Harbour slammed by epic storm - Stonehaven vs The Beast from the East 2021!
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The UK was first hit by 'The Beast from the East' in 2018. Now see the return of this front of stormy, wintery weather as it arrives in the north east of Scotland in February 2021!
I captured this phenomenal battle between Stonehaven harbour and stormy North Sea over 2 days - the first was all about strong winds and spectacular seas, the second was a calmer day but the clouds were full of snow, a perfect contrast.
I have kept all the clips I shot in original form and in the same order they were taken over the two days to bring you this storm in all its raw glory!
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A excellent production - leaving the music off was a good move- the weather noise told the story !
Cheers for that John - glad I left it raw and wild now for sure :)
Yes. I much better natural! Thanks lovely watching when you're nice and warm!
I absolutely love this one. I remember this kind of action at the sea front growing up in Grimsby. As long as you are at a safe distance there is nothing more spectacular than watching the awe inspiring power of mother nature...brilliant video.
I was watching it on the harbour webcam today and it was even better :D
Stonehaven is a lovely place especially in the summer months, takes me a half hour to get there from Dyce by train, glad I wasn't there for the beast, bit too chilly for me, look forward to the next video where ever that may be from :)
Thanks so much Marty! Yeah, love it in summer, the storm was great to see but I was outta there in about 20 minutes! :)
That’s exactly what I was thinking while watching the video, that it has to be lovely in the summer... 😃👍🏻👍🏻
Whenever I am being subjected to hypnosis or meditation, I am instructed to imagine myself in my favorite place, I inevitable imagine the worst storm ever with me in a warm, cozy and comfortable house with a blazing fire going while I safely can contemplate and watch the storm rage outside. This video is very close to my most favorite place.
Great comment Robert!
That Landy just looked so right with the snow on it. Could enter a photo of that to a calendar competition.
Captured the conditions perfectly.
Cheers Chris!
Oh my goodness - I've never seen weather as raw as that. I'm actually shivering watching this in my warm house! Great video Steve!
Thanks so much Sue! I swear I could barely feel my fingers afterwards, but hadn't realised as I was focussed on the filming :D
So true!
That's the first time i've seen any of your vids. Brilliant, loved the waves, wind, snow everything. The quiet voices in the background were like a relaxing lullaby. I'll save this and watch it often because it's natural and the way life is. What truly made it for me was because there wasn't any music. I've tried to watch some lovely vids but the music has me stopping it. I've also turned the sound off but there is no atmosphere, and it just sounds flat. I'll love looking at your other vids now. I have my fingers crossed you have more with normal natural everyday sounds. I used to live by the sea and miss it. I used to sit and watch and listen to the waves for hours. Thank you, you've given me a little piece of heaven.
Thanks so much Margaret! Alas most of my videos do have a soundtrack, but as I learn, it's something I'm trying to use less and less, I also much prefer the natural sounds. So don't judge me too much on some of the other ones hehe, stick with me and I'll get better :)
@@steve-marshHi Steve please except my apology. I reread my comment i sent you and i phrased it wrong. That was the first vid i've seen of yours and i loved it. What I didn't make clear was that i meant other peoples vids that come up that i've watched sometimes have music. It can be louder than the people that are talking and it's annoying, so I tend to turn the sound down. I'm looking forward to watching more of your vids, so thanks in advance. I'm also quite new to youtube and learning something new everyday.
I could watch this for hours lol.... Such lovely, raw, real-world video from the very best parts of the Coastal-UK :)
Thanks so much Fred! :)
Thanks for sharing the storm in Montrose. We saw video today of the damage it did in Europe. My cousins got stuck in the snow in the Highlands before Christmas south of John O'Groats. We have enjoyed all of your travel videos.
Absolutely love it, Beautiful. Thank you for sharing
Cheers Sean! Really appreciated :)
Another great video,Stonehaven looks like a beautiful place even in the winter.
Cheers Dave! :)
Looks beautiful, the snowfall even made it look lovely, great video.
Thanks so much! :)
A great looking little town and you got some amazing footage. Its incredible that the break walls can survive those crushing waves to protect the little harbour. Looked like a good pub day with a cozy fire.
Ha very true Paul, if only the pubs had been open then, that's where I would've been drying out :)
I just missed it. In fact I left my dog with my friend who lives there on that hill overlooking the harbour. I am currently in a isolation hotel waiting to go to work offshore.
Ahh shame! Glad I could show you it though! All the best offshore.
That seawall takes one heck of a beating from the sea. I was waiting for that little door to smash open with water going through it. Thanks for no music. Nice to hear the frozen rain/snow it really adds to the feeling of this show. Have a Magical day.
Cheers! Yes, I'll only use music where its absolutely necessary, thankfully raw was better on this one :)
Really great footage! Thanks for sharing, man! Hats off, felt like being there, standing in the storm.
Thanks so much Kata! 😊
I'm in Stonehaven right now. Hard to believe how small that massive harbor wall looks against these high seas.
I'm down in Swansea and it's not been very wild here. Loved seeing the storm hitting the harbour. Thanks for the video - enjoyed.
Thanks so much! Great to see, but also great to be back inside again, sitting closer to the heater than normal :)
I loved this, noise and all, I’m not even wet or cold, wonderful Steve ❤
Just finished watching. Loved the snow, the wind not so much. I like that you opted to have a quiet walk, sometimes its nice to share silence. Great job enduring the weather to share this with us.
Thanks so much for watching and for the awesome feedback! :)
A wonderful video, I love the natural sounds. You get a real feel of the area. No snow here on Dartmoor, well not what you call snow. Keep warm.
Thanks so much Sandra! I think I've been spending too long out in the snow, sitting a lot closer to the heater than I usually do! All the best to you on wonderful Dartmoor!
I can't think of a place I would least like to be in those conditions...working offshore in the North sea for quite long enough was enough ...now enjoying 22c today in Spain..great footage thank you as always :)
Hah happy to send you over some nice aircon in my video! I'm very jealous, but sounds like you have put the hard work in offshore and deserve it! :)
Scotland is a tremendous place...my feeling is you would love Spain, the North is outstanding and very green. The South has it's own beauty although 30-40 c plus in the summer presents it's own challenges! Look up Tolox National Parks Spain.
Brilliant - professionals take note - no MUSAK!! Thank you for posting!
Haha thanks Imogen, I made the right decision :)
Memories of prime cod fishing conditions. I spent 15 or more years winter cod fishing from the shore on the Eastern Scottish coast in these conditions . Hence I have arthritis in my hands . Wouldn't change anything though , its the most wonderful place .
Thank you! I love the shots you took. stunning, like watching a work of art being created. it made my furnace kick on. I hope to get back there someday. I'm here in the US, west coast now. but I've lived in lots of the wintery bits across the US. take care, don't freeze your fingers!
Thanks so much for watching! Love my trips to the States - you certainly get some real weather over there! All the best :)
Enjoyed that. Good decision on how to present this 👍
Thanks so much! Glad I left it that way now :)
Hey Steve, I was waiting for you to do some paddle boarding 😳😳😳
Really enjoyed that
Thanks
Haha the kayak was still drying out after the last time! Imagine it :D Glad you enjoyed the video Douglas!
One emotion 🥶
Mother Nature is amazing! Stonehaven is lovely in the snow. Well done video, perfect 👏👏👏
Thanks so much Inga! Yeah, those old buildings certainly suit a covering of snow! Beautiful to experience :)
Wow! It sure gets wild and woolly, Thanks a lot. Cheers
No added music was a good call. Great video. I love weather so this was really enjoyable!
Brilliant footage. I spent most of my working life as a postman. I have always loved bad weather, but I love it even more now that I no longer have to work in it.
Cheers Alex! Hey, did you see my Kerrera video - I was so jealous of that Postman! (but I can only imagine doing it in bad weather!)
@@steve-marsh Yes I did mate. I'm catching up on more and more of your videos. Really enjoying them.
Just got home from working away in 35 degree heat and would give anything to go for a nice long walk around Stonehaven in the cool, thanks for not putting music on this and letting the storm do the talking, cheers.
Cheers Simon! Happy to let my video cool you down 😎
Wow!!! This video is fantastic, Steve! Thank you so much!
Cheers Emma! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Thank Steve, now I know where the lifeboats are for when the UK sinks. See you at Stonehaven soon, my friend. Epic video, I love heavy weather
Cheers Martin! I hope there’s enough room on those boats for all of us 😆
@@steve-marsh let’s hope they’re magic ones able to carry everyone who wants to escape when the time comes!
Wow what a wave, scary ,l love to watch 30 foot waves brilliant,
Great video & those waves were incredible .
Excellent footage Sir!! Very nice of you to brave the storm, literally.
Haha thanks very much! :)
Great work Steve! Love the rawness of the film. Hope you had a wee dram or two waiting for you when you got back home :)
Cheers Iain! When I got home it was soup and sitting a little bit closer to the heater 😆
Visited Stonehaven many years ago. My kind of place. Where the rugby club bar is next to the curry house - nice.
Haha yes! :)
That was truly magnificent, mother nature at work. Reminds me of Canada's far eastern islands, Newfoundland and PEI. Would love for you to visit there and hear your thoughts on the similarities of Scotland and what customs were carried over by the Scottish settlers who landed there.
We did the East Coast Trail thru hike in similar weather :)
Glad you didn’t add music. You get the full experience of the weather.👍 Enjoying your videos, came upon your channel looking for Dundee info. Now thinking we might to day trip to Stonehaven while in Dundee.👏
Hello Steve from a hot and humid Durban! Love the videos and would love to move back to Scotland one of these days😀
Haha hello all the way over there in summer! Happy to keep sending you some cold weather via video ;)
Great video! I was in Dublin during Beast from the East 2018.
Thank you for this. Loved visiting Stonehaven my one time, in warm weather.
Thanks so much for watching Elizabeth! Glad you had slightly nicer weather when you were there 😆
Love the video, really enjoyed just having the natural sound.
Still laughing about that guy fishing!!
What great shots you captured.
Thanks a lot! :) right time right place!
Glad you were ok Steve.
The guy fishing was real hardcore stuff, great video looked pretty wild!
Haha I told him he was crazy when I passed :) Hope he caught something he certainly earned it!
Another great video Steve....loved this one with the wind, waves & snow! Looks like a really nice village to tour (in the summer). Thanks for leaving the music out...much better with the sounds of nature! Laughing at the signs....NO, I do not want to go paddle boarding & NO don't need the open air pool right now either.....a hot tub inside a building would be nice after walking around there....again...reminds me of home, of course....well done!!
Ohhh a hot tub would be amazing after that Bob! I could barely feel my fingers when I got home after. If only that open air pool has been open...
Good to watch from your warm bed Steve !
Haha very true Grace! :)
Great job Steve. Stonehaven, the home of some hardest and badass fishermen on earth. Raw!
Haha that’s so true!
Been there many times but never saw it like that before😄. Thanks for sharing 👍🔨📐
Aye a bit of a perfect storm that day :) Cheers for watching!
You capture how cold & miserable those conditions must be so well. Me I would be looking for some place really warm.
Ohhh me too - can't wait to get back to Malaga (one of my favourite cities)
Aw ma hame Toon! Lovely. Havent been back for a million years. Sigh
You know I think a good recommendation is to try out the Caledonian Sleeper!
It’s very much on the list, hopefully when the lockdown is over :) I’d wanted to try before but the price is crazy and I’m a poor man :)
@@steve-marsh it’s about £70 if you have a seat instead of a cabin
Your decision to not have background music was spot on. At one point, I forgot it was a video. Felt like I was actually there. Brilliant.
Is this abnormal weather for Stonehaven?
Cheers Philip great to hear! It's fairly rare like this, but not unusual to see the water breaching the harbour walls.
Great as always Steve!
Thanks so much! :)
Great footage!
We had heavy snowfall in Edinburgh too.
Cheers for watching :) Edinburgh is beautiful in the snow!
It's nearly 18 years since we last popped into Stonehaven thankfully it was not as wild. Now down in Somerset we have yet to get any snow this year, thank goodness.
Wow you’ve done well to dodge the snow! Cheers for watching :)
Hi Steve, Wonderful scenes from Stonehaven. Loved the waves breaking over the wall. Thanks for braving the cold to film the harbor. We’re hitting frigid over here also. The last week our temps were between -10 and -20C. Your scenery is better however. Cheers, JIm
Oh Jim that's chilly! I'm not sure how I'd fare in your winter - already getting a bit warmer here so the cold snap is over - we're up to 7C today (almost a Scottish summer) :D
Tremendous video. Thanks for that. I've only ever seen Stonehaven on sunny, summer days.
Cheers! :) The north east always seems to have their fair share of sunny days, perfect for all those awesome Stoney ice creams!
Great footage!
Just across the river (in south-western parts of Norway) we are seeing the coldest winter in many years. Usually our winters are very mild, like above zero degrees. This winter we"ve seen weeks with temperatures around -10 degrees Celsius. Rather unusual...
Hello across there! Wow that is a big temperature shift to normal - hope it’s enjoyable as a rare experience, but is -10 ever enjoyable 🤷♂️
@@steve-marsh Well, the sun has been shining for an unexpected long time. But it doesn't keep the cold away.
Nice hearing from our cousins across the river.
That's a beautiful shot at 8:18 of muted colors contrasting with bright-orange floats on the lobster pots. Looks like a wintry postcard!
Aww thanks Susan!
Fabulous video. Loved every minute of it. I am in Australia and we don't have these amazing harbours .
Thanks so much glad you enjoyed, and happy to send you over some Scottish aircon for your summer 😆
Won't complain about our "B"Easterly down here in Otautahi/Christchurch Aotearoa/New Zealand after viewing this! Good you resisted the temptation to add "sound effects".
Thanks so much William! Ohhh I remember bitterly cold southerly winds when I lived in NZ :) happy times!
Really enjoyed that. Thanks for braving the elements and keep warm pal. All the best.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! All the best to you too :)
I like this video, so watching it again 😊
Hi Steve. Thanks for sharing this great video. very atmospheric. Best wishes take care and try to stay warm. regards to Mrs Marsh.
Cheers Derek! I was certainly sitting close to the heater when I got back home! All the best to you too!
Nice video. Very well put together.
Thanks so much! I wasn't sure at first if there was a video in it, so really appreciate your feedback! :)
Loved it. So pleased you didn’t spoil the atmosphere with music
New sub 👍
Thanks so much for watching! I used music a bit with my early movies, but I've unsubscribed from my music supplier now to force me to film with natural sounds :)
I was there for it, hell of a storm
The water has some force eh
Thanks again Steve
I have a healthy fear of the sea for sure!
Wow Steve. It's making me feel cold just watching it! 😅
Haha and it feels that cold today as well even though the sky is now blue :)
Awesome video! It’s beautiful there even with the storm❤️
Thanks so much! Yeah, I certainly spend longer down the harbour when it’s sunny 😆
At 7.14 the snow has formed a face and shoulders on the rocks
Nice. I liked how calm the boats inside the closed gate rode the storm out. looked sleep-able (albeit cold!)
So true! That storm gate works really well! It's quite scary to imagine being outside of it in a boat - I love boats but they also freak me out when I see this weather!
We lived in Stonehaven at the time. You should have been here two years later for storm Babit, the harbour took a pasting.
So cool. 👍👍
The birds look like they're playing in the storm. 😮
They are hardcore!
great stuff love it
Thanks so much for watching!
Fantastic scenery. Love it . Chilly night here in Suffolk we managed -12 which is very unusual. The waves remind me of many years ago at my Grandmothers home possibly late sixties early seventies,there was freak wave that appears from nowhere and came over the harbour wall in Balintore ( seaboard villages) with terrific force. You can see the tiny fisherman standing on the near side as it hit. Absolutely incredible. I have a grainy photo taken at the time.
Oh that's a cold one! I just googled 'Balintore Harbour' and there was an image of a massive wave coming over the wall! Looks a cracking wee place! Thanks for watching, stay warm!
I will see if I can take a photo of my grainy copy to send to you, unfortunately the elderly folk who lived there at the time are no longer alive and I seem to have draw a blank who took it but it was a well know photo sold in the post office and on a calendar . I have so enjoyed all your trips out and certainly it’s an tonic until I can get ‘ home 🏴’ again. But I will pass on the deep fried Mars bar though !!
@@pamelamoo5306 Haha wise decision on the mars bar! :) thanks so much, it'd be awesome to see it!
Brillant stuff Steve
Cheers William!
Mother Nature at her best Steve ....hope that guy got some Cod for his troubles ...perfect fishing conditions 🤗..been there and got the tee shirt 😁 seems us sea anglers are slightly more mad than us kayakers . 👍amazing vlog Steve ty for sharing 🥃
Haha love it Tam! I did mention to him he was a brave lad when I passed! Or did I say crazy? Ahhh we're all a bit mad eh?!
@@steve-marsh it’s good to know we’re not alone 😂
That does look bloddy cauld Steve , reminds me just a couple of time when i was a Postie in Porty how cauld it could get ,but one had tae deliver the Mail back in the late 50's to early 60's till i came here to redcliffe Queensland Aussie land . I still love my Homeland forever and ever .Duncan .
I actually saw a brave postie oot delivering all those packages people are ordering just now! Hope you're enjoying some nice summer weather out there! All the best to you! :)
Nice view at 4:39 Thanks for the great video!
Cheers Philip! Yeah - the inner harbour is certainly nice and protected from the wild stuff going on outside! :)
Certainly no background music let’s you feel your there…..indoors hopefully at this time of year ❄️☃️. 🤔😂Beautiful in the summer - there 2022. Jim Malcolm’s metal sculptures are jewels along the walkway on the seafront ….their good talking points and funnier the closer you look. 👏👍🏴Richard & Shirley from EK.
Before I go any more into the video, I have to say, seconds 52 to 58 are phenomenal.
So, yes, I could cope with all that weather - from the lounge bar of the Ship Inn, pint in hand, looking out 😁
Thanks so much! Hehe getting chased by a big wave! :) Oh yes, it would be amazing to watch the crazy weather outside from a cosy wee bar! Although I'd be ordering a pint of soup after that walk ;)
Utterly calm weather. Calmest waters I've ever seen. Where's the storm.....
Yeah sorry about that, I should have been out on the kayak.
Hi Steve, great video!! Kinda glad I'm not there!!
Cheers Marjory! Even for me it was a lot more comfortable to be editing the video than filming it :)
In Thailand 35c and thinking of you freezing your bits off, good luck mate!
Haha love it Andrew, happy to send you over some aircon via my videos :)
Beautifully captured! But Holy Smoke - where those walkers actually out for a stroll?? Hardy people, is all I can say!
Thanks so much! Yeah, hardy people up there for sure :)
A super video Steve ... Reminds me of home lol...
Cheers Fred! :D
Brilliant !! Loved watching that :)
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!
Wild and raw and slightly scary! Love it. 🙏🏻
Thanks Roger! Glad we've both been getting out there in the white stuff! :)
WOW. We don't get storms like that on the coast here in NZ Steve. Maybe inland up in the alps.
I remember it well :)
Thanks for keeping it real. Background music would have spoilt it.
Cheers for the feedback! Glad I kept it that way :)
Hi Steve Some weather .....Your a long way from Reekie The wind from the East good for no man or Beast........That's my cousins boat the Dalwhinnie Aberdeen he has fished out of Stonie for years Crabs and lobster usually.
That's so cool - know the boat well from spending a lot of time doon at the harbour! Yeah, I go up to Stoney a lot as a carer for my dad, and although it's difficult, it's still a nice change of scenery. Cheers for watching Dennis!
Steve you show the sign heading out of the harbor showing three knots. Someone should tell that to the waves.
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so cool~!!
Cheers! :)
Great video Steve. Think I’ll just stay in Surrey !
Haha wise choice Mike! Although you must be getting some cold weather down there as well just now? Cheers :)
Wot? No canoe inflation segment ? Cripes, I had to put another “cardi” on just to watch that through.
Haha love it! Could have been surfing over the harbour wall :) I felt cold just editing it!
@@steve-marsh better surfing here in Perth Western Australia🐨🇦🇺 even in late autumn. We've a big south westerly storm due today (10/6/2021) at around 15:00, forecast temp min 11°c and max 21°c that's cold enough for me, hopefully you've got good Spring weather there today ☀️🐦🌱🌻