I was born in Montrose at Charleton Maternity Hospital. We lived in Christies Lane, moving on the Brechin City and the eventually to Bury in Lancashire where my Dad had been stationed during a small part of the War. This is where he met my Mum. We frequently went there for holidays when I was a kid and up to my twenties. This brings back so many happy memories and your right it hasn't changed too much over the years. Thanks so much for doing this video. It was great to hear and see places I know and remember. I love Montrose and I am proud to be Scottish. I am not well enough to get back now so this video was great. Keep well and safe. James.
I've been sick in bed the past few days and have been watching your channel non-stop. I live outside of Chicago, IL USA. Well done! You have made my illness a bit more bearable. Thanks for that.
Was wondering where your girl if from originally? She asked how to say ferns in English when you both were hiking down from Scottlands highest mountian. Gawd that was awful coming down! I can now see why you were hiking up in the dark!
I‘m so happy that you featured Bamse in this Video. In early April of 2022 I was planning to visit North Cape in the very north of Norway. When I arrived in Honningsvag, the last village before North Cape (located on 71 degrees north) the road up to North cape was closed due to snow and ⛈️. I traveled 2500 km to get there and the last 30 km were closed😢. But as so often when travelling, the real magic happens when things don‘t go to plan. I discovered a statue of a St. Bernhards Dog in this little village at the end (or beginning) of Europe and wanted to find out more about it. So I learned that there is also another statue of Bamse in Montrose and now you showed it to me. thank you so much, Steve. After learning about Bamse (and visiting the northernmost supermarket in Europe and buying dried cod) I wasn‘t disappointed anymore not to reach North Cape.
Hi Alicija and Steve thanks for all your videos. My wife and I really enjoy all your adventures. We spent a month in Scotland last year and fell in love with the land and people. We spent 18 days this past May and going back in October for another 24 days. We are getting too old to rough it, so we enjoy the variety of B&Bs and inns. We have been re-visiting your videos and taking good notes. This trip will start in Islay to visit our favorite smokey whiskies. Then to Oban working our way north to the west side of the NC500. We plan three days from Kyle to Thurso and then take the ferry to Orkney staying for a few days. Once back on the mainland, work our way south to Inverness and then along the east coast to Aberdeen. Never been to Aberdeen so it will be interesting to explore. We then head south to Edinburgh on the coast road and stop in Montrose to see your lovely town. After three days in Edinburgh, we wind up in Glasgow for our flight back home to California. Again, thanks for your videos and keep up the good work.
my wife and i were looking for a place in scotland for our honeymoon. we stuck a pin in a map and luckily it chose montrose.. we stayed at the george hotel and had the most amazing week. would love to visit again sometime.
Hi from Adelaide, South Australia. I’ve just discovered your channel and have been bingeing your Scottish videos. Our 2020 UK trip was postponed and I’ve been taking the time to plan our travels in more detail as we both plan to explore the towns and cities of our Scottish ancestors . Love your blend of history, scenery and services.
Nice the info about Bamse. And the norwegian flag in your small town. Did not know. Will Google Bamse and your town. Nice and fun. Love the beach and small town feeling, cause that s how I grew up and live too here in Norway. 😊🙋♀️🌊🚣♀️🌞🌤☔
I grew up in Edinburgh as a kid, moving to outside Montrose as a teenager. I love visiting both now but for very different reasons. In many ways, I've come to appreciate Montrose more having left it some time ago in search of employment! It's a much overlooked town with stunning scenery just beyond it. You'll no doubt be posting vids of St Cyrus beach in its many moods and stunning sunrises. The wildlife centre overlooking Montrose basin is utterly addictive. Then there's the Angus glens, the Grampians and over to the Cairngorms. It's also surprisingly well connected for a small town. Few of my friends believe me in that you can board a train in Montrose and never get off until London (if that's your thing). The East coast line through Montrose, both north and south as some of the best seascape scenery you can experience from a train. Good luck to you both and enjoy that space.
You can also join the train to Plymouth (or Penzance if it’s running that far) which I think is the longest journey in the uk. As you say so much on the doorstep, but not a million miles to the big cities.
I used to see the Penzance train pulling in and did think how remarkable that 2 small towns were connected by one train, yet so far apart. I don't think it runs now and I think the best you can do is 1 change at Waverley but perhaps Steve will prove me wrong.
Excellent, you passed by the Green Park Guest House, where I was brought up until I was 7, with a brief stay above the Lochside Bar as Dad was a Pilot Officer back then in the former RAF base to the north of the Town. I remember the Football club grounds and the original cinema location and swimming where it stood in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Thank you so much. You made this 73-year-old Scot quite homesick.
Thanks Steve, you make it easy to realize just how wonderful Montrose is!! It's a Cool Place, even if it's hot out! I'm from across the pond, Long Island, NY, US but love Scotland. Castles, Whisky, Bag Pipes, what's not to love! Hope to make it there someday. Your videos are Great, I enjoy the bits of humor you put in. Congrats on the move, a good one for sure!
I'm an Australian 🇦🇺 living in Sukhothai, Thailand 🇹🇭. A few years ago we had a heat wave, 40°C or 104°F in the shade for 2 weeks except for one day when it was 43°C or 109°F. We have 3 air conditioners in a one bedroom house. As a child in the 1940s I remember tiger moth aircraft flying overhead in Melbourne Australia. In 1963-64, I was a technical illustrator illustrating spare parts and assembly drawings for Rolls Royce Avon jet engines, used in the Canberra Jet Bombers and Sabre Jet Fighters, by the Royal Australian Airforce. The air museum made me travel back in time. Thanks for the journey.
Cousin of mine opened first Chinese resturant in Montrose in late 60's on the high street. My dad used to take me on trips from Dundee to Peterhead and we always passed through Montrose - no inland dual carriageway then so we went through all the wee towns like Abroath, Montrose, St Cyrus, Stonehaven, etc. Brings back good memories.
Chinese restaurants are really bad quality nowadays,bad quality ingredients like rubber beef and chicken strips from farm foods,also dirty mushrooms,I can list them if required...waay overpriced,bring back foil containers .
In 2018 I joined my brother and his wife in Edinburgh for a trip to Shetland. The train to Aberdeen must have taken us by Montrose. At any rate it was an incredible travel experience that I hope to take again! Thanks for the video!
My father was born in Dundee and resided in Wormit before immigrating to the states. I'd love to see the grave of my dad's cousin in Gourdon. The poor kid was a casualty aboard the HMS Malaya at Jutland. I am so grateful for your videos to see Scotland. It is my heritage. Thank you Steve, your content is fantastic! Happy New Year 2025!
The Minesweeper statue is affectionately known locally as “The Mannie” (we actually have three of them, the very same statue, one by the beach, one in the high street and one by the harbour beside the Bamse Statue)
Some parts of Edinburgh are remarkably rural and quiet, I live 10 minutes from the foot of the pentlands and can go for miles and hardly see a soul, fantastic scenery and well. Then 20 minutes the other way and youre at the high street and can't move for tourists, Brilliant 😄
That look on Steve’s face at 8:40 - 8:48 after that “zinger” from Alicja. Even with the shades on that look was priceless…😂👍. A fantastic video overall, I’ve been watching your recent videos and now I’m going back through the catalog of vids. Great insight, keep up the good work both of you.
Here in Adelaide, South Australia, no summer is complete without a couple or 3 groups of 3 to 5 days of 40+, occasionally peaking around 45. The 25 you mentioned is more like our spring and autumn. Humidity is low, so it's liveable. Love your work mate. You come across as the good bloke you obviously are.
My hometown! I now live on the West Coast but still go back regularly to visit family. Montrose was a lovely town to grow up in and is a friendly community. Lovely seeing familiar sights. I spent many weekends at Lunan Bay and St.Cyrus beach and often walk to Scurdiness when home. Great video. Thanks for showing Montrose in such a positive light. I recommend Charelton Farm in Hillside for a meal/coffee.
Lived in Montrose as a kid 1978-1980. Have many happy memories of riding my purple Raleigh Chopper from Borrowfield where we lived down to the beach and all around town, really. I loved playing in those sand dunes. Took my mum back for some nostalgia in May and we did some of the same walk you did. It’s lovely down by the beach and golf course - some beautiful homes and so peaceful. Saw both my old schools: Borrowfield Primary and Montrose Academy. The high street was a bit sad and shabby though - mum was saying there were lots of nice shops when we lived there. Now just charity shops and pound shops mainly. No criticism of Montrose - it’s been the fate of many town centres (you should see the state of Paisley’s where I live now!). You’re right, Greggs was the highlight. We went into the Market Arms for a drink too! My mum was reminiscing of course and told me my wee brother went fishing in Ferryden one day and rode his bike all the way home to Borrowfield because he needed a pee! 😂 I think you made a great choice - over all Montrose is a nice town in a beautiful setting. I remember saying to mum, I could live here again. I hope you’ll both be very happy there. 🙂
Superb comment, cheers Derek! Aye, the high street is a bit worse for wear, but like you say, holding up better than a lot of towns, and still a good bit of life about the old place.
Thanks Derek for forwarding this to me and thanks Steve for the wonderful video. As Derek said we walked pretty much the same route as you this summer. I now live in 🇨🇦 and both my trip and your video brought back some great memories.
I just finished your tour of your new hometown Montrose and I had to comment how much I enjoyed it. Your warm narration, fantastic camerawork and impeccable editing make for a truly marvelous video. But above all else, I really love your bits of humor. I always laugh out loud. The topper in this video was the gravestone of the time traveler. Your efforts are truly appreciated. I think you are quite a gem. Thank you!
Living in Manchester, i have heard of Montrose for many years now, but have never actually got to see anything of the town until I came across your excellent video .... very entertaining, and you packed a fair bit in there ..... i'm a big football fan too, and your visit to the Montrose ground was a real bonus, well done!
This video started a chain of events that has resulted in me buying the Montrose football shirt. It’s a Hummel classic. Hope you are satisfied! Really love your videos, Sir. Keep them coming. 👍
Steve, what an absolutely brilliant video! In one fell swoop you have put your new home town on many folks’ “to visit” list, so it’s your own fault if those beaches fill up! 😁 Good work! 👍
Loved the wee tour and ending bit struck me, as I have great respect for military members (several in family that have passed on). Steve, I dinnae know you had been in the air branch. Relaxing song at the end there too. Cheers from Canada pal!
Oh how exciting for you both - and wonderful for us too because you're going to be able to take us to lots of new places. Though I love Scotland dearly, it's mostly the west coast and the Hebrides whose geography I am familiar with - and I had no idea where Montrose was!! You are so lucky to be able to up sticks. It looks a great place, and you both look so happy. Alicja, I too couldn't hardly breathe outdoors when we had those ridiculous temperatures - the air was such poor quality, I didn't even want to be outside in the shade.
@@steve-marsh Hello Steve. A pleasure to watch your stuff as always. Looks like a nice place for you both to put down roots. Sue in her piece above mentioned the Hebrides. Whilst I remember a piece you did about flying to Barra, unless I am mistaken, I cannot remember anything else you've done about the islands. We are taking a trip up there next year and, as with a lot of Scotland, it looks rather spectacular. Love to see you cast a professional eye over the area. Best wishes and good luck
@@mick68 Click on SteeveMarsh's name to go to his channel, then Videos. You can look through where he has been in the West Coast, but it can be bad for the midge. If you are travelling between the isles, check the timetables of the ferries and be prepared to have an alternate plan, it only needs one ferry not to run. Mull is nice for a day visit, but I go via Fishnish - Lochaline ferry, it is narrow roads and involves two ferries. the Corran ferry just below Ft Willian is the first very short ferry, it is strange crossing it at night!! But if you don't like a bit of an adventure or driving on narrow roads, leave from Oban, but it is not so exciting. Make up your own route around the Islands, or just go right around the West Coast and across the top of Scotland and down the East Coast.
@@BoB4jjjjs Cheers Bob. Got 11 nights on the islands planned. Travelling South to North. Been on the west coast and over to the Inner Hebrides some years ago. The midges were sometimes a challenge. Going From Mallaig and back via Ullapool. Have registered with Calmac for early timetable notications. We'll be travelling in our car and going for walks every day. Travelled up the east coast and over to the Orkneys last year. Checked Steve's videos and I seem to be right about Barra being THE Outer Hebrides visit thusfar. We'll be visiting Barra and hopefully see something land at the beach airport. Enjoy your trips
I'm a musician and have played in Montrose many, many times with various different genres of bands (including loads in the Market Arms just over your shoulder at10:42!). Its a lovely place, and I've always found the people to be very warm and welcoming whenever I've been there. Hope I can get back again in the future.
I really enjoy your videos! I’m a yank married to a Scot, I know, and travel all over Scotland. You have made it far easier and more informed for me. I owe you a pint.
I really appreciate how lucky we are. Angus has so many beautiful beaches and glens. I love the fact that there is such a feeling of space. The drawback is being a bit further from the job opportunities, which tend to centre around Edinburgh or Glasgow. But even then, you can commute, and the train journey is a fairly pretty one with lots of coastline. My heart will always be in the Highlands, but Angus has a lot going for it, and is closer to the capital and the central belt for work.
From the great white north. (🇨🇦)😊. I live in St Catharines Ontario less than a 30 minute drive to Niagara Falls. On the 6th August the temperature was 39C with a humidex making it feel like 42C. Fortunately today it has dropped to 27C with no humidity. Beautiful town you are now living in, thank you for sharing.
Can’t wait for the “5 minute beach walk video” in 6 months to show the contrasting seasons, 60mph north easterly winds and horizontal snow. Good to see they’ve modernised the buses.
@@steve-marsh I look forward to seeing that video, maybe by then you’ll have progressed to laying on the board. That day it was 38c in north east England never known that hot ever.
Hey, thanks for letting us know you've moved out of Edinburgh BEFORE we go looking for you to shout us a drink (when we're over next)😉😅🍻 Seriously though, Montrose looks lovely and my cousin's (from Linlithgow) son, daughter in law and granddaughter have just moved to Montrose! Bet you're glad to be away from the festival madness right now, we lived in Auckland for almost 30 years, now in Invercargill and you couldn't pay us to live in a city again. Thanks for showing us around, I hope you're both very happy in your new home town 🏴😊☀️
Haha sorry Kelley! But we'll be back down that way, especially if YOU are buying US a drink :) I used to get the ferry to work in Auckland, but was always happy heading back to Devo!
Steve, you have no idea how important t this vid was for my plans in Scotland. As you walked by Elephant Rock you also showed an old cemetery. The name If that site is The Chapel of St Skae. Skae is my surname. I became aware of that site since 1998 but never thought I’d visit it. I thought it was too remote. Your Montrose vid showed how accessible it really is. Just returned from Scotland 4/8 and left a wee bit of my Dad’s ashes on that gorgeous spot. Cheers!
So you’ve escaped the city! Good for you both. Montrose looks like a bonny wee town. I’ve travelled past it many times on the train but never stopped to check it out. Think I need to put it on my must do list. Scotland’s East Coast tends to be ignored by many in favour of the West Coast and Highlands. It’s a stunning part of the country and deserves to be more widely known.
I was born in Montrose in the former CHARLETON MATERNITY HOME. I remember attending the Primary School by the Harbour and living above the Lochside Inn Pub, where my Grandfather was Publican, opposite the old distillery to the north exit of the town. Wonderful childhood memories. I last visited in 2014.
Hi Steve, We are fom Berlin on Holidays in Pitlochry. We follow your Videos and like them very very much. Four days bevor we visit beautiful Montrose, a great place to live. Thanks for your Videos and all the best. Christian and Julia
I live in Florida. 25c would be a typical wintertime high here. Congratulations on your new town. I believe village life is superior to big city living. You can always hop a train for a weekend in the city if you miss it. Cheers!
I’ve been to Florida, and trust me when I say 25-30c Scottish heat is almost unbearable, whereas 40c in Florida is just about manageable 🤣 it’s very very strange
Montrose is where i grew up about a 15 minutes walk from the beach. I live in Fife now. Thank you so much for your video and good luck in your new life.
Congratulations on your new home guys! Montrose was a place we did not get on our travels but it looks lovely! Alecia looked like a little kid running on the beach! Will have to do a bit of research on the place looks like WW2 impacted it greatly, can’t imagine how terrifying to be living there then! Will have a Smithwicks in your honor tonight! ❤
I was stationed at the RAF base in Edzell, Scotland back in 1991-93 (U.S. Navy), so I occasionally travelled to Montrose to go to the great restaurant, "Roo's Leap". Great place and great food! Is it still there today?
Congratulations to you both no doubt you will have a better life and a lot more fresh air. It will be excellent and exciting exploring the montrose area. A lovely walking tour and thanks for showing us around Beth and Simon 🙋❤️👍
I'm from Edinburgh and my grandma was born and bred in Montrose, we took her ashes back to a very old cemetery there a few years back, think I've still got distant relatives there. Never really got a chance to look around so this was a fantastic tour. I've often thought of moving back up north but wouldn't move back to Edinburgh, maybe I'll have a look at Montrose ♥
Great Move Steve, I’m originally from Stonehaven, folks living in nearby Johnshaven. So much to explore in and around Montrose. Ideally located for cities, beaches, and nearby Glens (Glen Esk and Glen Clova). I’m still finding little closes in Montrose even after all these years of walking around the town.
So true mate! Really loving it here and can't understand already why it's not better known as a town! I've driven up the A90 for years without ever making the diversion!
Soup and sandwich for a fiver! 😮 That is incredible good value. A soup in a pub down my way in the south east averages six quid! Very enjoyable tour of your new home town. 👏👏👍😎
A toast to you both on your new home town 🥂. It's so pleasant to get away from a city and into a small seaside community especially with the tranquillity and space. Provided there is a chippy and a few pubs 👌👍😃. Look forward to more enjoyable tours from that area of the country. Enjoy it 😇
I'll miss your inspirational videos for places to visit around Edinburgh but looking forward to seeing some new places i can visit in the campervan. Enjoy your new home!
Also, the Royal Arch was used as a coffee house/meeting rooms by French Mariners in the 1800s, and gifted the plaque to Montrose to put above the facade. It has a lot of Masonic imagery and symbols on it, and is a listed monument. Was very recently restored to its former glory.
Hi Steve, Royal Arch is a branch of Freemasonry. Masons begin their masonic lives in straightforward Lodges and after a while, usually once they've done the first three degrees of Masonry, join a Royal Arch Lodge which has the next levels of degrees. There are several more after Royal Arch, such as Rose Croix and, the inimitable Knights Templar. The sign in Montrose probably sat above the entrance to the meeting place for the Royal Arch Lodge that met there. If there is a Royal Arch number on the sign, it would be possible to trace what happened to them. All Lodges have a name and number. The lower the number, the older the Lodge. I hope this helps explain it a bit for you. The black andd white squares denote the tiling of the floor found in all lodges. I can't see much more from your video.
Nice video of Montrose, Steve! I was born there and lived there for most of my life, you passed the house in which I grew up in your walk to the beach. I emigrated to NZ but I managed to get back to Montrose on regular basis over the years, I’m now living in Speyside but I’ve not been in Montrose for a few years now so it was great to see your video, especially the areas round by the harbour. Montrose still has one of the best beaches (along with St. Cyrus and Lunan Bay of course) in Scotland. I’ve done a few RUclips videos myself but nothing compared yours, I mainly concentrate on landscape photography (fergusbrucephotography). Anyway, nice work Steve, if I happen to bump into you in the Market Arms some day (or Paris, or Singapore, or New York, etc, etc…) I’ll but you a pint.
Good move for you both, I always loved spending time in this lovely town, always felt warm and at home there. I had two holidays in my youth at the camping site near the beach. Had a midnight swim in the old swimming pool back in ‘68 which you got a certificate for! Check out the lovely grave yard called something like “Sleepyhollow” just north of the basin at Tayock, there was a caravan site there which I stayed in way back and just happened to walk around the grave yard as a 16 year old. It obviously made an impression on me then - I’m not strange 😂😂 Cheers both 👍
@@steve-marsh Sleepyhillock is a fantastic wee place to visit. Just out the Brechin Road on the left at the very edge of town by the basin. I went to school in Montrose and stole my girlfriend from there. We now live in London but after watching your video there I think she’s wanting home for a visit. Maybe I can shout you and Alicja a pint if we’re up. We appreciate you making the good content. Keep up the good work 👍
If you've not been already, worth a wee trip up to Hill Of Garvock. It's just up the back of St. Cyrus and there's Tower of Johnston which is not too far a walk from the viewpoint where you park up. Cracking views from the top of the tower if you manage to navigate the very sketchy staircase.
My mum and her sisters spent some of their childhood in Gourdon during ww2 and loved to go back their afterwards. Inverbervie, Gourdon and of course Stonehaven always worth a visit as i know you know. The Grampian area is full of castles, and so many lesser known ones like Gight, Glenbuchat, Towie Barclay. I could go on but so many. There is so much to discover in the Angus area as well. Live across the pond but love the history as well as the coast. Love your videos!
I’m from Glasgow and my grandad owns a house in Montrose , came up every summer of my life, feel a close connection to the town and plan on moving one day. amazing video , really enjoyed it and also learned some stuff I didnt know 👌🏻 . Also I believe is very haunted 😱 place is steeped in history
Beautiful place,it does Scotland proud. Lovely beach arching it's way into the distance.old buildings crying out to be restored as a hotel os youth hostel,A steam train to bring the past back too life. So much potential and so beautiful aswell.
Hi Steve, First of all welcome to Montrose and I'm sure you'll enjoy living here. I noticed a couple of things while watching your video that I thought I'd mention to you. While you were walking towards the Bamse statue just beside the shopping trolley you passed a brown bench shaped like the bow of a boat. That bench was fabricated and welded by myself and my boss and was made in memory of a local guy who worked at the harbour all his life until he sadly passed away. Also on top of the library building there is a weather vane which was refurbished by my myself and my boss back in 2019 I think it was as part of the library upgrade works. So it was good to watch your video and remind me of the history of this place. Maybe some day you should take a trip up Edzell way to a place called The Rocks of Solitude and then head into Glen Esk and have a walk to Loch Lee. The peace and quiet there is fantastic and excellent scenery too. There's so much I could tell you about Montrose as I'm sure plenty others can tell you too. Oh and I'm a born and bred Gable Endie so if I can help with anything just let me know.
We've recently found your channel, absolutely love it and have subscribed. If we were fifty years younger we'd be doing all the tripping like you two do. So now we'll live vicariously thru your channe!. Walk on!
Oh, what a lovely village! It's so good to begin a new adventure, in a new place. I am so happy for you both. I believe I would be living on the beach all summer. Do you remember the song, "Running in Circles"? I still play that a lot. Merry Ann from Minnesota
You're fast becoming our go to channel for uplifting viewing 👌👏and a fab source of insider knowledge about Scotland as we continue our search for a place to return to in the uk after some years living in rural France. Best wishes 😊
Hi guys, congrats on the move, looks like a beautiful & relaxing town, I’m assuming the move fits in with your jobs/ employment? Greetings from Adelaide, South Australia, we are having a cold winter averaging 12/13 at the moment, summer however averages in the mid to high 30’s and we normally get bursts of 40+ degree days. Loving your channel, found you this week after being in ISO, keep up the great work, Pete.
Thanks so much Pete! Yeah, we were fairly flexible with work so this move made a lot of sense and we're totally loving it! But I couldn't take your summer temps! :O
- Just some video ideas from one of your hardcore viewers -- Take us on a journey from your old neighborhood in the capital to your new place and share the differences. I can't wait to see the tours of the small towns you named and their harbors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carson a dh’ fheumas tu a bhith a’ suathadh cho breagha sa tha Alba anns gach ràith aice? Tha farmad a’ togail a cheann grànda a-rithist! Fuirich sàbhailte agus fallain an dithis agaibh agus cùm iad a’ tighinn. Why do you have to keep rubbing in how gorgeous Scotland is in all her seasons? Envy is rearing its ugly head again! Stay safe and healthy you two and keep them coming.
Steve - I did some Internet poking about Bamse and there is a Bamse trail through and in town and his grave is in the area to visit. He was quite the integrated mascot into his ship's affairs [the Thorodd]. A very remarkable friend and animal companion to his master's family and his ship's crew members.
@@steve-marsh glad to read work is flexible, you’re a natural in front of the camera & very easy to listen too & watch, did a trip back 9 years ago & you’ve covered off some of the spots I made it too, amongst my highlights were the Wallace Monument, Falkirk Wheel, exploring in & around Edinburgh plus seeing the family over in Troon, still lots I haven’t seen after leaving for Oz many years ago, cheers again
Montrose looks like a well kept town; I wish Ayr was as well kept. We have 'Space' in common with our hometowns now; good for lockdowns!!! I have only been to Montrose once, & that was only the train station because I had to change trains there. But I do remember looking at that huge Montrose Basin which I believe is associated with flocks of birds. Maybe you can film them when you walk around the basin sometime; I would be interested to see that. I am glad that you 2 are pleased with your new hometown.
So, your heat measured by Fahrenheit would be about 72 degrees. We are currently 102 degrees in the Phoenix metro area with higher than normal humidity because of an active monsoon season! So, watching your video helps cool me off besides giving my husband and I extreme wanderlust! Keep ‘‘em coming, Steve! Wishing you happy times in your new home base.
Aha! I had a gut feeling something was going on. You mentioned St. Cyrus. I was there maybe 15 years ago for a wee holiday and have always wanted to return. It's a beautiful part of Scotland. You've made a good decision. I'm also thinking you didn't have to twist Alicja's arm too much.
Hi mate I am 54 years old today and I am born & bred in Birkenhead near Liverpool and I'm an Everton season ticket holder but have followed Brechin City near you since I was young I have followed you for years mate I also travel all over like yourself you and Alicja keep living your dreams mate
Used to go to Montrose links caravan site when I was younger with my folks, loved it! Used to be a sit down cafe in the green pavilion and an amusement arcade just across the road before the road layout was changed up there. Good times! Thanks for the memories Steve!👍😊👏👏👏
Thank you very much for that wee trip around Montrose. I used to go there to see auntie Mary & Unclle Harry. Lots of nice cafes and charity shops. Lovely place to stay Enjoy
Welcome to the rose on the coast! Great choice, I’ve been here my whole life, I prefer the small town feeling compared to the big bustling cities that’s for sure.
What a lovely video of the town I was born and brought up in, 5 minutes from the beach. I used to walk through the park you started your vlog in to go to school and lived alongside the football ground. Before you got to the end, I was going to ask if you'd found found the Air Station Heritage Centre. They are a great bunch of volunteers down there. You asked about the Royal Arch. Montrose had a lot of Masonic Lodges as well as Eastern Stars back in the day with some (I believe) still in existence. Also, Montrose High Street has unique architecture influenced by the town's connection with Holland. Montrosians were nicknamed Gable Enders/Endies because of this. Enjoy being new Montrosians! 😊
@@steve-marsh Your video made me a bit nostalgic although I regularly visit family 🙂. One thing you might have noticed down near the harbour are the names of the streets. It'll give you some idea of which countries the town had dealings with through trade!
Recently discovered your channel and we've been busy catching up on not just the new, but also the old, videos. We really enjoy them! You asked about summer temps where we live. Well, we live in South Florida, about 25 miles from Fort Lauderdale, and, for much of the year, our temps are in the 70's and 80's, but they rise into the 90's (with very high humidity, too) by June and stay there through most of October. But has been getting hotter (and even more humid), earlier and longer, each year. This year (2023) has been a beast.
I hope you are on or near the coastline for some sea air! This summer has been a washout for us, difficult even to plan trips for the channel as it has rained so much. Today is beautiful though, and a cool 14ºC!!!! Thanks so much for watching the videos new and old, I really appreciate it and it makes a huge difference to the success of the channel :)
You guys made the right choice, what a fantastic place to live, plus it looks like a good jumping off point for more adventures, I'm gonna cry with envy now!
Love your channel and especially this video! I lived in Montrose as a US sailor when I was stationed in the area from 1980 to 1983. The people of Montrose were very welcoming to the US military living in the area and I have very fond memories from my time there.
What a lovely new place to live. What a good choice! Two days ago it was 39 deg C with a heat index of 43 deg C in Nebraska and we're a long way from a beach. 🌞
I think there are 27 pubs in Montrose tried to do them all in one night don’t remember finishing Living in NY for the past 30 years but Montrose will always be home. Visit Mum regularly there
Hello again Steve, I'm now thoroughly enjoying your earlier videos, your new home town is a lovely looking place which makes me sad that I never got to experience it myself, I am Scottish settled in Australia many years now which is why I love your travels because I get to see so many places I missed seeing for myself.
When you recorded this, my family and I were visiting family in London. The temps were brutal. Our Air B&B had no cross circulation as several of the windows were stuck closed. On purpose. When we arrived in Scotland for a family wedding, it was still pretty hot. Never been to Montrose, although my husband, from Perth, has. I want to visit now I’ve seen a nice tour.
I live a few miles North of Montrose. It is a great bit of the country to live in. Lots of places to walk, cycle, swim. Never too busy. Never too hot. St Cyrus beach is close by and is my favourite beach. Montrose beach is good too.
I'am an English chap who visited Montrose for a football match 4 years ago.It was a delightful place to visit for a few days.That stretch of coast is really nice and the town and the area is very underated. You have made the right choice. Watchout for the golf balls tho' and if you want sea gulls visit Fraserburgh !! 😄
I was born in Montrose at Charleton Maternity Hospital. We lived in Christies Lane, moving on the Brechin City and the eventually to Bury in Lancashire where my Dad had been stationed during a small part of the War. This is where he met my Mum. We frequently went there for holidays when I was a kid and up to my twenties. This brings back so many happy memories and your right it hasn't changed too much over the years. Thanks so much for doing this video. It was great to hear and see places I know and remember. I love Montrose and I am proud to be Scottish. I am not well enough to get back now so this video was great. Keep well and safe. James.
So glad to bring you some very familiar places, that's what it's all about, thanks so much James!
Where were you born? Stracathro or Montorse?
@@NicholasEV1986 Charleton Maternity Hospital Sorry I should have been clearer
Stracathro Hospital is nearer Brechin. Charleton Maternity Hospital was just outside Montrose. No longer there now. I enjoyed this video too James!
Look after yourself.
I've been sick in bed the past few days and have been watching your channel non-stop. I live outside of Chicago, IL USA. Well done! You have made my illness a bit more bearable. Thanks for that.
Your girlfriend has a very nice disposition, always cheerful.
Doesn't she! I think everyone especially likes the videos with both these guys in!
Alicja makes this channel complete!
@@davidmather3451 She's a dream come true.
Was wondering where your girl if from originally? She asked how to say ferns in English when you both were hiking down from Scottlands highest mountian. Gawd that was awful coming down! I can now see why you were hiking up in the dark!
@@evelynromero5347 Poland
I‘m so happy that you featured Bamse in this Video. In early April of 2022 I was planning to visit North Cape in the very north of Norway. When I arrived in Honningsvag, the last village before North Cape (located on 71 degrees north) the road up to North cape was closed due to snow and ⛈️. I traveled 2500 km to get there and the last 30 km were closed😢. But as so often when travelling, the real magic happens when things don‘t go to plan. I discovered a statue of a St. Bernhards Dog in this little village at the end (or beginning) of Europe and wanted to find out more about it. So I learned that there is also another statue of Bamse in Montrose and now you showed it to me. thank you so much, Steve. After learning about Bamse (and visiting the northernmost supermarket in Europe and buying dried cod) I wasn‘t disappointed anymore not to reach North Cape.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Alicija and Steve thanks for all your videos. My wife and I really enjoy all your adventures. We spent a month in Scotland last year and fell in love with the land and people. We spent 18 days this past May and going back in October for another 24 days. We are getting too old to rough it, so we enjoy the variety of B&Bs and inns. We have been re-visiting your videos and taking good notes. This trip will start in Islay to visit our favorite smokey whiskies. Then to Oban working our way north to the west side of the NC500. We plan three days from Kyle to Thurso and then take the ferry to Orkney staying for a few days. Once back on the mainland, work our way south to Inverness and then along the east coast to Aberdeen. Never been to Aberdeen so it will be interesting to explore. We then head south to Edinburgh on the coast road and stop in Montrose to see your lovely town. After three days in Edinburgh, we wind up in Glasgow for our flight back home to California. Again, thanks for your videos and keep up the good work.
my wife and i were looking for a place in scotland for our honeymoon. we stuck a pin in a map and luckily it chose montrose.. we stayed at the george hotel and had the most amazing week. would love to visit again sometime.
Hi from Adelaide, South Australia. I’ve just discovered your channel and have been bingeing your Scottish videos. Our 2020 UK trip was postponed and I’ve been taking the time to plan our travels in more detail as we both plan to explore the towns and cities of our Scottish ancestors . Love your blend of history, scenery and services.
Thanks so much Tracey! All the best for getting here as soon as possible :)
After your visit, you'll be glad you did, if our experiences are any gauge.
Nice the info about Bamse. And the norwegian flag in your small town. Did not know. Will Google Bamse and your town. Nice and fun. Love the beach and small town feeling, cause that s how I grew up and live too here in Norway. 😊🙋♀️🌊🚣♀️🌞🌤☔
I grew up in Edinburgh as a kid, moving to outside Montrose as a teenager. I love visiting both now but for very different reasons. In many ways, I've come to appreciate Montrose more having left it some time ago in search of employment! It's a much overlooked town with stunning scenery just beyond it. You'll no doubt be posting vids of St Cyrus beach in its many moods and stunning sunrises. The wildlife centre overlooking Montrose basin is utterly addictive. Then there's the Angus glens, the Grampians and over to the Cairngorms. It's also surprisingly well connected for a small town. Few of my friends believe me in that you can board a train in Montrose and never get off until London (if that's your thing). The East coast line through Montrose, both north and south as some of the best seascape scenery you can experience from a train. Good luck to you both and enjoy that space.
You're fair whetting out appetite there Mike! Cheers!
You can also join the train to Plymouth (or Penzance if it’s running that far) which I think is the longest journey in the uk.
As you say so much on the doorstep, but not a million miles to the big cities.
I used to see the Penzance train pulling in and did think how remarkable that 2 small towns were connected by one train, yet so far apart. I don't think it runs now and I think the best you can do is 1 change at Waverley but perhaps Steve will prove me wrong.
Excellent, you passed by the Green Park Guest House, where I was brought up until I was 7, with a brief stay above the Lochside Bar as Dad was a Pilot Officer back then in the former RAF base to the north of the Town. I remember the Football club grounds and the original cinema location and swimming where it stood in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Thank you so much. You made this 73-year-old Scot quite homesick.
Hey Tom, thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks Steve, you make it easy to realize just how wonderful Montrose is!! It's a Cool Place, even if it's hot out! I'm from across the pond, Long Island, NY, US but love Scotland. Castles, Whisky, Bag Pipes, what's not to love! Hope to make it there someday. Your videos are Great, I enjoy the bits of humor you put in. Congrats on the move, a good one for sure!
I'm from LI too, stuck in Az.😢😢😢
I'm an Australian 🇦🇺 living in Sukhothai, Thailand 🇹🇭. A few years ago we had a heat wave, 40°C or 104°F in the shade for 2 weeks except for one day when it was 43°C or 109°F. We have 3 air conditioners in a one bedroom house.
As a child in the 1940s I remember tiger moth aircraft flying overhead in Melbourne Australia. In 1963-64, I was a technical illustrator illustrating spare parts and assembly drawings for Rolls Royce Avon jet engines, used in the Canberra Jet Bombers and Sabre Jet Fighters, by the Royal Australian Airforce. The air museum made me travel back in time. Thanks for the journey.
Wow what a career! Well done Sir!
Cousin of mine opened first Chinese resturant in Montrose in late 60's on the high street. My dad used to take me on trips from Dundee to Peterhead and we always passed through Montrose - no inland dual carriageway then so we went through all the wee towns like Abroath, Montrose, St Cyrus, Stonehaven, etc. Brings back good memories.
Chinese restaurants are really bad quality nowadays,bad quality ingredients like rubber beef and chicken strips from farm foods,also dirty mushrooms,I can list them if required...waay overpriced,bring back foil containers .
In 2018 I joined my brother and his wife in Edinburgh for a trip to Shetland. The train to Aberdeen must have taken us by Montrose. At any rate it was an incredible travel experience that I hope to take again! Thanks for the video!
Oh I love that train journey! Glad you've had the pleasure! :)
My father was born in Dundee and resided in Wormit before immigrating to the states. I'd love to see the grave of my dad's cousin in Gourdon. The poor kid was a casualty aboard the HMS Malaya at Jutland.
I am so grateful for your videos to see Scotland. It is my heritage. Thank you Steve, your content is fantastic! Happy New Year 2025!
Just moved to Montrose myself, and also from Edinburgh. Loving it so far!
The Minesweeper statue is affectionately known locally as “The Mannie” (we actually have three of them, the very same statue, one by the beach, one in the high street and one by the harbour beside the Bamse Statue)
Ahhh cheers for this info!
Some parts of Edinburgh are remarkably rural and quiet, I live 10 minutes from the foot of the pentlands and can go for miles and hardly see a soul, fantastic scenery and well. Then 20 minutes the other way and youre at the high street and can't move for tourists, Brilliant 😄
Aye it's a fantastic place for sure, we'll be back for many visits :)
That look on Steve’s face at 8:40 - 8:48 after that “zinger” from Alicja. Even with the shades on that look was priceless…😂👍. A fantastic video overall, I’ve been watching your recent videos and now I’m going back through the catalog of vids. Great insight, keep up the good work both of you.
I’m in Florida. Anything under 85f/29c is cool. Both air temp and water temperature. Love your videos!
Here in Adelaide, South Australia, no summer is complete without a couple or 3 groups of 3 to 5 days of 40+, occasionally peaking around 45. The 25 you mentioned is more like our spring and autumn. Humidity is low, so it's liveable. Love your work mate. You come across as the good bloke you obviously are.
Ahh low humidity is a big bonus, would love to just feel 45! Just for 5 minutes!
Yep it’s 25 in Briz Vegas today - that’s quite cool…..
My hometown! I now live on the West Coast but still go back regularly to visit family. Montrose was a lovely town to grow up in and is a friendly community. Lovely seeing familiar sights. I spent many weekends at Lunan Bay and St.Cyrus beach and often walk to Scurdiness when home. Great video. Thanks for showing Montrose in such a positive light. I recommend Charelton Farm in Hillside for a meal/coffee.
Thanks so much for the tips :) Loads to discover in your awesome hometown :)
Lived in Montrose as a kid 1978-1980. Have many happy memories of riding my purple Raleigh Chopper from Borrowfield where we lived down to the beach and all around town, really. I loved playing in those sand dunes. Took my mum back for some nostalgia in May and we did some of the same walk you did. It’s lovely down by the beach and golf course - some beautiful homes and so peaceful. Saw both my old schools: Borrowfield Primary and Montrose Academy. The high street was a bit sad and shabby though - mum was saying there were lots of nice shops when we lived there. Now just charity shops and pound shops mainly. No criticism of Montrose - it’s been the fate of many town centres (you should see the state of Paisley’s where I live now!). You’re right, Greggs was the highlight. We went into the Market Arms for a drink too! My mum was reminiscing of course and told me my wee brother went fishing in Ferryden one day and rode his bike all the way home to Borrowfield because he needed a pee! 😂 I think you made a great choice - over all Montrose is a nice town in a beautiful setting. I remember saying to mum, I could live here again. I hope you’ll both be very happy there. 🙂
Superb comment, cheers Derek! Aye, the high street is a bit worse for wear, but like you say, holding up better than a lot of towns, and still a good bit of life about the old place.
Thanks Derek for forwarding this to me and thanks Steve for the wonderful video. As Derek said we walked pretty much the same route as you this summer. I now live in 🇨🇦 and both my trip and your video brought back some great memories.
I just finished your tour of your new hometown Montrose and I had to comment how much I enjoyed it. Your warm narration, fantastic camerawork and impeccable editing make for a truly marvelous video. But above all else, I really love your bits of humor. I always laugh out loud. The topper in this video was the gravestone of the time traveler. Your efforts are truly appreciated. I think you are quite a gem. Thank you!
Living in Manchester, i have heard of Montrose for many years now, but have never actually got to see anything of the town until I came across your excellent video .... very entertaining, and you packed a fair bit in there ..... i'm a big football fan too, and your visit to the Montrose ground was a real bonus, well done!
Cheers Barry!
This video started a chain of events that has resulted in me buying the Montrose football shirt. It’s a Hummel classic. Hope you are satisfied! Really love your videos, Sir. Keep them coming. 👍
Haha love it! Awesome mate! :)
Steve, what an absolutely brilliant video! In one fell swoop you have put your new home town on many folks’ “to visit” list, so it’s your own fault if those beaches fill up! 😁 Good work! 👍
Haha true! Cheers David!
Loved the wee tour and ending bit struck me, as I have great respect for military members (several in family that have passed on). Steve, I dinnae know you had been in the air branch. Relaxing song at the end there too. Cheers from Canada pal!
Oh how exciting for you both - and wonderful for us too because you're going to be able to take us to lots of new places. Though I love Scotland dearly, it's mostly the west coast and the Hebrides whose geography I am familiar with - and I had no idea where Montrose was!! You are so lucky to be able to up sticks. It looks a great place, and you both look so happy. Alicja, I too couldn't hardly breathe outdoors when we had those ridiculous temperatures - the air was such poor quality, I didn't even want to be outside in the shade.
Oh Sue we are so happy to be here it's true! Really love the place and feel so at home already.
@@steve-marsh Hello Steve. A pleasure to watch your stuff as always. Looks like a nice place for you both to put down roots. Sue in her piece above mentioned the Hebrides. Whilst I remember a piece you did about flying to Barra, unless I am mistaken, I cannot remember anything else you've done about the islands. We are taking a trip up there next year and, as with a lot of Scotland, it looks rather spectacular. Love to see you cast a professional eye over the area. Best wishes and good luck
@@mick68 Click on SteeveMarsh's name to go to his channel, then Videos. You can look through where he has been in the West Coast, but it can be bad for the midge. If you are travelling between the isles, check the timetables of the ferries and be prepared to have an alternate plan, it only needs one ferry not to run. Mull is nice for a day visit, but I go via Fishnish - Lochaline ferry, it is narrow roads and involves two ferries. the Corran ferry just below Ft Willian is the first very short ferry, it is strange crossing it at night!! But if you don't like a bit of an adventure or driving on narrow roads, leave from Oban, but it is not so exciting.
Make up your own route around the Islands, or just go right around the West Coast and across the top of Scotland and down the East Coast.
@@BoB4jjjjs Cheers Bob. Got 11 nights on the islands planned. Travelling South to North. Been on the west coast and over to the Inner Hebrides some years ago. The midges were sometimes a challenge. Going From Mallaig and back via Ullapool. Have registered with Calmac for early timetable notications. We'll be travelling in our car and going for walks every day. Travelled up the east coast and over to the Orkneys last year. Checked Steve's videos and I seem to be right about Barra being THE Outer Hebrides visit thusfar. We'll be visiting Barra and hopefully see something land at the beach airport. Enjoy your trips
@@mick68 Enjoy yourselves, no better place than the Western Isles for a holiday.
I'm a musician and have played in Montrose many, many times with various different genres of bands (including loads in the Market Arms just over your shoulder at10:42!). Its a lovely place, and I've always found the people to be very warm and welcoming whenever I've been there. Hope I can get back again in the future.
I really enjoy your videos! I’m a yank married to a Scot, I know, and travel all over Scotland. You have made it far easier and more informed for me. I owe you a pint.
Thanks so much mate! I'll be out looking for you for that free pint :)
Beautiful town. Scots are so lucky honestly.
I really appreciate how lucky we are. Angus has so many beautiful beaches and glens. I love the fact that there is such a feeling of space. The drawback is being a bit further from the job opportunities, which tend to centre around Edinburgh or Glasgow. But even then, you can commute, and the train journey is a fairly pretty one with lots of coastline.
My heart will always be in the Highlands, but Angus has a lot going for it, and is closer to the capital and the central belt for work.
From the great white north. (🇨🇦)😊. I live in St Catharines Ontario less than a 30 minute drive to Niagara Falls. On the 6th August the temperature was 39C with a humidex making it feel like 42C. Fortunately today it has dropped to 27C with no humidity. Beautiful town you are now living in, thank you for sharing.
Can’t wait for the “5 minute beach walk video” in 6 months to show the contrasting seasons, 60mph north easterly winds and horizontal snow. Good to see they’ve modernised the buses.
Hey we'll be surfing :D
@@steve-marsh I look forward to seeing that video, maybe by then you’ll have progressed to laying on the board. That day it was 38c in north east England never known that hot ever.
Hey, thanks for letting us know you've moved out of Edinburgh BEFORE we go looking for you to shout us a drink (when we're over next)😉😅🍻
Seriously though, Montrose looks lovely and my cousin's (from Linlithgow) son, daughter in law and granddaughter have just moved to Montrose!
Bet you're glad to be away from the festival madness right now, we lived in Auckland for almost 30 years, now in Invercargill and you couldn't pay us to live in a city again.
Thanks for showing us around, I hope you're both very happy in your new home town 🏴😊☀️
Haha sorry Kelley! But we'll be back down that way, especially if YOU are buying US a drink :) I used to get the ferry to work in Auckland, but was always happy heading back to Devo!
Steve, you have no idea how important t this vid was for my plans in Scotland. As you walked by Elephant Rock you also showed an old cemetery. The name
If that site is The Chapel of St Skae. Skae is my surname. I became aware of that site since 1998 but never thought I’d visit it. I thought it was too remote. Your Montrose vid showed how accessible it really is. Just returned from Scotland 4/8 and left a wee bit of my Dad’s ashes on that gorgeous spot. Cheers!
I always feel I am friends with everybody posting on your videos!!!
So you’ve escaped the city! Good for you both. Montrose looks like a bonny wee town. I’ve travelled past it many times on the train but never stopped to check it out. Think I need to put it on my must do list.
Scotland’s East Coast tends to be ignored by many in favour of the West Coast and Highlands. It’s a stunning part of the country and deserves to be more widely known.
Hush don't tell everyone.
I agree!
Haha the secret is safe with me :D
I was born in Montrose in the former CHARLETON MATERNITY HOME. I remember attending the Primary School by the Harbour and living above the Lochside Inn Pub, where my Grandfather was Publican, opposite the old distillery to the north exit of the town. Wonderful childhood memories. I last visited in 2014.
Awesome! Thanks for this Tom!
congratulation's on your move, I think a lot of people have been reevaluating where they live after lockdowns, your new town looks really nice.
So true! Thanks very much :)
Hi Steve,
We are fom Berlin on Holidays in Pitlochry. We follow your Videos and like them very very much. Four days bevor we visit beautiful Montrose, a great place to live. Thanks for your Videos and all the best.
Christian and Julia
Thank you both so much! I hope you are having a lovely time in a gorgeous part of the country :)
I live in Florida. 25c would be a typical wintertime high here. Congratulations on your new town. I believe village life is superior to big city living. You can always hop a train for a weekend in the city if you miss it. Cheers!
I’ve been to Florida, and trust me when I say 25-30c Scottish heat is almost unbearable, whereas 40c in Florida is just about manageable 🤣 it’s very very strange
Cheers! Aye exactly, we'll enjoy our wee city breaks, but it'll be great to come 'home' again :)
@@stonemasonlew9349 As a born Floridian I can tell you this is absolute truth!
What a fantastic place. Good move. What a lovely wee lass you travel with
Congrats on the move! I am so happy for you both. It looks like a very nice town.
Cheers Thomas!
Montrose is where i grew up about a 15 minutes walk from the beach. I live in Fife now. Thank you so much for your video and good luck in your new life.
Thanks Carol from us both! Off to the beach now such a lovely day, have a good one too!
I never knew Montrose had such an active harbour or such a beautiful beach! I hope you get settled in quickly to your new base.
Thanks so much mate! Slowly moving further north :)
I love seeing your wife in the videos.❤
Congratulations on your new home guys! Montrose was a place we did not get on our travels but it looks lovely! Alecia looked like a little kid running on the beach! Will have to do a bit of research on the place looks like WW2 impacted it greatly, can’t imagine how terrifying to be living there then! Will have a Smithwicks in your honor tonight! ❤
Thanks so much from us both!
Awwww. Love the story of Bamsi
I was stationed at the RAF base in Edzell, Scotland back in 1991-93 (U.S. Navy), so I occasionally travelled to Montrose to go to the great restaurant, "Roo's Leap". Great place and great food! Is it still there today?
still there today!
Got out just in time for the madness of the fringe! 👏🏻 👏🏻
Haha I'm delighted to be able to walk down the street without getting flyers shoved in my face :D
Wise move getting out of Edinburgh!
No regrets Colin :)
Both musuems are wondeful we loved Air museum
lots of history behind it. Many Thanks for sharing and showing this video.
Thanks so much for watching Harry!
Congratulations to you both no doubt you will have a better life and a lot more fresh air.
It will be excellent and exciting exploring the montrose area.
A lovely walking tour and thanks for showing us around Beth and Simon 🙋❤️👍
Thanks so much guys!
I'm from Edinburgh and my grandma was born and bred in Montrose, we took her ashes back to a very old cemetery there a few years back, think I've still got distant relatives there. Never really got a chance to look around so this was a fantastic tour. I've often thought of moving back up north but wouldn't move back to Edinburgh, maybe I'll have a look at Montrose ♥
Thanks for watching Lynne! We're loving life in Montrose :)
Great Move Steve, I’m originally from Stonehaven, folks living in nearby Johnshaven. So much to explore in and around Montrose. Ideally located for cities, beaches, and nearby Glens (Glen Esk and Glen Clova). I’m still finding little closes in Montrose even after all these years of walking around the town.
So true mate! Really loving it here and can't understand already why it's not better known as a town! I've driven up the A90 for years without ever making the diversion!
@@steve-marsh forgot to mention. You have a cracking locally owned cinema to check out (for those rainy days!) it used to be the swimming pool
I am living in Inverbervie having moved from Ormiston in East Lothian for work reasons. This area has a great mix of sea, hills, small towns.
My Grandad was from Johnshaven. I used to go to the fish festival every year love it up there
Soup and sandwich for a fiver! 😮 That is incredible good value. A soup in a pub down my way in the south east averages six quid!
Very enjoyable tour of your new home town. 👏👏👍😎
A toast to you both on your new home town 🥂.
It's so pleasant to get away from a city and into a small seaside community especially with the tranquillity and space.
Provided there is a chippy and a few pubs 👌👍😃.
Look forward to more enjoyable tours from that area of the country.
Enjoy it 😇
Thanks so much from us both :)
I'll miss your inspirational videos for places to visit around Edinburgh but looking forward to seeing some new places i can visit in the campervan. Enjoy your new home!
I’ll still make trips down that way I promise :)
Also, the Royal Arch was used as a coffee house/meeting rooms by French Mariners in the 1800s, and gifted the plaque to Montrose to put above the facade. It has a lot of Masonic imagery and symbols on it, and is a listed monument. Was very recently restored to its former glory.
Hi Steve, Royal Arch is a branch of Freemasonry. Masons begin their masonic lives in straightforward Lodges and after a while, usually once they've done the first three degrees of Masonry, join a Royal Arch Lodge which has the next levels of degrees. There are several more after Royal Arch, such as Rose Croix and, the inimitable Knights Templar.
The sign in Montrose probably sat above the entrance to the meeting place for the Royal Arch Lodge that met there. If there is a Royal Arch number on the sign, it would be possible to trace what happened to them. All Lodges have a name and number. The lower the number, the older the Lodge. I hope this helps explain it a bit for you. The black andd white squares denote the tiling of the floor found in all lodges. I can't see much more from your video.
Nice video of Montrose, Steve! I was born there and lived there for most of my life, you passed the house in which I grew up in your walk to the beach. I emigrated to NZ but I managed to get back to Montrose on regular basis over the years, I’m now living in Speyside but I’ve not been in Montrose for a few years now so it was great to see your video, especially the areas round by the harbour. Montrose still has one of the best beaches (along with St. Cyrus and Lunan Bay of course) in Scotland. I’ve done a few RUclips videos myself but nothing compared yours, I mainly concentrate on landscape photography (fergusbrucephotography). Anyway, nice work Steve, if I happen to bump into you in the Market Arms some day (or Paris, or Singapore, or New York, etc, etc…) I’ll but you a pint.
Thanks so much for this mate! I spent a couple of years in NZ, loved it! Need to go back sometime
Good move for you both, I always loved spending time in this lovely town, always felt warm and at home there. I had two holidays in my youth at the camping site near the beach. Had a midnight swim in the old swimming pool back in ‘68 which you got a certificate for! Check out the lovely grave yard called something like “Sleepyhollow” just north of the basin at Tayock, there was a caravan site there which I stayed in way back and just happened to walk around the grave yard as a 16 year old. It obviously made an impression on me then - I’m not strange 😂😂
Cheers both 👍
Sleepyhillock is the name.
Cheers
Thanks so much for this - will be checking it oot!
@@steve-marsh Sleepyhillock is a fantastic wee place to visit. Just out the Brechin Road on the left at the very edge of town by the basin.
I went to school in Montrose and stole my girlfriend from there. We now live in London but after watching your video there I think she’s wanting home for a visit. Maybe I can shout you and Alicja a pint if we’re up. We appreciate you making the good content. Keep up the good work 👍
If you've not been already, worth a wee trip up to Hill Of Garvock.
It's just up the back of St. Cyrus and there's Tower of Johnston which is not too far a walk from the viewpoint where you park up.
Cracking views from the top of the tower if you manage to navigate the very sketchy staircase.
Congratulations on the move guys! Hope it all comes good! Best for the future 🥳
Thanks so much mate!
My mum and her sisters spent some of their childhood in Gourdon during ww2 and loved to go back their afterwards. Inverbervie, Gourdon and of course Stonehaven always worth a visit as i know you know. The Grampian area is full of castles, and so many lesser known ones like Gight, Glenbuchat, Towie Barclay. I could go on but so many. There is so much to discover in the Angus area as well. Live across the pond but love the history as well as the coast. Love your videos!
I’m from Glasgow and my grandad owns a house in Montrose , came up every summer of my life, feel a close connection to the town and plan on moving one day. amazing video , really enjoyed it and also learned some stuff I didnt know 👌🏻 . Also I believe is very haunted 😱 place is steeped in history
So glad to bring you this video David! Ohhh Alicja will be researching the horror stories, maybe some video ideas for Halloween :)
Fantastic video, as ever Steve. I hope you are still enjoying your Montrose home.
Beautiful place,it does Scotland proud. Lovely beach arching it's way into the distance.old buildings crying out to be restored as a hotel os youth hostel,A steam train to bring the past back too life. So much potential and so beautiful aswell.
Totally agree Colin!
That clip of Montrose FC is what football used to be. I used to watch Manchester United when it was like that. Warms my heart. Thank you
Hi Steve, First of all welcome to Montrose and I'm sure you'll enjoy living here. I noticed a couple of things while watching your video that I thought I'd mention to you. While you were walking towards the Bamse statue just beside the shopping trolley you passed a brown bench shaped like the bow of a boat. That bench was fabricated and welded by myself and my boss and was made in memory of a local guy who worked at the harbour all his life until he sadly passed away. Also on top of the library building there is a weather vane which was refurbished by my myself and my boss back in 2019 I think it was as part of the library upgrade works. So it was good to watch your video and remind me of the history of this place. Maybe some day you should take a trip up Edzell way to a place called The Rocks of Solitude and then head into Glen Esk and have a walk to Loch Lee. The peace and quiet there is fantastic and excellent scenery too. There's so much I could tell you about Montrose as I'm sure plenty others can tell you too. Oh and I'm a born and bred Gable Endie so if I can help with anything just let me know.
Thanks so much for this Norrie!
We've recently found your channel, absolutely love it and have subscribed. If we were fifty years younger we'd be doing all the tripping like you two do. So now we'll live vicariously thru your channe!. Walk on!
Oh, what a lovely village! It's so good to begin a new adventure, in a new place. I am so happy for you both. I believe I would be living on the beach all summer. Do you remember the song, "Running in Circles"? I still play that a lot. Merry Ann from Minnesota
Yes I do! :) Oh, you should hear Alicja (like every day) 'That's me off to the beach!' :D
@@steve-marsh I can just hear her doing that. Lucky Ducky!
Montrose is not a village its a rather large town.
its a town not a village 😂
You're fast becoming our go to channel for uplifting viewing 👌👏and a fab source of insider knowledge about Scotland as we continue our search for a place to return to in the uk after some years living in rural France.
Best wishes 😊
Hi guys, congrats on the move, looks like a beautiful & relaxing town, I’m assuming the move fits in with your jobs/ employment? Greetings from Adelaide, South Australia, we are having a cold winter averaging 12/13 at the moment, summer however averages in the mid to high 30’s and we normally get bursts of 40+ degree days. Loving your channel, found you this week after being in ISO, keep up the great work, Pete.
Similar to Albury, New South Wales, Australia.
Thanks so much Pete! Yeah, we were fairly flexible with work so this move made a lot of sense and we're totally loving it! But I couldn't take your summer temps! :O
- Just some video ideas from one of your hardcore viewers -- Take us on a journey from your old neighborhood in the capital to your new place and share the differences. I can't wait to see the tours of the small towns you named and their harbors.
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Carson a dh’ fheumas tu a bhith a’ suathadh cho breagha sa tha Alba anns gach ràith aice? Tha farmad a’ togail a cheann grànda a-rithist! Fuirich sàbhailte agus fallain an dithis agaibh agus cùm iad a’ tighinn.
Why do you have to keep rubbing in how gorgeous Scotland is in all her seasons? Envy is rearing its ugly head again! Stay safe and healthy you two and keep them coming.
Steve - I did some Internet poking about Bamse and there is a Bamse trail through and in town and his grave is in the area to visit. He was quite the integrated mascot into his ship's affairs [the Thorodd]. A very remarkable friend and animal companion to his master's family and his ship's crew members.
@@steve-marsh glad to read work is flexible, you’re a natural in front of the camera & very easy to listen too & watch, did a trip back 9 years ago & you’ve covered off some of the spots I made it too, amongst my highlights were the Wallace Monument, Falkirk Wheel, exploring in & around Edinburgh plus seeing the family over in Troon, still lots I haven’t seen after leaving for Oz many years ago, cheers again
Montrose looks like a well kept town; I wish Ayr was as well kept. We have 'Space' in common with our hometowns now; good for lockdowns!!! I have only been to Montrose once, & that was only the train station because I had to change trains there. But I do remember looking at that huge Montrose Basin which I believe is associated with flocks of birds. Maybe you can film them when you walk around the basin sometime; I would be interested to see that. I am glad that you 2 are pleased with your new hometown.
Alicja keeps going on at me about a walk around the basin :)
So, your heat measured by Fahrenheit would be about 72 degrees. We are currently 102 degrees in the Phoenix metro area with higher than normal humidity because of an active monsoon season! So, watching your video helps cool me off besides giving my husband and I extreme wanderlust! Keep ‘‘em coming, Steve! Wishing you happy times in your new home base.
I just couldn't take it! Not built for those temperatures in these parts :)
Heat is measured in Celsius or Centigrade here by the way, although you can use Farenheit if you so wish too!
Excellent, really enjoyed that. We came up from Edinburgh 8 years ago and live near Montrose. Beautiful area to live with lots to see and explore.
Hey Abbie glad to hear you're still enjoying it :)
Many great holidays in Montrose
Lovely video! We moved to Montrose from Leith nearly 2 years ago and are very happy here. Do miss Auld Reekie a bit especially teuchters landing.
Hey neighbour! Aye, great place, we'll look forward to visits but will be happy to come home again!
Aha! I had a gut feeling something was going on. You mentioned St. Cyrus. I was there maybe 15 years ago for a wee holiday and have always wanted to return. It's a beautiful part of Scotland. You've made a good decision. I'm also thinking you didn't have to twist Alicja's arm too much.
Haha yes mate! Alicja is at the beach RIGHT NOW! :) Hope it's all going well on your travels - your content is fantastic, happy travels
That music you play was between the beech Boys and batman
First! A huge surprise this - hope you enjoy your new home!!!
Thanks so much Mark!
Hi mate I am 54 years old today and I am born & bred in Birkenhead near Liverpool and I'm an Everton season ticket holder but have followed Brechin City near you since I was young I have followed you for years mate I also travel all over like yourself you and Alicja keep living your dreams mate
I live near the basin in Montrose it’s lovely
Hey neighbour!
such a nice couple
Used to go to Montrose links caravan site when I was younger with my folks, loved it!
Used to be a sit down cafe in the green pavilion and an amusement arcade just across the road before the road layout was changed up there.
Good times! Thanks for the memories Steve!👍😊👏👏👏
Thank you very much for that wee trip around Montrose. I used to go there to see auntie Mary & Unclle Harry. Lots of nice cafes and charity shops. Lovely place to stay Enjoy
Welcome to the rose on the coast! Great choice, I’ve been here my whole life, I prefer the small town feeling compared to the big bustling cities that’s for sure.
Loving it! Thanks for the welcome neighbour!
What a lovely video of the town I was born and brought up in, 5 minutes from the beach. I used to walk through the park you started your vlog in to go to school and lived alongside the football ground. Before you got to the end, I was going to ask if you'd found found the Air Station Heritage Centre. They are a great bunch of volunteers down there. You asked about the Royal Arch. Montrose had a lot of Masonic Lodges as well as Eastern Stars back in the day with some (I believe) still in existence. Also, Montrose High Street has unique architecture influenced by the town's connection with Holland. Montrosians were nicknamed Gable Enders/Endies because of this. Enjoy being new Montrosians! 😊
Thanks so much for the info Lynda! What a great town you are from! :)
@@steve-marsh Your video made me a bit nostalgic although I regularly visit family 🙂. One thing you might have noticed down near the harbour are the names of the streets. It'll give you some idea of which countries the town had dealings with through trade!
Recently discovered your channel and we've been busy catching up on not just the new, but also the old, videos. We really enjoy them! You asked about summer temps where we live. Well, we live in South Florida, about 25 miles from Fort Lauderdale, and, for much of the year, our temps are in the 70's and 80's, but they rise into the 90's (with very high humidity, too) by June and stay there through most of October. But has been getting hotter (and even more humid), earlier and longer, each year. This year (2023) has been a beast.
I hope you are on or near the coastline for some sea air! This summer has been a washout for us, difficult even to plan trips for the channel as it has rained so much. Today is beautiful though, and a cool 14ºC!!!! Thanks so much for watching the videos new and old, I really appreciate it and it makes a huge difference to the success of the channel :)
You guys made the right choice, what a fantastic place to live, plus it looks like a good jumping off point for more adventures, I'm gonna cry with envy now!
Love your channel and especially this video! I lived in Montrose as a US sailor when I was stationed in the area from 1980 to 1983. The people of Montrose were very welcoming to the US military living in the area and I have very fond memories from my time there.
that lighthouse path is a great walk mate along to scurdie
So many new paths to explore :)
What a lovely new place to live. What a good choice! Two days ago it was 39 deg C with a heat index of 43 deg C in Nebraska and we're a long way from a beach. 🌞
I think there are 27 pubs in Montrose tried to do them all in one night don’t remember finishing Living in NY for the past 30 years but Montrose will always be home. Visit Mum regularly there
Haha good effort Mark (I'm sure you did finish btw) :)
Hello again Steve, I'm now thoroughly enjoying your earlier videos, your new home town is a lovely looking place which makes me sad that I never got to experience it myself, I am Scottish settled in Australia many years now which is why I love your travels because I get to see so many places I missed seeing for myself.
Alicja has a point there what Alicja said. We thought you were the most famous person in Scotland 😊
When you recorded this, my family and I were visiting family in London. The temps were brutal. Our Air B&B had no cross circulation as several of the windows were stuck closed. On purpose. When we arrived in Scotland for a family wedding, it was still pretty hot. Never been to Montrose, although my husband, from Perth, has. I want to visit now I’ve seen a nice tour.
I moved to montrose 2 years ago and I love it! Hope you guys are still here and enjoying it 😊 x
Superb! Hi neighbour! Still loving it too!
I live a few miles North of Montrose. It is a great bit of the country to live in. Lots of places to walk, cycle, swim. Never too busy. Never too hot. St Cyrus beach is close by and is my favourite beach. Montrose beach is good too.
I'am an English chap who visited Montrose for a football match 4 years ago.It was a delightful place to visit for a few days.That stretch of coast is really nice and the town and the area is very underated. You have made the right choice. Watchout for the golf balls tho' and if you want sea gulls visit Fraserburgh !! 😄
Nice one, glad you've had the pleasure of Links Park!