HOW WE MET On A Remote Scottish Island - Isle of Harris Special - Outer Hebrides - Ep71
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2024
- 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 still in the stunning archipelago of islands called the Outer Hebrides. This time, however, we are chasing the sun to the north and taking a trip through history on the Isle of Lewis. From 5000 year old stone circles, to mysterious Iron Age structures and finally an insight into an almost forgotten rural way of life.
Plus, we take a walk on the final day of our trip and reflect on our personal connection to this island, as we tell the story of how we first met...
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11:10 if that had a roof it would be extremely cosy with the double walls
However you got together, I’m just SO delighted that you did,and that you’ve chosen to share your incredible lives with us! Thank you all!
I like the way you are such responsible dog owners and considerate of other creatures like the sheep.
Yes, my mum would never give a purse as a gift without a coin in it otherwise it would 'always be empty'. A northern thing, perhaps?
Well done, Chris! Good work 😂
We always did that as well, with either a purse or a handbag, we grew up in London. It is still done here in Australia.
I'm always so amazed by your drone footage. Not just the scenery, but your skill with it. Great cinematography!
Yes, those shots really make the videos. I can't help thinking how much trouble you must go to to get them, especially the distant shots of the car - so professional looking.
Willy, your music is so perfect for where you are and what you do! Beautiful!
Ahh thanks so much!!
I totally agree. The music is very fitting for the video.
Wow! What a great video. I really enjoyed seeing everything. The scenery, standing stones, the black house and the brochs. ❤
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it
That was lovely to watch, all the beautiful history and scenery plus the dog enjoying themelves. Thank you for sharing your holiday getaway. 💕🇦🇺
Love the standing stones , love the brochs, love the views and I love Scotland. Thank you very much . I do enjoy my Sundays on Skye. And the Scotland
Thanks so much!! We’re so glad you enjoyed it 😊
A friend of mine was a pharmacist on Lewis, he had a croft house and barn in a little hamlet called islibhig on the isle of Lewis. When he left the island he retained the croft house but turned it into a bothy for anyone to use as shelter. I went with him for a visit to the property at the end of the 90's. I remember I was going through stress at the time, and just being in this place made me realise how most things were insignificant in comparison to this beautiful landscape. On the way back after a week on the island we visit a a beach called Hushinish on Harris which was absolutely beautiful, and looked like a Caribbean beach, little rowing boat drawn up, just stunning!
That stone circle reminds me of my native culture we also have circles that have 4 dividing lines we call it the 4 directions medicine wheel if you google it many books will come up. Many peoples around the world have many ancient similarities that it just boggles the mind to know how manystill exist today. My imagination goes crazy when thinking of what life was like back then on a remote Island because getting to and from the mainland must have been terrifying in bad weather. Loved it!!!
😊 “we met on Tinder!”… little knowing what the future would bring… I can positively say you guys were supposed to meet & thanks to Chris for getting you to message back Sarah 😂 beautiful end to a lovely wee family holiday - thanks for taking us along! ❤️
Aww thanks so much! We think so too 😊
Lichen on a standing stone,.... then a lamb on a stank,....❤ love this @ 9.25 min.
Happy Trails you two lovely people! 🏴
It blows my mind how amazing those drone shots are that you take. Something that would have once needed a helicopter camera crew is now available to anyone. Still not particularly cheap, but a bit more affordable! They really add a lot to the story, the arial shots of the standing stones and the roads, to the ferry at the end. Take them out and you still have a good video, but they add so much.
Hi guys and woofs 🥃absolutely brilliant!! Great footage and amazing filming and thanks for taken me back to the very same spots, you both are true ambassadors for Scotland 🏴🏴.. I too worked on turbines but Fort Augustus... Living on top of a mountain does strange things to the mind🤔🤔🥃🥃 anyhoo thank god for tinder and wullies joke.. And here we all are, your all a joy. Cheers 🏴👍🥃 Rob.
I find peace watching your videos, I have grandparents generations back, who came from Skye. I think about going there to stay. Your life there is a great reprieve from what’s happening here in America right now. I feel like you have become family. Love to watch! Give your doggies hugs from us!
Jack loves water so much, lovely to see him play. The standing stones are beyond magical. Thank you so much for this wonderful video. Cheer.
Thank goodness for Tinder and other sites where like minded people can meet up with a view to friendship and maybe ❤. My daughter met her now New Zealand 🇳🇿 husband on one of these dating sites when she moved from the UK on her own to live and work in New Zealand. She is a nurse and worked shifts and nights so it was difficult to meet people. Her first meet up was for a coffee at lunchtime and her second was to meet his parents! I felt relieved that he wasn't an axe murderer!
Married at 41, their handsome son born at 42. The moral of this tale is that there is hope and there are people out there. ❤
I loved seeing the Isles of Harris and Lewis. My heart is in Scotland. I have to admit that I love watching your videos so much I often forget to like them til the very end and have to rewind in order to have time to do it. Y’all are wonderful!
Aww thanks so much!!
Hooray it's Sunday. Loved seeing the standing stones! Have you ever watched or read "Outlander"? (Don't touch the stones in case you can travel!) Outlander is how I fell in love with Scotland. Also because of the show/books I learned so much Scottish history. Best episode ever and loved hearing about how you met. You certainly belong together!
You hug the stones they are your ancestors!
Ahaha no we didn’t touch the stones - mainly to preserve them, but we didn’t want to get transported away either 😜
I love outlander.
I was a huge fan for first couple of seasons but gradually lost interest when they left Scotland. Without the impending battle of Culloden the series seemed to lose its focus. Sam seemed to lose interest, his passionate personality appeared diminished and the myriad of disparate secondary characters did not trigger any interest in their fortunes. Brianna's lack of acting ability was a real disappointment verging on embarrassment. I would have loved to experience the effects the catastrophic battle had on the people and landscape of Scotland and how the English took advantage of their victory to tear out the heart of this once proud nation.
@@catherinehanner284What ye blethering about. It was a stupid series of books and a stupid TV series. Not history.
Loved seeing your holiday on Harris with the boys , after seeing Outlander love everything Scottish from Sharyn Rosie in New Zealand ❤️
Another wonderful video!!!!! Thanks for taking us with you, and glad to hear you took some time
for yourselves. Beautiful scenery, and I love the comedy. Jack and Nory are adorable. Hugs to you all, from Colorado USA.
Thanks so much!!
What a stunning place to visit and so much history. Take care and thank you for sharing your adventures 👏🙏❤️
What a difference the weather was the 2 ferry rides! Beautiful no matter the weather, but glad you had some sunny days! And thank you again for sharing your time there; I need to get back there soon!
Wow from Australia. Thank you for showing us this wonderful and for me unheard of islands. Absolutely fabulous.
Thanks so much! So glad you liked it 😊
My husband, Peter, 'stumbled' on your channel a couple of months or so ago. We watched one of your vlogs and I was hooked. I started watching from the beginning, with your first vlog, watching one a day - sometimes two when we were having Skye like winds and rain here on the North Norfolk coast! Yesterday, I watched Ep71; I am now up to date. I have so enjoyed watching how life is panning out for you, with your ups and downs and welcoming your new addition to the clan. You have inspired me to 'have a go' at vloging with my simple camera, phone and our camcorder, covering various aspects of our life, here in Overstrand. I have, of course, subscribed so I won't miss any of your future vlogs. Peter grows most of our veggies, so I'm looking forward to seeing what those raised beds produce. Take care and stay safe. Janet xx
That’s so great they have inspired you to get vlogging too. It’s great fun making videos even if a bit tiring sometimes xxx
Hi Janet! Thanks so much for your lovely comment - great work on catching up! We hope you have a lot of fun vlogging your adventures 😊👍
Stunning scenery. Loved visiting the stone circles and the reconstructed black house. Thanks 😊
My daughter was part of a archaeological team that went to Lewis many years ago. Despite the weather and the ticks she loved it there, it felt like time travelling 😁💖x
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!!
Great and beautiful places to see 😁 love the way you filmed it and great music. Add these 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 to your thumbs up counter.
Great adventures love to see more...
I just returned from an 18 day road trip of Scotland. It was my first time visiting this beautiful and dramatic country. We were so incredibly lucky to have stunning weather, some days in the 70's❤ I love watching your videos and fantasized about running into you on our day trip to Skye...maybe next time.
Scotland is stunning isn’t it! Love living here and sharing our lives here in the far north 🏴 on our YT channel x
Our Grandson is named after the Callanish Stones - Callan Lewis.
That is so cool!
I know someone’s son called Calder after one of the lochs up here. So cool x
We always wind them saying that he was conceived there 😂
Hey guys! I’m so happy I stumbled over your channel, it’s absolutely amazing! ❤ Me and my son are going on a road trip through Scotland in August and we are wisiting both Skye and Lewis and Harris! Can’t wait to se everything you’ve showed us in real life! ❤
Beautiful adventures on your holiday!! Lovely!! 🥰
Thank you!!
Thank you for taking us along on your vacation to Lewis! Truly lovely!
Loved your last two videos guys. It looks so wild and free. Coming over from Sydney Australia next year so writing a list of all your places you visit on Isle of Skye and Lewis and Harris. Thanks guys and look forward to your next video.
Hello Sarah and Willie, great video today I loved all the history and sites that you showed.That was pretty cute how you both met I can see why going back to the site where you both met is so special. Looking forward to the next video Great job 👍
Thanks so much!! So glad you liked it 😊
Loved the little tour of the rest of Harris & Lewis you showed us!
I always looked forward to the weekly uploads although it's a shame it's not a Sunday night upload for us here in Aus!
Would love if you could get down to Oban one day and show us around. It's somewhere I'm hoping to get to myself when I can make another trip to the Scottish Highlands. Otherwise we'd love to see more of the Outer Hebrides!
I enjoyed this so much! I traveled to the Butt on a sunny day in April earlier this year. I saw Dun Carloway and the Blue Pig shop near Callinish standing stones. I saw the stones in October 2022. Great video and fab self catering!
Those standing stones are amazing! Thanks for visiting and sharing with us.
You’re very welcome!! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
I loved seeing the mystical standing stones, the majestic broch, and the fascinating black house. It amazes me that you can just wander through them without a tour guide holding your hand!
Hi Willie and Sarah. Harris and Lewis looked like such a beautiful place to visit. Thanks for sharing the history and such stunning views of the stones and the Broch. Great to hear how you met and your connection to the island. An idea for a place to visit would be from Oban over to Mull and some of the distilleries 🥃 Take care. Nick
I do all my adventuring on CZcams,discovering my ancestral heritage. Those Brock’s are so cool, really liking the road trip, second best , only the one you like best is better.
Beautiful country. Thanks for the tour!
Just found your CZcams channel, and I'm really enjoying it! When you say that nobody knows what these brocks are about, I find that interesting. 🤔I've never heard of them or seen them before, but to me it's really obvious that they are places where the community would run to to find shelter if marauding neighbors decided it was time to rape, plunder and pillage! If you have only one small entrance into this structure, you would be pretty safe. And there are two walls that would have to be breached from the outside. Also, that narrow circular passage could be a place to store food.This just seems like the best use for this ancient structure. Thank you for sharing!🌺🌈💚🙋♀️
6.30 sunday 👍👍👍 best time if the week We love you guys ✍️✍️👍
Aww thanks so much!!
The standing stones are amazing and very stunning. Nice to see in solitude. Makes you wonder who placed them and why.
I live in West Cornwall where we have many a ancient stone structures such as stone circles, fogous and stone capped burial chambers known as quoits. We also face out to open sea, once you pass the isles of Scilly the next stop is America! Love your channel and especially singing along to 'living the Skye life'
Thank you!!
So beautiful. Thanks again for showing us beautiful Scotland. Me and my husband met online before it was a thing. We just celebrated 24 years together. ❤
Thanks!
I really loved seeing the long houses and the standing stones. What an exhilarating place!!!
Thanks so much!!
Perfect absolutely amazing scenery. Just love this video. Thanks for sharing. I love the old buildings and seeing inside them. Look forward to your next adventure. Have a good week guys.
Thanks guys… great to see these parts of Scotland… and nice to hear your story too 🏴❤️
Hi Both, super video…stunning scenery and loved the history. Willies music is great and you always make me laugh. Doggies have a wonderful life and love seeing them too.🏴xx
I'm loving this trip! Thank you!
I love going on holidays with you all... seeing the islands, standing stones, old buildings has been amazing! My Mum always put a coin in purses as well (Welsh ancestory). I've always kept up the tradition as well! :)
So glad you enjoyed it!
Have loved watching your videos since you bought the cottage. Fulfilling my bucket list by coming your way in July. Hoping to buy one or two of Sarah's paintings. We ( 2 older ladies from nz) will wave if we see you but don't want to invade your privacy. Thanks for Lewis and Harris videos , not sure we will get there.
Ah thanks so much!! We hope you have a wonderful trip and please do say hello if you see us around the island 😊
I live in New Zealand also and very much enjoy the videos. Have a good trip. 😊
Loved seeing Lewis and Harris, can’t wait to move up to Scotland next year and spend lots of time exploring all the different areas 😍
Aww amazing!! Hope the move goes smoothly 🤞
Your videos get better and better. The interior of the black--house fascinated me. The broch sequence would have been far less informative without your accomplished drone shots, and they were also great for the ferry arrival. It was courageous of you to talk about how you met each other but I think we viewers very much appreciated you sharing that with us.
Have been binge watching your last three videos as we have been away for a while! Love hearing how people meet, and so lovely that the island has such a special connection to you both. Loved the video xxx
Ah thanks so much! It was nice to visit the island together that played a part in our story 😊
Went to the Outer Hebrides over 20yrs ago and was blown away by the beauty of the place. Blessed by Mediterranean style weather for 2 weeks...ok perhaps not quite as hot but glorious anyway. Bought a photograph of the Stones at Callanaish from a nearby gallery. The central stone had snow on top of it making it look like slice of wedding cake. Did the Black house...remarkably cosy and smoky! Fabulous unforgettable holiday.
Spent time in Benbecula at an army base for a couple of years, would love to go back to visit as didn’t fully appreciate it at the time.
I've visited lots of stones and circles, but Calanais (like the ring of Brodgar) has a very different feel about it. Almost like we are just visitors to the stones and the people who put them there are watching on protecting them. It's hard to put into words, but it's a feeling I've rarely felt elsewhere (and I'm not a superstitious or easily spooked person).
If you've not already been, Kilmartin Glen (near Oban) is well worth a visit. So many ancient sites in such a small area, and great walks too!
We know what you mean! They have such a presence in the landscape that they just have been so significant to the people that made them. So enigmatic!
The stone circles and ruins are fascinating 😊
So interesting and picturesque and the drone footage makes it feel so dramatic. Everything enhanced by the brilliant music 😊
Thanks so much!!
Love your videos, but you made me so homesick! I loved your last one where you took the ferry over to the remote island. The beauty of the nature and beaches was incredible. Oh, how I could easily live over there! Good thing, here in northern Vermont, USA we have some really beautiful nature, but nothing can compare to what you have.
I'm finally getting to watch you guys on Thursday, doing a bit of moving and down sizing from a 3/2 house to a tiny house. 16 years of pack ratting, bit me in the butt this week. It's so good to just stretch out and watch you guys.
The Brochs at Glenelg are awesome. Definitely worth a day trip and you can get the little car ferry direct from Skye to Glenelg. wildlife is also insane there. Would suggest a drive back, as the Ratagan Pass is awesome. Worth an explore. We were there last year. I introduced my family to your vlogs every evening.
So nice u consider the mother & baby lambs. 😊
Love the way the music matched the scenery ❤ Also enjoyed seeing the scenery and clouds ⛅️ 😍
So happy to see you had a lovely time.👍🐕🐕🦺
Your land rover has served you well on these trips and with the dogs. Love the Darth Vader joke, well done Willie. Thank you both for taking us on this journey, very interesting about those stones and black houses. I love your music Willie, I find the song on the end living the 'Skye life' always have me tapping my feet. Have a lovely day.
Such great explorations out there. Standing stones, broch, and other interesting structures to see. Absolutely beautiful out there. Wonderful story of how you two met. I always enjoy watching your video. ❤
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it 😊
I live in North Central MN and I so love your channel and your sweet dogs..I love all things Scottish and I have 2 rescue dogs..I am fascinated by what you find in the waterways across from your home. Greetings and love from MN, USA
The guy in that gift shop is so nice we went in last month such a nice chap . Absolutely stunning Scotland is . Can’t wait to explore more in August
He was so lovely!
Have enjoyed your CZcams broadcasts! Thank you!❤️
So interesting! Thanks for the vacation with you.
Your videos are always so relaxing. Great to go on vacation with you!
Love it. Especially that in few days time me, my husband and 2 friends are starting Hebridean Way walk.
We all have visited Harris last year and fell in love. So now we are coming back with bing bang 😊
Great video. Thank you.
love the "meet-cute" story :) met my husband online, too, but if I had told that joke at the time, it would have been radio silence from him, lol! Me, on the other hand...I love corny jokes
Love the way Jack listens to you talking!!😂
I've never been to Scotland, so why is it that I always end up so emotional at the beautiful journeys you make? Love Jack listening to everything that is said to him, I suspect that doggie has more intelligence than me lol.
Hello from Coronado CA USA: Sarah and Willie, I enjoyed your holiday video with beautiful scenery, black house, the standing stones (amazing), and the brochs. All was so stunning! Jack and Norie really enjoyed themselves! Thanks for sharing…❤
Thanks so much! 😊
Wonderful episode! I loved seeing the broche, the black house the white house, and the ruins. Oh Gee and the standing Stones too!
Great episode! I’m lucky to have visited Calanais several times, what a wonderful, magical place! ❤️
Nori gave you side eye when you told him not to eat moss 😅😅I have never seen such expressive dogs ❤
Ahaha he’s such a cheeky monkey! And delights in doing the opposite of what’s he told at the moment…
You did well to avoid other visitors! I tried and failed with my wee video of Calanais a few years ago. 😂 My husband is currently on Harris helping a friend and the weather has been stunning…. Only drawback is the midges! Thank you for your excellent videos, I look forward to them every week. ❤
Ah yes the midges have descended in the last few days 😫😫😫
I think you guys and the boys would enjoy the boat ride from Elgol to Loch Coruisk and back. The view from Elgol to the Cuilins has been called the finest view in the United Kingdom, and the walk around the loch is amazing.
Yes we would love to go there, although it might be a while before we trust Nori on a boat that small - so much chaos could be caused 😅
Awe you two are so sweet, cool too thou 😎 👌 fab story, & thanks for showing me the outer Hebrides on your holidays, fabulous ❤.xx
Thanks Sarah & Willie for a fabulous look at the outer hebrides , amazing ❤
Absolutely loved your Western Isles videos, you should try the Uists and Barra next, very different landscapes but the beaches are amazing - and the spanners would love them 🐾🐾
Thank you for allowing me to see a part of the world that I otherwise would never see.
You’re very welcome!! Glad you enjoyed it
This is a beautiful location. I had never heard of these rock formations. The dwellings are also very interesting. 🌷🌿🐕🇺🇸
Would love to see more of the lighthouses on Skye. The one you went to last year where Willie was fishing was really lovely!
We’ll see what we can do!
Spectacular views and history, thanks for sharing your holiday ❤❤
Man, the scenery there is just beautiful. Thanks so much for letting us tag along and sharing a little of your Holiday. ❤
Willie and Sarah,
Actually I thought that this was do romantic and
it shows in how you treat each other.
I 'm not surprised , you are both artists , music and painting go hand in hand:)
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Most excellent adventures with you two and the boys!!! ❤❤❤
Outer Hebrides look stunning. Check out Rory Duff's work re the stone circles and ley lines around the world. Fascinating.
Loving the wild and beautiful isles.
Another great show! We love seeing the sights around Scotland, so thank you so much. And My wife and I met on line also. Been married 24 years now.