Greetings Travellers
Today I took a walk around the picturesque town of Lower Largo on the Fife coast here in Scotland.
This town is the birthplace of a mariner named Alexander Selkirk who was the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's story Robinson Crusoe.
In 1707 Alexander Selkirk was marooned on an Island in the South Pacific where he survived for 4 years and 4 months.The Island was part of the Juan Fernandez archipelago of the coast of Chile.
Selkirk had expressed his concerns about the sea worthy ness of the ship which he sailed in stating that he would rather stay on the island than risk more time aboard a dangerously leaky ship. His captain granted him this request and left him on the island with a musket, a hatchet, a knife, a cooking pot, a Bible, bedding and some clothes.
You can read more about Alexander Selkirk here...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk
This video is an episode of a TV show which was broadcast in Scotland in the late 1970s called Weir's Way. In this episode the renowned Scottish explorer and TV presenter Tom Weir explores the area of Lower Largo and tells us about the history of Alexander Selkirk.
I made the above video capture from the DVD box set of Weir's Way. I felt it might be interesting to some of you to see archival footage of the area from the 1970's and hear more about Alexander Selkirk's story.
The statue of Selkirk is above the cottage he was born in which can be found on this street.
The rest of these shots were taken while wandering around this picturesque little coastal village.
While wandering along the beach I spotted this rusted old gateway leading up to an old house...
After wandering further along the coast I saw a ruin and decided to investigate...
Im not sure what this used to be....I would guess it was once a farmhouse...
On the opposite side of the road stands another ruin perhaps they were once part of the same building.
The rest of these shots are of random things in the village I though might make interesting photograph's
Hopefully you guys enjoy this little tour of a wee Scottish coastal village with some interesting history.
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