Walking from Edinburgh to Aberdour via the Forth Bridges - we know how to celebrate 15k subs :)
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2021
- Getting to 15k subscribers was a big deal for me. So when we had a Friday off with nothing to do, we decided to go for a 15 mile walk to celebrate - yes we know how to party :D Our only plan was to head north as it would take us out over the Forth Bridges, but our 15 mile calculation didn't quite take us where we wanted to go - so how far did we end up walking???
Walk recorded on Friday 4th June 2021.
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What wonderful content, presented by a thoroughly likable pair. I have watched this video two or three times, now. I get more enjoyment out of watching one of Steve's videos for the second or third time than watching most other videos for the first time. It's kind of like re-experiencing a favorite walking route versus a new, dull one. Sometimes you just know that you can't go wrong. I even sit through the commercials instead of skipping them, knowing it helps Steve (and sometimes Alicja) to keep traveling and to share their experiences with the world.
13:32 what a lovely sign "This is done.." thanks for this tour you did 3 years ago!
Such a happy couple, always a bright spot in the day (even this already sunny one). Congrats on the 15k and no, I don't think this is the end either.
Cheers Johannes :)
This was so lovely to watch as I have so many fun memories from my childhood of the two original bridges whenever I visited my Scottish grandparents in Fife (good ol' Dunfermline and inverkeithing). Hope to get back there some day. Best wishes Steve from across the channel and congrats on the milestone !
Thanks so much Matthew - I might be a bit closer, but a lot of memories over there for me too, really need to get back more often!
I came across you channel by accident. Great walk. I live in London but visit Scotland regularly. I will be looking at you old videos. Congratulations on 15K subscribers. That is hard to do these days.
Thanks so much for the support Robert! All the best to you in London!
congrats on reaching 15k subscribers
always nice to see Edinburgh again
Loved the long walking tour - especially all the details that Steve pointed out - I was googling all the landmarks as the video played - excellent excellent tour - I'm watching from Milwaukee Wisconsin US but feel like I was there today. Thanks Steve ( and hanks to his daughter too!). Tom RUPPERT from Wisconsin
well done on 15k! love every second on your videos, keep up the good work!
Thanks so much mate!!! Really enjoying this adventure :)
I really enjoyed your walk! (I was watching from Australia.)
Thanks so much Adrian! Still blown away we have viewers all around the world, especially in wonderful Australia! :)
Congrats on the 15k!!!
You guys make awesome content 👌
Scotland is beautiful 🏴
Thank you once again 👍
The thanks go to you for the support! :)
Congrats on 15k subscribers Steve. Proud to be one of them from Hong Kong! Always loved your videos!
Thanks so much Ryan! All the best to you!
Inspired to do a mini version of this with the kids during the summer break, can’t wait! 🏴
Congratulations on reaching 15,000 Steve - and congrats to both for walking such a long distance! My goodness, I bet your legs suffered the next day. Lovely to see the bridges from different locations.
Thanks so much Sue! I had to drive to Aberdeen at the end of this day, certainly not good for the legs :)
Many congratulations and good wishes on 15K subscribers! I am proud to be one of them!
Yas! Thanks so much Cindy :)
That was fantastic. Thank you. Very informative running commentary with a variety of footage. That area has been on my bucket list for decades. I’m surprised at how muddy the banks are at low tide - yet it’s still appealing. Dave, Australia
Thanks again, guys, for taking me places I never would see otherwise and, as usual, putting me in a happy mood.
The bridges look spectacular in any weather.
So true!
Aberdour, that’s awesome. On our first Scotland trip our family stayed there in a former stable on Christmas Eve and it snowed overnight. Magical. No snow where we live. Thx again for captivating content. Exciting. ☺️
Excellent! By far the best walking videos on the real Scotland and great to see parts I’ve cycled past but never explored on foot. Thanks to you both 🙏
Thanks so much Keith! Really appreciate it!
The FoF Railway Bridge is such a masterpiece! Thank you for sharing that walk with us...
Another terrific video. Such engaging commentary and great views. You have a real ability to make the viewer feel like they are on the journey with you (without the tired legs!). Please keep them coming. I've never seen such good vlogs.
Really appreciated Julian! Thanks again for coming along on our random adventures :)
Brilliant! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this VLOG. Congratulations on your milestone! BTW, loved your views of the Forth Bridge from North Queensferry! It really shows what a remarkable, imposing structure it is!
Cheers Bill! That view out over the Forth never gets old! It's a beautiful piece of engineering :)
So cool that you can actually walk across that bridge now! Congrats on the 15K subscribers!
Thanks so much! And cheers for coming over the bridge with us! :)
Ahhh you guys, you just keep getting better and better! Great 22 mile hike, the most I’ve ever done in a day is 25 with huge hills so well done! Very enjoyable! Thanks!
That sounds like an excellent effort! Well done you!
My wife and I have just booked a wee holiday in NQF purely off the back of this video!
Another great video guys thanks. It reminds my of when I had a job to replace the costal path sign posts all along the path from North Queensferry to Buckhaven
Good work! Thanks for keeping us on the right track :)
Thank you so much. You have made this Scot very homesick indeed. More power to you both.
Thanks so much Tom! Are you in Malta? Would love to go there!
Always enjoy the journeys with you both 🤗🤗
Another great video Steve. Keep them coming. All the very best from Thailand.
Thanks so much Kenneth! :)
Hi Steve.I really enjoy your walks around Edinburgh. I get to see parts I normally wouldn't. A pleasant way to start my day here in Germany with my coffee. Please keep these interesting walks going.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much! Ohhh I miss wee trips to Germany - love it so much there every time!
Another good video pal. What helps us is your knowledge of the places you show us.
Cheers Alex, appreciate it! :)
Another great video showing so many hidden gems! That was some hike for you both, and well done with all the subscribers - as a previous comment said....Well Deserved 😎
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it :)
It is Saturday morning here in Oz and I have just driven four hours to get home after a tedious week away working in the bush only to find your wonderful walk on my computer, man this lifted my spirits, what a wonderful journey and what beautiful views thank you so much it has made my day. Stay well both of you and thanks again. Ps- congratulations on reaching 15k I am sure it will not be long before you have double that figure.Cheers.
Wow, I'm just as thankful for this comment! Cheers Simon!
Aww well done to you both. Wish I had your energy, I'm bad enough going over in car definitely could not walk the bridge couldn't even stand to look over lol. But really enjoyed watching you two.thanks again for my day out, it's great to see all the places I know.😍
An absolute pleasure to take you on the walk with us Margaret! Believe me, I can't look over the railing at the bridge!
Well done Steve on another great production, keep em coming please. You are correct, North Queensferry just a magic place, love em old buildings.
It really is eh?! I'd forgotten how cool it was, would love to live there!
Watching your videos gives me a chance to see places I’d never see otherwise, buildings, towns and countryside. Scotland has always fascinated me and now I’m seeing it. Thank you.
Glad to show you round Doris :)
Aw getting close to my turf now! 😁 This makes me supppper nostalgic, i used to cycle from Sputh Queensferry to Glenogle daily on that cycle path and loved every bit of it! At 5am when noone but the farmers are awake, it was beautiful and peaceful 🥺😁 Lived right next to the new high school, the very start of the cycle path, and it was perfect in the summer 🥰
Amazing video Steve, i miss doing things like this, definitely motivated after watching this, and i'll be sure to pack ma wotsits and dreamies incase am hungry! 😉😅
Haha we always carry dreams in case we make some friends along the way :D What a cool commute that would have been, you would have been getting funny looks from the sheep :)
Congratulations on 15k, hopefully there will be a few 000 added to that soon :)
Oh Andrew, that would be a dream, and then I could go full-time and bring much more content! But imagine the walk we'd have to do to celebrate it :)
Genuinely delightful Steve. Another lovely edition to your endeavours. What a slog though, 21 Miles. Wow - I bet you were utterly exhausted after that effort. Thanks for sharing these, the Scottish tourist board should give you an award or sponsor you or something. You really present Scotland in a beautiful light. Cracking stuff. Well done on fifteen thousand Subscribers. Cheers.
Cheers Ric! Thanks so much for the kind words! We both really appreciate it. And yes, we were EXHAUSTED after this one! I think we have found our daily limit :)
Cheers to you, matey! :D Thanks for this fun adventure too! Keep going! Captain of the good old Blackthorne
Thanks Captain! Good times :) Hope you're doing well!
Cracking video Steve. Funnily enough my dad mentioned only last week that he wanted to walk across the bridges at some point this summer and then this gem pops up.
Well done on 15k followers too, great work
Thanks so much Lee! Really appreciate it from a fellow creator! Hope our wee video has whet his appetite for a bridge walk :) All the best to you
Hi Steve another great video of your walk around Scotland I’m still looking forwards to see more of your videos thank you for sharing
Thanks so much Ken, more to come soon I hope :)
So very nice to accompany you two on your 20+ mile trek. There was so much beauty. One part was amusing when you were discussing the somewhat disheveled section. As you said the words, you were walking by a gorgeous shrub. :-) Loved the many greenways.
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much for coming along Bob! Oh we need to show more appreciation to those shrubs :)
I'm sitting here with a lump in my throat, what a beauty you are showing us, thank you🎉
Another great walk Steve......great scenery, as always, you guys really like to punish yourselves for sure! I do remember when I could do that, but not now....knees won't take it or the feet! You're blessed to live in an area that has so many beautiful places to visit close by. I'm sure that train ride felt wonderful on the way home....hope you enjoyed a nice supper after that!
Cheers Bob! It is such a nice reward to do these as one-way walks and have the reward of a wee train journey afterwards! We sure reached our limit on this day though :)
Beautiful journey. Thanks for the wonderful video!
You made me laugh @ 1:56 ! Congratulations on (more than) 15K subscribers, I look forward to the video that you will make when you reach 100K. Great video, beautiful scenery.
Thanks so much Philip! Full-time work is getting in the way of more videos at the moment, but hope to film another video this week :)
Another great walking tour that I enjoyed very much!
I look forward to the next one. Thank you!
Thanks Lara :) Thinking hard about where to go next :)
Lovely area. I added Fife to my Train Simulator. Another great Steve, thanks.
Nice one Jack! Thanks :)
Superb walking video yet again. Your walking trips have inspired me to walk more also. I watched your video on walking between Edinburgh and Glasgow via the canal and have set off to do the same (in wee bites)) from Bowling in the west through to Edinburgh. Today completed Linlithgow to Broxburn alll thanks to your video idea thanks.
Great job Alister! I'm really enjoying the oneway trips with the fun of a wee train journey back :)
Another great vid, Steve. Much enjoyed! What a walk!
Cheers Jim! :)
That's a terrific effort. Well done to you both! Always enjoy walking in Fife. I'm walking from Glasgow City Centre to Balloch Castle at Loch Lomond on Friday. Roughly 20 miles. Another enjoyable vlog. Keep up the good work!.
That sounds like a cracking route Mark - might need to steal that idea :) Aw the best with it!
Hi Steve new subscriber here! My husband and I are working our way through your back catalogue and loving them. We are trying to think of challenges for you, but you seem to have done them all 😂 I felt your pain at the end of this video, jelly legs! Look forward to watching many more, you two are a joy to watch 😍
That's a long old walk - well done, really enjoyed that.. keep up the good work!
Cheers Bruce! Really felt that one in the legs :)
Again areas i know but great to see the hidden gems i havent come across in the car and from the road well done again great vid
Cheers Davy! A lot of new places for us every time too :)
Just recently found your channel.. I was born in Newbridge midlothian but now living in Dublin. You brought back great memories talking about the Forth Road Bridge. Like your mum and dad I remember queuing for hours to get across on the first day. The queue went as far back as Kirkliston. My dad was also driving his Ford Zephyr. Really enjoying your channel.
That's so cool Alan! Cheers for getting in touch :)
Nice to be watching this when you've almost reached 150k subscribers. (You apppeared in my recommendations a few months ago, and I'm catching up with your past videos.)
Superb walk Steve; the late spring country-side is the best. A future trek around the coast of Fife would be binge worthy. My arthritic knees are jealous.
Cheers Peter! We are really excited to do the whole trail as soon as we can get time off together :)
Congrats on the subs mate, you two are obviously full of energy or just aff yer heids min 🤣, wish I could walk that far, nice vlog again showing things I haven't seen down that way 😁
Cheers Marty! Oh, we really felt it after that walk - I think we've found our limit!
Gosh ! What a wonderful walk !!! Greetings from Hamburg to you both !
Thanks so much Gabi! All the best to you too! :)
Congratulations 👏 on the 15,000. Subscribers milestone.
Great video
Cheers Dave! Really appreciate it :)
Loved this! I walked part of the Fife Coastal Path this past Saturday from BurntIsland to Kirkcaldy (I can’t walk as far as you two). So beautiful. I’ll definitely be going back to walk more of it. After watching this, I want to walk over the bridge and through North Queensferry. 😊
Congratulations on 15K subscribers! 🎉
Thanks so much Wendy! Can't wait to get back over and do the whole coastline (over a few days of course!) :)
Love the fourth bridge area. thanks for taking me with you.
What absolutely cracking video mr Steve me and kean went to North Queensferry last year to the Scottish seaside centre as we were watching this video just now the squeals of excitement from my boy were amazing as we too went up the smallest lightower as well he was so exited when he recognised the tower and the train station at Dalmeny thank you for inspiring my son to an our trip in August to your fair land as he has autism your videos get his mind working overtime watching your videos and trying to recognise places we have been in Edinburgh thank you both again for entertaining us and kean says you must have some cold drinks lol thanks again from joff and kean
That's so cool you've been there too! Love it! Not too long now until your next big adventure! :)
Great walk Steve that takes a big heart for the two of you to stick with it. My first time over the Forth Bridge would have been Dec. 1964 my father was a haulier and would take fish down to Joe Appleby in North Shields. The following year while at Broomlee School camp in West Linton we had a day out walking over the bridge to North Queensferry.
Wow the year it was built, it would have been all shiny and new! Love it :) Thanks Dennis
That was one heck of a walk Steve and Alicia,there was an awful lot to like on that walk.Bet you were feeling it by the end, but both did it with good humour and little complaint.Look forward to your next video mate.Only 4 weeks till I come up to Fort William,so looking forward to it.Take care both,see you soon.
Awesome Bob! Have a fantastic time, we really need to get up that way soon as well! :) We were so tired by the end, we barely had the energy to finish the video :D
I sit too much here in Stenhouse. Well, thanks fer giving me the motivation to get out and about!
Guys another great wee video,
I was just talking yesterday wondering what north Queensferry was like,so I definitely up for a wee walk from there (not from where you started 😁)so thanks for deciding my next wee road trip 😎
Ha cheers Douglas! Glad to be of assistance :)
that bridge is immence ! great to see aleica boppin along next to ya sharing the pain...cheers guys
Congratulations on 15K+ subscribers! We use the same MapMyWalk app, I did 6 miles this morning. 👍🏼. Love your videos!
Great effort!!! I really love that app :) Thanks so much T-Dawg :)
Great seeing the old bridges as I moved from fife to Sheffield a few years ago
Really enjoyed this many thanks for sharing.
what a video what a walk Aberdour golf club Ford Zephyr Bridges amazing. Used to have day trips to Aberdour and loved it a long time ago. well done
Glad you enjoyed it Jim! Aberdour could have a video all of its own for sure!
Thanks for a really enjoyable video. My wife and I love the Fife area and have walked part of the Fife Coastal Path between Lower Largo and Crail. We would love to see your treatment of this which would certainly be a good watch. You might even fancy doing the chain walk near Elie! Having completed the 15 mile target on this video though I think that I would have headed for Inverkeithing station instead of continuing to Aberdour!
That would have been a good idea Bob - we certainly reached our limit! We did a wee video on the chain walk too - what a great place, and the coastline just gets better as you head east - we really must do the whole thing when we have some time off together :)
Well that was a grand walk you did I was worn out 👀 watching thanks for sharing 👍 xx
Only just found this video it was brilliant a great day out 👍thanks Steve
Glad you enjoyed it James!
Epic stuff guys when you said 15miles from edin to Aberdour I said aye right well done though enjoyed seeing my back yard
Haha David, shows how much planning and knowledge we really have eh!?
Brings back good memories, I lived in Grangemouth, just up river, back in 1950s, moved to Devon but returned to that area now and again to work in Rosyth Naval Dockyard....
That was quite a trek. Lovely video, and Alicja is definitely a keeper -- a trouper, a great sport and adorable to boot. Hope you took a cab home from the station.
Cheers Douglas! You know I was so tired I can't even remember! :D
My wife told me about this video a couple of months ago but I didn't watch it until now. Having lived in South Queensferry I thought I knew it all! But the views you provided were, for the most part, a totally new perspective! I couldn't have made that walk even during my thirties, so thanks for providing this vicarious adventure.
Thanks so much for coming along (at last!) ;)
Well done - both for the hike and the subscribers. Today 15.7K - a year from now 1.57 million!
Imagine that walk Jim? :) Hope you're doing well!
Almost 50K subs to date and counting. Approximately one in every 160.000 humans and at least one cat (my dear old Abraham) have now subscribed to your channel. Of course, most of us only subscribe to catch a glimpse of Alicja smiling, but still quite an achievement. Really looking forward to how you will celebrate that 50K. 😊
It's really Alicja's channel isn't it? But I'm sorry to tell you this, Abraham is my favourite subscriber :)
excellent stuff Steve, thanks to both. Cheers from Cornwall.
Glad you enjoyed it Paul! Thanks!
Nice one you both on the 20 mile or so walk so many hidden gems in our livley country well done again
Thanks so much Roberto!
15.7 Subscribers - hardly surprising with high quality, entertaining videos like this - as always enjoyable with good content delivered in a friendly style. I am sure more milestones in watchers will continue !
Thanks so much John! But imagine the walks we're going to have to do to celebrate :D
A great walk on a superb day. Nicely filmed and produced. Well done..!! ;-)
Thanks so much John! Really appreciate it, especially as very novice film-makers when people understand the work that goes into these videos :)
Phew, what a walk! Well done and thanks for sharing. So interesting and lovely views 🥰
Cheers Lynn! We need to do more like this, such an easy 'idea' even if not so easy on the legs :D
Great idea pal with the 15 miles walk lol very imaginative! Here’s to the next 15K 🏴🏴
Cheers Arron! The walks are only going to get longer :O
@@steve-marsh after 15/20 miles you both deserve a day off mate haha!! As I’ve always said great channel please keep it coming!!
Stunning video, I’m from Aberdeen but I’m a huge Hearts fan so I’m used to crossing the bridges nearly every weekend, I’ll need to stop off at one of the Queensferry’s and get a better view, congrats on 15k from a new subscriber
Cheers for the support Ben! And I'm sure the jambos will say the same - great effort!
Great walk, lovely to be brought along on it!
100% am going to have to head to North Queensferry, if only to check out the tiny light tower!
Please do Tom - it's a wonderful wee place :)
That was amazing Steve! If I had been with you, you would have been carrying me back to the ship :):):)
I enjoying virtual walking tours. Greetings from Australia.
Congratulations on reaching your 15,000! I'm sure there are a lot more people who'd be fascinated by your posts.
There's nothing more fatiguing than walking the pavements of busy suburban roads, my feet ached in sympathy with you two, but what a gem of a celebratory video!
I had no idea you could walk over the Forth road bridge, and what amazing views you get of "the" Forth Bridge from there.
I remember queuing to cross on the car ferry at South Queensferry with my parents after staying the night in Edinburgh en route to a walking holiday in Strathpeffer. That was in the July of 1964, so it must have been just before that first road bridge was opened.
What spectacular pictures of the railway bridge you took from North Queensferry, the buildings in the foreground gave a real idea of the scale of the structure, and what an attractive little waterside town it is. Loved the permanent graffiti from the sailors of 1771 "We wuz 'ere", they weren't going to be forgotten!
The shipbreakers at Inverkeithing was originally part of the "empire" of Thomas W Ward of Sheffield and was set up after the First World War. Many famous ships met their end there, mostly warships, not surprising, given its proximity to Rosyth. These included the original of the famous "Dreadnoughts" in 1923, and post World War II, the pride of the Royal Navy, including "Nelson" and "Rodney", sister ships of the ill-fated "Hood". Liners included in 1937, the hull of the RMS "Olympic", a sister ship of the "Titanic", and Cunard's second "Mauritania" in 1965. It's a bit of a comedown to be breaking up family saloons nowadays!
Incidentally I've been watching Paul Murtons "Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs" and caught the one where he visits the "lost" lochs of Edinburgh: Nor' Loch, once a partial moat for Edinburgh Castle, which became a cesspit and was drained to provide the space where Princes Street Gardens and Waverley Station now stand, and Burgh Loch, now parkland, which I believe you drove around in your video in the snow earlier in the year. He also visited a very attractive "Doctors Garden" on the shores of one of the Moorfoot Reservoir "lochs".
Looking forward to the "Fife Coastal Path" adventure.That should be interesting.
Cheers Hugh! I really should call you before posting these videos with all that awesome knowledge you have! Ohhh I'm jealous you've done the proper Queensferry crossing :)
@@steve-marsh I think it's interesting, the way you do it ,"Just go out there and see what happens.".and so obviously do many other people. If anything attracts your interest, you can always check it out later, or nowadays on the spot on your mobile. That was some trip to Strathpeffer. My Dad thought we'd got it nailed when we reached Edinburgh (beautiful drive up through the Borders), but there was a lot more driving to do up into the Highlands via Perth and Inverness. And we were in the old VW van he used for business - nothing like as comfortable as your "customised conveyance"!
Brilliant, thank you so much I enjoyed every foot step😁
Thanks so much Rob!
Are you telling me that after a 21.49 mile walk, you didn't even stop for a pie and a pint? You're a madman!
Congratulations on the subscribers. Well deserved 👍
Haha cheers guys! You know what, we weren't even hungry - it was weird, maybe too tired (and as soon as we got back to Edinburgh I had a 2 1/2hr drive to Aberdeen!) I slept well that night :)
Congrats on 15k and for you both making your wee legs walk that far!
Cheers Paul! We were broken after that! The walk home from the train station should have been included :D
Congratulations on 15k subscribers. You really honored that with a very long march. North Queensferry is such a magical place. I loved it. I really enjoyed your walk and it was again interesting and beautiful. I bet Alicja closed her eyes on the train ride. You are already close to 16 K subscribers, is there another surprise, maybe a walk south? 😄
Thank you so much GG! :) LOVED North Queensferry, it's been so long since we've been there! She sure did :) and I had a 2 1/2 hr drive to Aberdeen after it, so no pub lunch to celebrate properly! A walk south is waiting for us at 20k :)
Amazing, I did not see any trash / litter in this whole video. Along the coast, no junk, cans, bottles on the shoreline. Fantastic video! Glad to know there is a country in the world that takes pride in their cities.
Glad you enjoyed it Frank
Great stuff Steve and those miles are very good going, weirdly enough I was watching a show a few weeks back all about the Forth bridges, was really good but sadly was saying about some men that lost their lives building it.
Been to South Queensferry a few times but never North, those stairs you went up reminded me of the Wallace Monument, bit touristy but still worth a visit if you've not already done it.
Thanks again fella enjoyed as always.
Thanks so much Gary! Hope you're doing well :) Wallace Monument is a great shout - and what a setting it has - definitely thinking to do some short 5 minute videos on this kind of attraction
@@steve-marsh Kelpies is good too fella and Falkirk Wheel 👍
Another great video Steve. I could feel your leg pain just sat watching from my sofa! You should get a Fitbit. ;-)
Haha I really should! Thanks John :)