Fancy a walkies through the Royal Burgh of Wick Scottish Highlands and NC500

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There is an opportunity to have a walkies through this remote Royal Burgh of Wick. • This small rural town on the NC500 route is full of surprises and history. • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Before Wick was deemed a royal burgh, it has been linked back to the Vikings. When Christianity reached this town in the 8th century and Saint Fergus (hence the name of one of the churches and the road). Then a couple of centuries later in the 12-13th century, this county was governed by the Norwegians until around 1214 when the King of Scotland was put in charge. • The key point in Wicks' history was around late 1390s- early 1400s when King Robert III permitted Neill Sutherland with the burgh of barony (sounds fancy for a little fishing town). • Then after a couple of battles amidst various Scottish clans, imprisonments for treason (whoops) and was given royal burgh status around 1589. • Following another jump in history (drownings in Wick river or murder so not sure there). • During the 19th century, this little northerly town became infamous for herring fishing, creation of a bridge (to take the pressure off a footbridge of planks). It was kindly thought to connect the Far North (beyond Tain) towards Inverness (did the issues in Wick start here). • Then around 1933 the Wick airport began flights to Inverness and Kirkwall (Orkney). • Although in both wars, Wick was affected especially because of the bustling harbour. Sadly, there were multiple bombings including Bank Row (previous video) that resulted in 8 children with 15 adults being killed in the daytime. • There is more to Wick like other regions of this town but this is a brief summary for this initial video. • Thank you for watching! :) Please like, comment and subscribe to my channel. • ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • youtube studio music used: • tbc • Information from: • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wick,_C... • Equipment used (not sponsored): • • Gopro hero 6 (bought refurbished from gopro on ebay): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184550787153 • • Hohem iSteadyPro 3 Gimbal Stabiliser for GoPro (like my Ebay purchase) • https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3528789866... • • Gopro hero 6 camera case (bought on Ebay): • https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401201200309 • • Memory cards (like one I purchased on Ebay): • https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/MicroSDXC-Ca...

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