 Hello, thank you for joining me today. I've come to the lovely port town of Oban in Scotland We're going to go up there to see the folly and when I walk around the bay to the cathedral just over there So we're just going to have a little explore of this town very well known for its fishing and its ferries One of the big ferries is just left for one of the islands you can get to about ten of the Scottish islands from this town There's also a railway station behind those buildings But there's no trains due and I haven't actually come here by train coming by road today We'll have to do the open line another day because it's a railway line. I haven't been on but what I'm going to do now we're going to wander off over there and Up to see the folly and I'll tell you a bit about it when we get up there As I walk around the bay and just point out there's one of the ferries which has just departed There's only over there a moment ago so I haven't come far I'm going to head to where that building there is and just see a chimney. That's the open distillery Behind that building. I believe there's Jacob's Ladder. So that's where we're going to go to go up to the folly I'll just come up Argyle Street from the sea down there Many churches. There's also two cathedrals or so. I can see one of them so hopefully we're going to find them. Now I believe this is Jacob's Ladder, this long flight of stairs Which is going to take us up. There are other ways, roadways, which are a bit more gentle, but this is the short, sharp way part of the way up the hill If anyone's watching it If you're wondering when I film this because you never know when we're next going to go into a lockdown or anything This is between Christmas and New Year 2021, New Year 2022 So the time of filming There's no restrictions on what I'm doing, but if you watch it in a lockdown I wasn't in a lockdown when this was filmed. I'm now going to continue And I'm going to be out of breath to continue up there and just see another ferry at the port leaving for another one of the island. So onwards and upwards I've just stopped off at one of the viewpoints Nearly at the top of the Jacob's Ladder. The railway station is just there. It might be hard to see but it's just there No trains at the moment. There is a ferry. I have a big ferry I'm not sure it's arriving or departing, but it's moving. So as I said lots of ferries here We're just above the roof of the Oban distillery. So I'm more of a beer man I might go there and try some whiskey later because when I go to Scotland they usually do end up trying the whiskies That's looking down. I'm just going to continue around And I think it quite takes me there. It takes me to a sort of a residential road Where the house is probably have very nice views over the bay And then that will be a short walk from here around to the distillery itself Not the distillery, the Meccan's Tower where we're going to. It's like a turnstile here So, oh, this is a nice road. Yeah, we can walk along here Above the rooftops of Oban. What a great view if you live here Great view. I can smell the whiskey as well There's also a viewpoint over there. I don't think I'm going to have time to do it one today Maybe another time when we come to Oban But there's the distillery of its distinctivity. Oh, that's where we're going Up to that folly. So I'm going to continue my way around these roads and We'll go and have a look and see what we can see when we get to the top Not too far now. It's flattening out the road. There it is Here's the tower. So Meccan's Tower It was built by Mr. Meccan Oh, he had it built, rather, as a monument to his family It was also to keep the local stonemasons given some work As what is the purpose of quite a few follies. The idea is, you know, build them, keeps people working And it provides something exciting. So it's based on the Coliseum in Rome It's probably more complete than the Coliseum in Rome It's not ruined at all, but it was built like this. It's not actually an amphitheater Once we get inside, we'll be able to have a look. So I've never been up here before So as I make this video, I'm seeing it all for the first time. So together that's the entrance Something followed the path this way And see what way it takes us So it's an interesting town over and it's the biggest town on the west coast of Scotland because with Scotland All the bigger towns, once you get above the centre, will tend to be on the east coast Obviously you've got big cities like Dundee and Aberdeen, but you've got various other towns Such as Arbroath and Stonehaven And but really there's only Fort William and Obern and the only towns of any size If you're just coming by car, pretty part of there, come up the steps Well, that's a nice view There it is in front of us So I'm quite excited about going up here Always enjoy visiting ruins and follies, etc Something fascinating about follies, because you know, they're a bit, they don't always have a purpose But that's the whole point of follies, you know folly Meaning something that's not real It's not the real Coliseum But it's um, yeah, impressive Let's go have a look inside But it's not um, I didn't really know what to imagine There's all bushes in that inside I kind of imagined it to be A flat sort of grassy area So the path that continues We go down here to have a look at the arches It doesn't look like you can really get up any point of it I don't think there's any stairs within it It's uh, I'm not going to count the arches Um, if you know how many there are, yeah, comment, tell me Um, but don't just guess But it goes Right round in a circle So there's two tiers, there's a few bits here like where the hill drops down This is doorway out there I think though there should be a doorway On the other side Where I'm hoping we can go out and See a bit similar to the view we saw but higher up And see more of it and um Across to some of the Scottish islands So it's like the actual summit of the hill Is right in the middle And which let's go up there first Because I don't think that's where they're going to see the views I think to see the views We're going to have to go down Just getting out of Yeah, so from this angle You get the illusion it's only one tier But it appears to be two tiers all the way around And it's pretty much the same except the entrance Got a slightly taller turret So it's quite an interesting view here When you look out And you can just sort of see bits of the town Through the windows What we'll do though, let's go down This is slightly not so official Well, I'm going to go outside and Just see what view we get I kind of know what we're going to get but you know Pointing out a few more sites of the town So here underneath the two tiers Through this door there's like quite a big lookout area here So we've got to here And um We were down there you can probably see the railway station A bit better now I've walked along there Come up beneath the distillery My plan is um Time permitting his sentiment way down See the Catholic cathedral that's the big church down there That's they started building that in 1932 They were finished in 1952 There's also another Protestant cathedral in the city Or town which I'll point out if I get a chance to We'll look out that way out to the isle so I'm going to head down now and um See more town from down below Well, here we are we're back down in the town center And here is the Protestant cathedral Unfortunately though, it's not open. I've just tried so I can't show you inside But what I'm going to do I'm going to continue walking Around the bay we're going to have a look at the Catholic cathedral At least have a look from the outside hopefully and we're going to be able to go in the inside So that believe it or not is the back of the Protestant cathedral which we didn't go in It looks like it's been cut back at some point And basically I didn't have a lot of chance to do much research I've just sort of come here today got a bit of spare time so I thought I'd make this video But on this side we have a rather nice view of the bay And just over there that's the Catholic cathedral So what we'll do we'll we'll have a lot walk along here So it's not so easy to see here but the water is very clear When I was standing closer to the town center and you could look straight down I couldn't see any fish but you know you could see Straight through the water to the bottom So I'm just going to continue around there and we'll go and See if we can go inside the Catholic cathedral So here we are further around the bay and here is St Columbus Cathedral Big impressive building so I'm told it's open Let's go and have a look inside It's this is the one they began to build it in 1932 It took until 1953 to finish it and it's the head of the diocese of Argyle and the Isles I believe there is a Catholic cathedral on one of the Scottish Isles But this is the main one So yeah so it says that would be the entrance but it tells us to use an entrance over here So we'll go and have a look this is the cathedral house just here Got my face covering ready and got my face covering indoors And that's going to what we can see inside Again before we go into the church I don't know too much about the cathedral I've already told you in the middle here is a bit of a quickly planned video But I'm not going to talk too much because there might be people You know wanting to silence so we'll just see how it goes But I just want to show you inside It's not huge like your big sort of traditional cathedral city to get in England But you know it's certainly the biggest church I've been in Up in this part of Scotland There's a massive piece of it here I think it's a very nice building Quite plain but plain in a nice way Back outside now I'll finish the video out by the buddha By the sea Now I can put my face covering So here's the cathedral we've just been inside What we'll do now though We'll just go down It's two o'clock Bell struck two We'll go down those steps just there onto the little beach You can see from here though pretty much all everywhere I've been in this video We started right around there We went up to the folly We came down through the town to the catholic cathedral So it was quite a short video Just a little quick exploration of open It's certainly somewhere I'd like to explore further And maybe one day we'll do some videos out at some of the islands I did, I was up here earlier this year went over to Iona Which was great, I didn't make a video But you know, it was a great trip So here we are down on the shore Hope you enjoyed this video Thank you very much for watching Please do feel free to like, subscribe and comment And from open, goodbye