Love your commentary! Skye girl here that's lived in Oz for the last 20 yrs. Can't wait to get back home next year. I miss the dreary cold dark beautiful winters😂 No place on earth that can beat Skye! So glad you love my home, and so right about "the bloody tourists" 😂😂❤❤❤
My husband is Scottish, and I grew up in Texas and lived in Arizona the past 5 years. My health actually gets way better in cold weather, I often faint when it's warm. When we were on Skye I could actually hike without passing out from the heat, even in the wind and the rain. My friends in the desert think I'm crazy for wanting to live in the cold and the rain 🤣
Good for you and remember that you don't need their approval. I know it's easier said than done. I didn't mean to be the typical instantaneous American know it all type about it, it's just that I know how you feel. My spouse is from Scotland and I am an American. Our first venture out there failed many years ago. We have everything we need here in Virginia but something is missing. It is amazing how I can not see see someone for many years here but if you talk about moving there they freak out and suddenly have your best interests in mind. I can be 10 State s away and never be able to connect but talk about moving abroad and they instantly know what is best for you.
Thank goodness for your honesty!! We are a mid 50’s couple and live on the beautiful little island of Anglesey in North Wales, we are plagued with tourists also 😡. We have been thinking of selling up and moving to Skye . The thought of not living on a tiny island is unbearable, however the thought of such long winters is a major downer as I love going out fishing on my kayak & playing golf .. Ah well, it was a nice thought but we will keep looking 🤚🤚🤚🏴
Dosent people visiting your beautiful Iylands help to keep job's in Scotland. But I can understand people living litter everywhere and spoiling the beautiful nature will not help. But I love Scotland I live in a big City but my ancienters we're farming backgrounds from Wales countryside. I love nature. Dobspato.
Oh I’ve never been to wales, let alone it’s islands! Will need to visit! My husband and I live in Glasgow and love Skye, and wanted to move one day but were also nervous of the harsh winters. We just visited Arran though for our anniversary and loved it! So think we will be changing our mind! Doesn’t have a bridge so more remote, but there’s regular ferries and not far from Glasgow on the other side :)
I'm also from down south and my partner who's Scottish and I have stayed in Dornie which I'm sure you know of four times in the past and I'm pretty sure that we visited Skye on all four occasions. I now trade the financial markets professionally and I'm aware that I'll need to factor in the power cuts, but it's my dream once I've generated enough wealth to buy a home on the Western Isles and I honestly don't mind where. I've been to quite few countries around the world, but as soon as my partner and I have driven to Dornie and the mountains slowly get bigger and bigger the spectacular beauty of the place immediately hits me like a ton of bricks, I feel quite emotional and nostalgic and I'm reminded why I want to live in this part of the world. We currently live in Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland just a fifteen minute walk from the North Sea so we're used to leaving the house and finding that one of our conifer trees has been lifted out of the ground by the coastal winds and I'm used to having to find an alternative route around centuries old trees which have been uprooted by them whilst I'm out walking my dog, but I absolutely love the place and I really enjoy my own company and being able to escape noise and traffic too and I always have, but thanks for the education. I definitely learned one or two things from this video which is why I've been searching for videos about life on the Western Isles.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. You tell it how it is and I love that. I’m considering at the moment to buy a place in Skye so I’m going to pop over maybe next week to have a look around. Now I’m off to your next video ❤
That sounds like complete heaven I would love the peace of a none hectic life Here in Maine it's 9 months And it's still an amazing life Love the cold so it's only natural I live in a cold climate area
We get the same in my Cornish village.They ask where are the other shops !Everyone was slow but now most of England has moved here and it has got too much traffic and houses everwhere and rude people.
That actually sounds like a great experience, but I totally understand the "hating tourists" part. Some people really think they're entitled to anything they want even though they're just visitors. I hope your beautiful nature doesn't get damaged from all the people coming around. 🙏🏼
Hello from the Faroe Islands! 🇫🇴 Population 12. Winter lasts 10½months and we have 3hrs of light per day in December. 155mph wind last month. 1½m snow isn't unusual. Digging out a 2m high snow drift in front of the door to the sheep barn in fun No bridge connecting us so we do have to take a ferry. No shops or businesses of any kind. Just a post office. I've cried the first time i felt the sun in Spring. It took 6 months to fix our village street lights. 6 months!!!
Real question, skye time, does that mean you need to be good at planning? Also, weather wise, is it that much different from the west of scotland/glasgow? Or is it just a big difference from England? I moved from Wales to Glasgow and the weather change was stark, so does it get a lot more or is it a much of a muchness by the time you're up here?
It’s a little bit darker & colder in Autumn/Winter than say Glasgow but not much (windier though). She’s right about snow, though. More chance of seeing snow on Rannoch Moor (Glen Coe), 65 miles north of Anniesland, Glasgow on a winters day than in most of Skye. Snow depends on altitude as well as latitude (think of Switzerland!), and most people in the NW Highlands live down at sea level, more or less...
Skye time sometimes needs forward planning, but it mostly just seems to require patience. Things get done, but at a much slower pace than where I lived previously. It was hard to get used to at first but now I'm just as bad for it as everyone else! And Roderick is spot on about the weather, it's just a bit more exposed but you're like me in where you've moved from and to, so I reckon for us is just a bigger difference from south to north :)
To be honest, I was expecting you talking about two most important things that I would consider before moving in: jobs and people. And I`m talking of pre-Covid times. What can you do there for a living? The answer is not so simple if you don't have specific profession or you are not skilful craftsman. People...I heart some stories about attitude towards incomers, specially from England (that could be linked to clearings). But imagine: you have many, you will secure a job, you will buy house of dreams in Skye...and the only neighbour in radius of lets say 250 metres would not talk to you, only becaue you not an islander. How you made it? I can understand Sky Time thing, very similar to Southern European mañana - what you can do today, do tomorrow. With tourists its like havin glass of water hal empty or half full. You love them and hate them in same moment. When I been on Sky in March 2019 nearly all passing bays were busy with parking cars as people just stopped to make photo of a sheep. I would like to see more videos of your how is life on Skye...been on Raasay too, loved it.
There's a lot of variety of skilled people here who all make a living, and then of course there's tourism and usual jobs such a retail etc. It's not always easy though that's for sure. I can definitely see how Skye time would be similar - there's never any rush here :) and I plan on making more videos about life on Skye this year, once I've got enough time to put into them :)
I stupidly didn't save it or note it down anywhere but at this point I was using iMovie to edit and probably took it from the music library on there. Sorry that's not much help!
It’s hard in the sense that it’s so far. We moved over 700 miles, we had our furniture in a removals lorry which took 2 days to get up to Skye and then we had our essentials in the car with us. It was exhausting to be honest. Getting work year round is tough and the wages here are below the national average but things like food are more expensive. The flip side of that is that fuel, public transport, and some other amenities are cheaper. I’m thinking of making a part 2 of this video actually because the cost of living here is a strange juggling act and I think I could explain it better ‘in person’ rather than text!
@@being_liv Really liked the vid Liv. I'm gonna level with you. If you want a couple of thousand subscribers in a matter of months show footage of the wild weather, how you keep warm during the cold times, what you cook etc. You live in a beautiful, isolated and raw place and if you can make some spare cash from youtube during the winter by showing people this seems like a no brainer. All the best...
Can l move in with you ? I love the Highlands and Islands , came up there 4 times this year . Been cycling and camping in forests and Barnes and abandoned houses for last 15 years . Love it to bits . Did the Kintail trail again this year and then crossed to Skye , never again ! The traffic is atrocious ! Love your vid and humour !
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being liv: the winters are so harsh, they last for ten months, high speed winds, very little daylight, and sometimes it even snows! me, born and raised in alaska: and?
I live on the south coast of England and I have been to Skye about three times, driven all round it, hiked up to the Old Man of Stor (in the rain). I wouldn't call it remote at all. A few weeks ago we toured the Outer Hebrides - now they are remote. I love Scotland and its islands and Highlands and people. Tourists are the same everywhere.
I lived for 7 years in the north east of Scotland and I really miss it. I visited many times the isle of Skype and I come immediately to live at your wonderful place!!!
I visited Skye a few years ago the worst way possible, a tour bus. However, the people of Skye made it all worthwhile! I loved, loved, loved how friendly and gracious everyone I met treated me. The folks from the hostel, the folks working in the hotel and the guys from the pub created very fond memories of Skye and Scotland for me. Thank You!
Loved this! We've recently bought a house in Skye and we're loving it 😊🖤 "the no Tesco" thing actually shook me when we first arrived 😂😂 settling into the co op life!
Although our winters are much shorter and less severe, there are a lot of similarities between the Blue Ridge Mts. of North Carolina and Skye. There are still remote places and have our own way and pace of doing things. Instead of "Skye Time" we have "Mountain Time", and we like it that that way.
Really enjoyed that. Very true. The weather is ok between May and August in truth. Maybe because I am Scottish I accept 10 degrees as decent 🤩 Skye is beautiful and a special place. I agree winters can be challenging though. Not for everyone. Enjoy 🙏🏴💕
Went on holiday to Skye a few years ago... Stunning 💕 Beautiful place😍 Sounds strange... yes I was a tourist but hated the amount of tourists that were there it was awful! The place was rammed...everywhere you went! It was like being in a mainland city! Worse actually as the shops supermarkets,cafes Etc are small places rammed full of people...totally bumping into people every few seconds some of the time! Can fully understand the locals resenting the invasion! I hated it...so many people trailing up and down beauty spots like ants in a line! Really spoiled the feeling of remoteness and the beauty of it! ( no I sadly didn't get to see these beautiful spots was too much for me too join a trail of people) Have spent many years visiting the Isles of the Hebrides and have never experienced anything like the tourist invasion on Skye 😥
Such a common problem in areas like this! I love that people want to come and explore more remote areas but it is a shame when there's so little infrastructure to accommodate so many people. We're just not prepared for it being so popular and it gets worse every year. Hopefully one day there'll be a balance
@@being_liv Hi 🙂Thankyou,sorry I didn't respond sooner I have just moved house...so haven't spent time on TH-cam/internet...way too busy🤪😃 Yes I hope one day something does change. I know the economy thrives but personally I think and feel that a restriction should be in place that allows only so many visitors over certain periods of time. Hopefully I will get back to Skye in the future and cross my fingers the town isn't wall to wall people and the beauty spots I couldn't visit last time are not overcrowded. It's a beautiful place 😍
If your a foreigner wanting to move somewhere in the highlands and islands of Scotland PLEASE DONT because when us the local youths of these islands grow up and want to buy a new house for ourselves there will be none left for us to pick this has become an issue in recent years where i live in Scotland.
Lol I almost visited Isle of Skye this past January, and I can't decide now if I'm disappointed that I missed it with those crazy storms, or happy that I missed the almost endless darkness haha. Sounds a lot like most of Vancouver Island where I am though, with delivery costs, tourists, and nothing open past 7:00pm haha
Sounds like my kind of place! I hope you get to visit Skye one day, but we did have a pretty terrible bout of storms so I'm glad you didn't come then too, you wouldn't have seen anything!
I’ve been to Skye, lived in Scotland and Vancouver island, there are similarities, but I would say the north island is the best comparison. You can get virtually anything south of Nanaimo. Van isle weather is way better too.
Jeremy Hughes we are currently sailing in the queen charlotte strait right outside of Port McNeil and I agree, the weather is def crazier up here than down south!
@@jerhughes500 I have been to Nanaimo with the family from Queensland , the Sister in Law said bring clothes for summer , that was in June just after being home to Scotland , Wellies and a raincoat would have been more appropriate.LOL
Love it. I am doing research on library services in rural Scotland. Instead of doing proper reading using academic journal I find your video is much more entertaining and doesn't put me to sleep. Thank you. Will follow you on IG now
So what have you found in Scotland hopefully freindy pagans maybe a little on the dark side like Malifisant lol. But Malifisant was not evil at all she is just amazing and love's nature as I do. Dobspato.
I have spent half my life in various parts of Scotland. Spend quite a bit of time around the north west and on Skye for holidays, wild camping, walking etc.. We are finally moving up that way full time this year. Going to be amazing. After travelling and working all over the UK and the world there just aren’t many places I love as much as Skye. I know what you mean with the tourists through. Having lived for some years in a little tourist village in cornwall the summers were hell. Not being able to park at your house because there are 10 motorhomes and having a full shop to carry across the village, well it resulted in a lot of defrosted food and was quite frustrating lol Maybe see you in a few months when we get there.
If you ever look at the weather on TV sky always seems to be Warner than Edinburgh. Its probably the fact you have the gulf stream running up there. Hence no snow. But saying that the while of Scotland hardly gets any snow. Its like hens teeth. Apart from the high mountains.
People like to throw around the word "remote," but what makes a place truly "remote?" Is it the sparse population, is it the limited access via transportation, limited commerce, distance from a large city, etc.? I live in Wyoming (USA), a landlocked state with few people and similar observations/comments that you've made here. It is often considered remote as well.
I lived on Nantucket Island, massachusetts for nealry (1) one year, oh I loved it. Fog, rain, cold, FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG! winds, high tides. Fog is good for my skin!
You are very funny. And I like the way you tell it how it is. Maybe a little on the dark side lol like Malifisant I just love Malifisant she was not evil at all. I have a friend that go to the North of Scotland mixers with the locals dressed in gowns dancing around fire's. They love nature Vegans. Are you a friendly pagan. Do people go missing in Scotland as when I was in Oban there were pictures everywhere off people going missing they find there cars vans but not the people. It's a little scary in a way. What do you think and if you think I am being silly just let me know my friend tells me don't go to the North of Scotland. I apologise if I talk silly but I do have a disability and my friend I a very clever person and tells me the truth. I love watching you videos brilliant you remind me off Malifisant in a good way. 😘🖤.
Only thing that stops me wanting to live on Skye is that I can no longer handle the cold. Skye Time sounds good to me - thing are done when they're done! Inconsiderate people blocking roads are a real bugbear for me so that would probably be a problem as well but to be honest that seems to be getting more common everywhere in the UK these days. I remember visiting Skye before the bridge was built and spending a great evening in a pub only to miss the last ferry back. Not a problem - curl up and spent the night in the public toilets. Loved the people and their attitude to life 😁
Hey, I went on Skye Island back in February ! As a french southerner from Côte d'Azur, that was something else indeed. It was really really cold out there, strongest wind I've ever seen, frozen rain and a fair amount of snow (did we get lucky on that ? Because snowy landscapes were amazing, got many beautiful photographs). We didn't stay long, about three days because it was a stop in a whole Scotland road trip but we sure enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for your nice video, it reminded me this nice trip that now seems to be part of another lost world since the quarantine in march :)
If you got snow that stuck around you were pretty lucky! The mountains are always snow capped in winter but we hardly ever get it at sea level. I'm so glad you were able to enjoy it despite the weather though!
Been to Skye many times, understand you views on tourists. Love being in a conversation with people living on Skye, normally in a pub and being classed as a visitor. Something I've experienced all over the Highlands and Islands. Must be frustrating when you see "free delivery" only to find the delivery cost, will be more than the item. Longing to have my week in the summer and week in early winter again. Tapadh leat from Stoke on Trent.
I'm thinking of moving to skye from Northern Ireland..time for a new start..I'm originally from Canada so I am used to long winters..very interested indeed
Skye hasn’t been the same for 20 plus years. Too many holiday makers and pretentious modern houses, major mismanagement of the tourism industry. The very wild soul seems to have been lost and is now a bucket listed, hipster island.
I'm English actually, but I've lived in Scotland long enough and since I was young enough that my accent has changed ever so slightly so it comes out sounding a little American/Australian etc!
Love Scotland, i went only once when i was younger, but i'd like a small place in there i can spend some time, Perhaps close from Atlantic, seems such awesome strong place. Jean-François
A bit of perspective needed I think. Sure Skye is remote compared to large towns/cities - quite obviously However as stated you are connected by a bridge to the main big island - although still a long/slow drive to larger towns Remote in UK terms would be living on the Shetlands/Orkneys off the north coast of Scotland or the Hebrides - certainly the Outer Hebrides especially. All a ferry ride away from the mainland or flight for some islands.
Thanks for the viddy, Sheila ... ive spent years in the Tourist industry as well. Currently working in the Alpine area of mid-Utah USA...yep, its COLD. Been to SKYe for visit in 2000, me MA was organising the Celtic Tour we went on in an Old Ford van. Luved the tour I was given of a local Shed, by a man who had collected things that had washed up on shore. Well worth the quid I gave him ;). You seemed very cute to me as well....liked yr sense of perspective. Im 60 and looking for a place to retire.
Thankyou so much, your video was perfect. G'day from Australia and I checked out your video because we may be moving to Scotland and very possibly Skye. Very familiar with Scotland and its challenges, still wNt to move. Thank you, miss inspiration ❤
Ahahah… I really enjoyed this.. in from NZ from a rural place.. a part the difference of the weather.. wind is very strong here too.. and you said right.. you can not bring your city mentality to rural places 🤣🤣🤣just relax and enjoy 😉
Love your commentary! Skye girl here that's lived in Oz for the last 20 yrs. Can't wait to get back home next year. I miss the dreary cold dark beautiful winters😂 No place on earth that can beat Skye! So glad you love my home, and so right about "the bloody tourists" 😂😂❤❤❤
My husband is Scottish, and I grew up in Texas and lived in Arizona the past 5 years. My health actually gets way better in cold weather, I often faint when it's warm. When we were on Skye I could actually hike without passing out from the heat, even in the wind and the rain. My friends in the desert think I'm crazy for wanting to live in the cold and the rain 🤣
Good for you and remember that you don't need their approval. I know it's easier said than done. I didn't mean to be the typical instantaneous American know it all type about it, it's just that I know how you feel. My spouse is from Scotland and I am an American. Our first venture out there failed many years ago. We have everything we need here in Virginia but something is missing. It is amazing how I can not see see someone for many years here but if you talk about moving there they freak out and suddenly have your best interests in mind. I can be 10 State
s away and never be able to connect but talk about moving abroad and they instantly know what is best for you.
I’ll join ya… I hate the heat… and shitty smog in Commiefornia.
Welcome
Good advice
I love the cold . Wales me up. Present and alert.
Thank goodness for your honesty!! We are a mid 50’s couple and live on the beautiful little island of Anglesey in North Wales, we are plagued with tourists also 😡. We have been thinking of selling up and moving to Skye . The thought of not living on a tiny island is unbearable, however the thought of such long winters is a major downer as I love going out fishing on my kayak & playing golf .. Ah well, it was a nice thought but we will keep looking 🤚🤚🤚🏴
Dosent people visiting your beautiful Iylands help to keep job's in Scotland. But I can understand people living litter everywhere and spoiling the beautiful nature will not help. But I love Scotland I live in a big City but my ancienters we're farming backgrounds from Wales countryside. I love nature. Dobspato.
Oh I’ve never been to wales, let alone it’s islands! Will need to visit!
My husband and I live in Glasgow and love Skye, and wanted to move one day but were also nervous of the harsh winters. We just visited Arran though for our anniversary and loved it! So think we will be changing our mind! Doesn’t have a bridge so more remote, but there’s regular ferries and not far from Glasgow on the other side :)
There is a nine-hole golf course...
hahahhaa! Yes, as a matter of fact, I DO want to move to a remote Scottish Isle... Great info , thanks.
An urrainn dhut Gàidhlig a bhruidhinn
We moved from Manchester 5 years ago, to a very small island just South of Skye, best move we ever made.
@@Artur-hg1qg With only about 1% now speaking it, I should not think so.
@@MrLoftusjj3 Wonder why with hundreds of people coming up from England and buying land for the past 300 years?
I'm in Australia watching this. I must be barmy
I'm also from down south and my partner who's Scottish and I have stayed in Dornie which I'm sure you know of four times in the past and I'm pretty sure that we visited Skye on all four occasions. I now trade the financial markets professionally and I'm aware that I'll need to factor in the power cuts, but it's my dream once I've generated enough wealth to buy a home on the Western Isles and I honestly don't mind where. I've been to quite few countries around the world, but as soon as my partner and I have driven to Dornie and the mountains slowly get bigger and bigger the spectacular beauty of the place immediately hits me like a ton of bricks, I feel quite emotional and nostalgic and I'm reminded why I want to live in this part of the world. We currently live in Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland just a fifteen minute walk from the North Sea so we're used to leaving the house and finding that one of our conifer trees has been lifted out of the ground by the coastal winds and I'm used to having to find an alternative route around centuries old trees which have been uprooted by them whilst I'm out walking my dog, but I absolutely love the place and I really enjoy my own company and being able to escape noise and traffic too and I always have, but thanks for the education. I definitely learned one or two things from this video which is why I've been searching for videos about life on the Western Isles.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. You tell it how it is and I love that. I’m considering at the moment to buy a place in Skye so I’m going to pop over maybe next week to have a look around. Now I’m off to your next video ❤
That sounds like complete heaven
I would love the peace of a none hectic life
Here in Maine it's 9 months
And it's still an amazing life
Love the cold so it's only natural I live in a cold climate area
Honestly I have found northern Norway to be absolutely gorgeous
Many months of winter
Heaven
We get the same in my Cornish village.They ask where are the other shops !Everyone was slow but now most of England has moved here and it has got too much traffic and houses everwhere and rude people.
My grandparents remember when Skye wasn’t filled with tourists.
That actually sounds like a great experience, but I totally understand the "hating tourists" part. Some people really think they're entitled to anything they want even though they're just visitors. I hope your beautiful nature doesn't get damaged from all the people coming around. 🙏🏼
Hello from the Faroe Islands! 🇫🇴
Population 12. Winter lasts 10½months and we have 3hrs of light per day in December.
155mph wind last month. 1½m snow isn't unusual. Digging out a 2m high snow drift in front of the door to the sheep barn in fun
No bridge connecting us so we do have to take a ferry. No shops or businesses of any kind. Just a post office.
I've cried the first time i felt the sun in Spring.
It took 6 months to fix our village street lights. 6 months!!!
👍 Skye is a wonderful island. I felt as if I was on visit to another planet. Its nature is completely different to the rest of the Europa.
Thanks for sharing ur experience and let us see what its like to live there...
Love this video! Thanks so much for posting!
Hi....so jealous..lol...I have visited..I am Scottish from the west coast..and I am moving to Skye as soon as I can...xx
Hopefully to visit this year all being well with covid restrictions
What a great video, I can’t stop laughing
Brilliant, you are very brave! Subscribed
Real question, skye time, does that mean you need to be good at planning? Also, weather wise, is it that much different from the west of scotland/glasgow? Or is it just a big difference from England? I moved from Wales to Glasgow and the weather change was stark, so does it get a lot more or is it a much of a muchness by the time you're up here?
It’s a little bit darker & colder in Autumn/Winter than say Glasgow but not much (windier though). She’s right about snow, though. More chance of seeing snow on Rannoch Moor (Glen Coe), 65 miles north of Anniesland, Glasgow on a winters day than in most of Skye. Snow depends on altitude as well as latitude (think of Switzerland!), and most people in the NW Highlands live down at sea level, more or less...
@@roderickmathison5245 wow, thanks for the reply, that's really helpful :)
Skye time sometimes needs forward planning, but it mostly just seems to require patience. Things get done, but at a much slower pace than where I lived previously. It was hard to get used to at first but now I'm just as bad for it as everyone else! And Roderick is spot on about the weather, it's just a bit more exposed but you're like me in where you've moved from and to, so I reckon for us is just a bigger difference from south to north :)
The endless storms the months of rain.
Sounds perfect. Heat and sun is so overrated and I should know coming from Australia.
I'm definitely a cold weather person so I'll agree with you there!
To be honest, I was expecting you talking about two most important things that I would consider before moving in: jobs and people. And I`m talking of pre-Covid times. What can you do there for a living? The answer is not so simple if you don't have specific profession or you are not skilful craftsman. People...I heart some stories about attitude towards incomers, specially from England (that could be linked to clearings). But imagine: you have many, you will secure a job, you will buy house of dreams in Skye...and the only neighbour in radius of lets say 250 metres would not talk to you, only becaue you not an islander. How you made it?
I can understand Sky Time thing, very similar to Southern European mañana - what you can do today, do tomorrow.
With tourists its like havin glass of water hal empty or half full. You love them and hate them in same moment. When I been on Sky in March 2019 nearly all passing bays were busy with parking cars as people just stopped to make photo of a sheep. I would like to see more videos of your how is life on Skye...been on Raasay too, loved it.
There's a lot of variety of skilled people here who all make a living, and then of course there's tourism and usual jobs such a retail etc. It's not always easy though that's for sure. I can definitely see how Skye time would be similar - there's never any rush here :) and I plan on making more videos about life on Skye this year, once I've got enough time to put into them :)
What a great video, thank you! What is the intro music piece? It is wonderful!
I stupidly didn't save it or note it down anywhere but at this point I was using iMovie to edit and probably took it from the music library on there. Sorry that's not much help!
@@being_liv Ah well no problem really but thanks for the reply! And thanks for the videos!
This has the making of a solid 10 minutes.
This is beautiful
Is it hard to move from England? How did you find getting work? And is it expensive to live there? Thanks :))
It’s hard in the sense that it’s so far. We moved over 700 miles, we had our furniture in a removals lorry which took 2 days to get up to Skye and then we had our essentials in the car with us. It was exhausting to be honest. Getting work year round is tough and the wages here are below the national average but things like food are more expensive. The flip side of that is that fuel, public transport, and some other amenities are cheaper. I’m thinking of making a part 2 of this video actually because the cost of living here is a strange juggling act and I think I could explain it better ‘in person’ rather than text!
@@being_liv thank you for your reply! I think a 'part 2' would be a great idea, I certainly would enjoy it! Thanks again :)
@@being_liv Really liked the vid Liv. I'm gonna level with you. If you want a couple of thousand subscribers in a matter of months show footage of the wild weather, how you keep warm during the cold times, what you cook etc. You live in a beautiful, isolated and raw place and if you can make some spare cash from youtube during the winter by showing people this seems like a no brainer. All the best...
Do people speak Gaelic there
Can l move in with you ? I love the Highlands and Islands , came up there 4 times this year . Been cycling and camping in forests and Barnes and abandoned houses for last 15 years . Love it to bits . Did the Kintail trail again this year and then crossed to Skye , never again ! The traffic is atrocious ! Love your vid and humour !
Just wondering if my mate is your postie LOL. I love your attitude.
Well it is a small world so maybe! And thanks, I think I'd eaten way too much sugar when I filmed this haha
Love why aren't you looking to purchase a house sized wind turbines
Free electric
Build your own furniture
Yes I love Scott land it's mine dream I will work there..
Another English person moving up here 🙄
I like your name😄
Yes, but at least let tourist know that they would not be able to buy a soap there in a saturday
If they don't sell razors, tweezers, or wax strips there...I'm out!
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Skye is not a remote island. Of all the Inner and Outer Hebrides it's by far the most accessible.
ugh! then far too many tourists!
being liv: the winters are so harsh, they last for ten months, high speed winds, very little daylight, and sometimes it even snows!
me, born and raised in alaska: and?
My kind of weather. The colder and more remote the better.
Agreed
Amen
The remoteness and beauty I could deal with.. The temp not so much
Amen 🙏
I’ve never related to a comment more 🌟
You forgot to mention the midges! 🦟
Ah I know! I realised after I posted that I never once mentioned them. Might have to do a part 2!
@@being_liv I WAS wondering about the midgies - super sized aren't they?
I live on the south coast of England and I have been to Skye about three times, driven all round it, hiked up to the Old Man of Stor (in the rain). I wouldn't call it remote at all. A few weeks ago we toured the Outer Hebrides - now they are remote. I love Scotland and its islands and Highlands and people. Tourists are the same everywhere.
I lived for 7 years in the north east of Scotland and I really miss it. I visited many times the isle of Skype and I come immediately to live at your wonderful place!!!
I visited Skye a few years ago the worst way possible, a tour bus. However, the people of Skye made it all worthwhile! I loved, loved, loved how friendly and gracious everyone I met treated me. The folks from the hostel, the folks working in the hotel and the guys from the pub created very fond memories of Skye and Scotland for me. Thank You!
“Bloody tourists” pay your bills. Just sayin
The price you pay for living somewhere so lovely isn't it? :)
10 months of winter?!!!! Woman, you have my respect, totally.
Those 2 months of summer do a lot to make up for it!
not 10 months .
Yes to not making the countryside the city!! Love country life ❤
Loved this! We've recently bought a house in Skye and we're loving it 😊🖤 "the no Tesco" thing actually shook me when we first arrived 😂😂 settling into the co op life!
It takes some getting used eh! Hope you've settled in well :)
An urrainn dhut Gàidhlig a bhruidhinn?
♥️🥰🥰✨
@@Artur-hg1qg tha mi smaoineachadh gu re coigreach a th 'ann
Although our winters are much shorter and less severe, there are a lot of similarities between the Blue Ridge Mts. of North Carolina and Skye. There are still remote places and have our own way and pace of doing things. Instead of "Skye Time" we have
"Mountain Time", and we like it that that way.
Really enjoyed that. Very true. The weather is ok between May and August in truth. Maybe because I am Scottish I accept 10 degrees as decent 🤩
Skye is beautiful and a special place. I agree winters can be challenging though. Not for everyone. Enjoy 🙏🏴💕
you forgot to mention the midges
I live on Raasay. Skye time is much quicker. Believe me. Must be the Ferry influence.!
its not that small?? The Cullen hills are vast?!
Went on holiday to Skye a few years ago... Stunning 💕 Beautiful place😍 Sounds strange... yes I was a tourist but hated the amount of tourists that were there it was awful! The place was rammed...everywhere you went! It was like being in a mainland city! Worse actually as the shops supermarkets,cafes Etc are small places rammed full of people...totally bumping into people every few seconds some of the time! Can fully understand the locals resenting the invasion! I hated it...so many people trailing up and down beauty spots like ants in a line! Really spoiled the feeling of remoteness and the beauty of it! ( no I sadly didn't get to see these beautiful spots was too much for me too join a trail of people) Have spent many years visiting the Isles of the Hebrides and have never experienced anything like the tourist invasion on Skye 😥
Such a common problem in areas like this! I love that people want to come and explore more remote areas but it is a shame when there's so little infrastructure to accommodate so many people. We're just not prepared for it being so popular and it gets worse every year. Hopefully one day there'll be a balance
@@being_liv Hi 🙂Thankyou,sorry I didn't respond sooner I have just moved house...so haven't spent time on TH-cam/internet...way too busy🤪😃
Yes I hope one day something does change. I know the economy thrives but personally I think and feel that a restriction should be in place that allows only so many visitors over certain periods of time.
Hopefully I will get back to Skye in the future and cross my fingers the town isn't wall to wall people and the beauty spots I couldn't visit last time are not overcrowded. It's a beautiful place 😍
@@being_liv lol I have visions of a series of Premier Inns dotted around Skye - God, no.
If your a foreigner wanting to move somewhere in the highlands and islands of Scotland PLEASE DONT because when us the local youths of these islands grow up and want to buy a new house for ourselves there will be none left for us to pick this has become an issue in recent years where i live in Scotland.
Maybe say that to those who have 2nd homes that holiday rent. The whole of the uk is in a housing crisis so that comment is somewhat outdated
Yeah that's a UK wide problem buddy.
Lol I almost visited Isle of Skye this past January, and I can't decide now if I'm disappointed that I missed it with those crazy storms, or happy that I missed the almost endless darkness haha. Sounds a lot like most of Vancouver Island where I am though, with delivery costs, tourists, and nothing open past 7:00pm haha
Sounds like my kind of place! I hope you get to visit Skye one day, but we did have a pretty terrible bout of storms so I'm glad you didn't come then too, you wouldn't have seen anything!
I’ve been to Skye, lived in Scotland and Vancouver island, there are similarities, but I would say the north island is the best comparison. You can get virtually anything south of Nanaimo. Van isle weather is way better too.
Jeremy Hughes we are currently sailing in the queen charlotte strait right outside of Port McNeil and I agree, the weather is def crazier up here than down south!
@@jerhughes500 I have been to Nanaimo with the family from Queensland , the Sister in Law said bring clothes for summer , that was in June just after being home to Scotland , Wellies and a raincoat would have been more appropriate.LOL
Love it. I am doing research on library services in rural Scotland. Instead of doing proper reading using academic journal I find your video is much more entertaining and doesn't put me to sleep. Thank you. Will follow you on IG now
Awh Nisa thank you! My video definitely won't help with your research but I'm glad it was entertaining :) Appreciate the follow too!
So what have you found in Scotland hopefully freindy pagans maybe a little on the dark side like Malifisant lol. But Malifisant was not evil at all she is just amazing and love's nature as I do. Dobspato.
I would love this…. Always been completely fascinated with the Isle of Skye and it’s a dream of mine to live near there. Or actually on the island!
skye is not remote nor in the middle of nowhere .
A bheil Gaidhlig agaibh? How much Gaelic do you speak?
There is your basic cookie cutter Celtic Woman. I have grand daughter & a niece from the same mold! Love you Livvy!
Awh thank you! Glad I'm in such good company :)
I have spent half my life in various parts of Scotland. Spend quite a bit of time around the north west and on Skye for holidays, wild camping, walking etc..
We are finally moving up that way full time this year. Going to be amazing. After travelling and working all over the UK and the world there just aren’t many places I love as much as Skye.
I know what you mean with the tourists through. Having lived for some years in a little tourist village in cornwall the summers were hell. Not being able to park at your house because there are 10 motorhomes and having a full shop to carry across the village, well it resulted in a lot of defrosted food and was quite frustrating lol
Maybe see you in a few months when we get there.
If you ever look at the weather on TV sky always seems to be Warner than Edinburgh. Its probably the fact you have the gulf stream running up there. Hence no snow. But saying that the while of Scotland hardly gets any snow. Its like hens teeth. Apart from the high mountains.
She cracks me when she says "snow is like.... nah am not doing that" cant stop laughing lolll.. love they way u present things.
Haha! It's so true though! And thank you, I had so much fun with this one :)
I was in sky in 2008. The people were very WONDERFUL. adored my visit.
People like to throw around the word "remote," but what makes a place truly "remote?" Is it the sparse population, is it the limited access via transportation, limited commerce, distance from a large city, etc.? I live in Wyoming (USA), a landlocked state with few people and similar observations/comments that you've made here. It is often considered remote as well.
That was great!! I miss Scotland.
Been to Skye twice, made two videos in Autumn and in Summer, at some point probably will come back again
I lived on Nantucket Island, massachusetts for nealry (1) one year, oh I loved it. Fog, rain, cold, FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG! winds, high tides. Fog is good for my skin!
You are very funny. And I like the way you tell it how it is. Maybe a little on the dark side lol like Malifisant I just love Malifisant she was not evil at all. I have a friend that go to the North of Scotland mixers with the locals dressed in gowns dancing around fire's. They love nature Vegans. Are you a friendly pagan. Do people go missing in Scotland as when I was in Oban there were pictures everywhere off people going missing they find there cars vans but not the people. It's a little scary in a way. What do you think and if you think I am being silly just let me know my friend tells me don't go to the North of Scotland. I apologise if I talk silly but I do have a disability and my friend I a very clever person and tells me the truth. I love watching you videos brilliant you remind me off Malifisant in a good way. 😘🖤.
This video made my day 🤣
The cold weather helps with sperm production and egg health!! Nobody will tell you this, but I’m telling you now.
Visited Skye in 2018 and loved it so much! Thanks for reminding how much I miss it 😆
Skye is not a remote Scottish island. (Get a grip) And tourists are not awful but over tourism is dreadful.
3:00 The six weeks of autumn is absolutely epic, however.
Only thing that stops me wanting to live on Skye is that I can no longer handle the cold. Skye Time sounds good to me - thing are done when they're done! Inconsiderate people blocking roads are a real bugbear for me so that would probably be a problem as well but to be honest that seems to be getting more common everywhere in the UK these days. I remember visiting Skye before the bridge was built and spending a great evening in a pub only to miss the last ferry back. Not a problem - curl up and spent the night in the public toilets. Loved the people and their attitude to life 😁
Hey, I went on Skye Island back in February ! As a french southerner from Côte d'Azur, that was something else indeed. It was really really cold out there, strongest wind I've ever seen, frozen rain and a fair amount of snow (did we get lucky on that ? Because snowy landscapes were amazing, got many beautiful photographs). We didn't stay long, about three days because it was a stop in a whole Scotland road trip but we sure enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for your nice video, it reminded me this nice trip that now seems to be part of another lost world since the quarantine in march :)
If you got snow that stuck around you were pretty lucky! The mountains are always snow capped in winter but we hardly ever get it at sea level. I'm so glad you were able to enjoy it despite the weather though!
Totally ruined by mass tourism ....the bridge was not a good idea !
I came here for the English subtitles. I am...unfulfilled.
Been to Skye many times, understand you views on tourists. Love being in a conversation with people living on Skye, normally in a pub and being classed as a visitor. Something I've experienced all over the Highlands and Islands. Must be frustrating when you see "free delivery" only to find the delivery cost, will be more than the item. Longing to have my week in the summer and week in early winter again. Tapadh leat from Stoke on Trent.
Omg women get to the point lol 😆 😂 😅 🤣 so what are the good points about liveing thir
Great video Liv, keep it up!
Awh thank you so much!
I'm thinking of moving to skye from Northern Ireland..time for a new start..I'm originally from Canada so I am used to long winters..very interested indeed
Sorry did you say the winter was harsh? You didn’t mention snow.
where about in England are you from?
Buckinghamshire born and bred, not that you'd know that from my accent after living here for a decade!
Skye hasn’t been the same for 20 plus years. Too many holiday makers and pretentious modern houses, major mismanagement of the tourism industry. The very wild soul seems to have been lost and is now a bucket listed, hipster island.
The real issue for me is, to move to Ireland or Scotland.
Lived in Scotland during 6 years: wonderful people, so resilient to the whether and funny.
Your my kind of woman, can i come live with you?
....5mins in, I'm waiting for the pros!!
Are you American? I can distinctly hear the accent behind the English slang(lorry, caravan)
I'm English actually, but I've lived in Scotland long enough and since I was young enough that my accent has changed ever so slightly so it comes out sounding a little American/Australian etc!
We live in Canada. Laughing at you thinking you have 10 months of winter. Not sure you know what winter is.
Lol! Living in Norway I thought the same.
Lol! Living in Norway I thought the same.
You really didn’t sell that well at all ! 🤣
found you tonight...you made me laugh out loud.
Ah yay! Thanks so much :)
Why long, cold, winter and no snow?
Love Scotland, i went only once when i was younger, but i'd like a small place in there i can spend some time,
Perhaps close from Atlantic, seems such awesome strong place.
Jean-François
Cant get over your eyes, godd dammmmn
😂😂exactly fs🎉🎉🎉
A bit of perspective needed I think. Sure Skye is remote compared to large towns/cities - quite obviously
However as stated you are connected by a bridge to the main big island - although still a long/slow drive to larger towns
Remote in UK terms would be living on the Shetlands/Orkneys off the north coast of Scotland or the Hebrides - certainly the Outer Hebrides especially. All a ferry ride away from the mainland or flight for some islands.
Thanks for the viddy, Sheila ... ive spent years in the Tourist industry as well. Currently working in the Alpine area of mid-Utah USA...yep, its COLD. Been to SKYe for visit in 2000, me MA was organising the Celtic Tour we went on in an Old Ford van. Luved the tour I was given of a local Shed, by a man who had collected things that had washed up on shore. Well worth the quid I gave him ;). You seemed very cute to me as well....liked yr sense of perspective. Im 60 and looking for a place to retire.
A buncha Skyevers .
Thankyou so much, your video was perfect. G'day from Australia and I checked out your video because we may be moving to Scotland and very possibly Skye. Very familiar with Scotland and its challenges, still wNt to move. Thank you, miss inspiration ❤
Ahahah… I really enjoyed this.. in from NZ from a rural place.. a part the difference of the weather.. wind is very strong here too.. and you said right.. you can not bring your city mentality to rural places 🤣🤣🤣just relax and enjoy 😉