Good evening! Thank you very much for over 6,200 subscribers - I really hope you enjoy this walk around the fascinating (albeit rather rainy) Highland town of Fort William! My apologies also for a couple of wipes of the camera lens during the walk - just trying to get rid of a few pesky raindrops :) As for some bonus info on the town, we mentioned how some have said Fort William should change to its Gaelic name 'An Gearasdan'. While Scottish Gaelic is more widely spoken in the Highlands, only around 7% of the population speak it in Fort William, significantly less than the Outer Hebrides off the Mainland, where around 60% of people speak Gaelic!
When my great grandmother was in school she had the gaelic drummed out of her, it was considered taboo at the time. To put a date on thing's, she worked as a maid when the observatory was still in use on the summit of Ben nevis.
My mom was a Cameron descendant. I visited Fort William in 2015, to see where my Cameron ancestors lived. They left from Fort William on a ship in 1803 to come to Canada. I fell in love with the place. Thank you for the video 🙂
You're welcome! And thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the walk, Fort William is a lovely town with a proud history, which you're lucky enough to form a part of :)
I can certainly understand why! Particularly if you're there when the sun is shining those mountains are beyond spectacular - it's always worth the visit :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed this video!
Learned this town from watching UCI DH World Cup, learned this video when trying to learn more about Fort William. Great thanks to you, it's much fortunate finding this video!!!
only been once,didnt get to walk about too much because,you guessed it,it was raining,loved the museum then found a pub before we got back on our coach,thanks for the video
Ha ha the rain can be a bit intense as I'm sure you know - I was lucky to just start this walk after a big downpour :) But indeed the museum is a great thing to do when it's raining - I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! Thank you very much for watching - I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
I love my country 💙 I've been lucky to have visited this spectacular area many times esp when my two children were growing up.. Spent many a time walking up the high street in Fort William, exploring all the different shops and learning all about the interesting history n then into Glencoe 💙 where we pitched our tent at the campsite on the loch, hotels in Fort William on later visits ... I just fell in love with the scenery, its just out of this world, its truly amazing. I'm goin up in oct this time in a motorhome and I can't wait to get back, its been a few yrs. Its my most magical place, my Glencoe 💙
That's so wonderful to hear! Fort William and the Western Highlands really are one of the most spectacular parts of Scotland, with that unique allure that nobody can resist :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed the video and that it brought back some nice memories of Fort William from when you were growing up!
Ghearasdan means Garrison, I'm from there, first time someone has got it right.....Salutations sir :) The best vid of the Fort I've seen yet, I met Bert Bissell in Dudley and played at half time for a Wolves game, with the Lochaber Junior Pipe Band, many many years ago....thankyou for the travel back in time :)
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - and indeed there are many fascinating things to discover in Fort William, interesting to hear about that link-up with Bert Bissell too, congrats on playing at half time at Wolves too :)
My husband and I have just spent a week in Glen Nevis and visited Fort William. Watching this video has made us want to go back there, and we only left a week ago. The Highlands are absolutely stunning and our favourite place to visit. We also did a bit of the mountain track of Ben Nevis which was hard going but it was a lovely day to try it out. One day we hope to get to the top. Absolutely stunning part of Scotland and we will definitely be back. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful and informative video about Fort William and its history.
That's so wonderful to hear! I'm sure you had an absolutely wonderful time in the Highlands, they really are a spectacular part of the world, and Fort William is a great place for exploring some of the most impressive parts of the whole region, including Glen Nevis! Well done on trekking up a bit of Ben Nevis too - it sounds like a tough walk, I've never attempted it myself I must say! Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video :)
I hope you were the type to leave it as you found it. There are SO many tourists that just demolish nature and leave garbage and broken wildlife behind them while feeling good about experiencing the highlands as they destroy it. I believe you should either leave an area as you find it or better yet pick up after others to keep it clean. I wish I would be surprised that tourists leave garbage but it’s common now and not surprising so it’s upsetting to find tourist trash left behind.
@@wizartr0n My husband and I are NOT those types. We take our litter with us and we find it so annoying when people do leave their junk behind. There are plenty of bins to use so there's no need for it. I don't drop litter where I live so there's no way I would leave it anywhere else!! I actually take offence to being referred to as some tourist who does not respect my surroundings. We are not all the same.
@@ravenlunatic2627 sorry it offends you. But if you see your own area trashed by tourist you’ll know what I mean. Whether it’s a majority or a minority, I’m fed up picking up after people that just drive though and fly dump their crap all over the place I live Probably seemed like I blamed you personally. I’m just frustrated by the whole thing
While our travel through Scotland we had a drive through the Valley of Glen Coe , and we have a spectacular view at the huge Mountains , but we have not see the Ben Nevis , they was hiding in the clouds ! Our travel to Scotland will be a unforgettable memory in my life ! I havent see such a beautiful landscape never before and i love Scotland now evan more ! The travel to Scotland and Greece will be my favorite in my lifetime !
That sounds spectacular! The Highland scenery in Scotland is easily one of the best in the entire world - and even though Ben Nevis might often be hidden among the clouds, the Valley of Glen Coe, the lochs and all the things that come together to make the scenery are absolutely jaw-dropping :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed this video!
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Merci beaucoup! Je suis très heureux que vous avez aimé le vidéo - les vues de Fort William des lochs et des montagnes sont vraiment uniques :) Merci pour avoir regardé et pour vos gentils commentaires - bon jeudi à vous aussi!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Fort William is a town with a great history, and although it can be a little rainy from time to time - getting to see its best sights with details always makes for an interesting watch :)
The weather looks lovely and peaceful, what a great tour. I stopped on here because of the scenery and also from having read that one can see the Mourne Mtns from Fort William! Thank you for this.
Indeed the rain and grey skies can take away some of the spectacle of the stunning mountains around Fort William, but they too offer an insight into how the rugged landscape was carved over the years :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
In the Underwater Center still there. I went to commercial diving school there back in 80’s. Had a great time while in Fort William, it really has changed.
Kinda, It closed about 2018ish but there are moves afoot to restart it. The building you would have known at the top of the pier in the 80's was replaced in the 90's though.
Ooh that must be a spectacular way to visit! I've never been through Glen Coe myself, but I might take that route when I find myself back in the West Highlands :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed the video!
I love your walkthrough videos very much and i will watch the other videos at your channel ! So i can refresh my memories about the places that i have visited like Edinburgh , Durham and York and many more ! Thank you very much for the cool videos !
That's so kind of you to say! I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos and that they bring back some nice memories of places you've visited :) I certainly love making them - there's so much to learn and see around the country!
I was staying in Fort William because I was going to climb Ben Nevis and after I did climb it, got back to the hotel and showered and rested a bit. I then left the hotel to get something to eat but every shop, pub and restaurant was shut at 10 so I walked 2 miles to a petrol station for a rustler burger and Irn Bru, I got back at 23:54 and my hotel locked its doors at 12.
@@tayloryoung1036 that's surprising Its been until midnight for the last three years. Pubs etc were probably still in lockdown only opening til 10 by scottish government rules that were only lifted recently.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed the video and fancy visiting more of Fort William, there certainly is more to the town than first meets the eye :) Thank you very much for watching!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - even in the rain Fort William has a striking bit of Highland magic to it, and full of fascinating history too :) I hope you have a lovely day too!
Thank You so much for this video. I love Fort William and love to visit there. I usually stay at a bed and breakfast (Myrtle Bank Guest House) overlooking Loch Linnie a beautiful spot. The town is central to so many other great spots in the area. I had hoped to be there this year, but alas had to postpone. Hopefully next year. Thanks again for the walk!!
You're welcome! And thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad this video helped to fill in that Fort William fix you might have missed this year - certainly a B&B room overlooking Loch Linnhe sounds like a dream :)
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Fort William is a spectacular place and I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time in the town and the grand Highland Hotel :) Remember your raincoat though!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying the videos - I certainly enjoy making them, there are a number of fascinating places to discover around the country :) Thank you very much for watching!
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you find the videos an immersive and interesting watch - I certainly enjoy making them and seeing people's positive reactions to towns all around the country :) Thank you very much for watching and do stay tuned for more walks in the future!
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Fort William has a lot of impressive history to it - and the views over Loch Linnhe and up to the mountains are spectacular, especially on a clear day :)
The Statue is of Donald Cameron the politician, not Donald Cameron who fought at Culloden - I originally thought it was - but if you read the inscription on the monument it is not - it's the politician born 1835 - died 1905.
Oh no! That's a mistake on my part, but thank you very much for pointing that out, lots of websites and my own short-term memory led me to believe that it was the Culloden man :) Thank you for pointing that out - I do hope you enjoyed the rest of the video!
Wow! You were certainly lucky to get such great weather - but the Highlands look absolutely stunning under the sun as I'm sure you know :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
@@LetsWalkUK we camped for the week and by the time we came back we had the best tan ever lol.....hopefully be back in Fort William for the October holidays 🤞
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Fort William is an interesting place and just one of many we'll be visiting on this channel in future - so do stay tuned for new videos every week :) And thank you very much for watching and especially subscribing - it really helps me out!
please answer this question how on earth do you find the time to write all these subtitles, you need to match each one up to each scene it must have taken forever!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - it's always interesting to see the history that's right on your doorstep, and right where you hung out as teenagers :)
You are indeed! It must be great having that scenery around you on a walk to and from work :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed the video!
Excellent video. Might be worth posting on the Scotland Tripadvisor forum. There are a number of regular contributors that are continually negative about Fort William and unfairly putting off people from visiting the town.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Fort William certainly does have a lot going for it, and there is more to the town than meets the eye, particularly if it's shrouded by clouds and rain :) Please do share the video to the Tripadvisor forum - I'd be delighted to help people see what Fort William has to offer! And thank you very much for watching!
Wow! That's certainly a great bit of family history to be proud of - Fort William will certainly have a lot to offer you when you visit - it's a great town :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed the video!
Thank you for another interesting video and this time quite timely too. I'm actually planning a journey to Fort William to catch the Caledonian Sleeper for my own channel so this will help with something for me to do while I wait for the train
Ooh that sounds amazing! I've never done the Caledonian Sleeper before - I visited Fort William by bus from Inverness - but that will certainly make for an interesting trip! And indeed - there's a good amount to see and do in the town :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
@@LetsWalkUK I also saw the dock/ferry terminal off in the background of your video which made me wonder if there were cruises down the Great Glen... ...a little research later tells me I can't afford that 😪
@@WaylandersWandering That's the underwater centre, it's a world renowned diving school, it used to be where the ships loaded aluminium for the smelter, there was a tiny train line that ran there.
We visited fort William for a day , to go and see Ben Nevis When we stopped at kingussie in the mid 90s Visiting Oban and stopping in the claredon for the night Before heading to Edinburgh we stop at kingussie because it was in the middle of Scotland from where places where that we wanted to visit Down there for dancing up there for thinking lol 🤣
