Our last days in Scotland. We explore a bit more of Fingal, visit the Royal Yacht Britannia and spend the day at the Christmas Market in Edinburgh City Centre.
Gosh I am home sick came to Canada with my family in 1966 was home in 2018 to take my mom and dad's ashes back and went to the Tattoo. Wish that they had Christmas markets like Scotland and Germany in Canada.Merry Christmas to you both.
Such a pleasant couple. Watching your travel videos is one of the most relaxing things I can think of doing in the evenings. Beautiful music, food, and scenery.
I woked in Leith in the 70s we were unloading sulphur and phosphate not far from where the hotel is. It may sound bad but these were good days -good people It is nice to see that there are good times for tourists there now
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. I love how you put them together, very professional and yet relaxed with a personal touch. Thank you for taking time during your break to make this for the TH-cam community. Have a great Christmas and may the New year bring you more adventures to share. Vik
I finally got to see this. How cool to be on that ship and your Christmas market adventure. I've never had mulled wine or spiced plum cider. Hopefully we will get to your neighborhood ~ England that is. Thanks for sharing!!
Nice informative video once again. Watching the engine room and viewing the ship's log book and messages must have been exciting. Food looked tempting too especially the fish...
I love the tour of Britannia!! My brother and his wife had dinner on Britannia during her last trip to Canada in 1997 when the Prince of Wales used her for an official visit. The footage of Edinburgh is beautiful! Happy New Year from Vermont
Another great vlog Christmas Market looked so nice , never been to Edinburgh it's on my to do list, look forward to thevnext vlog have a wonderful Christmas 🎄
I enjoyed watching your stay aboard Fingal, it looks very comfortable and I'm glad you had an enjoyable Christmas break in Edinburgh and the Borders. Funnily enough I spend several nights on board MV Fingal when it was still a working Lighthouse ship, when we travelled from Oban to the Isle of Man via Holy Isle (off Arran); my father was a lighthouse keeper and we (father, mother, me) were travelling to the IoM for his job, we spent 5 years approx living there. Our stop-off at Holy Isle was to drop off another couple who would be living there for a few years too. Our arrival into the IoM was into Ramsey (rather than Douglas) and our car, which had travelled with us, was craned off the ship, so we simply drove the few miles to our new home. Happy memories. You mentioned also Britannia - I hope you enjoyed your visit if you did manage to get to it, I visited it in Edinburgh some years ago too and found it extremely interesting, although for me it was a return visit as I had been aboard it when it was also still a working vessel for a cocktail party, during the night it spent in Jeddah on its way back home from Bahrain where HM had been on a State Visit. She was no longer aboard during my visit. I was quite friendly with a couple from the British embassy (embassies were still in Jeddah, rather than Riyadh, in those days) and they kindly invited me as their guest, so that was an unusual insight into the yacht's working life.
Wow that's amazing! Bet Fingal was a little different back then though!? We really enjoyed HMY Britannia too, really interesting. Glad you enjoyed the video!
I’m really enjoying your videos. Watching your Iona series has encouraged us to do a cruise on her soon . Excellent videoing and interesting commentary throughout.
Just watched your 2 vlogs on fingal , me and the wife were so impressed we’ve booked the Gretna hall hotel and fingal for 9th and 10th of December this year can’t wait, love watching all your vlogs keep up the good work 👍👍
We have been avid watchers of your videos and vlogs since 2016. Thank you for the pleasure of you have given us over these last five years. We look forward to 2022 and your future vlogs. A very Happy New Year to you both 🥳🥂🍾
Hi guys what a great vlog it really put us in the Christmas spirit. Might try finger in the future as it's close to our home in the scottish borders have a lovely Christmas and looking forward to the next vlog in the new year. Colin and Katie.
Love ur vlogs, very informative. Was up in Gretna last Monday after couple days in Scotland. Hope u both have a fabulous xmas an happy bew year! Don't stay off line too long! 🎁🎄🍾🎉Viv, north east
Really interested in your review, would like to sample the delights of Edinburgh ourselves in the near future. Fond memories of the Royal Yacht as I was a welder employed on her in 1987 refit at Plymouth dockyard. Very best wishes to you both for Christmas and the New Year. We hope there are many more videos to come soon.
I shouldn’t have watched this one either. 😂 I’ve been to Edinburgh but not the Britannia. My husband has been to it. The Xmas market looks nice. The carousel was beautiful.
I'm vaguely familiar with Lieth, but not familiar where the Fingal is berthed. Was looking for Britannia to sight from, but couldn't see it. Someone has certainly poured a lot of money into Fingal, she's certainly looking superb. Would have been nice if you could have included a little of her history.
Hi my dears. I'm going on this ship hotel in August 1st for 2 nights .your vlog was excellent. Is it easy to find nice restaurants near .how much is the taxi into city and how far is it from the ship. Cheers both of you. Stay safe x
Cab took about 20mins and was roughly £10-20. The tram that runs right past Fingal is fully operational now, which is probably a good option. The track was still under construction during our visit.
Love The Way You Show Your Meals So Many Vlogers Dont great To See Thank You Again For A Great Vlog
Gosh I am home sick came to Canada with my family in 1966 was home in 2018 to take my mom and dad's ashes back and went to the Tattoo. Wish that they had Christmas markets like Scotland and Germany in Canada.Merry Christmas to you both.
One More Great Vlog Good Info On All That You See And do Thank you For Posting
Edinburgh is an incredible city a must for anyone who has hasn't been
Lovely video. Nice to see normal people doing fancy things. Takes the worry out of booking this trip myself. Thank you! 🇨🇦🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved that! Great music choices too, thank you 😊
Love all your Fair Isle sweaters,glad you had a fabulous trip I am lucky to call this beautiful city home!! Have a great 🎄
Thanks! Have a great Christmas and New Year! 🍻
What a perfect trip! Thank you for sharing.
Such a pleasant couple. Watching your travel videos is one of the most relaxing things I can think of doing in the evenings. Beautiful music, food, and scenery.
Good to hear, thanks! 🙏
Very interesting vlogs!!
I woked in Leith in the 70s we were unloading sulphur and phosphate not far from where the hotel is. It may sound bad but these were good days -good people It is nice to see that there are good times for tourists there now
Thank you. Enjoyed watching
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. I love how you put them together, very professional and yet relaxed with a personal touch. Thank you for taking time during your break to make this for the TH-cam community. Have a great Christmas and may the New year bring you more adventures to share. Vik
Thanks! Merry Christmas! 🎅 🤶
I finally got to see this. How cool to be on that ship and your Christmas market adventure. I've never had mulled wine or spiced plum cider. Hopefully we will get to your neighborhood ~ England that is. Thanks for sharing!!
Nice informative video once again. Watching the engine room and viewing the ship's log book and messages must have been exciting. Food looked tempting too especially the fish...
thanks for sharing guys love your v/blogs looks amazing ship and the food you had take care guys and happy christmas
Merry Christmas!
Excellent as always thoroughly enjoyable have a great Christmas look forward to your next Videos in the New Year
Thanks! Merry Christmas! 🎅 🤶
I love the tour of Britannia!! My brother and his wife had dinner on Britannia during her last trip to Canada in 1997 when the Prince of Wales used her for an official visit. The footage of Edinburgh is beautiful! Happy New Year from Vermont
That's awesome! It was great to have the opportunity to look around Britannia.
Great vlog, great couple. Love watching all your vlogs. Wishing you both a great Christmas!
Thank you! Merry Christmas! 🎅 🤶
Glad you enjoyed your wee break in edinburgh. The video was lovely, have a safe trip back home and have a very merry christmas
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Great vid A&K, really Christmassy ! Enjoyed looking around Fingal. Put it on my list!!
Have a loverly Christmas guys!🎄🥂🍸🍷🍺
Glad you enjoyed it! Merry Christmas! 🎅 🎄
What a lovely pre Christmas break. Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. Look forward to your 2022 vlogs
Merry Christmas!
As always a brilliant vlog guys. Thanks for putting it together.
I hope you have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year 🎅🎄🎅
Thanks! Merry Christmas!
Another great vlog Christmas Market looked so nice , never been to Edinburgh it's on my to do list, look forward to thevnext vlog have a wonderful Christmas 🎄
Thanks! Merry Christmas! 🎅 🤶
That bridge is a long way from the bow to react to what's going on. Beautifully shot and edited as always, setting the bar again
Yeah, gives the Captain time to duck if he sees a big wave coming I guess! Glad you liked the video 👍
Get out there in a storm & you won't think that bridge is too far aft..!! believe me..
Love your vlogs keep up the good work merry Christmas 🎅
Thank you! Merry Christmas! 🎅
Happy Christmas both,
Lovely video of Scotland staying on the ship, very festive thanks for filming.
Merry Christmas!
Another lovely video from u both
Thanks!
Kirstie is stunning !!!
Wonderful trip, thank you for taking us along. Kirstie your red nails look awesome! Happy Christmas 🥂
Thank you! Have a great Christmas 🎄
I enjoyed watching your stay aboard Fingal, it looks very comfortable and I'm glad you had an enjoyable Christmas break in Edinburgh and the Borders. Funnily enough I spend several nights on board MV Fingal when it was still a working Lighthouse ship, when we travelled from Oban to the Isle of Man via Holy Isle (off Arran); my father was a lighthouse keeper and we (father, mother, me) were travelling to the IoM for his job, we spent 5 years approx living there. Our stop-off at Holy Isle was to drop off another couple who would be living there for a few years too. Our arrival into the IoM was into Ramsey (rather than Douglas) and our car, which had travelled with us, was craned off the ship, so we simply drove the few miles to our new home. Happy memories. You mentioned also Britannia - I hope you enjoyed your visit if you did manage to get to it, I visited it in Edinburgh some years ago too and found it extremely interesting, although for me it was a return visit as I had been aboard it when it was also still a working vessel for a cocktail party, during the night it spent in Jeddah on its way back home from Bahrain where HM had been on a State Visit. She was no longer aboard during my visit. I was quite friendly with a couple from the British embassy (embassies were still in Jeddah, rather than Riyadh, in those days) and they kindly invited me as their guest, so that was an unusual insight into the yacht's working life.
Wow that's amazing! Bet Fingal was a little different back then though!?
We really enjoyed HMY Britannia too, really interesting.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
I’m really enjoying your videos. Watching your Iona series has encouraged us to do a cruise on her soon . Excellent videoing and interesting commentary throughout.
That's great to hear, thanks!
Merry Christmas to you both. I hope you have a Merry and Safe Christmas season.
Merry Christmas! ❤ 🎅 🎄
Loved the video. Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to you both! Karen from Austin, TX
Merry Christmas! 🎅 🤶
Just watched your 2 vlogs on fingal , me and the wife were so impressed we’ve booked the Gretna hall hotel and fingal for 9th and 10th of December this year can’t wait, love watching all your vlogs keep up the good work 👍👍
That's great to hear! We had a fantastic few days on that trip, really enjoyed it. Have a great time!
Merry Christmas to you both! 🎄
Merry Christmas!
Expenseeeeeeeve ..gla you enjoyed it..
Love your vlogs, merry Christmas to you both xx
Merry Christmas!
We have been avid watchers of your videos and vlogs since 2016. Thank you for the pleasure of you have given us over these last five years. We look forward to 2022 and your future vlogs. A very Happy New Year to you both 🥳🥂🍾
Great to hear! Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!
Hi guys what a great vlog it really put us in the Christmas spirit. Might try finger in the future as it's close to our home in the scottish borders have a lovely Christmas and looking forward to the next vlog in the new year. Colin and Katie.
Thanks! Have a great Christmas and New Year!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you both
Thanks! Merry Christmas!
Looking forward to your next adventures, happy New Year to you both.
Happy New year!
Love ur vlogs, very informative. Was up in Gretna last Monday after couple days in Scotland. Hope u both have a fabulous xmas an happy bew year! Don't stay off line too long! 🎁🎄🍾🎉Viv, north east
Merry Christmas! 🎅 🤶
Really interested in your review, would like to sample the delights of Edinburgh ourselves in the near future.
Fond memories of the Royal Yacht as I was a welder employed on her in 1987 refit at Plymouth dockyard.
Very best wishes to you both for Christmas and the New Year.
We hope there are many more videos to come soon.
Wow that's cool! We loved the Royal Yacht. Have a great Christmas!
Merry Xmas to you both, look forward to your new year vlogs.
Merry Christmas! 🎅 🤶
I shouldn’t have watched this one either. 😂
I’ve been to Edinburgh but not the Britannia. My husband has been to it.
The Xmas market looks nice. The carousel was beautiful.
Nice video..
Great video guys ❤️😊
Thanks!
Have a great Christmas 🎄🚢🎄
Happy New Year to you both ☺️
You folks can certainly eat.
Glad you enjoyed our fair wee city, you do need to re-mortgage the house going to the market though ( but they are all the same aren't they)
Yeah, we loved it and had a great time. They do like to charge a fair bit at Christmas Markets. We were kinda expecting it!
I would go for the cheese burger to , good choice.
I'm vaguely familiar with Lieth, but not familiar where the Fingal is berthed. Was looking for Britannia to sight from, but couldn't see it. Someone has certainly poured a lot of money into Fingal, she's certainly looking superb. Would have been nice if you could have included a little of her history.
It's not far from HMY Britannia. A little bit of a longer walk due to the road closure, but still easy enough on foot.
It’s always dark in Scotland 😁😁 I know I live here 😄
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Looks very nice, but a pity they didn't keep the original name of the ship 'Windsor Castle'.
Hi my dears. I'm going on this ship hotel in August 1st for 2 nights .your vlog was excellent. Is it easy to find nice restaurants near .how much is the taxi into city and how far is it from the ship. Cheers both of you. Stay safe x
Cab took about 20mins and was roughly £10-20. The tram that runs right past Fingal is fully operational now, which is probably a good option. The track was still under construction during our visit.
Generous starter at the fish restaurant, the ship is actually really large! I thought it was smaller than that….
Yeah, food in there was good and not expensive. Ship is just a nice size, not too busy.
Have both been to Cosmo before ?
If you mean Scotland, then yes, we have!
Was it nice ?
Yeah, great!
Great Vlog, thank you. Christmas wishes to you both xx
Thanks! Merry Christmas! 🎅 🤶