THEY CALL IT 'SCOTLAND IN MINIATURE' AND WE CAN SEE WHY. Unfortunately, we can't share it with you.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 เม.ย. 2024
- There's nothing worse that making the effort to visit a place only to be let down by a piece of equipment. Unfortunately, a faulty memory card has prevented us showing you the beginning part of our adventure on Arran,
Being photographers, we have data recovery software, but unfortunately, this data failure is irretrievable.
Due to Arran only having a 57 miles 'ring road', it is very easy to see and experience a lot of different places in one day.
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Notice how brilliant white the Swans were on that beach, as there’s no pollution, compared to Swans located around towns and cities, that are a dirty, grey white.
Wow, to be fair, no, we'd not noticed a difference until you pointed it out. A sad part of today's world is that wildlife is effected by us and our pollution.
Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment, take care and all the best, Tony and Claire.
Hey Tony and Claire cracking park up👌👌Aaron looks a lovely place beautiful scenery. Hope you are enjoying yourselves good music as always. Enjoy take care and stay safe ❤
Hi there our fellow islander. Yes, a cracking park up as you say👍. Yep, Arran is a beautiful place, however, there's only one island that pulls on our heart strings and you live there👌💙❤️. Thank you as always and we hope this finds you well, we'll definitely be back your way one day, so hopefully we'll be able to meet for a wee cuppa. All the best, Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🏴🚐📷
Yes for sure I look forward to meeting you and Claire, I am hoping to get my second hip done in the next few months so hopefully it will happen take care guys ♥️👌👌
@@lizgillies3564 ah, brilliant news about the hip, a horrible thing to have to go through again, but it will definitely be for the best our friend. 💙❤️
Thanks for the video. Great drone shots of the castle.
Our thanks is with you for watching our friend. Thank you and all the very best.
Really enjoyable - even without the lost footage. If you hadn’t said it would not have been obvious. What you had was great.
Hi there. Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the supportive comment, glad you enjoyed the footage we had. So much of the island we unfortunately can't now share, but we'll do our best. Again, many thanks, take care and all the very best, Tony and Claire.
Wonderful video your face seeing the swans and other wildlife is a joy I understand that you don’t need much when you’ve got that .😊😊👏👏
Hi there, many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. Absolutely, wildlife is a beautiful thing to just sit and watch and like you say, you don't need much when you can see nature.....simply beautiful. Many thanks again, sorry for the late reply and all the very best. Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐🏴🥃
Hi guys. Nice look around the island on this latest vid. Great park up again. Really liked the castle and the village it was near. We will be on the island in October. Take care guys.
Hi there Geoff, many thanks for watching. Ooow, a great time to be on the island, nice and quiet and without the summer hordes; our favourite time to visit Scotland. Yep, take a look at Lochranza when you visit, the castle makes for a great picnic area. Roll on October!! Take care and all the very best as always.
Hi we were on Arran in September and used that parkup it's beautiful
Hi there buddy. Ah, a familiar park up then, what a beautiful little spot. We were a little concerned at first because we were only a stones throw from the road.....however, we quickly realised that everyone on Arran goes to bed at 7pm, a very quiet place.
Take care and many thanks again.
Helllooo T&C! Isle of Arran looks absolutely beautiful...thats going on my list!
So, Ms C, you think Mr T goes for 'Tiddles' in the early hours? Sorry to bring this to your attention but that's not exactly true. It's just an excuse for him to do a security check of your surroundings. You weren't to know because he doesn't wish to alarm you. It's an old army habit he hasn't quite got out of. See, he cares for you!
Love the photos of Lochranza Castle!
Ps...love your choice of background music to the vid
Helllllooooo buddy, hope you're well our friend. Thank you for backing me up on the old tiddle dilemma, I'm now in Claire's good books for at least an hour👍😂. Security checks indeed😂🤣😂.
Glad you liked the music and the photography, it's very much appreciated. Hope you've had a good week matey, take care and all the very best as always.
Wonderful video Both. So stunning there. So much to see on such a small island. Nothing wrong with spreading food around your face Tony lol. Keep Loving the Adventure Both Love and Big Hugs ❤
Phew, thank you, you have definitely put my mind at rest; I knew I wasn't the only one out there that enjoys a little facial food spreading.....it's simply a very attractive thing to do. You do have to be a little more careful in the winter though; if the facial food freezes, you can end up scratching yourself🤣👍.
Yep, for a very small island there is loads to see and do, a great wee place.
Many thanks as always for watching, take care of yourself and all the best. Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐📷🏴
Beautiful spot and getting the swans was a bonus. Keep on camping guys.
Hi there, many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. Yes, an absolutely amazing little spot, we could have stayed there for a week. Many thanks again and all the very best, Tony and Claire.
Great video as usual, lovely to see you both back here in Scotland, safe journey 🏴
Hi there. Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the kind comment. It's always great to be in Scotland, simply a magical and beautiful country. Many thanks again and all the very best, Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐🏴📷
Great parkup guys, 👍👏👏👏
Hi there buddy. Yes, a wonderful little park up to sit and watch the nature and have a few games of Ludo👍🤣. Many thanks as always for watching and all the very best.
Arran is good. I will go back sometime soon. Incidentally, you are excellent photographers.
Hi there, many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the very kind comment, it's very much appreciated and we're glad that you enjoy the photography. Absolutely, Arran is a beautiful little island and definitely worth a visit again, we hope that you manage to get back soon. Take care and all the very best, Tony and Claire.
Greetings from Tenerife, sorry you lost the footage, still saved by another fine castle. Arran looks amazing, loved the b/w photography and of course the drone footage. I could eat the mince it looked good. You also treated us with alfresco ludo, very unusual. Look forward to the next instalment❤❤🚐🥘 Al. PS it’s very hot here but at least it’s not raining, take care
Well hello Al in Tenerife!!! And there we were thinking we 'got around a bit` 🤣👍. Hope you're having a great and no doubt the weather is being kind to you😎🌞in the sunny Canary Islands, probably a little warmer than Arran. “Very hot“ sounds amazing!
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed the photos and the look of the mince; a very simple meal but very tasty indeed👌😎. Haha, yep, a little outside of the van Ludo for a change, especially as the weather was being so kind.
As always our friend, many thanks for watching(especially as you're on holiday) and all the very best. Safe travels when you get to them and enjoy your time on the party island👍🏝️🎉💙❤️🚐
Just found you on TH-cam, really enjoyed and subscribed. Now Arran is on the list to go to in the van! 👍
Hi there our fellow van traveller. Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the kind comment. Glad to hear that you have put Arran on your bucket list, it's a great little place to visit and explore in a van. Hope you get there soon and maybe we'll see you on the road sometime. Take care and all the best, Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐🏴📷
OMG, what a wonderful park up, and the weather looked just wonderful. I really enjoyed this episode, guys.
Arran seems like a place to really slow down and relax.
I suffer with chest problems, and I've been told by the doc how important it is to drink plenty of water. (ideally 2ltr a day) so I have 4x500ml filled each day, knowing then what I still have to drink.
See you soon 👍🐸
Hi there, many thanks for watching and sorry for the late reply. Yes, an incredible park up. To be fair, when we first stopped I was a little concerned about the proximity to the road, however, nothing went past after 7pm....brilliant.
Absolutely, water is the most important thing in a person's diet and is sadly the one thing we forget when we're in the van.....we must remember to drink and take water with us on our hikes. Hope you're chest issues are fixable our friend, take care and all the very best. Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐🏴🐸
@@adventurevanfreddie Thanks for lovely reply. I've asthma all my life, but I was told I had COPD about 3 years ago.
So I decided to buy a camper "Kermit" we've been together now for 2 years. 🤣 he's my best buddy. I'm living the dream.
Making the most of every day.
Best wishes, Si. 👍 🐸
@@Kermit-Si We have a very close friend with COPD and with Claire also being a medic, we truly appreciate your health woes and send our best wishes. It sounds like Kermit has sparked a passion and long may it continue our friend. When you're in a van, every day brings a new adventure and every turning something new to explore...simply amazing. Hopefully we'll bump into each other on the road, until then, look after yourself and all the best. 👍❤️💙🐸🚐
That would be exciting, you'll recognise Kermit a mile off. There's not many that colour 🤣🤣
Cheers guys 👍 🐸
Great. Work Guys Keep the video coming Stephen from Middlesbrough 🍾🍻🍰👍
Hi Stephen from sunny Middlesbrough, hope you're well. Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the kind comment, it's very much appreciated. Take care and all the best, Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐🏴📷
If you would like some nice Abbey ruin photos stop off at Eggleston Abbey near Barnard Castle on your way back south!
Hi there, many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the informative comment. We've put Eggleston Abbey into the journal for a future visit. Many thanks again for sharing, it's very much appreciated by us both. Take care and all the best, Tony and Claire.
Pmsl…. Tides turned on the face shot there. 😂
Such a laugh you pair as always! Mince to die from right there.keep me going for a week that.
Anyways great video….heres hoping my wife starts to forget to drink! Save me a bloody fortune at bargain booze. ❤😊
Awesome video loved it.
Hi there buddy, hope you're well👍. Haha, you noticed the face shot then👌🤣. Absolutely, you can't beat a slab of mince, a mix of vegetables and a dash of curry spice on a cold day, simply tasty👍😎.
👌🤣😂, "here's hoping my wife forgets to drink"......bloody brilliant🤣. Many thanks as always matey and thanks for giving us a laugh. Take care and all the best, Tony and Claire.
Another great watch guys👍
We are thinking of going to Arran sometime this year, and knowing that you have been to several of the islands, was wondering how you book the ferries. Do you book well in advance, or do you leave it until closer to the date that you want to go? To give yourselves more flexibility?
Thanks.
Hi ya, many thanks for watching.
With regards to your ferry query, we would normally take the risk and book a one way ticket a few days in advance of our chosen crossing, however, in the case of Arran, we just turned up at the ferry port and booked our crossing in the terminal; the only downside, we had to wait until the next morning to cross. We faced a different scenario on Mull. We wanted to get the ferry back to the mainland so popped into the ferry terminal to book a ferry, however, due to the amount of bookings, we had to wait 4 days to get back. If you are bound by time off work etc or it's the busier summer periods, we recommend booking a return ticket in advance. Online is easy and you can easily see future crossing availability. However, if you are not bound by time....take the risk and enjoy the adventure lol.
Many thanks again and all the best. Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐🏴
Oh no, that's awful. I always buy Kingston Micro sd, data sticks, and Crucial or Kingston SSD. So far not lost anything using those brands. Back around you go! Love the stonework on the castle.
Hi there buddy, many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the informative comment. Hmmm, Kingston, we'll bear that in mind.....thank you. Sometimes it takes someone's recommendation to make a change. Cheers! Glad you liked the castle, it is a very beautiful place.
Many thanks again and all the very best, Tony and Claire👍💙❤️🚐🏴
@adventurevanfreddie I was told those are good brands early 2k years, always get good branded memory. I'm sure others have their own favourites.
@@chrisnewell-7758 indeed, folks will always have favourites, but from time to time it's good to make a change or to try something new. Thanks again for your sharing your experience and recommendation.....I've ordered 2, Canvas React and Industrial memory cards to try. Cheers!
Well what you did show was still amazing. We stayed at Seal Shore campsite so didn’t do any wild camping, I have heard that it’s not as welcoming for wild camping as it used to be did you feel that to be the case?
Hi there, many thanks for your kind words, glad you still enjoyed it.
Yes, we've heard the same thing about wild camping all over Scotland for some time, however, having spoken to many locals on our travels and folks within this TH-cam community, I think it's down to the time of year when you visit these places. We never go to Scotland in the summer and much prefer late autumn/winter or early spring. When we visited Scotland a few years back in the summer, some parts were overwhelmed with motorhomes, campervans and cars.
We've never had any problems/trouble wild camping out of season; we're sure most locals understand that we still help boost the economy over the quiet months. In short, avoid the holiday seasons. Many thanks again and all the very best, Tony and Claire.
@@adventurevanfreddie thanks for the taking the time to reply
I must admit I try and avoid peak season wherever I go and if there’s already a load of campervans somewhere I’d move on
@@stevebrown6665 no worries, we try to answer every comment. Yep, avoid peak season and yes, in fear of sounding unsociable (we're not), we also try and avoid other vans that are already parked up. 1 we don't want to spoil their park up by making it crowded and 2, too many vans in one spot is what the locals don't want to see....it looks like a campsite without the barriers lol. Take care.
That's no a castle !! Av seen bigger 3 bedroom hooses !! 😉😂 You forget to drink water but I bet you don't forget a wee dram and a G+T !! 😂😂 🥃🥃🥃 Hope you are both well 🙏 and as always slàinte 🫶💙🤎
Hi there buddy. Whoops, sorry, we should have warned you that we were heading to a castle lol👍🤣, we know that they're your favourite thing to watch😂. Haha, yep, water is not important, however, a wee dram is critical for life to exist🥃🥃. The world would be a boring place without a dram and Claire would also suffer if she couldn't get a G&T from time to time😂🍸.
Sláinte our brethren, best wishes as always. 👍💙❤️🚐📷🏴
@adventurevanfreddie Just a bit of tongue in cheek ! 😂 Love you guys ! 😁👍🫶💙🤎
@@StevenGodfrey3956 haha, we love you too buddy👍💙❤️, plenty more castles to come🤣
What a brilliant park up.
@@jamesrussell5490 indeed, a very beautiful place to park up and sit and watch a little bit of nature. Many thanks for watching and all the best. Tony and Claire.
another great video guys. notice that you don't use your awning that much. (you probably use it more on campsites) tbh. what type is it. I have the same van and roof rack as you guys. was just wondering if its worth getting one. cheers
Hi there, many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. You are absolutely right our friend, our 4 meter Fiama F45S hardly ever comes out and it is a weighty thing. The reason you don't see it out in our vids is that 90% of the time we just park up off grid and in the UK, it's very rare that it's that hot that you require shade. This said, in France and Spain, we've used it much more....but would I buy one now knowing how much we've used it????... Probably not buddy, especially as we have a drive away awning that we use on campsites. So in short, it depends if you predominantly use your van for off grid locations or on a campsite. If off grid, no,.... If on a campsite, get a proper awning. Ours is an Outdoor Revolution drive away. Hope this helps and all the very best, Tony and Claire.
This video and Arran is from last year lol
Still great though 🙂
Hi there. indeed it is. Our videos always run a few weeks behind; however in the case of the Arran, yep, filmed late last year👍. Many thanks for watching and all the best, Tony and Claire.
yay drove around some countryside , cooked some beef talked plenty tripe , added some naff music , strange no dog , another yawny yawn van life yube vid
Hi there, thanks for the helpful critique, we'll definitely consider getting a dog! 🥱