.
I loved it when Spence saw the aerial panoramic photo of Glasgow and said, “I’ve been there!”. As a Scot, that’s exactly what I do whenever I see somewhere in the USA on TV that I visited, lol
Born and raised in Scotland, just outside of Glasgow and consider myself primarily Scottish. I now live in the USA in San Francisco, but when anyone asks I tell them I'm from Scotland and Scottish. I only add the British or UK clarifications when people are "confused" about the differences or when they don't really know where Scotland is.
I love how wholesome this video was! I love Scotland, always have since my first trip to Edinburgh. You should definitely go back. IIRR you did Glasgow but not Edinburgh on your recent trip, but if you get a chance to go back, you should spend a few days in Edinburgh for the history, live music in old pubs, whisky and atmosphere.
Highlands used to be covered with trees much more than now, hardy variations as in Scandinavia. Highland Clearances by the English and their supporters , first in 1750s, second in 1860s, cleared the land for agriculture and grazing and enclosed the land under an ownership system that had not existed before with the later one clearing people either by funding emigration to America, Canada etc or dragging them off forcibly to coastal areas.
I’m not perfect but I’m Scottish and that’s pretty much the same thing! 🏴🦄 That list at the end had me tearing up - we are a wee nation but god are we mighty!! I am and always will be a very proud Scot!! Xx
The reason we have different weather patterns in Scotland between east and west is that we have the Atlantic weather from the west and the colder North Sea from the east fighting against each other and giving us relatively mild winters and warm summers. I was born in Coatbridge in central Scotland where a lot of Irish immigrants came to work in the iron works, I am a proud of the fact that I was born in Scotland but because of my heritage I hold an Irish passport.
Omg you mentioned Troy Donockley!! Troy worked with Midge Ure for years (famous musician from Glasgow, lead singer of Ultravox and co-writer of band aid’s “do they know it’s Christmas”….. infact Troy performed with Midge at live 8 at Murrayfield stadium in 2005). No one ever knows about Troy! Massive brownie points from this Edinburgh native 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'm Glasgow born . Been in every nook and cranny of Scotland . Retired to Northern Ireland , a great wee place . One of the 4 Nations of Britain . Thanks for a very informative video lads . Lang Mae yer Lum reek .
Fuck me I was there last week, for a week, and I have never experienced so-called 'summer' like it... I even gave up smoking while I was there as my cigs didn't stand a chance against the wind. So beautiful though.
Haggis with neat whiskey as a dressing is powerful & recommended 👍 For the kiddies, a cream sauce is excellent too. Buttery mash, fluffy mashed neeps, aww man
That was a really good informative video. Love you Scotland from England. Spencer and Daniel, keep these exploratory type videos up! I always appreciate your views and comments in these factual type vids.
Another Scot here from Edinburgh Daniel and Spencer, enjoy the learning about our lovely place. If you don't like the weather wait half an hour. And a Brit. On music the best band they missed out on was Marmalade
Highlandsefinitely a Summer destination for most. I won't drive over the mountains in the winter, but winter does have it's own unique and etheral beauty.
There are so many things to recommend Scotland as a holiday destination. All of the major downsides people seem to dream-up just don't exist. Midges? Not a problem. Rain, didn't happen. Nobody ever seems to tell you how bloody beautiful the place is. And the seafood. And the whisky. I think Scotland's PR department is being sabotaged by London. (Full disclosure, I'm a sassenach.)
Hullo there Spencer an Daniel I live in Aberdeen where we have a delightfully difficult to comprehend dialect called Doric . I shall give you an example I once read of in a book about Doric , a recounting by a teacher on taking a class skiing and one of her pupils having difficulty determining the left boot from the right uttered the totally to us understandable sentence of . Miss fit fits fit fit which translated means Miss which fits which foot .
First twenty years of my life in Scotland,almost twenty in South of England,so I just say British.And now live in Finland. Yes,house pronounced hoo-s.. Yes the rain is torrential and due to the wind horizontal😣
Scottish born and raised here! Going into more depth about the lack of tree's in the highland glens etc. There is a lot of history connected to it, but the main gist is that the native ancient forests where pushed out when pine forests where planted and forestry was pushed on Scotland and such. I'd recommend looking into some great videos about it! Look up "Scotlands Lost Rainforest" that covers it quite well. I also identify as Scottish funnily enough aha
There's not a lack of trees at all, we have plenty, just not in that area. 18.5 percent is forested, the highest amount in any of the UK countries. In terms of rain, Seattle gets more than us, it doesn't rain as much as you all think. Calling a Scot British isn't likely to get you battered but calling us English might.
Much of the deforestation parts of Scotland are managed for the purpose of grouse shooting. Ghere is a move to reforest some of these moors with indigenous species. The difference in weather profiles is as was brought out by the presenter due to water falling as rain over the highland, what was not also stated is that there is a Fone effect that can occur which can increase the air temperature as a result of this precipitation.
A few more Scottish born musicians Bon Scott AC/DC,Ian Anderson Jethro Tull,David Byrne Talking Heads,Shirley Manson Garbage,Jack Bruce Cream and The Average White Band.
I cannot believe this video didn't mention Glaswegian Death Metal juggernauts 'Coffin Mulch'!!?!?! Besides my wee jest there, I was born in Scotland and live in Scotland now, and am legally completely Scottish, but in reality my family are all German and Norwegian, and I spent most of my life in South Africa, but I am now proud to be Scottish in some roundabout way. Definitely Scottish, and not British.
The great glen from fort William to Inverness is two separate tectonic plates When the locked it it became the hinge that allowed Earth to take and hold its current tectonic formation,
I love haggis & if not haggis, neeps & tatties, a wee bit of haggis improves meals e.g with breakfast, stuffed chicken etc Soo tasty, all my grandchildren love it too I consider myself Scottish.
Some parts of Scotland in the North East are actually relatively dry. As are parts of South East England. Both areas get half the precipitation of New York though it rains on more days. That's in complete contrast to the West coast of Scotland and also mountainous Western parts of Wales and England where the rain can be seven times greater than the driest parts of the UK, at somewhere between 11 and 12 feet per year. The difference is from west to east, not north to south. The east is in often in the rain shadow of the mountains.
regarding nessie, don't forget loch ness holds more water in it than all the lakes and rivers in England and Wales combined. ;) plenty of hiding places.
I can assure folk, our winters are very often not cool, pretty far from it. 🤪 Scotland in the past was covered by trees, through the centuries they were felled, however, there are still areas that contain the great Scots pine & other tree variations. We get the Gulf Stream coming up from the Gulf of Mexico, this affects the weather as the warm currents meet cold air & thus the heavy rainfall .
That "palm tree" was actually a Cabbage Tree [Cordyline] a New Zealand native, which can grow in all sorts of climate, from very cold in the South Island to the hot in the North Island. Many plantings were taken to the UK in the 18 & 1900's.
To be fair, paint is the only maintenance the Forth Bridge needs. It's ten times stronger than it will ever need to be, and may well outlive the solid rock on which it stands.
You should look up a guy called ( Bruce Fummey ) and his history of Scotland and listen to a Scottish band called ( The Haivers ) and their song called ( Scotland's Fire ) it lets you know what Scotland have given the world
Alright lads, to answer your question: I consider myself "English", and I'm not leaving the South-East of England...because it's closest to mainland Europe😂the way I like it! That's not to say I don't respect the other areas of the UK, especially Scotland. Love my Scotch 🥃 Cheers
@scottneil1187 but I'm not Scottish am I, son. And if I wanna call it Scotch, I will. Scotch stands for Scottish whiskey (single malt and blended)... so get educated yea.
@@Industrialist2015ofUk Never whiskey. That's Irish. The Scots make whisky. I am a retired educator, so I am well, if not over qualified, to correct you. Scotch is not the word for Scots either, by the way. You see, you can correct someone without being rude.
Hey Sepncer and Daniel....I was born and i have lived in Scotland all my life...I class as Scottish and secondly British. I live in Paisley which is 6 miles West of Glasgow.
Hi from Glasgow Scotland Spencer and Daniel was watching your video on Scotland I'm 70 yrs old and have never had or wanted to have a Deep Fried Mars Bar did you know that there is more water in Loch Ness than in all the lakes and rivers in england and Wales I was born in Scotland and have lived in Scotland all my life I have never wanted to live anywhere else
As a Borderer I'm always a bit jealous that the Highlands and Islands get all the attention when people visit Scotland. Yes, they're beautiful and romantic, but if you want to visit the bits of Scotland where things actually happened, the Borders are the place. So if you are thinking of a visit, please consider heading South from Edinburgh and Glasgow, as most people automatically head North. Especially if you're a history buff. There is a compelling argument that the Scottish Borders were, from about the Mid 13th to the Mid 17th Century the most interesting and dangerous place on earth. More the "Wild West" than the "Wild West" ever was. It was an area fought over constantly and it has a bloody history of battle, fortification, raid, religious unrest, witch burnings, mob rule, and more. Oh, and as you're motorsport fans . . . it's also home to some of the proudest motorsport tradition in Europe. Jim Clark cut his teeth on our roads and for a while in the 1950s and 1960s there were more motorsport circuits per head of population than anywhere else in the world between Stranraer and Berwick. If you like your racing history it's a must visit.
In England anytime time a Scot invents or wins something they are British when they fail they are Scottish. :P
I'm from Perth Scotland, currently living in Edinburgh I identify as Scottish only...never British
Good lad!
Scottish, Scotland is a member of the UK. The UK is a United Kingdom, not a country.
@@georgemckendrickbryce9863 it's probably most accurately describe as a country within a country.
@chrisyoung9653 No. The UK is a union of three kingdoms, plus Wales - which isn't recognised as a kingdom.
@@georgemckendrickbryce9863 yes it is a union but it represented as one internationally so the rest of the world thinks of it as one. A kingdom means a country with a king and as there is only one monarch the UK is a country and each separate kingdom is also a country due to treaties that were signed into law.
I'm from Loch Lomond and identify as Scottish. Love my wee country. I like our neighbours too, but I'm Scottish and Scottish only.
@@sueKay No, you're not "Scottish only". Whether you like it or not, as a Scot you ARE British. Of course you can say "I'm Scottish"; but the fact is that the sovereign country of which you are a citizen is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Scotland ceased to be a sovereign country in 1707, as did England, when the Act of Union was signed. Sovereign countries issue their own passports, have their own Embassies and consulates around the world. Defend themselves against foreign aggressors with their own armed forces. Represent themselves at the United Nations. Do Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland issue their own passports? No. If you have a passport it is a UK one. Our embassies and consulates around the world represent all the inhabitants of the UK. The military forces that defend these islands are the UK armed forces. Is there a separate Scottish airforce? No, it is the UK airforce. Is there a Welsh Navy? No. It is the UK navy, etc. Who represents all of us in the United Nations? The UK, not the individual member Nations of the UK. Which sovereign country collectively represents Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland in NATO? The UK.
@@TalorcMacAllan-j2z How exactly were we blackmailed? The Scottish aristocracy knew exactly what they were signing up to.
in that case then you are not just British but you are also Northern Irish. Why drop the Northern Irish part and only focus on British? Isn't it The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Yet you seem only intent that we are only British and completely ignore Northern Ireland. Why would Northern Ireland be named separately if it were British? You would have to concede that you and all "British" are also Northern Irish as well.
@@xhorse_magicx You are playing games. The island of Britain contains Scotland, England and Wales. Scottish, English and Welsh people are British. The people of Northern Ireland are not, although they are a part of the larger entity called the United Kingdom.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv that's a lot of words, just to declare your servility to Westminster.
And there is no island called Britain. There's the British Isles, of which Great Britain is the biggest.
Scottish only, Scottish always
@@johngallacher7360 Scotland is not a sovereign country and hasn't been since 1707. Neither are England, Wales or Northern Ireland sovereign countries in their own right. They are each a part of the sovereign country called The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Yes, of course you can call yourself Scottish. But, whether you like it or not, you are also British.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - I'll decide what I call myself.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv David's absolutely DESPERATE For us Scots to identify as British, for some reason. He's written the same trash under every comment, saying the same silly thing. What David doesn't seem to understand is that identity is personal and subjective. We're only British if we feel a connection with that label, culture, society, etc.
What Dave probably doesn't realise is how few Scots feel that way.
@@OneTrueScotsman No, I am not "DESPERATE". And no, what I said wasn't "trash " or "silly". Merely factual. I never said you can't call yourself Scottish. Simply that as a Scot you ARE also British. It is not a question of feeling but of legal fact. If you have a passport it states that you are a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain comprises Scotland, England and Wales. It has nothing to do with "feelings".
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Yes, David, my boy. You are desperate. Every comment you're crying that, as you've discovered, the vast majority of us shit on that label. You can deny it and claim otherwise until you're blue in your face. But the fact remains, only 8% of Scots also identified as British in the last census.
You asked about the passport, but that's a silly question that pathetic, desperate unionists like to bring up. I could move to France tomorrow and live there until I die, get a citizenship and a passport. But I'll never be French. I'll just be a Scottish man who's a French citizen. Same is true in Britain.
I don't care about the rest of Britain. Feel no connection to it, or respect for it.
But unionists are desperate to claim us. If they weren't, they wouldn't be basically begging those of us who don't feel British to identify as such. They'd be the first ones to say "you're not British!"
Born and Bred in Scotland, scottish only
@@lizgallagher2896 Whether you like it or not, as a Scot you ARE also British.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Why are you so desperate for us to identify as British?
You will get nothing from it.
If you're talking strictly geography, then I don't care. I'm also from the Northern Hemisphere. But these facts mean nothing to me.
But people / unionists like you say we're "British" as if it's some sort of argument that I belong to people from other countries on this island, as if they're my siblings or some nonsense.
Or that we care about its anthem, its monarchy, its flag, its army, etc.
None of that could be further from the truth. And every vote I cast will be delivered with the aim of dissolving the union, and bringing full democracy back to Scotland.
And I'm far from the only Scot who feels this way. A tiny 8% of Scots identified as British in the last census.
@@OneTrueScotsman It seems that you are "desperate " to identify solely as Scottish, when in reality you are also British, by dint of the Act of Union. Unless and until Scotland separates itself from the UK by means of a majority vote in favour of independence, we remain politically a part of the UK. Whether you like it or not...
@@davidlauder-qi5zvas a Scottish person I would never identify myself as British, I do not want someone to think I was English, especially as most foreigner would most likely associate someone who called themselves British as English.
Scotlands Oil funding Londons lifestyle since the 60s Saor Alba
I live in Edinburgh and identify as Scottish. As a smaller nation we tend to get overlooked and grouped together with England but we are a patriotic bunch with a lot of history! p.s love the still game reactions!
@@bekkacherry But as a Scot you ARE British, whether you like it or not. Both Scotland and England ceased to be sovereign countries in 1707, when the Act of Union was signed. Of course you can say that you are Scottish, but the fact is that the sovereign country of which you are a citizen is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sovereign countries issue their own passports, have their own embassies and consulates around the world, defend themselves against foreign aggressors with their own armed forces. Represent themselves at the United Nations and are members of military alliances such as NATO. The individual home nations of the UK do none of these by themselves. If you have a passport, it is a UK passport. It is UK embassies and consulates around the world that look after the welfare of the citizens of these islands while abroad. And the armed forces of the UK defend us. As you well know, there is no such body as the Scottish Navy or the Welsh Airforce, etc. And it is the UK that represents all of us at the UN and in NATO, not Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland individually.
@@TalorcMacAllan-j2z How "hoodwinked"?
@@TalorcMacAllan-j2z That's what you'd like to think. But you are wrong. If you have, or apply for, a passport what is the name of the country that issues it? The sovereign country of which you are a citizen - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As you know, Scotland does not produce passports. Neither do England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Away and boil yer heid 😂@@davidlauder-qi5zv
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Dave's absolutely DESPERATE For us Scots to identify as British, for some reason. He's written the same crap under every comment, saying the same silly thing. What he doesn't seem to understand is that identity is personal and subjective. We're only British if we feel a connection with that label, culture, society, etc.
What Dave probably doesn't realise is how few Scots feel that way.
Fair video apart from the deep mars bar guff. Scots do not eat them its started as a gimmick and seems to obsess tourists who are told we eat them as part of our diet so chippys oblige.
Had it once decades ago when the gimmick started, never bothered again. Pretty tired of the stereotype to be honest.
The Chinese take away sells them in Anstruther,apparently quite popular, never had one tho.
Have never even seen one on a menu.
@@ScottMclean-ct7rf Probably sold most to tourists.
But they are pretty good tho, tried one in St Andrews on a trip there (you don’t really get them in Lanarkshire as it’s not a tourist area)
Ma wee hame. One love from Scotland. 💙
Bless you guys for taking the time to do this.. we've got a stunning Country to be rightly proud of, and as an old belt buckle I had read: "British by Birth, Scottish by the grace of God!" 😁 ..Haste ye Back! ..and Slainte'!
Like it, but I am Scottish by birth, by the Grace of God!
When god was sculpting Britain, he spent far too much time on the top half and had to rush the rest.
I live in the Outer Hebrides and there is no doubt I’m Scottish.
@@kennethferguson8921 I wouldn't suggest that you are not Scottish. But as a Scot you are also British. It is a geographic fact. Britain doesn't mean only England. It is the mainland island of the British Isles and it contains Scotland, England and Wales.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv David's absolutely DESPERATE For us Scots to identify as British, for some reason. He's written the same trash under every comment, saying the same silly thing. What David doesn't seem to understand is that identity is personal and subjective. We're only British if we feel a connection with that label, culture, society, etc.
What Dave probably doesn't realise is how few Scots feel that way.
@@OneTrueScotsmanit's almost like he's an attention seeking moron, who's desperate to declare his servility to Westminster.
"no one provokes me with impunity"
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Scottish 💯 🦁 🏴🦄 🌧🌤🌧☃️
The thing to remember about Scottish mountains is that as we're so far north, although the elevation doesn't seem that great compared to other mountains, the conditions are artic due to combination of elevation and latitude. The rainfall in the western part of the means that forest there is counted as cool rainforest. The tree loss is due to grazing by cattle and sheep, but also deer which have no natural predators. In 2022 census 77.7% of people said their identity was Scottish. Most Scots actually speak a mixture of Scottish English and Scots language. Scots language has it's own dialect. Scots is still spoken. People understand it even if they don't usually speak it.
A large percentage of the removal of the Caledonian forrest was to build ships for the English navy
Scottish first and foremost especially if abroad . If someone asks I would say Scottish not British but I think if you asked someone from wales or England they would pick their home nation first.
Never thought I'd say I'd love a geography video, but I am loving this. Thanks again, Spence & Daniel. 🏴🥳 #EmbraceTheSuck
The problem I have with being called British is that most Americans think it just means English. If it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t have a problem with it because technically I am British but Americans just use English and British as the same term.
I'm a Scot. British is a colonial term, and English is not my nationality.
I hate it when the talk about the wars and refer to the English, what about the 3 other nations.
Pictish 🏴 it's our flag, and we've never gone away.
I’m Scottish. I was born in Northern Ireland, but after 50 years of living in Scotland I definitely see myself more as a Scot….. half my family and ancestors are Scottish. 🏴
Im Scottish but half my family come from Ireland originally, I did Ancestry.. Im 78% Scottish 21% Irish 1%other 😂
Od trip
Crying shame troops🎉🎉
We have so much water in Scotland that we don't have a water meter, like the rest of the UK does. It's a set charge. It's never bothered me tbh, I hate hot weather and love dark, moody, winter weather. Deffo my Viking blood. One love from Glasgow. 💙
Same here man. Im like a vampire in the sun, jumping from shadow to shadow.
TBF, we are not on water meters due to rainfall, we just happened to have a Govt that made decisions to keep water in public ownership. If Westminster had their way we'd be getting pumped just as the do with energy.
Yep, we also sell it to England as their water is rotten and their archaic water systems leak 90 percent of what's gathered.
Scotland is beautiful!
Certainly is, couldn't live anywhere else.
Ah pure luv ma wee country 🏴💙🤍💙
My mum was a Paisley Buddy my dad was English but lived most of my 67 years in Scotland. Currently living on Royal Deeside but my maternal ancestors are from Plockton/Applecross areas on the West Coast. My grandmother’s first language was Gaelic and I am learning it myself. It is beautiful stunning place and I am proud to be Scottish .
Haggis is totally better when NOT deep fried, Next time try to coincide a visit with a Burn's Night for the full experience, goes great with Whisky btw 👍
I had a US colleague a while back (pre covid) who was trying to get a work trip orgwnised for me to visit the offices where he lived and worked and was trying to arrange it for the end of January i.e. around aburns night. Now this guy was proud of his Scottish heritage and rightly pointed out that ascotland invented the modern world.
While we couldn't convince management that this trip was a good idea i later found out that the reason for this was to convince me to read 'tae a Haggis' at his groups Burns Night. This was so they could one up a local competing group by having a Scot from Ayrshire (aka Burns country) read the poem in the dialect and accent for which it was written. I recorded it for the next years ceremony
And neeps (turnips) and Tatties (potatoes)!
Husband had red hair, my kids are one red head and one reddish blonde (strawberry blonde), two of the grandkids are redheads.
By the way we all consider we are Scots, being born to Scots. One English son in law. He voted for Scottish Independence as did all my English friends living here.
PS Never heard anyone here in Scotland say ‘hungert’.
I am in Highland Perthshire. PLENTY of big trees here...
The UK has more giant redwoods than the US.
Definitely some big trees in the Hermitage
Lived up there at one stage and always preferred driving the South side of Loch Tay. Took longer but fewer tourists and infinitely nicer scenery because of the woods.
There's loads of ancient and modern forests in Scotland, just not usually higher up in the mountains :)
I loved it when Spence saw the aerial panoramic photo of Glasgow and said, “I’ve been there!”. As a Scot, that’s exactly what I do whenever I see somewhere in the USA on TV that I visited, lol
North East boy myself. Angus area. ALWAYS classed as Scottish only. Good video lads🏴
Most visitors to Scotland remark how it feels like they’re on another planet.
I identify as a Scot . My heritage is Scottish & Irish .
@Bonnaci-GPerfectly legible if you aren't a moron. Far more 'spaceman' in the dumpster fire that's England.
I am Scottish never British. I want independence soon
@@cirstaidhpark3364 Most of us do!
Born and raised in Scotland, just outside of Glasgow and consider myself primarily Scottish. I now live in the USA in San Francisco, but when anyone asks I tell them I'm from Scotland and Scottish. I only add the British or UK clarifications when people are "confused" about the differences or when they don't really know where Scotland is.
As someone once said, "Today's rain is tomorrow's whisky." Nice to look on the bright side lol Thanks for the video.
Or as my brother said years ago - 6 months of winter followed by 6 months of bad weather. Still makes me laugh.
Im scottish. I'll not kill you if you call me British, tho i might roll my eyes, but NEVER call me English!
I'm proud of my wee country
I live in Glasgow and don't know anyone who's actually tried a fried Mars Bars.
I'm a Fifer, and nor do I!
I live in Inverness and I've always identified as Scottish.
I love how wholesome this video was! I love Scotland, always have since my first trip to Edinburgh. You should definitely go back. IIRR you did Glasgow but not Edinburgh on your recent trip, but if you get a chance to go back, you should spend a few days in Edinburgh for the history, live music in old pubs, whisky and atmosphere.
St Andrews, Inverness, Culross, Dundee - there is so much to see and do.
I am Scottish, thats it. Love the video, love the reaction and comments from both. Also, the Cinnamon joke broke me :)
Highlands used to be covered with trees much more than now, hardy variations as in Scandinavia. Highland Clearances by the English and their supporters , first in 1750s, second in 1860s, cleared the land for agriculture and grazing and enclosed the land under an ownership system that had not existed before with the later one clearing people either by funding emigration to America, Canada etc or dragging them off forcibly to coastal areas.
Hi guys - thanks. I live in Dumfries and Galloway (south of Scotland) the most forested area in both Scotland and the UK.
I’m not perfect but I’m Scottish and that’s pretty much the same thing! 🏴🦄 That list at the end had me tearing up - we are a wee nation but god are we mighty!! I am and always will be a very proud Scot!! Xx
I was born and brought up in the wee village North Queensferry on the fife side of the forth railbridge ...she's a beauty
She certainly is, and much older and bigger than most realise.
Thank you for this Scottish compilation & thank you for visiting the auld country. 💙
The reason we have different weather patterns in Scotland between east and west is that we have the Atlantic weather from the west and the colder North Sea from the east fighting against each other and giving us relatively mild winters and warm summers. I was born in Coatbridge in central Scotland where a lot of Irish immigrants came to work in the iron works, I am a proud of the fact that I was born in Scotland but because of my heritage I hold an Irish passport.
Kudos for your respect, btw, and your journey around new cultures.
Omg you mentioned Troy Donockley!! Troy worked with Midge Ure for years (famous musician from Glasgow, lead singer of Ultravox and co-writer of band aid’s “do they know it’s Christmas”….. infact Troy performed with Midge at live 8 at Murrayfield stadium in 2005). No one ever knows about Troy! Massive brownie points from this Edinburgh native 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'm Glasgow born . Been in every nook and cranny of Scotland . Retired to Northern Ireland , a great wee place . One of the 4 Nations of Britain . Thanks for a very informative video lads . Lang Mae yer Lum reek .
There's skiing and snow-boarding in Scotland in the winter.
I live in the Outer Hebrides, great place to live, Gets a bit windy!😁
Fuck me I was there last week, for a week, and I have never experienced so-called 'summer' like it... I even gave up smoking while I was there as my cigs didn't stand a chance against the wind. So beautiful though.
@@SavageIntent 😀 Aye, it can get that way! It's been a really poor summer, even for up here. We had a couple of calm sunny days in May!
@@73whitezzIt's been blast furnace hot and sunny for months here in Leven.
@@scottneil1187 I'm in Fife too-and glad for a good shower of rain!
Haggis with neat whiskey as a dressing is powerful & recommended 👍
For the kiddies, a cream sauce is excellent too.
Buttery mash, fluffy mashed neeps, aww man
That was a really good informative video. Love you Scotland from England.
Spencer and Daniel, keep these exploratory type videos up! I always appreciate your views and comments in these factual type vids.
Another Scot here from Edinburgh Daniel and Spencer, enjoy the learning about our lovely place. If you don't like the weather wait half an hour. And a Brit.
On music the best band they missed out on was Marmalade
also Edinburgh here
The saltire,is the oldest national flag …
Ever!
Indeed, and Denmark is a close second. The Butcher's Apron is just a child compared to both.
Highlandsefinitely a Summer destination for most. I won't drive over the mountains in the winter, but winter does have it's own unique and etheral beauty.
The mountains in Scotland were higher than the himalayas just much older. The oldest part of Scotland being 3.4 billion years old.
There are so many things to recommend Scotland as a holiday destination.
All of the major downsides people seem to dream-up just don't exist. Midges? Not a problem. Rain, didn't happen.
Nobody ever seems to tell you how bloody beautiful the place is. And the seafood. And the whisky.
I think Scotland's PR department is being sabotaged by London. (Full disclosure, I'm a sassenach.)
There's more water in Loch Ness than all the waters in England and Wales combined.
Autoshenanigans has a great channel - his secrets of the motorways series are a great insight to our roads and stories that lie behind them.
I am from Scotland currently in the West Lothians and i identify as Scottish through and through.
wow guys, that montage at the end was actually quite lovely. cheers.
Hullo there Spencer an Daniel I live in Aberdeen where we have a delightfully difficult to comprehend dialect called Doric . I shall give you an example I once read of in a book about Doric , a recounting by a teacher on taking a class skiing and one of her pupils having difficulty determining the left boot from the right uttered the totally to us understandable sentence of . Miss fit fits fit fit which translated means Miss which fits which foot .
Fit's it like?
cool video from Glasgow, Scotland
First twenty years of my life in Scotland,almost twenty in South of England,so I just say British.And now live in Finland.
Yes,house pronounced hoo-s..
Yes the rain is torrential and due to the wind horizontal😣
Scottish born and raised here! Going into more depth about the lack of tree's in the highland glens etc. There is a lot of history connected to it, but the main gist is that the native ancient forests where pushed out when pine forests where planted and forestry was pushed on Scotland and such. I'd recommend looking into some great videos about it! Look up "Scotlands Lost Rainforest" that covers it quite well.
I also identify as Scottish funnily enough aha
There's not a lack of trees at all, we have plenty, just not in that area. 18.5 percent is forested, the highest amount in any of the UK countries. In terms of rain, Seattle gets more than us, it doesn't rain as much as you all think. Calling a Scot British isn't likely to get you battered but calling us English might.
Much of the deforestation parts of Scotland are managed for the purpose of grouse shooting.
Ghere is a move to reforest some of these moors with indigenous species.
The difference in weather profiles is as was brought out by the presenter due to water falling as rain over the highland, what was not also stated is that there is a Fone effect that can occur which can increase the air temperature as a result of this precipitation.
You two should come back over for an Edinburgh trip next August, hear a big band is playing at Murrayfield around that time.
Scottish. Always. You can upload still game on here full episodes
A few more Scottish born musicians Bon Scott AC/DC,Ian Anderson Jethro Tull,David Byrne Talking Heads,Shirley Manson Garbage,Jack Bruce Cream and The Average White Band.
Mick Jagger's auntie lived in Pittenweem, the little Fife coastal fishing village where I grew up. He came to see her a few times-with the rest!
I cannot believe this video didn't mention Glaswegian Death Metal juggernauts 'Coffin Mulch'!!?!?!
Besides my wee jest there, I was born in Scotland and live in Scotland now, and am legally completely Scottish, but in reality my family are all German and Norwegian, and I spent most of my life in South Africa, but I am now proud to be Scottish in some roundabout way. Definitely Scottish, and not British.
What about Nazareth, Big Country, Texas, Stealers Wheel, Gerry Rafferty, Eurythmics, etc etc etc.
Can't believe they didn't include Andrew Carnegie made the biggest steel industry ever and at that time was the richest man in America
Born in Dunfermline. His parental home is still there, near Pittencrieff Glen which he gave to the town.
The great glen from fort William to Inverness is two separate tectonic plates When the locked it it became the hinge that allowed Earth to take and hold its current tectonic formation,
Btw we do get a lot of rain. That's why it's so green and beautiful
Scotland is proud to be Scottish, but devolution is way to complicated because of the oil and the defence issues, so best not to delve into here 🤣
My national identity? Scottish.
Scottish lass here
Born in Glasgow and I am Scottish
I would go to Scotland in June, much later and you've the Midgies will be out lol.
The Highlands is my home. It is the best place I've lived. The midgies are the horrors, though! 🏴
Definitely Scottish born and bred.
Scottish!!!
I love haggis & if not haggis, neeps & tatties, a wee bit of haggis improves meals e.g with breakfast, stuffed chicken etc Soo tasty, all my grandchildren love it too
I consider myself Scottish.
This summer we have not had one day above 75F here in the Central belt and plenty days below 60F - fecking Baltic so it is (Scottish/British/WATP ❤💙🤍)
Some parts of Scotland in the North East are actually relatively dry. As are parts of South East England. Both areas get half the precipitation of New York though it rains on more days.
That's in complete contrast to the West coast of Scotland and also mountainous Western parts of Wales and England where the rain can be seven times greater than the driest parts of the UK, at somewhere between 11 and 12 feet per year.
The difference is from west to east, not north to south. The east is in often in the rain shadow of the mountains.
Scottish by birth and by life
regarding nessie, don't forget loch ness holds more water in it than all the lakes and rivers in England and Wales combined. ;) plenty of hiding places.
Scotland does have billions of trees that cover, in total 20% of the country.
I can assure folk, our winters are very often not cool, pretty far from it. 🤪 Scotland in the past was covered by trees, through the centuries they were felled, however, there are still areas that contain the great Scots pine & other tree variations. We get the Gulf Stream coming up from the Gulf of Mexico, this affects the weather as the warm currents meet cold air & thus the heavy rainfall .
That "palm tree" was actually a Cabbage Tree [Cordyline] a New Zealand native, which can grow in all sorts of climate, from very cold in the South Island to the hot in the North Island. Many plantings were taken to the UK in the 18 & 1900's.
Hello from Edinburgh 👋
Scottish and European.
For Nessie to have survived for so long, there would have to be a breeding colony of them. So there would be several "Nessies".
There is evidence that there is a subterranean link from Loch Ness to the Atlantic, according to some scientists, so who knows?
'Is that somewhere you go in summer?'. What's a summer? 🤣 Actually the best months (least rainy) are April, May and September.
Have you ever seen the film Local Hero? Worth watching.
To be fair, paint is the only maintenance the Forth Bridge needs. It's ten times stronger than it will ever need to be, and may well outlive the solid rock on which it stands.
You should look up a guy called ( Bruce Fummey ) and his history of Scotland and listen to a Scottish band called ( The Haivers ) and their song called ( Scotland's Fire ) it lets you know what Scotland have given the world
Alright lads, to answer your question:
I consider myself "English", and I'm not leaving the South-East of England...because it's closest to mainland Europe😂the way I like it!
That's not to say I don't respect the other areas of the UK, especially Scotland. Love my Scotch 🥃 Cheers
If you're English then why do you say Scotch?, that's an Americanism, nobody Scottish calls it that.
@scottneil1187 but I'm not Scottish am I, son.
And if I wanna call it Scotch, I will.
Scotch stands for Scottish whiskey (single malt and blended)... so get educated yea.
@@scottneil1187ppl around the world say Scotch, actually
@@Industrialist2015ofUk Never whiskey. That's Irish. The Scots make whisky. I am a retired educator, so I am well, if not over qualified, to correct you. Scotch is not the word for Scots either, by the way. You see, you can correct someone without being rude.
@@CybrAshley He actually said "Nobody SCOTTISH would say that." He is correct.
Hey Sepncer and Daniel....I was born and i have lived in Scotland all my life...I class as Scottish and secondly British. I live in Paisley which is 6 miles West of Glasgow.
My auntie was a Paisley buddy. My Mum grew up in Ralston, and Dad was Glaswegian, as were my two older siblings. I was born and grew up in Fife.
Hi from Glasgow Scotland
Spencer and Daniel was watching your video on Scotland I'm 70 yrs old and have never had or wanted to have a Deep Fried Mars Bar did you know that there is more water in Loch Ness than in all the lakes and rivers in england and Wales I was born in Scotland and have lived in Scotland all my life I have never wanted to live anywhere else
Had one decades ago, also had deep fried Maltesers, Curly Wurly, Flake and Crunchie, all pretty tasty, never had any for a long time.
@@scottneil1187 Yeuch! Not for me!
I feel the same. I have travelled all over and seen wonderful places, but I still say "Hame'll dae me!" (Home will do for me!)
Glasgow and Edinburgh and e a mere 40 miles apart, and less than half the rain in Edinburgh
Summer in Scotland is a week of sun Scottish only
Summer is between July Friday 21st 12 noon and Saturday 22nd of July 12 noon ....if your lucky!
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As a Borderer I'm always a bit jealous that the Highlands and Islands get all the attention when people visit Scotland.
Yes, they're beautiful and romantic, but if you want to visit the bits of Scotland where things actually happened, the Borders are the place. So if you are thinking of a visit, please consider heading South from Edinburgh and Glasgow, as most people automatically head North.
Especially if you're a history buff. There is a compelling argument that the Scottish Borders were, from about the Mid 13th to the Mid 17th Century the most interesting and dangerous place on earth. More the "Wild West" than the "Wild West" ever was. It was an area fought over constantly and it has a bloody history of battle, fortification, raid, religious unrest, witch burnings, mob rule, and more.
Oh, and as you're motorsport fans . . . it's also home to some of the proudest motorsport tradition in Europe. Jim Clark cut his teeth on our roads and for a while in the 1950s and 1960s there were more motorsport circuits per head of population than anywhere else in the world between Stranraer and Berwick. If you like your racing history it's a must visit.