EXPLORING OBAN, SCOTLAND | A Day Trip To the Isle of Kerrera and Gylen Castle
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Oban, Scotland was not on our radar and now, we believe it should be on everyone's! There's so many things to do in and around Oban! In this coastal town you'll experience delicious seafood, discover hidden gems, and find that it is the gateway to the Scottish Isles. Join us in this video as we explore Oban and some of it's top rated sights, plus we find a hidden gem that you do not want to miss!
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0:00 Introducing This Weeks Adventure
1:44 Climbing Jacobs Ladder
2:54 McCaig's Tower Overlooking Oban
6:39 Visiting the Isle of Kerrera
10:31 Welcome To Gylen Castle
16:24 Experiencing A Beautiful West Coast Sunset In Oban
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I love Oban. When I was very little, my late mother used to take me and my brothers to Oban at Easter and we had a picnic at McCaigs Tower.
@@Teenibash1969 a perfect spot for a picnic!
I love Oban, it's like the start of my holiday as a kid. As we would spend most of my summer at my grandparents house on the island of Coll. So it was an early rise in the morning to get to Oban, to get the ferry to Coll.
Wow 🤩 We can’t wait to get back and explore more of the islands! So many people have told us to check out Coll.
We spent a couple of days in Oban last September and loved it. It is currently not on our itinerary when we return to Scotland in 2024, but after reading about the great places to eat (that we missed) I may reassess that decision. Cheers from Canada's west (wet) coast.
Such a great spot. We are really looking forward to going back in September. Cheers! Enjoy your next Scotland adventure!
there is a few lovely places in oban if you ever visit again that i think you will enjoy like the views from ganvan in oban or dunnolie castle and a few other places . i m glad your enjoyed your visit to oban and your video was awesome :D
Thank you for the tips! We will certainly be back! One of our favorites in Scotland. Thanks for enjoying the adventure with us too :)
A classy film from a classy couple. What a difference a wee bit of sunshine makes I have never seen Scotland look so Beautiful .
Thanks! So kind and we love the Scotland sunshine!
A truly beautiful video presented by super enthusiastic and extremely personable couple.
Thank you!!! We are so glad you enjoyed it!
That place is just magical.
We agree! Cannot wait to get back!
I live and work in Oban,great video guys, well presented, I think the west coast and islands of Scotland are great to visit , especially by boat especially in the spring/summer seasons
Thanks so much! We definitely loved the west coast and are looking forward to exploring more!
I agree Derek. I live in Paisley and previously worked in airlines. I have travelled a lot and I believe there is no where more beautiful than Argyll. This clip showed Oban and Kerrera at their best. The colours are vivid and stunning ❤
I was there in October and I would say that Oban is a wonderful place to visit. Thank you guys for sharing this video. Greetings from Costa Rica.
Glad you agree! We can’t wait to go back. Thank you for watching!
My Nan and Grandad lived there and worked in that fish and chip[ shop 30 years ago, my childhood holidays were spent in Oban and it is amazing, I have photos of it from 45 years ago and its changed a little but not that much ..............Lucky you glad you enjoyed
Wow, What an amazing town to live near! That shop has some of the best fish and chips we’ve had.
Glad to hear Oban hasn’t changed a lot over the years as well ❤️
Thanks a million to the both of you for such a tremendous video, l have thurly enjoyed every minute of it, but just to let you know that I have been up to Macaigs tower & what a wonderful view you get from there , so a very big thank you for the making of this luvly video 👍👍🥪🥪🍰🍰🌹🌹
Isn’t it such a great view from the top?! So glad you got to experience it too!
Stunning video of Oban in the sunshine. Loved it. Our family go every year, and have done for about 25 years. I laughed when you headed into the George St. Fish and Chip shop. It's our favourite, and always the very 1st place we visit after parking up. If you were self catering and wanted seafood, Watt's fishmongers right next to the Ferry terminal is amazing, and takes catch right off the boats. Western Scotland should be on everyone's list - but we don't want it on anyone's list! Selfish or what? :)
We sure were spoiled by the weather! What a wonderful place to visit for so long. I think the fish and chips there have stayed my favorite this whole trip!!! Thanks for the tip, we’ll definitely be back so we’ll have to try Watt’s! Thanks for enjoying this adventure with us 😊
Amazing!
Sorry if I missed it - what month were you visiting in this video? The blue skies and sunny weather looks amazing!
This was the first week of August. We often joke that Scottish weather is the best kept secret because we have blue skies almost every time we visit.
Wow, great video, thanks for sharing!
Megan and I are so glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video. I'm e- biking from Oban to Inverness when next year. I'll be in Oban for a day or two. I like your day trip on the ferry.
Thank you and that sounds like an amazing journey! Enjoy!
You guys are great together. Congrats on a cool adventure and well-done vlog. Subed to see more. As a father-son team of Anthropologist park rangers who love to share the people, cultures, history and natural treasures that make our World so special, we appreciate when others share these things too. Keep up the good work and we hope our work can inspire and entertain you someday, as yours has for us. Cheers from Turtle and Bear.
Thanks for the kind words and enjoying this with us! We can’t wait to get back to Oban, we loved it. Your adventures sound wonderful as well. Great that you and your son are seeing the world together! Appreciate the sub and back at you! Happy travels 🙂
@@AndrewandMegan Love the mutual support. I look forward to seeing more of your vids soon.
Love. Oban. , so glad you guys had so much fun
Oban has made it to the top of our favorites list! We cannot wait to return!
@@AndrewandMegan Try the ferry to Castlebay the next time where you can visit the amazing Vatersay beaches and Barra International airport. 😜
Beauty of a town, or 'toon' as the Scots say. Thanks for the insight into your day on Kerrera, as I'm hoping to get there on my next trip. If you get back to Oban, have a visit to Marky Dan's pub, which has great food and I, and many others find to be a great place where people visiting and locals often have a good chat and some laughs. Some other great fish 'n chips spots in town too. I like Nories. - Sláinte!
We will certainly be back to Oban so your recommendations are much appreciated! It's made its way towards the top of our favorite towns in Scotland list. Enjoy your time in Kerrera! Thanks for tuning in!
Great video guys
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
The coliseum is where they used to hold the haggis fighting championships before it was outlawed on animal rights grounds after the unfortunate incident during the abandoned 1997 event. It’s not talked about locally anymore.
thats becuase they ate the evidence...and it was tasty
Ah Yes! The elusive haggis. We've heard great stories about these wee, long haired animals from locals. Too bad they can only be spotted at night and in the highland hills 😆
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u mean mcages tower yes i love catching the haggis best part is they run in circles because they have 1 leg shorter its so fun and u get to eat them
Built of Bonawe granite taken from local quarries, it was built in 1897 by local banker John Stuart McCraig to provide work for local stonemasons over the winter months as well as to be a lasting monument to the McCaig family. However, work stopped when John died in 1902 and the building was never completed.
Nice video! You had a gorgeous day while visiting Kerrera & Gylen Castle. This castle you had to yourself, the Urquhart castle ruin in Inverness is so crowded so difficult to take photos with no people. Are you going to Glen Coe? The Falkirk Water Wheel? When overseas we always bring our own campy style forks/spoons/knives, as it was difficult to eat with the funky type you had.Enjoy your time there!
It was a gorgeous day! Couldn’t have asked for better weather! Glen Coe is our new video releasing today 🤗 One of our favorite places! We keep missing Falkirk, we just may need to add it on our list! And GREAT tip on the forks/spoons/knifes, we’ll remember that one 🙌 Thanks for watching!
@@AndrewandMegan. I will have to watch your Glen Coe video then, thank you! Oh, also bring along on wandering off the beaten path days, a small serrated knife, it is great for that fresh loaf of bread and a chunk of cheese that you buy along the way. Cheers!
Just found your channel😊,,I'm fortunate enough to live in oban and run a chaterboat ,,,the coast of kerrera is my office ,,,if your ever over again I'll make sure you get the best seafood and possibly take you for a cheeky little trip to see the seals etc 😉👌newly subscribed enjoy your travels 😀
What an amazing office to have 😍 We will be back in Scotland in June, but don’t have our itinerary fully set just yet!
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Nice video.
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You should have gone to the oban inn for a pint
We’ll definitely be visiting Oban again, so we’ve added that to our list!
Scotland ❤
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In Scotland a 1in 8 slop is a flat surface 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
'feel like Austin Powers' 🤣
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Tap water in Scotland is one of the safest to drink in the world.
i dunno why i love Oban..... maybe cos my first school trip was to the Sea life centre
Sounds like good memories! It’s a really cool place!
omg i walked past u while u were recording
Well that’s wild!!! Hope we can say hi 👋 next time!
Roughly - how much time would you recommend for Kerrera?
Definitely a full day. We wanted to get there between 10-11am but waiting for the ferry took longer than anticipated. So we arrived around lunch time and left with the last ferry. I think it would fun to stay the night there and have 2 days. But we did about a 5 hour day and saw everything that was on our list!
@@AndrewandMegan thanks for the quick reply! I'm headed to Oban tomorrow great video!
@@marycatherineosman3008 thanks and enjoy your time in Oban!
That colliseum is what is known as a folly,where rich men would be build structures that have no real function.Romans never got that far north in scotland
@@gallowglass2630 I always knew it as McCaigs Folly
Why did you not go to Dunstaffnage castle
Simply ran out of time that day. Along with a few other recommendations, Dunstaffnage Castle has been added to the list as we'll be visiting again this summer :)
So peaceful until a wee bam throws a gas’s bottle of buckfast at you
The thing on hill is called McCaigs folly
Well, that doesn't sound like a nice time! Glad it was a little more peaceful during our time there.
@@AndrewandMegan I am not saying that actually ever happened but you are in Scotland... Don't be embarrassed if you have to google buckfast
@@andrewrcoggins hahaha… If we’re being honest we had to Google 2 words in there.
Nice comment section until some wee bam invokes a violent image of wee bams throwing bottles....ffs Andrew
@@scottjo76 Sorry MOJO - just had different experiences in Oban
“Is mise an t-slighe, an fhìrinn agus a’ bheatha. Chan eil duine a’ tighinn chun Athair ach tromhamsa, Ìosa.” (Bìoball Eòin 14:6).
Amen
No mention that Kerrera was used as a training-ground for commandoes in WW2, & that an underground old bunker/shelter is there. Doesn't fit the cuteness p'haps..
How fascinating! We didn’t know about that or we definitely would have checked it out. Love learning all angles of history. We hope to head back there one day because there was still more of the island we couldn’t make it to before the last ferry!
So funny how Americans call small towns a 'city'... really
Yes, definitely a cultural difference Megan and I have learned since being in the UK. A 'city' is a very broad and interchangeable word in the States, however, we understand that there's quite the difference in the UK between towns, villages, and cities.
One of the perks of traveling... Always learning :)
@@AndrewandMegan There is no longer a specific definition of what size of living area in the UK is a city. If its deemed to be a city, its a city. The requirement for there to be a cathedral church has been dropped. But I would say a city needs many 100000's of residents with all of the usual services found in a city.
Definitely not Oban, much too small
Americans always pronounce UK names wrong. Kerrera is pronounced KERRerra. In UK always stress the first syllable and crush the others, this is not always true in every placename but it's usually the way. Americans have a habit taken from the french to stress the last syllable. As in garAGE, whereas we in the UK say GARage. Or the name Bernard. Americans say brNARD. we in uk say BURnrd.
You should watch our video in North Wales. We REALLY mispronounce everything in it 😂 ...or Oktoberfest! lol. We try our best! Always try to look up CZcams videos for pronunciation beforehand. Thanks for watching!
@@AndrewandMegan its cool
I will never come there because evil runs Oban from the Welsh sleepers in the area place there by evil thieving landlord. I can tell you this those sleepers will be turned away from heaven. Love from 13
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