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Hello! We are Willie, Sarah & Jack Spaniels. Join us on our biggest adventure yet - moving from suburban Fife to a tiny cottage on the Isle of Skye!
Is This It?! Summer Comes To Our 200 Year Old Cottage On The Isle of Skye - Ep77
Willie, Sarah and their dogs Jack Spaniels & new puppy, Nori, continue their biggest adventure yet - leaving their suburban life and moving over the sea to a remote cottage on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of the Scottish Highlands.
In this episode, the Skye Lifers are experiencing a brutally cold "summer" on the Isle of Skye. There are clouds, rain, hailstorms and even snow on the mountains during this unseasonably cold June.
Willl our fledgling cottage garden survive the cold snap and will we have enough firewood to see us through the summer..?!
Sarah is hoping that her summery hedgerow foraging trip will bring the sunshine back, as we make elderflower cordial in the cottage kitchen.
Thanks for watching & see you in the next video!
Sarah, Willie, Jack & Nori xx
Elderflower Cordial Recipe:
(makes 3 litres)
1.5L water
2.5kg sugar (caster or granulated)
75g citric acid crystals
2 large unwaxed lemons (juiced)
20 elderflower heads
1. Strip any stalks from the elderflowers to avoid any bitter flavours
2. Bring water to the boil
3. Add sugar and stir until completely dissolved
4. Bring sugar water back to the boil
5. Add citric acid crystals, lemon juice & rinds and elderflowers to the sugar water
6. Cover with a lid & remove pan from heat
7. Strain the syrup after 24 hours using a muslin or linen cloth (do not squeeze the cloth or your syrup will be cloudy)
For more updates from Skye, follow us on our social media:
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Become a patron on Patreon:
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Buy from Sarah's Etsy Shop:
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Purchase ''These Old Walls' on Bandcamp:
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Sarah’s Channel - @shewalksshepaints
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Willie's Channel - @dirtysecretsofscotland
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To get in contact, email us on:
ourlifeonskye@gmail.com
In this episode, the Skye Lifers are experiencing a brutally cold "summer" on the Isle of Skye. There are clouds, rain, hailstorms and even snow on the mountains during this unseasonably cold June.
Willl our fledgling cottage garden survive the cold snap and will we have enough firewood to see us through the summer..?!
Sarah is hoping that her summery hedgerow foraging trip will bring the sunshine back, as we make elderflower cordial in the cottage kitchen.
Thanks for watching & see you in the next video!
Sarah, Willie, Jack & Nori xx
Elderflower Cordial Recipe:
(makes 3 litres)
1.5L water
2.5kg sugar (caster or granulated)
75g citric acid crystals
2 large unwaxed lemons (juiced)
20 elderflower heads
1. Strip any stalks from the elderflowers to avoid any bitter flavours
2. Bring water to the boil
3. Add sugar and stir until completely dissolved
4. Bring sugar water back to the boil
5. Add citric acid crystals, lemon juice & rinds and elderflowers to the sugar water
6. Cover with a lid & remove pan from heat
7. Strain the syrup after 24 hours using a muslin or linen cloth (do not squeeze the cloth or your syrup will be cloudy)
For more updates from Skye, follow us on our social media:
Instagram @OurLifeOnSkye:
ourlifeonskye
Facebook:
profile.php?id=100088574329199
If you liked this video and want to show your support for us, you can do so in the following ways:
Like, Comment & Subscribe - these are free to do and will really help us to grow our new channel :)
You can also donate via our Kofi Page, if you want to help out with the running costs of the channel or buy us a coffee/beer:
ko-fi.com/livingtheskyelife
Become a patron on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/LivingTheSkyeLife
Buy from Sarah's Etsy Shop:
shewalksshepaints.etsy.com
Purchase ''These Old Walls' on Bandcamp:
williescott.bandcamp.com/track/these-old-walls
Sarah’s Channel - @shewalksshepaints
youtube.com/@shewalksshepaints
Willie's Channel - @dirtysecretsofscotland
youtube.com/@dirtysecretsofscotland
To get in contact, email us on:
ourlifeonskye@gmail.com
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thanks for the recipe! It'll be my midsummer recipe next year! Love the reuse of the whiskey bottles ;)
Since the fridge question has been covered, I just wanted to say I love every adventure you both take us on, no matter the subject. I really enjoy you both and of course " The Boys ". My day is always better after watching your videos, thank you !! Love and hugs 🥰🥰 xx
Very kind words. Glad you’re enjoying our videos! Thanks 🙂
Hi Guys, brilliant video as always. Thank you. My Father in law was a wine maker. Most was undrinkable!! Then one year he tried Elder Flower. Wow, what a difference! It was fantastic!. Cheers, John.
Haha excellent! Willie has tried making elderflower champagne before, but it has a nasty habit of exploding if you don’t vent it regularly 😅
I wouldn't move the fridge. All the Ikea stuff looks great!
Move the fridge! Put up beautiful shelves where fridge is. 🙏🙏🙏
sea weed in the soil for spuds yum yum
Global warming. If you think it’s cold, you’re a climate change denier.
Damage across the city with lives lost and nearly 3 million homes without power at the height of the storm. But it was far from the worst storm we’ve experienced. Glad it’s over. Now if I could just get electricity back on at my house!!
Waiting for your crops take care 😘🌿🌸🍀☕️
Lovely videos! Please don’t burn painted wood though, not even outside.
I am so impressed by the honesty boxes. That couldn’t happen here. 😢
Such beautiful country.
Hello Willie and Sarah (& of course the pups), I'm late to this one but totally concur with the poor weather in the UK through June. I'm late because I took a visit up to relatives in Crail which is not too far from where you guys originally stayed - lovely part of the UK but everywhere takes at least 30 mins to get to be car 😉. Also visited the West Coast (Helensburgh / Balloch) where my sadly departed wife and I first met - an emotional trip. Hopefully you enjoyed some of the lovely sunshine I experienced on the East Coast when I visited! Cheers, Kevin.
Ah glad you had a nice trip - the east coast is always more sunny than over here!
I’ve had success topping potato plants with straw. Wondering if those trees at the other side of the water are natural species or part of forestry that will be felled at some point? Any chance you could to an explore to top of that Forest Hill?
It is a forestry plantation - we did a video last autumn about them cutting a section down 😢
@@livingtheskyelife remember that now - didn’t realise it was that side. Cheers
I love making elderflower cordial too! A Tip - I have found that letting the syrup cool down to about blood temperature before immersing the flowers enhances the perfumed elderflower flavour significantly.
Enjoyed your video and the Elderberry process.. You both are so pleasant and fun to watch ♥️♥️
Love you guys!! Stay safe!!
Counter looks so much better!
Is there recycling in Scotland? Our town just gave us giant trash and recycling bins, and they are built pretty well. Our last bins got chewed up by raccoons and squirrels.🇬🇧🇺🇸
Yup all our plastic, metal and paper gets taken to be recycled by the council from your house. Glass and plastic bags have to be taken to specific places to be recycled.
The sounds of nature during the elder flower foraging were nice, but I was so relieved when the SkyeLife tunes came back with the tatties 🩷
Ahaha we like to get a balance of music and nature 😊
Hi, we've just had my dream holiday on Islay, Mull and Skye. It was all as wonderful as I expected but the weather was worst on Skye! So much rain, heavy, sideways, torrential! But despite that it was a joy to be there when we could see the stunning mountains and gorgeous Glen's. The bonus of the weather was the stunning waterfalls! Thank you for your lovely videos, we always enjoy seeing where you've been and what you and the pups have been up to! 😊
Ahhh you take your chances with the weather here on Skye for sure! But the good days make up for the bad ones 😊
@@livingtheskyelifeAbsolutely! ❤
Yummy elderflower!
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Did the journey Inverness to Kyle 20 odd years ago and it is mesmerising ❤
Some of my Peas didn’t make it so I had to replace some also and I’m in the south of England. So trust me the weather has been no better here. Your elderflower cordial looks delicious I’ve never made a name but I think I will try having seen yours. Thanks as always for a great video ❤️
Do not put the ashes in the compost, please. The ph value of the ash is too high for compost and that slows down composting.💖
P.S. I would be suspicious of a pile of ashes whose composition I do not know. Plastic and other debris were found in the ash pile, so it is possible that the ash may contain other substances toxic to nature, too.
We covered over the ashes so they aren’t in the compost 😊
Is there anything that tastes similar to elderflower cordial?
It has a pretty unique flavour so I can’t really think of anything similar!
just love your videos adore your family and the life you have
You need a log splitter. It would make life so much easier.
I'll be heading to Scotland in 3 weeks. I'll try to bring some sunshine with me. ^^
Please do!! 😅🤞
So do you trade in the community shop?
We don’t have anything for sale there but we shop there pretty much every week 😊
Having same weather in Manchester UK,if we have one day of sunshine it’s followed by days of rain. Elderflower cordial is a real luxury if able to forage, £6 plus for a tiny bottle from farm shops here. Good stock of seasoned wood stocked up👍
Really like the home made planters. If you had room build another one for some flowers or herbs to to make tea or cook with.
Willy, you need a chopping block 24" high to save your back when you chop wood. Your outros keep getting more and more charming! And poor Willy, having to scrunch down just to get his head in camera range. How tall are you anyway?
Willie is 6ft and Sarah is 5ft2!
@@livingtheskyelife You do an excellent job of minimizing that difference when you're both talking to the camera. I can see it's not easy and we appreciate the effort!
You two are so sweet.
Willie maybe a chainsaw for the wood or a log splitter. Fun video, really enjoyed this.😊
My husband who was born in England, just came into our living room asking if I was listening to some Scotts! I told him about your You Tube and now he’s hooked. Love you guys!
Ahaha amazing!!
24:00 the painting in the background is squint? please fix this!!!! : (
Fighting a losing battle trying to fix that painting 🤣🤣🤣
My mum used to make elderflower champagne , one year it exploded in the airing cupboard. All the clean, ironed clothes had to be rewashed and ironed 😅😅
Ah nooooo! Yeah we don’t make elderflower champagne for that reason - you have to keep venting it regularly or it will explode 🤣
I suggest you leave the fridge where it is.
Hello from Finland! You can use straw to cover the edges of the potatoes to prevent greening. It is easier and they already have enough soil I think. Have a nice summer!
The weird weather is going on here as well although it's the opposite of what you guys are getting we've had two excessive heat warnings in the last month and when it does rain it pours so hard that it just runs off without sinking in leaving everything dry as before...enjoyed the video as always ...looking forward to next week ...Karl from eastern Canada ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍
😫 One extreme to the other!
Your fire looked so cosy. The weather is awful at the moment here in Norfolk lots of rain and thunderstorms 😳 😺 X
I've dried elderflowers for tea. You need to take the blossoms off the stalks, spread on kitchen paper on a tray to dry. It's quite strong, you only need a small pinch for tea. Keeps for years!
I use one of those grenade spikes to split gnarly bits of wood but even that is sometimes too much effort so the fire pit is the way to go. Elderflower champagne is pretty good too - we have one of those purple elderflower trees so it makes a lovely pink champagne. Down here in Norfolk it’s allegedly summer but most days we’re still hunkered down. Ah well, plenty of great CZcams to watch.
It’s been excellent hunkering down & YT watching weather 😅
We have been having a weird weather summer here in Portland, Oregon, too. June was colder than usual. On queue, July 4th hit and now we are scorching hot!
The elder reminds me of Queen Ann’s Lace that we have here in the states
I see you walking thru the tall grasses and all I can think of is the ticks that I would have to pick off if you were here in Missouri! Do you have ticks on Sky?
Ahahah yes we have ticks here too! Mostly in the woods and the ferns, but you can pick them up in the grass too 😫
Here in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. we call June - “Junuary”, because of the same kind of weather . 😅 We feel your pain!
YES!! Junuary is what we shall call it now 😅
If I could, I would send you 30 degrees Fahrenheit from Alabama USA