Lets Visit' #10 CHESTER, the best visitors guide to this historic British city
The tourist guide to all the attractions of Chester. The village on the Welsh border in the United Kingdom. People visit from all over the world, this video shows why you should too.
Scottish Places: Ayr & Alloway, Scotland - Land of Robert Burns & Birthplace Museum
A quick DIY tour around Ayr, Alloway, Prestwick and the Ayrshire Countryside. In no particular order are: 13th Century Brig O'Doon, Tam O'Shanter pub in Ayr High st, Souter Johnnies pub in Kirkoswald, Alloway Inn in Alloway, Balbirs Indian Restaurant on the southbound A77, Elvis Presley plaque at Prestwick Airport where he landed for a few hours whilst in the armed forces, Waverley Paddle Steamer - only sea-going paddle steamer in the world still going strong, Ailsa Craig the volcanic plug in the Clyde aka Paddy's Milestone, an old boat in Ayr harbour, Wallace Tower and a statue of William Wallace in Ayr High Street, Bar Dome in Prestwicks main road, River Doon in both directions as seen from the Millennium Footbridge at the mouth of the river, Brig O'Doon Hotel., pictures of Culzean Castle and grounds (appeared as Lord Summerisle's residence in original movie Wickerman and The Queen with Helen Mirren), Rabbie Burns cottage/birthplace in Alloway, the Lang Scots Mile walk marker on Ayr seafront. Phew that just about covers it! Shame its not newport state of mind spoof of new york state of mind '-)
Kirkoswald auld kirk in Ayrshire
This Kirk in Ayrshire in the village called Kirkoswald This is where Robert the Bruce Christened here after he was born in Turnberry. This graveyard is where Robert Burn's Grandparents from his mother's people, his School Master and Kirkton Jean, Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnnie buried there
Crossraguel Abbey, Maybole , Scotland. Where the last Benedict Monk to lived in Scotland, Part:1
The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel is a ruin of a former abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland
The origin of the abbey's name refers to the ancient Cross of Riaghail (Latin form St Regulus) that stood on the spot.
Crossraguel was a Cluniac abbey and the monks - members of a branch of the Benedictines - were known as the Black monks after the colour of their clothes.
Founded in 1244 by Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick, following an earlier donation of 1225, to the monks of Paisley Abbey for that purpose. They reputedly built nothing more than a small chapel.
History:
Crossraguel Abbey was founded in 1244 by Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick. The earl sought assistance from the abbot and monks of Paisley Abbey and provided them with land and funds. However, the Paisley superiors built only a small chapel for Crossraguel and kept the remainder for themselves. Upset at this, the earl took the case to law, seeking assistance from the Bishop of Glasgow, who ruled on the earl's behalf. He required not only that Paisley build the monastery at Crossraguel, but also that some of the monks from Paisley should be transferred there. These monks were given the authority to choose their own abbot. The abbot of Paisley, it was decreed, was not to interfere with Crossraguel's affairs, though he was allowed a yearly visit. All of Paisley's possessions in Carrick were to be handed over to Crossraguel, a ruling which the abbot of Paisley appealed to the pope in 1265, but to no avail.
Crossraguel was sacked in 1307 by the army of Edward I. It was rebuilt on a larger scale and remained a monastery until 1560, when the Reformation ended monastic institutions in Scotland. However, the few remaining monks were allowed to live out their time there until the last monk died in 1601. Some of the stone has been removed for local construction, but the Abbey ruins remain some of the most complete of any medieval religious house to survive in Scotland. Like Paisley Abbey, Crossraguel was of the Order of Cluny whose mission was to encourage pilgrimage. It is no accident then that Crossraguel is half-way between Paisley and Whithorn on the Ayrshire pilgrims' trail to the shrine of St Ninian in The Machars of Galloway. The site is looked after by Historic Scotland as a scheduled monument and is open to the public with an entrance charge.
The Kennedy family, Earls of Cassilis famously obtained the lands of Crossraguel Abbey through the torturing by Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis of Allan Stewart, the commendator at his castle of Dunure.
in Autumn, 1506, Montjoie (Gilbert Chauveau), French King of Arms, visited Crossraguel probably as part of his diplomatic missions regarding Scottish military support for King Hans (John) of Denmark. Montjoie had already spent time at the Court of King Henry VII of England before moving to Scotland and from there, visited Denmark. The record of him visiting Crossraguel is found in the Treasurer's Accounts of James IV, King of Scots - ‘Item, to Johne Beg, messingeir, to pas to Corsragwell and other places with writingis to warne of Montjoyis cummyng.
Crossraguel Abbey is one of the finest and most compleate medieval monasteries in Scotland. Closely link to Robert the Bruce, it survived the War of Independence of the 1300s (Wars of Independence is between Scotland and England before become United Kingdom in 1707) and prospered in the centuries that followed, Much of the present fabric was bulit in the 1400s, including the finely decorated chapter house and sacristy. The Kennedy family, who gained control of the abbey in the 1500s, added two of its most distinctive buildings: the fashionable tower house and the imposing gatehouse..
When the last monk had died round 1617 and the life of the abbey as a religious establishment was at an end, long after its religious role had ceased, The abbey was taken into state care in 1913.
The British Railway Variety Pack 2017 ~ Part 4
Probably my last upload for this year. I haven't gone out much due to a lack of interest in trains in recent times therefore this video spans from September until yesterday. Its snowing outside currently in a way I haven't seen for years. To get more excited about trains I've bought a new camera which I wanted to try out at Old Linslade but I remembered I took the memory card out the day before and forgot to put it back, with no internal memory I was carrying a dead weight around. I now respect how difficult it is to juggle a still camera with a video camera. My time at Sandy was very difficult as the sun was in the wrong place, the wind was blowing over my tripod and my hands were so cold it was hard to control the twiddly bits on the camera. Very much waiting for the MML electrification works and 4th track re-instatement at Sharnbrook to Corby. These are things that are progressing but slowly. Its also an expensive hobby if you want to travel far and wide, I'm not embarrassed to say Christmas has robbed me blind already. Trains are my cheap hobby, believe me when I say I have much more expensive tastes. I usually go to see trains when I'm broke, but now i'm broke broke.
For the record I spent a day at Irchester with Hayden (Homemovieperson) whilst making this video. Strangely he doesn't seem to have uploaded his vlogs of that day yet.
I have some great locations planned out for 2018 on the UK network and I'll also be visiting Japan and will cover the trains a bit whilst I am there. Merry Xmas everyone.