Tour of a Montrose Tall Ship, Making Its Way Home After Over 100 Years at Sea!

We only found out about this yesterday and dashed to Aberdeen to film it for you! A very special ship has arrived in port for a short visit, a ship that carries even more significance if you are from Montrose. Enjoy the video...

Thank you to all the crew for your hospitality and kindness on board

Filmed on Sunday 4th August 2024
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This video is not sponsored and all opinions are my own

I don’t pretend to be a travel expert, but I love what I do and would be honoured if you came along with me. My channel focusses on the wide-eyed wonder and excitement of finding somewhere new, and my genuine reaction to it. You may not get a history lesson in my videos, but who knows, you might pick up some useful travel tips along the way, add a few destinations to your bucket list and hopefully be entertained by what you see. Thanks for watching, it means a lot to me :)

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FAQs:
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
I was born in Glasgow but have lived in Carnoustie, Dalgety Bay, Stonehaven, Edinburgh, Montrose, and further afield (Salamanca, Spain & Devonport, New Zealand)
WHEN DO YOU UPLOAD?
Saturdays at 10am Scottish time. Occasionally a bonus midweek video will pop up (in which case, likely to be Tuesday at 5pm)
WHY IS THERE A DELAY BETWEEN TRIP AND VIDEO APPEARING?
This is both my business model and a result of doing everything myself. Editing takes time and I also like to schedule videos a bit in advance in case of any problems/illness/cancellations etc. Keeping my uploads appearing every Saturday is important to me, so I don’t want anything to get in the way of it. Also, I occasionally need some time off to recover from trips! But more than anything else, it's about budgets. I generally need to film a number of videos on each trip to break even. And each one of these take a while to fall into place on a Saturday morning.
WHAT EQUIPMENT DO YOU USE?
WHY DON'T YOU SPEND LONGER AT DESTINATIONS?
The usual suspects I'm afraid - time and money! Hotel prices especially these days make my eyes water like a true Scotsman. Also my weekly upload schedule means I need to keep on the move.
WHERE'S ALICJA?
Alicja will feature whenever possible, but she has her own life and a proper job so it can take a while for our schedules to match up. Trust me though, I prefer it when She is there too!
DO YOU PAY FOR YOUR OWN TRAVEL?
Yes I do. I've only ever accepted a complementary ticket as compensation for a previous problem. All my opinions are frank and honest reflections of travel as I experience it.
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It's my income, I can't do this for free. Notice I don’t have mid-roll ads though!
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I used to list my email address but felt bad not having the capacity to respond to everything so took it down (and I got a LOT of spam so missed many genuine messages along the way).
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Watching my videos is of course support enough, but if you'd like to support further, I'll pop links in here for Paypal and Patreon. All kind donations are super-appreciated and will go 100% towards future filming trips.
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I don't like to upset the flow of my videos, so I don't even include mid-roll ads anymore (at significant loss of income to myself), so I prefer not to include sponsorships either. I'm open to a small slide at the start/end of each video, but I don't want to get into talking about products, it's something I don't like as a viewer myself (especially as a viewer who pays for YouTube Premium). So it's probably a polite no, although all of this goes out the window if you offer me something which can give me the chance to make a video for my audience that would otherwise be impossible.

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[vincentcalvelli]

It is always a pleasure to see you and Alicja together.

[fprichards]

It requires a very special kind of person to work and live on a ship. Not for the faint hearted. Even in today's technology.

I cannot imagine how it must have been in the previous centuries. 😮

Respect! 😊

[DaveyPalmer]

Yeh! A bonus Monday morning video - thanks for editing this one so quickly Steve! That was such a cool ship - an incredible history too.

[alecralph]

Once again Alicja brightens up my day.

[diannehardwick]

It’s not easy to comprehend that everything the crew needed for several months at sea was in that ship. I was impressed by the library. Quite a lot of books there. An interesting film.

[downtherabbithole]

I love old sailing ships, i use to build model ships as a child and watched The Onedine Line on TV.

[davidaldridge]

Hi Steve and Alicjia
I have to admire the way that your always so respectful of other people when filming these types of videos.Other shall we say less thoughtful youtubers seem to think that they have a god given right to just plough through other people simply because they have a camera in there hand.Ive always said that please and thank you are short words but they can achieve an awful lot.You both epitomise that fact.Keep up the great work as we all love the vudeos

[natasjakoole]

That was truly lovely for you to be editing this so quickly to promote for just the one more day it will be docked there. And I think you did a lovely job of giving an impression of the tour round the ship

[grapesodatravels]

That was quite the library! I'm astonished they were able to welcome the public on board - it looks a health and safety nightmare!

[cheryllochhead]

Great to see old ships still going, its all part of our heritage, and the old wooden bunk and benches always last, not like the plastics they have now

[davidthomas]

Hi Steve . Thank you that was really interesting. I wouldn't have been at all surprised to have seen Alicja scurrying up the rigging.

[baobo]

Good one Steve, Have forwarded the link to a few ''nautical '' friends. You always have such clear well produced videos and I always enjoy your accents, Cheers

[Martincars]

Excellent video showing something that many people would not be aware of but missed the chance to see it. Very informative. Well done.

[seznz]

Not me watching and being "is that a kiwi accent I hear" haha. Love those old ships. Amazing life she's had

[footfault]

Very enjoyable, Steve! You've done it again. We must have the same tastes because everything you film and narrate is of much interest to me. Thanks for being on the tube.

[jenniferlevine]

Great fun - very interesting tour. The ship is wonderful!

[Graeme.raider.Walsh.]

Cheers for showing us an amazing ship and for the extra video.

[russmeans]

Wow...a cool ship Steve! Thanks for taking the time to show us.

[johnland]

Im in British Colombia so will miss a visit so thanks for the video..

[brycehermon]

An awesome bonus video. Thank you Steve and Alicja. That ship is certainly showing its age. If only the decks could talk.