I like the way you take time to look at the detail of the environment you're in, and to stop for a while and appreciate what you are not really part of. Great stuff as always :)
Thanks Ian. It's a privilege to camp in such remote places. I didn't see another human footprint in days. It wasn't far from a town, but so quiet. Steve.
This is wonderful. Growing up in the Virginia Highlands and backpacking the Appalachian Trail is only fueling my desire to come to Scotland and hike the hills and valleys I feel like I was born to see. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much for making this. The spot where you start filming this video is directly in front of my childhood home. I lived in Mallaig Vaig to the age of ten years old after which my family moved to the Netherlands. Just watching this video brought tears to my eyes. It brought back so many childhood memories and made me realize how much I truly miss that place. Some of the photo's in this video are absolutely beautiful! and inspiring!!
Wow, what a lucky coincidence, it is a beautiful little place, it is like stepping back in time. You were lucky to have such wonderful memories. Thanks for watching, Steve.
Fantastic! Really enjoyed that. Very calm and peaceful and loved the many nature clips in your edit. Now very excited about my first wild camp in the Cairngorms. Thanks for that.
Excellent top quality video Steve....my parents had a caravan at Arisaig for 30 yrs,best holidays of my life,still go up occasionally,thanks for posting! :-)
Truly inspirational Steve. Spectacular scenery, communing with nature and the simple pleasures in life. Priceless. Thank you for sharing. Happy wandering. Paul :)
A true joy to watch. very relaxing, and what a beautiful place. Those solo tents really expand the places you can camp, that must have been something up on those hills/mountains. great job take care
Beautifully shot as always and some stunning photos. Also love the unfussy commentary which is a perfect accompaniment to the stunning scenery. Another belter :)
my parents took my older sister and brother and me to arisaig every summer holidays during the eighties.us kids just went feral.most magical place in the world,outside of Yorkshire,where we grew up.top film and thanks for reigniting old memory's C-VEGI😇
What a beautiful location. Scotland is on my bucket list of places to pitch my bivi. Another great video. I might borrow some of your editing ideas for my channel 😉. ATB Paul
My initial plan was to walk to Inverie across the bay and get the ferry back, but I was enjoying myself too much, so took a more steady exploration. Thanks for watching, Steve.
Great trip mate and a fabulous place. Haven't been up that way myself for a long time, the early ninties was the last. When you live down here in the south of England its not very easy to get there, a long old hard journey, and quite expensive, one day again though. Thanks mate, a good film.
Stunning footage of so many places that I know. I spend about a month in Scotland every year. I thought your choice of campsites was pretty good, on a low brae which gets a bit of breeze to blow away the midges. Often, abandoned townships make good camping grounds as even if nobody has lived there for a couple of hundred years there is often a patch of level and well-drained grass grazed short by the sheep which is a good place to park your tent on.
Brilliant mate... Would love to have time for a trip like that.. looked amazing.. Loved the stills at the end with the light inside the tent.. Really enjoyed watching. ATB - Marcus
mate that was absolutely brilliant, loved it! got me motivated for my next wild camp. with videos this good, i could really see you having a half hour tv show on a sunday night doing this kind of thing! it'd be great lol. atb and Happy Easter. Tom.
Fantastic scenery in Scotland, plus a good amount of wildlife. I noticed the sundew plant one that I haven't been fortunate to see for myself, though it is said to grow around here somewhere. You were lucky not to be troubled by midges, but perhaps it depends on the time of the year since I wasn't bothered by them on my visit either. I'm pleased that you saw some very interesting plants and animals, including the white tailed eagle. Take care, Steve...
Must of viewed this video,dozens of times!!! Takes me back to multiple school, summer holidays with my mum and dad.Great vid, invoking happy memories 👍👍💥👍👍
Just came across your YT page here, great video. Big props to you for coming off the hill looking to help the overturned kayaker there. Your vibe and character really shines through as a person. Looking forward to watching your other videos, great work sir, great work.
PacalB Thanks, I appreciate the comment. Hope you like the other videos. I have another channel called Wild Nature Views which concentrates on nature. Cheers, Steve.
One of the best edited, atmospheric and presented video I have found so far, your passion for the natural world is intoxicating. I have added this video to a playlist ( if thats ok with you that is )
Thank you very much for the kind words. Scotland is a beautiful place. I do like to take my time while editing the videos. I would be please if you added it to your playlist. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Fantastic videos....love the time you take to show the wildlife and the suroundings..I dislike people charging across the landscape without stopping to enjoy nature and seeing the smaller things around them.... looking forward to catching up with all those you posted and the ones you continue to post in the future!! :-)
Brendan Mc Geown Thanks Brendan. Nature and the landscape are both important to me, it's never about the distance traveled but the things you see in the middle. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Hi Steve, only just seen this, wonderful wee adventure in Mallaig. I heard you say you have been here as a kid with your dad? I hope my son will remember this place, I can still see him with a welsh lad chasing crabs underwater on the white beaches of Arisaig. This video is just wonderful mate and very special so glad you did it, our dads really did inspire us :) Tim
Id appreciate when you guys are posting these videos ,which I must say I greatly enjoy , if you could mention the gear your wearing /using and give a review as personally I've had a few nightmares with gear I've bought , boots in particular , Thank you in advance
I really enjoyed that. I've done a bit of walking and camping in that area so it was nice to see it again. You were lucky with the weather and lack of midges
Really enjoyed your nice video, excellent shots of scenery and your thoughts along the way. Would you mind posting a list of your gear? Total weight of pack?
you got the usual Scottish treatment except the midges.. ..that's a real nice location you picked, looks really peaceful, not a lot of folk around. Great photography, I could learn some things. but hauling a tripod? mmmm... adventure food, yup a bit bland. it is Dutch after all. I would like to walk the douaniers path in Brittannië one time. a similar landscape. but I would have to change a lot of kit and buy a good tent for that adventure. Cheers and thanks or the effort taken in making this movie!
I think being by the coast helped with the mosquitos. The tripod is heavy, I could do with a lighter one for long walks. They are good for getting that steady shot, but it all depends on your style of video. Cheers, Steve.
Great trip , film and useful for me cause i can get the train there. It looks so peaceful and empty Scotland is fantastic theres so many known beauty spots but alot more unknown , its Disneyland for outdoorsman.
I didn't see anyone on the hills, there wasn't even a path apart from the deer/sheep trails. I love places like that. I only picked that area as it had nice memories of family holidays as a kid. I love the west coast, Scotland is a beautiful place. Thanks for watching. Steve.
You should try the Isles of Skye and Lewis/Harris. Absolutely stunning, especially if you get lucky with the ever changing weather. The hills and coastline of Lewis/Harris are unforgettable
May I say that video does inspire me to go to Scotland I have camped around the base of Ben Lawers but Mallaig looks amazing, the pack you've got what is it?
Cheers Ray. I use two camera's. A Sony A77 DSLR for wide angles, and a Panasonic DMC-TZ70 with a 30x lens for distant work. Thanks for watching. Steve.
The tent is a hilleberg akto and it weighs around 1.7Kg. The trousers are Barents Pro Trousers - Fjällräven which are waxed and are semi waterproof. I also wear waterproof trousers at the end. Thanks for watching. Steve.
A 'true' wild camper. A man (or woman) can truly get away and take time to reflect, up there. Midge repellent is crucial, there. I reckon, knowing Scottish weather, as I do...the optimal time for good weather, is mid July, to late August. I agree. V nice camera-work.
I drove out to Mallaig four days ago from Fort William. Great to escape that awful ripoff town. Had a few pints in the main pub. Good laugh with the locals and the amazing variety of tourists from all over the world. The car park by the police station over looking the sea is free and apparently you can stay as long as you like. No petty rules.
That's a great video thank you. All good, but Sunrise on Day Four was just sublime. Don't walk North from Mallaig though (#1:30) - you'll get extremely wet!!
Hi CF, great video. I love the peace and tranquility of it. The panoramas and the zooms. Gives you a great idea of what hiking is. Love the absence of a 'hipster drone and happy jump' scenes. Raw and beautiful. What time did you go? My gf and I went to the Cairngorms half May and it was perfect, no midgies and only 3 out of 10 days rainy-ish. Cheers Barry
Barry van Oosten I went in September 2016, good weather and no flies, I think being by the coast with that steady breeze helped. I think drone shots can help if used to tell a story, but I'm like you, they can be used too much for no reason. The landscape speaks for itself. Thanks for watching, Steve.
Hi David. The tent is a Hilleberg Akto, it's lightweight, not as lightweight as a tarp and bivvy, but good for when it's raining or midges about. Thanks for watching, Steve.
Once you have tried Hilleberg , nothing else will do !
Well filmed. Particularly liked the shot of the deer.
I like the way you take time to look at the detail of the environment you're in, and to stop for a while and appreciate what you are not really part of. Great stuff as always :)
Thanks Ian. It's a privilege to camp in such remote places. I didn't see another human footprint in days. It wasn't far from a town, but so quiet. Steve.
This is wonderful. Growing up in the Virginia Highlands and backpacking the Appalachian Trail is only fueling my desire to come to Scotland and hike the hills and valleys I feel like I was born to see. Thank you for this.
Watched this vid a few years ago thoroughly enjoyed then, going up around Mallaig area, thought Id watch again, Thankyou.
Thank you so much for making this.
The spot where you start filming this video is directly in front of my childhood home. I lived in Mallaig Vaig to the age of ten years old after which my family moved to the Netherlands. Just watching this video brought tears to my eyes. It brought back so many childhood memories and made me realize how much I truly miss that place.
Some of the photo's in this video are absolutely beautiful! and inspiring!!
Wow, what a lucky coincidence, it is a beautiful little place, it is like stepping back in time. You were lucky to have such wonderful memories. Thanks for watching, Steve.
Some of the best cinematography on YT is on your channel, brilliant, simply brilliant :)
Thanks, I really appreciate your comment. I've just watched you having a great time on Sandy's channel. All the best, Steve.
Fantastic! Really enjoyed that. Very calm and peaceful and loved the many nature clips in your edit. Now very excited about my first wild camp in the Cairngorms. Thanks for that.
Stunning scenery, beautifully shot and thanks for sharing!
Excellent top quality video Steve....my parents had a caravan at Arisaig for 30 yrs,best holidays of my life,still go up occasionally,thanks for posting! :-)
Lovely spot and beautiful video.
Thank you brings back memories,well captured,great job.
Truly inspirational Steve. Spectacular scenery, communing with nature and the simple pleasures in life. Priceless. Thank you for sharing. Happy wandering. Paul :)
Hi Paul. Thanks for watching. Steve.
A true joy to watch. very relaxing, and what a beautiful place. Those solo tents really expand the places you can camp, that must have been something up on those hills/mountains. great job take care
The tent is invaluable up there, with the midges and rain. Pleased you enjoyed it. Steve.
The tent is invaluable up there, with the midges and rain. Pleased you enjoyed it. Steve.
Really enjoyed that ... Loved seeing that stretch of the landscape, so long since I have been up that way.
It's a beautiful part of the UK. Thanks for watching. Steve.
awesome video, the scenery and varied wildlife simply stunning, cracking few days camping/hiking , thanks for taking us along, cheers craig
Cheers Craig. It's a long drive but it's definitely worth it for the different landscapes. Steve.
I only can say, a beautyful Trip and a beautyful Video. Thank you.
Hans
Great video, love our highlands. Hope the midges weren't too troublesome:)
Beautifully shot as always and some stunning photos. Also love the unfussy commentary which is a perfect accompaniment to the stunning scenery. Another belter :)
my parents took my older sister and brother and me to arisaig every summer holidays during the eighties.us kids just went feral.most magical place in the world,outside of Yorkshire,where we grew up.top film and thanks for reigniting old memory's C-VEGI😇
Great vid pal....love your style...very calm and peaceful....a cracking wee adventure....and the night shots are amazing...TFS. ...ATB. ..R&D 👣 🗻 ⛺
Thanks for watching. Just subscribed to your channel, looking forward to watching your videos. Cheers, Steve.
Great stuff Steve I enjoyed that.
Thanks
Sandy
Cheers Sandy. Thanks for watching. Steve.
What a beautiful location. Scotland is on my bucket list of places to pitch my bivi. Another great video. I might borrow some of your editing ideas for my channel 😉. ATB Paul
It's a great place. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Really lovely. I've walked in Knoydart across the bay, also beautiful. Thank you .
Tony
My initial plan was to walk to Inverie across the bay and get the ferry back, but I was enjoying myself too much, so took a more steady exploration. Thanks for watching, Steve.
Excellent mate. That eerily quite sensation is awesome and one we get here when camping in the deserts.
I don't often get to hear true silence, not in England, too many planes, cars, motorbikes etc. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Great trip mate and a fabulous place. Haven't been up that way myself for a long time, the early ninties was the last. When you live down here in the south of England its not very easy to get there, a long old hard journey, and quite expensive, one day again though. Thanks mate, a good film.
The last time I was up there would have been around the same time. Even from Yorkshire, it's a long tiring journey. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Beautiful. Watching this video got me through a rough day. I hope to go to Scotland some day! Definitely subscribing to your channel.
Brilliant video! Some stunning scenery and wildlife!! ATB. Craig
It's a shame the wildlife was so far away. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Beautiful video, So lucky to see all the wildlife, I’d have been chuffed to bits to see the porpoises and the eagle! Keep up the good work,
Stunning footage of so many places that I know. I spend about a month in Scotland every year. I thought your choice of campsites was pretty good, on a low brae which gets a bit of breeze to blow away the midges. Often, abandoned townships make good camping grounds as even if nobody has lived there for a couple of hundred years there is often a patch of level and well-drained grass grazed short by the sheep which is a good place to park your tent on.
Round, Arisaig is for me, the best of the West coast of Scotia.many happy memories 😜.
Brilliant mate... Would love to have time for a trip like that.. looked amazing..
Loved the stills at the end with the light inside the tent.. Really enjoyed watching.
ATB - Marcus
It's definitely a long way to travel, but worth it. Thanks for watching, Steve.
They say the best things in life are free great stuff love the place all the best Steve
You are right. Who needs a 4 star hotel, when you can look at them all for free! Thanks for watching. Steve.
that was great steve some magical views
Now that gives me some ideas! I'm moving to Scotland and the idea of wild camping with my camera is quite appealing!
You are living the dream!!! Well Done!
Lovely camerawork Mate and you have a real good eye for the wildlife, all the best, [I subbed]
Thanks for the excellent video. Wonderful landscape.
Thanks for watching. Steve.
mate that was absolutely brilliant, loved it! got me motivated for my next wild camp. with videos this good, i could really see you having a half hour tv show on a sunday night doing this kind of thing! it'd be great lol. atb and Happy Easter. Tom.
Fantastic scenery in Scotland, plus a good amount of wildlife. I noticed the sundew plant one that I haven't been fortunate to see for myself, though it is said to grow around here somewhere. You were lucky not to be troubled by midges, but perhaps it depends on the time of the year since I wasn't bothered by them on my visit either. I'm pleased that you saw some very interesting plants and animals, including the white tailed eagle. Take care, Steve...
Thanks
That was an amazing journey, fantastic !!
This is great. You have a nice peaceful manner which helps out. Nice video 👍
How beautiful is Scotland. Thank you for this inspirarional video 👌🏻
Must of viewed this video,dozens of times!!! Takes me back to multiple school, summer holidays with my mum and dad.Great vid, invoking happy memories 👍👍💥👍👍
Fraser Connell
Glad you like it. It's a beautiful place, lots of nice family memories for me too. The drive up there is amazing. Cheers, Steve.
Yep. Nice amazing drive, but 8 hours with 3 bickering kids 🤦♂️🤦♂️.👍👍👍.
Had to give this video of my home land a thumbs up. Bonnie Scotland @ her beautiful best!
What a beautiful video of my homeland .
Just came across your YT page here, great video. Big props to you for coming off the hill looking to help the overturned kayaker there. Your vibe and character really shines through as a person. Looking forward to watching your other videos, great work sir, great work.
PacalB
Thanks, I appreciate the comment. Hope you like the other videos. I have another channel called Wild Nature Views which concentrates on nature. Cheers, Steve.
One of the best edited, atmospheric and presented video I have found so far, your passion for the natural world is intoxicating. I have added this video to a playlist ( if thats ok with you that is )
Thank you very much for the kind words. Scotland is a beautiful place. I do like to take my time while editing the videos.
I would be please if you added it to your playlist.
Thanks for watching. Steve.
A lovely video; Well done!
Fantastic videos....love the time you take to show the wildlife and the suroundings..I dislike people charging across the landscape without stopping to enjoy nature and seeing the smaller things around them.... looking forward to catching up with all those you posted and the ones you continue to post in the future!! :-)
Brendan Mc Geown
Thanks Brendan. Nature and the landscape are both important to me, it's never about the distance traveled but the things you see in the middle. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Lovely video. Thanxs for sharing. Atb.
Steve .Excellent presentation and choice of shots as usual. Nice touch to bring the flora in. Waldo.
Hi Steve, only just seen this, wonderful wee adventure in Mallaig. I heard you say you have been here as a kid with your dad? I hope my son will remember this place, I can still see him with a welsh lad chasing crabs underwater on the white beaches of Arisaig. This video is just wonderful mate and very special so glad you did it, our dads really did inspire us :) Tim
Great video to start the day. Thanks. ZZ.
Hi zz. Thanks for watching. Steve.
What a great film, a couple of us are off to Mull next July, can't wait:-)
Hi Graham, you will love it, lots of eagles about. Cheers, Steve.
Absolutely beautiful.
Thanks for watching Jerry. Steve.
loved that iv been up that way but not across to there i got as far as oban and then across to elgin maybe in another life as now living in france
Thanks for posting. Brought back many memories😁
stunning video, such a beautiful place
Thanks for watching. Steve.
excellent enjoyed every minute,top work
Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to watch. Scotland is a beautiful place to travel in. Steve.
Grand looking trip, apart from the rain towards the end. Glad that kayaker was okay. Cheers for the sub back.
Beautiful video, great photos and colour! Very enjoyable!
Beautiful just lovely
Id appreciate when you guys are posting these videos ,which I must say I greatly enjoy , if you could mention the gear your wearing /using and give a review as personally I've had a few nightmares with gear I've bought , boots in particular , Thank you in advance
What a great video. Really enjoyed watching. Thanks Steve.
What a inspirational video and what a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing. ATB Reeco
Thanks Reeco. Pleased you enjoyed it. Steve.
Thank You Steve. ATB Reeco
Beautiful scenery 👌
You should check out Goat Fell on the Isle of Arran- it’s beautiful and the hiking is amazing !!
I really enjoyed that. I've done a bit of walking and camping in that area so it was nice to see it again. You were lucky with the weather and lack of midges
Great video to watch whilst going stir crazy at home can't wait to get out wild camping again
Really enjoyed your nice video, excellent shots of scenery and your thoughts along the way. Would you mind posting a list of your gear? Total weight of pack?
What a brilliant video, stunning scenery.
Great stuff!
Beautiful- thank you for sharing😊😎
Splendid video. I like your calm and laconic style of narration. I see you're still using the trusty Akto!
Hi Micheal. Thanks for watching. The Akto is a great tent. Cheers, Steve
A very pleasant film to watch.
you got the usual Scottish treatment except the midges.. ..that's a real nice location you picked, looks really peaceful, not a lot of folk around. Great photography, I could learn some things. but hauling a tripod? mmmm...
adventure food, yup a bit bland. it is Dutch after all.
I would like to walk the douaniers path in Brittannië one time. a similar landscape. but I would have to change a lot of kit and buy a good tent for that adventure. Cheers and thanks or the effort taken in making this movie!
I think being by the coast helped with the mosquitos. The tripod is heavy, I could do with a lighter one for long walks. They are good for getting that steady shot, but it all depends on your style of video. Cheers, Steve.
Thanks for this video. Gave me positive emotions. I also prefer alone travelling.
Nice video, really like the photo of your lit up tent glowing green against the blue of the night.
Great trip , film and useful for me cause i can get the train there. It looks so peaceful and empty Scotland is fantastic theres so many known beauty spots but alot more unknown , its Disneyland for outdoorsman.
I didn't see anyone on the hills, there wasn't even a path apart from the deer/sheep trails. I love places like that. I only picked that area as it had nice memories of family holidays as a kid. I love the west coast, Scotland is a beautiful place. Thanks for watching. Steve.
"Mallaig" - emphasis on first syllable (as is the case with most gaelic words) ....rhymes with "stallag". Lovely video, thanks!
You should try the Isles of Skye and Lewis/Harris. Absolutely stunning, especially if you get lucky with the ever changing weather. The hills and coastline of Lewis/Harris are unforgettable
May I say that video does inspire me to go to Scotland I have camped around the base of Ben Lawers but Mallaig looks amazing, the pack you've got what is it?
Amazing!
Thanks Paul. Steve.
thanks for your answers.....hope u r well m8.porridge with h2o is way nicer than it is with milk.i concour
Great video!
Great film and edit. Very well made. What camera do you use? All the best Ray.
I am also interested in what camera is used in this video. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Ray. I use two camera's. A Sony A77 DSLR for wide angles, and a Panasonic DMC-TZ70 with a 30x lens for distant work. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Beautiful.
Did the Sawyer filter remove the taste of Peat in the water.
I always use my water in tea or coffee, you can still taste the peat, but it's not an unpleasant taste. Cheers, Steve.
Great video pal what tent did you have and how much does it weigh and what trousers are you wearing and are they waterproof?
The tent is a hilleberg akto and it weighs around 1.7Kg. The trousers are Barents Pro Trousers - Fjällräven which are waxed and are semi waterproof. I also wear waterproof trousers at the end. Thanks for watching. Steve.
Beautiful
Beautiful, such a relaxing video! How do I get there?
It was a beautiful landscape in fine weather and lousy weather.
The rain clouds gives more depth to the videos. Cheers, Steve.
A 'true' wild camper. A man (or woman) can truly get away and take time to reflect, up there. Midge repellent is crucial, there. I reckon, knowing Scottish weather, as I do...the optimal time for good weather, is mid July, to late August. I agree. V nice camera-work.
Joe Ninety the past few years it has actually been nicer weather in spring early summer with July and August being very wet for some reason
I drove out to Mallaig four days ago from Fort William. Great to escape that awful ripoff town. Had a few pints in the main pub. Good laugh with the locals and the amazing variety of tourists from all over the world. The car park by the police station over looking the sea is free and apparently you can stay as long as you like. No petty rules.
BEAUTIFUL, in every sense!
What backpack (rucksack) did you use?
It's a Granite Gear Crown VC 60. A great lightweight bag. Thanks for watching. Steve.
That's a great video thank you. All good, but Sunrise on Day Four was just sublime.
Don't walk North from Mallaig though (#1:30) - you'll get extremely wet!!
Hi CF, great video. I love the peace and tranquility of it. The panoramas and the zooms. Gives you a great idea of what hiking is. Love the absence of a 'hipster drone and happy jump' scenes. Raw and beautiful. What time did you go? My gf and I went to the Cairngorms half May and it was perfect, no midgies and only 3 out of 10 days rainy-ish.
Cheers Barry
Barry van Oosten
I went in September 2016, good weather and no flies, I think being by the coast with that steady breeze helped. I think drone shots can help if used to tell a story, but I'm like you, they can be used too much for no reason. The landscape speaks for itself. Thanks for watching, Steve.
ace channel .. thanks.
What a beautiful and peaceful video, a top guy too, subbed! Can I ask where your brown trousers/padded jacket are from please?
Hi Brett, sorry for the late response. The Trousers are by Fjallraven and the Jacket is a North Face down jacket. Thanks for watching, Steve.
Another great vid Steve. Wished I was there. What tent did you use?
Hi David. The tent is a Hilleberg Akto, it's lightweight, not as lightweight as a tarp and bivvy, but good for when it's raining or midges about. Thanks for watching, Steve.
love that you talk now mate
Cheers, thanks for watching. Steve.