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Wow... The best comment ever! ❤️ You *get it*. This is exactly what I aim to do with these videos. For me nature is the headliner like you said, I'm just there to capture some tiny bits of it. It makes me so happy to know that there are people who prefer this kind of approach! I'm actually writing this on a bus somewhere in Glencoe (we've recently moved to Scotland) and tomorrow I am starting the Great Glen Way, which I'll of course aim to document in the same way. Your comment really made my day and makes me even more excited to get on the trail again! Thank you so much 🙏🏻

@@ElielHerleviPhotography Well, I am happy my post "made your day," because you've made my day many times over with your brilliant work. Good luck in your new digs, I love Glenco. Good luck on the trail--be safe. I love your music choices. It reminds me of Brian Eno and Phillip Glass. We live on a farm secluded in the Oregon Coast Range. My labrador boys and I have just about worn out almost every trail around these beautiful bits, so I'll be heading to Ireland to walk some of the Wicklow Way next fall--minus my boys. After giving a loving hand to aid my father's passing in the most comforting way possible last year--I am the last remaining member of my immediate family--I'll be taking some small samples of all their ashes back to our deep roots in Wicklow and Donegal where our family bloodline originated. I'll watch with a sad beauty as the ashes blow from the palms of my hands, waft away on the Irish breeze and into the sea. I'm sure you two are well aware of the Wicklow Way on the southeastern Irish coast. My wife and I rode horseback through the Rockies two years ago in Banff Nat'l Park in Alberta Canada. Amazing beauty and awesome wildlife! Last week we hiked the shoreline, colorful tidepools, and craggy hills of NW Vancouver Island. Alcoves of surly seascapes with crashing tides, puffs of morning mist, and a sweet glow of happiness that sits well in your belly all day long. If we could gather up all the miserable people who make war, and bring them about to hike the great land of this earth, my hope is many of them would finally "get it." Perhaps even embrace happiness, and lay down arms. Yeah? There's a little town called Tofino, on Vancouver Island. Very nice town, with lovely folks. The Canadians are well aware of their surroundings and have become such good stewards. It can be overwhelmed with tourists in the summer months, but you two are hearty and smart enough to hike the shoulder seasons. I look forward to your next video mate. Be well and stay safe on the trail.

What a lovely thought to return the ashes to where your family roots are. We did the Wicklow Way last year and they don't call the area the Garden of Ireland for nothing. Can't think of a more beautiful place to send them on their final journey. I've heard Vancouver Island is beautiful (in fact I met two Canadian ladies from Kelowna on the trail just this week in Fort Augustus / Loch Ness who said the same thing!) and while I'm yet to see it myself I agree with what you said 100%. I had a few of those moments of just being in awe of the land and the scenery of the Great Glen in the last few days. Plenty of footage to edit in the coming weeks!

Cheers, thanks for watching!

Thanks!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

@@ElielHerleviPhotography you done the Wicklow hills beautifully

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! Best of luck with the weather that late 🤞🏻

Thank you! Make sure to check my video for Wicklow Way too if you haven't already 🙂

Oh wow, that's so nice to hear! Thank you so much 🙏🏻

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! You're right, sometimes all you need is the sound of nature 🎶🌱

No paths in those parts!

Awesome! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

"No such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing!" Or so I try to remind myself when shivering at camp after a soaking wet day 😅

Haha thank you! It's to be expected 😄 Thanks for watching!

Thank you Simon! 🙏🏻 I'll make sure to check Erik Normark's videos!

Thank you! Glad to hear you like the "no commentary" approach! There's not much my commentary could add to the scenery of the WHW 😄

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻

You are exactly my kind of audience!! Thank you so much 🙏🏻

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻 Glad you enjoyed it and yeah it's definitely a trail worth experiencing!

@@ElielHerleviPhotography I'll be back in the country in a couple of months, so this might be my first hike. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thx

I think it *can* be done in 5 days, as long as you're used to longer days and distances. Just keep in mind that many of the campsites/bnbs are not directly next to the trail so that'll add to the distance even more if you're planning to use them. The reason we didn't start at Clonegal was that we couldn't find suitable transport options from Dublin - in fact we actually had to take a taxi from Arklow to Tinahely as there were no buses to get us closer in time. Let me know if you have other questions!

@@ElielHerleviPhotography thanks for your response! transport from dublin airport to clonegal is challenging. One question, is there an alternative near the knockree hostel? As it is permanently closed. On day 4 we are planning to hike from the busher gap hut to knockree. Is wild camping the only option/alternative here? thanks!

Unless you want to walk all the way to Powerscourt, then I think wild camping probably is the only option... Glensoulan Valley is a nice spot for that though! Next to the bridge at 14:21

I would like to thank you for the advice you gave to camp at glensoulan Valley. It was absolutely a stunning experience 😍

So happy to hear that!! Glad it helped. Hope you enjoyed the rest of the hike too!

Thank you! This was in mid-September.

What an amazing comment! Glad the video brought up some memories. Sounds like they've definitely made the trail easier and safer over the years. Thank you for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you! For this video I used Lumix S5 with a 20-60mm lens, an iPhone 12, and Mavic Air 2.

Awesome, hope the trail is good for you in May! Thank you for watching 🙏🏻

Yup, those plantations were my least favourite thing on the trail.

Thanks! Thank you for watching 🙏🏻

Thank you for watching! To make it easier, I would do the trail in the summer when the weather is supposedly a bit better - we did it in September and the rain and wind were pretty bad at times. Also not that many campsite / accommodation options on the trail so need to plan well. Not sure where you're based but I would say the Cumbria Way or the West Highland Way are a bit easier for first-timers!

HAha I wish, was a bit too knackered after the hike 😂

Thank you! Same to you! Thank you for watching.

Kiitän! 🙏🏻

Wow, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏

Thanks Tent Man! 🙏🏻

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻 Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy it!

Great question - this is something every WHW walker needs to figure out (unless hiking in the winter months). What we did is we decided to walk about 33km on the 2nd day so that we could wildcamp at the shores of Loch Lomond. See the spot at 4:02, which was maybe half a mile after the no camping zone ended and very close to the trail. The other option is as you said to use the camping site halfway through the no camping zone, or to get a permit for that one spot a bit further north, if wildcamping is your thing. If you can, I would get the permit as that's what we did in 2018, you just have to book that well in advance as those are very limited. I'd book that now if I were you, it'll save you from a gruelling 33km day 😄 Thanks for watching and I hope the trail treats you well in April!

Hi, thx for your detailed answer :) ill try and get the permit then :) the booking opens 4 weeks in advance so Ill put it in my agenda. Otherwise I will go the extra mile :) thx again and keep making great films :)

Happy to help! Hope you have a great hike. New hiking film from Ireland coming very soon!

Thanks! Water isn't an issue on this trail, there are enough campsites, towns etc. to get water and also enough streams and rivers as long as you can make it safe - personally I've always used water purification tablets and never had any issues. We both carried 0.75l water bottles and that was enough. 👍🏻

@@ElielHerleviPhotography thanks very much for the advice. I plan to make this hike in September this year

@donaldpang Awesome! Happy hiking!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! Agree, the WHW is one of the very few trails I'd consider doing several times (have done it twice now).

Thank you! Not quite, in the southern half of Loch Lomond wild camping is not allowed during high season. But there is a campsite and a handful of permits for another spot. But everywhere else it is as long as you follow the usual Outdoors Code. Thanks for the sub!

Thank you for advise. I'll be watching your adventures. See you on the trail🤝😄

Kiitos! 🙏🏻 Sanoisin että Finnairilla Edinburghiin ja sieltä junalla Glasgowhun ja edelleen Milngavieen josta reitti alkaa. Huhti-toukokuu on mun mielestä paras ajankohta, koska silloin ei vielä ole sääskiä (midges) joita tulee kun ilma lämpenee. Kesäkuussa niitä voi jo olla niin paljon että ei ole enää kovin nautinnollista, mutta luulisin että ainakin toukokuun ensimmäinen puolisko on vielä ihan ookoo. Toinen syy miksi oon kahdesti tehnyt tämän reitin keväällä on se, että mun mielestä Skotlanti näyttää hienommalta kun maasto on tuollainen punertavan ruskea, ennen kuin se muuttuu vihreäksi. Mutta se on makuasia 😄👍🏻

@@ElielHerleviPhotography Tuota samaa reittiä on mallailtu, nähtävästi myös vaihtolennolla pääsisi suoraan Glasgow. Täytyypi pohtia! Onko suositella tuon WHW lisäksi siihen perään jotain muuta patikkaa, jos esim on yhteensä 2 viikkoa aikaa?

Thank you so much 🙏 Glad you enjoyed it and it makes me happy that you noticed some of those details! Rannoch Moor is probably my favourite section, just the vastness of the moors...

For the most part 😂 The last day was rough...

@@ElielHerleviPhotography If it's not midges then it's freezing rain/snow, but if it was easy, it would be crowded. As kids we would camp and have a fire every night, after two weeks,the smell of the woodsmoke on our clothes would keep midges away, and people too.

That's an interesting idea! 🦟

Thank you so much! 🙏 Glad you enjoyed it. There's more coming up!

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@@ElielHerleviPhotography thanks for putting out such high quality videos with no ads and unnecessary talking over.

Thank you for such a lovely comment! That makes me particularly happy because I don't like unnecessary commentary on videos like these either.

Thank you for watching! 🙏🏻 More coming up!