Hiking to Paul McCartney's remote Farm in Scotland!

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  • While on a roadtrip to Kintyre in Scotland I decided to see if I could find High Park Farm belonging to Paul McCartney where he and wife Linda stayed during the recording of both the RAM album, McCartney and early Wings songs.
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  • @craig-duncan
    @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    To see my film where I visited the beach where they filmed Mull Of Kintyre visit my other channel about the tv and film biz…
    th-cam.com/video/uYkGpBFMvGs/w-d-xo.html

    • @robchisholm2588
      @robchisholm2588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks mate. Great stuff.

    • @gaylamartinez7426
      @gaylamartinez7426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good onr you for trekking on . I was rooting for Ya...

    • @spookedhorse
      @spookedhorse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank for your clips. They truly mean the world and more to me.

  • @pattip2788
    @pattip2788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    As a teen I was so madly in love with Paul McCartney(as with so many)Probably into my 20s, too. His music, of course, his voice, his cute-to-the-max looks, etc. Then when I found out he’s a serious nature lover, living out on that farm in Scotland, my heart just melted! He was my dream man.
    And the Beatles were and still are a staple in my life!
    Sorry for the memory-based rant,..
    Thanks for posting this video!

    • @christeneedwards5235
      @christeneedwards5235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Love Paul

    • @cuebj
      @cuebj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lives in Sussex

    • @johnoleary9317
      @johnoleary9317 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the 2 books memoirs.
      He admits he isnt real Paul. He is Son of A Crowley

  • @spookedhorse
    @spookedhorse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I think most of us fans find that farm almost magical. For me, it doesn't matter if it's rumors, myth, etc. I take it all in, when it comes to Paul and Linda, in Scotland.
    Personally, I find endless comfort in the songs and tales. The videos, footage, all that stuff. It never gets old.
    I've always imagined Paul coming up with most of the songs off RAM, at the farm. True or not, I get lost in those moments. Endless memories, thanks to Paul and Linda.

  • @32mybelle
    @32mybelle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Such gorgeous land! Thank you! This is the only way I will ever see this.
    The album McCartney was recorded there. Linda died on his Tucson property in 1998. Her ashes are on that property and the Tucson property.

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      McCartney 1 was recorded in London. The farm then was pretty derelict & probably had an outside loo nevermind a studio. He did compose songs there tho'.

  • @cathleenvance4441
    @cathleenvance4441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Well, I have to say that I enjoyed your massive "trek" through the countryside of Scotland. It is absolutely beautiful with such a peaceful, quiet ambiance. Thank you for taking us along with you.

  • @mellowlemonmoon
    @mellowlemonmoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Just gorgeous. No wonder Linda loved it so much. Looks magical. Thanks for making this video! I've always been curious about this farm.

  • @joadt
    @joadt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I thought this was an inspired journey. We have all seen the footage of The Beatles at Shea Stadium with the huge crowds and the mania in full flow. It was lovely, and an important part of The Beatles story, to have that footage contrasted with this quiet, rugged place where Paul went to repair and reinvent himself. Great video!

  • @Thedailysideshow
    @Thedailysideshow ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You’ve created a beautiful video, clear and vibrant in all of it’s color. You’ve captured the Scottish countryside exactly the way I would imagine it with all of its moorish landscape would look like.

    • @JamesBurdette-bz3kr
      @JamesBurdette-bz3kr 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      12/25/23Thank you so much!! & Merry Christmas
      I was probably 13 or 14 when the ram album came out. I'm 61 now, I love putting it on every 2 or 3 years. Paul McCartney is the Albert Einstein of writing music❤.
      I'm very lucky too have grown up with the beatle era😁

  • @eddie14155
    @eddie14155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    HI Craig I'm one of the men who planted those trees around Paul's farms. I'm a local man. but back then I was just a boy. Thank you for making this video. It was nice to see my old country.

  • @cindyquarles621
    @cindyquarles621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I enjoyed your video, Craig. It is great that you were able to hike so close. When I was in Campbelltown in 1978, I stayed at the hotel near the Mull of Kintyre. Some of the McCartney entourage were there, including Denny Laine. I was able to speak with him a moment. I did hike around the area and took great photos of the Mull of Kintyre, but I was not close to Paul's actual farm--at least, I don't think that I was. It was beautiful countryside, though. I was hoping that I could have met the McCartney family, but I was very pleased with my experience.

  • @beths4934
    @beths4934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The McCartney children & grandchildren will have this forever if they want. Just gorgeous slice of planet earth!
    Thank you

  • @RigHauler
    @RigHauler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thanks a lot for sharing your journey with McCartney fans around the globe.

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cheers Rig! Ive had a fantastic response from people and every comment counts...

  • @Hegstuffing
    @Hegstuffing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thoroughly enjoyed getting to see more of the area around the farm. Greatly appreciate you taking the time to do this. Very cool.

    • @Hegstuffing
      @Hegstuffing 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ram was recorded in NY and Los Angeles. So, although the farm was their main home at the time, they certainly weren't *staying* there during the recording sessions.

  • @1625suzieq
    @1625suzieq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    In 1977 we visited Scotland following the release of Mull of Kintyre. We stayed at the Keil Hotel (now abandoned) facing the Mull of Kintyre and across to Belfast. It was so exciting for me, a big McCartney fan, to speak to the staff about how Paul and the band had stayed there during the filming. He and Linda was unhappy there were no vegetarian meals on the menu, so she rushed home and brought back the fixings for everyone which they cooked up in the restaurant’s kitchen. We drove out to his farm and recording studio. We were told if the shutters were open, it meant they would be there. “Just stop in. He’ll probably invite you in for tea!” We walked Crescent beach where the video was filmed, visited the lighthouse, and talked to the locals. Paul is adored by all. They told stories of surprise visits to the local school to meet the children. Although I did not meet the legend in face to face, talking to those that knew him well was second to best. But I did cross paths with John and Yoko in NYC, sadly the summer before he was murdered. But that’s another story.

    • @jacks7461
      @jacks7461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell us that story?! That’s amazin’ . Think it was different for them then. They could walk the streets. See loads of fotos of celebs then just walking about. Foto’s of Paul and Linda in Liverpool too from her exhibition just walking about. Graceland has no big fence too. If that was nowadays it would have a sentry. Maybe it did.

    • @1625suzieq
      @1625suzieq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Things were indeed much different back then. There again, there wasn’t much up there in those days. Lands End had the Keil Hotel, a church, a pub and a few cottages. You know, the essentials. The nearest town was Campbelltown, and even that was small. It was an amazing experience for me. I was just 21 years old at the time. My parents felt it would be our last opportunity to travel together and they were right. I married two years later. But what a magical tour it was. I saw Paul’s house in London, Apple Studios, crossed the infamous cross walk. Then we headed up to Scotland. Pure Heaven! The locals up there said Paul and Linda were down to earthy sorts, although I think she kept him grounded. Now John and Yoko were just walking down the street in NYC as a friend and I approached. I couldn’t believe it. But I remembered how he said he loved NY because “people don’t bug you”. So I merely smiled. He nodded his head, tipped his hat, and smiled back. A very precious moment. I returned there four months later for a far more solemn reason, his vigil. Maybe I didn’t get to rub elbows with these two, but these memories I still hold near and dear.

    • @kimantiracist9222
      @kimantiracist9222 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @1625suzieq - enjoyed your informative & entertaining comment🫂. Thanks!

  • @daemondif7051
    @daemondif7051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The landscape is truly beautiful, looks like something Tolkien would describe in his books. I wish more places in the world would be like that, with preserved nature and freedom to roam.

    • @jonnysupreme
      @jonnysupreme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tolkien got his ideas from being in cannock chase during the war

    • @cuebj
      @cuebj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not suitable for supporting more than very low population. Nothing idyllic about if you had to live there before AWD cars, telecoms, aeroplanes to nearest airfield. Tolkien's Shire based on easier to live regions in England such as Midlands where he was a boy before moving into Birmingham

  • @IIII2IIII
    @IIII2IIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Craig, greetings from Vancouver, another wet and misty corner of our world. It was a delight to take a hike with you, hear your reflections and finally see, at ground level, the beauty of the Mull of Kintyre that so inspired McCartney to write such memorable and moving songs. Thank you so much for making and sharing your video. It is was a real treat!

  • @raypitcher9767
    @raypitcher9767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Beautiful place by all means as I certainly appreciate the rural life myself here in Ireland, I'd often wondered about the Farm in Kintyre and imagined a lot of security around it, naturally we should always respect the privacy of others and you have captured a wonderful image and portrait without over stating this. Many thanks for taking the trip and putting mine and others curiosity to rest, much appreciated.

  • @nicknormanYT
    @nicknormanYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks for making this. Very glad to have experienced it with you. I now have a clear sense of it's beauty and remoteness. Very enjoyable.

  • @marycahill546
    @marycahill546 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks so much for this. I just listened to an interview with Stella McCartney. She has very fond memories of the freedom she experienced as a child with her family here. Very precious place. Linda loved horses and the kids would ride them bare back, all on their own. Total freedom.

  • @billmay7364
    @billmay7364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just Beautiful.
    A place where Paul regrouped .
    With Linda and the kids.
    My favorite period of McCartney.
    A place of healing.
    Lovely Linda knew this.
    .❤ this.
    Scotland is quite beautiful.

  • @mazzablott2428
    @mazzablott2428 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved this. Thank you so much for taking us on a journey into Pauls life after the Beatles. Linda and the children had an amazing childhood there and Paul wrote some amazing music. Thank You ❤

  • @Scottmcgee1111
    @Scottmcgee1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I really enjoyed this. Beautiful scenery. I felt like I was walking beside you. Thanks for making this.

  • @linfreeman5574
    @linfreeman5574 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is of course wonderful - - wow. I wish that I could have been there with you - - my family have always been camping - Dormobiles - tents etc - - the real world - thank you - A lot of people will never - ever understand !

  • @LucLauck
    @LucLauck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Absolutely special. Thank you for putting a lot of effort to it!

  • @ianphillips6871
    @ianphillips6871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Lovely video Craig
    I went to kintyre last year
    Stopped in a bed and breakfast ,looked out the one window could see the cinema which macca paid for to be restored so I believe ,and the other window there is a statue of Linda holding a lamb
    I did not get near his farm ,but drive down the road to the light house ,very quiet and mist and a few sheep ,what a beautiful area
    Thanks for a good video

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cheers Ian - you stopped in Cambletown. It feels remote and I disnt feature the town at all but I did know about the Linda statue. Really chuffed you enjoyed the vid!

    • @ianphillips6871
      @ianphillips6871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stopped in Campbeltown craig

  • @ajkyte
    @ajkyte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you... always wondered what it was like..... absolutely loved it ☺️

  • @stratplayr6997
    @stratplayr6997 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for the great video! As a lifelong Beatles fan, it's really interesting to see the farm from this perspective. The whole area has sort of an eerie quality to it, and then nestled away in this remote little place is this piece of Beatles history. The whole video is a bit of a treasure hunt, in a way. It's too bad that Paul doesn't go back here anymore, as it was such a big part of his post-Beatles life - but I'm sure it has a lot to do with Linda not being here, hurts too much for him to go back there.

  • @melaniebarela6938
    @melaniebarela6938 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My dad, Casey, and I really enjoyed your video. We just came across your channel. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful place and part of the life of one of our favorite people. Keep up the great work, we love your channel.

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey! Thanks for a lovely comment. I’m glad you and your dad enjoyed the video. Make sure you watch my visit to where they filmed Mull Of Kintyre too on my other channel… link pinned in the comments. Hope to see you here again!

  • @robertcantwell9569
    @robertcantwell9569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Luv the verdant lush greenery and rolling meadows truly unspoiled natural beauty . I could quite easily spend the remainder of my days there . And in the words of Dylan Thomas ; " I was happy as the grass is green . "
    Thank you and may
    God bless u forevermore .

  • @cathyholmes4749
    @cathyholmes4749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Love it! Thank you for showing this Lovely walk to Paul and Linda's Farm! I do enjoyed ,seeing where Paul and Linda must have been so Happy🌈🎶🌈

  • @kathybossley3015
    @kathybossley3015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Always loved the scenery in the Albums,,,,so cool to see you walking around and showing us the landscape......truly lovely......

    • @paulmccartney7847
      @paulmccartney7847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for your beautiful comment and Support I would love you to join me on my interactive fan chat .

  • @ShelleeGraham
    @ShelleeGraham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Enjoyed this trek across the farms and back country roads of Kintyre. “Mist rolling in ...” and was easy to see and imagine why Sir Paul McCartney was persuaded to write about this area. Love the song “Ram On” and appreciate your playing it during this video, that was lovely to hear that ukulele sing. Cheers from Old Highway 66 where Paul stopped with Nancy in 2008.

    • @garychambers5850
      @garychambers5850 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think he was still with Heather in 2008.

    • @andyjulia
      @andyjulia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paul and Nancy took that trip in 2008.

    • @ShelleeGraham
      @ShelleeGraham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andyjulia Yes, it was Paul's 66th birthday when Nancy Shevell and Sir Paul took the Mother Road from Chicago to Arizona. They had to leave early for the birth of Paul's grandchild. It was sure a thrill for local resident and business owners to see them!

  • @starrguitargoddess
    @starrguitargoddess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for the video. I've always dreamed of going to High Park Farm, all the while knowing it will never happen. I feel like I was there with you. Such beautiful landscape. All those wonderful songs written there...I wonder what will happen to this place in time. Thanks again. 👍🐏

  • @MIB_63
    @MIB_63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I enjoyed the video. Only thing missing is McCartney inviting you in for a cuppa tea and a chat.

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More likely a lawyer would escort you away despite freedom to roam.

    • @MIB_63
      @MIB_63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seltaeb3302 I seriously doubt that a lawyer in his fancy suit and shiny shoes would ever approach a muddy place like this.

    • @frankhornby6873
      @frankhornby6873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ....I'm sure that if Paul was there he would definitely invite you in...after all he's a friendly scouser...that's what we do...👍🏻

  • @michaelgregory2231
    @michaelgregory2231 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks so much for this, Craig! This is a journey I dream about taking and you’ve allowed us to do it vicariously through your lens. I enjoy your commentary as well. Good on yer, M8! Greetings from California!

  • @oneitalia2312
    @oneitalia2312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WOW!!! I can't believe you took me to McCartney's home!!! "Smell the grass in the meadow"

  • @LindaEll89
    @LindaEll89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In july 2018 I visited the VK for a week and in the Netherlands was an terrible heatwave with severe drought. When on the ferry towards the VK I already loved the cool seabreeze and when on land and travelled further north and see Scotland for the first time, I was taken aback and fell instantly in love with the rough nature. For the first time I loved it was cool and partially cloudy, reaching the Atlantic standing on Isle of Skye never seen so much colors of blue. The whole experience was breathtaking, oh and Scottish people are very friendly. Awesome video. 👋😀🇳🇱

  • @janicegates3398
    @janicegates3398 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you so much!!! I really enjoyed seeing where Paul lived. Thanks to you, I saw it! I live in the USA.

  • @daughterhat
    @daughterhat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love Scotland, and your video is just like being there on a walk with the hardy colourful foliage, calm enclosing weather, and beautiful silence The commentary with the associations with P Mc are a great context providing an interesting background thought for this stroll; the few clear notes of Ram on, are a perfect soundtrack; all these elements blend brilliantly for me. At first I thought hmmmm 20 minutes might be a bit long; but as usual on such walks, I could've stayed longer, doing nothing but being there. Thanks, good 'un.

  • @baberoot1998
    @baberoot1998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I heard Paul watched your video. He said..."Stay off my land!" (Unless you buy his new CD 'McCartney III". Then all will be forgiven). I wouldn't cross his new fence though. Great content. You get a like...and a new sub.

  • @adrianbray4025
    @adrianbray4025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. You were very respectful as well by not going too close. I LOVE this mccartney period. I love love love the Mccartney album and Ram. The mccartney album was all recorded on the farm and if you listen carefully you can here the kids coming In and out of the studio. The album is beautiful and idealic. Simple yet brilliant. I actually went to Campbeltown in about 1979 with a girlfriend and we tried to find the farm but was to far in the wilderness. The best ever though was that we stopped off into a pub in the evening and a folk group were playing and they actually played Mull of Kintyre. A very magical moment.

  • @gehbw
    @gehbw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is the best picture quality I’ve ever seen in a TH-cam video. Someone will need to explain the trespassing laws in Scotland to me sometime! I’ve compiled some coordinates to know exactly where this was. Paste these into Google and look at the satellite image:
    1:08 Parked the car at 55.461416,-5.626968
    9:37 That’s Puball Burn at 55.466173, -5.632148
    11:32 Standing near other farm at 55.471166, -5.632599
    12:35 Sees Skeroblin Loch at 55.472418,-5.633653
    13:37 The gate at 55.473624,-5.638387
    15:57 Stopped by fence at 55.471689, -5.645795

  • @capesongbird
    @capesongbird 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a wonderful video!! Lovely and so very interesting to see it and I didn't have to get on a plane!! Thank you so very much!!

  • @katestrout9289
    @katestrout9289 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    21:47 Awesome! Thank you for the tour of The Land O’ Wings!🪽🪽

  • @graham3550
    @graham3550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved this Craig. As a Beatles fan you read so much about these places and this particular place where I'll never get to visit, but your video really shows what it's like there. Thank you so much

  • @stevejelly3161
    @stevejelly3161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video !!!
    ...
    It's a place where maybe "in our minds" we all need to retreat to in order to keep our sanity ???
    ...
    It was a beautifully "clever" move to locate in a remote area in order to start a new career !!!
    ...
    Because to write that first song ... (Uncle Albert) .... he had to pick up those disguarded rocks and stones in order to make a wall !!!
    ...
    If he had not ??? .... he would still be fighting those people to this day !!!!
    ...
    The gentleman had "WISDOM" ... that i have lacked in my life !!!
    ...
    MANY THANKS

  • @johnwhite9825
    @johnwhite9825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Craig .. I really enjoyed this .. I felt like I was walking with you. I love the down to earth way you have shared your thoughts and this whole experience. It is such a remote, beautiful, misty, atmospheric area .. to learn all that happened here was so very interesting. A great video .. thanks.

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cheers John. very kind of you to say.

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      More wet & cold.

    • @johnwhite9825
      @johnwhite9825 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seltaeb3302 On a pragmatic level, yes, but on a romantic level ?

  • @jamesxracing8111
    @jamesxracing8111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You just gained your 183rd subscriber - keep it up mate 👍

  • @algFilms2012
    @algFilms2012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What beautiful country! What a cool video! Thank you Craig Duncan for sharing...

  • @frangordon2790
    @frangordon2790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for posting this video. It brings back wonderful memories of my trip to Kintyre, the Mull, and driving in the mist and drizzle at 9:00 pm. Luckily there weren’t any midges! I love your narration. The solitude, peace, and landscape of Scotland is stunning. I adore Glencoe and the Orkney Isles.

  • @bobgriffiths6600
    @bobgriffiths6600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was one of the finest vlogs I have ever enjoyed. Thank you very much. I very much hope you will do more.

  • @JuneLynn
    @JuneLynn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really enjoyed this....thanks so much for making this video. I'm a lifelong Beatles and Paul fan. I've always been fascinated by this farm and the story behind it. I can see why Paul would retreat here to get away from it all.....can't get much farther from his busy and hectic life...lol....I can just imagine Linda loving it here. Riding her horse along the trails here looking at all the wild flowers...so peaceful and beautiful....Thank you again for sharing this : )))))))

  • @joanneyaddow8442
    @joanneyaddow8442 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful! And you satisfied this Beatle maniac and Macca fan’s curiosity as to what it looked like. Thank you!

  • @KarenGlen-qw9xq
    @KarenGlen-qw9xq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love it! I thank you for this trek, as I’m going to Campbelltown / Mull of Kintyre in August and will be going to McCartneys farm…just to soak it all in as you did! Dreams do come true:) Cheers!

  • @spookedhorse
    @spookedhorse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would love to see any footage that didn't make it into this clip.
    This is the best video on YT, hands down.

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, thank you!

    • @spookedhorse
      @spookedhorse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@craig-duncan Most welcome, buddy.

  • @ronhoyer7015
    @ronhoyer7015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for making this video. Loved your banter and appreciation for nature.

  • @edblache6214
    @edblache6214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very nice video. I feel as though I've made a friend and went on a nice walk in a beautiful and interesting land. Thanks from a McCartney fan in New Orleans.

  • @scottishlady1474
    @scottishlady1474 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The fields are full of heather. Beautiful.

  • @jennywyeth3086
    @jennywyeth3086 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love it!! And the rewilding of the land is awesome!

    • @paulmccartney7847
      @paulmccartney7847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for your beautiful comment and Support I would love you to join me on my interactive fan chat .

    • @paulmccartney7847
      @paulmccartney7847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello

  • @simonwide7903
    @simonwide7903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for filming and sharing your solitary experience with us. Loved the commentary. From a lifelong McCartney fan. Ram on !

  • @Thelatejimreilley
    @Thelatejimreilley หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this post and you’re allowing us a great glimpse of the place. One thing though, Ram was recorded over October 1970-March 1971 both in Columbia and A&R studios in NYC and mixed and partially at Sound Recording service in LA, not here.

  • @rebeccareardon3106
    @rebeccareardon3106 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fabulous video!!! Saved me a trip❤️

  • @kimberlyshannon1102
    @kimberlyshannon1102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enjoyed seeing a bit of Scotland countryside...home of one of my ancestral lines! I am American/born and raised here in Ohio, USA..and it always interests me to see vids from The Old Country

  • @dmarchuleta1962
    @dmarchuleta1962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really enjoyed this. Thanks for taking us along!

  • @AwesomeBeatles
    @AwesomeBeatles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love this. When I listen to the early McCartney songs , I imagine this place. Maybe of Paul and Linda. Paul writing songs , walking around the fields.
    Though I do not really know what it looks like. Thank you , from Indiana.

  • @MPKleiman
    @MPKleiman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Craig, thank you for filming your trek to Paul’s and Linda’s Scottish farm. Best wishes on your campaign to reduce some weight. Hikes like this will definitely help the cause!

  • @patriciamitchell247
    @patriciamitchell247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for this, it was lovely to see. Thanks for taking the trek! :)

  • @billcarroll5342
    @billcarroll5342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I don’t get to travel much anymore, but with your excellent video I feel like I’ve been there! Very cool and thanks.

  • @bonnerscott5374
    @bonnerscott5374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Graig, you give me positive vibes, and I can't say I come across that very often. Great vids keep going the punters will catch on eventually.

  • @odajackieo123
    @odajackieo123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    thanks so much, I'm glad I pushed play

  • @thef1rew1tch
    @thef1rew1tch ปีที่แล้ว +1

    well done that man. I discovered this evening that I will have the chance to follow in your footsteps next month. Wahoo!

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great John - here was my starting coordinates... 55.460872, -5.626679

    • @thef1rew1tch
      @thef1rew1tch ปีที่แล้ว

      @@craig-duncan Thanx for that. I can see myself doing it alone as my travelling companion is not quite so kindly disposed to a 'wilderness' walk just to see Macca's farm! Hey Ho!

  • @heidisheldon4187
    @heidisheldon4187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty cool that you found it. Truly the epitomy of remoteness - Wow!! Thanks for the mini travelogue!

  • @ronsmith2993
    @ronsmith2993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Enjoyed the video. I'm a Beatles fan. I have a large belly and I think I lost about an inch on our walk. Thank you

  • @everlastingarms3065
    @everlastingarms3065 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The youtube Beatles vortex les me here... I was expecting a mere trek and a look. What I got was an absolutely endearing commentary by you along the way, and some nifty "Ram On" to boot.
    Thanks for allowing us to join you on your hike. I love going on long nature hikes, and this was a poignant, peaceful, and informative one.

  • @alukuhito
    @alukuhito 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was just thinking about Paul McCartney's farm and looking into it, and your video appeared, so I watched it. Pretty cool. Thanks.

  • @jamesfinn8186
    @jamesfinn8186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this amazing video. Very cool imagining what it must have been like for them living in this beautiful area.

  • @harrydance1969
    @harrydance1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Ram wasn’t recorded here - that was New York - but his first solo LP called “McCartney” was.

    • @Bobdulla30
      @Bobdulla30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He wrote a lot of songs up there, but I'm quite sure McCartney was home recorded in St John's Wood in London.

    • @clamda
      @clamda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Bobdulla30 yes absolutely right, recorded at home in London

    • @billmay7364
      @billmay7364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ram was recorded in NY. Correct.
      McCartney was recorded as well in St John's Wood in London.
      McCartney III as well.

    • @harrydance1969
      @harrydance1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@billmay7364 Incorrect. McCartney III was recorded at Hog Hill Mill - his studio in east Sussex.

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wings rehearsed quite a bit at the farm - the rehearsals for Wildlife and Red Rose Speedway happened there. Henry McCulloch famously stormed out of the barn when he left the band.

  • @felixramirez6898
    @felixramirez6898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Top Man , well done . I love it as well . Thank`s for sharing . Cheer`s .

  • @deniereynolds6119
    @deniereynolds6119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for taking us along to see Paul and Linda’s home and Kintyre!

  • @user-ru4ct2ul5r
    @user-ru4ct2ul5r 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video thank you for your time.

  • @stevesage604
    @stevesage604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Craig, my wife and I stumbled on to your great, reverant, visit to Paul's farm in Scotland. Such a great video the we both enjoyed very much. That is a spectacular part of the world, isn't it? I've signed up to both your TH-cam sites too. Thanks for posting it.

  • @kyleonthedial
    @kyleonthedial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you I really enjoyed it! I was on a ferry through the islands of Scotland off the coast of the Mull of Kintyre near Cambeltown and was thrilled just knowing I was that close to Paul McCartney's farm. Your trek is my dream!

  • @ckhbmusic
    @ckhbmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for showing us the property. I tried to find this place in 1991 - before the internet and Google Maps 😊. Needless to say I ended up down some back road lost. I managed to get a photo of some farmer on his tractor, thinking I struck gold, only to find out I was in the wrong area. Glad you got there!!!

  • @jonathannewell8627
    @jonathannewell8627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great stuff Craig...It's a spot that we most likely would never see in our lifetimes..much appreciation for sharing!!

  • @barbaraolson600
    @barbaraolson600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, this is an excellent video. I have not returned to the British Isles since becoming disabled so your video is a joy to find. I love your views of the landscape and telling of the feeling of earth and air. Thank you again. Pretty sure it is Heather in the beginning of your video.

  • @mjanovec
    @mjanovec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Looks like a great place to escape to. One correction… Ram was recorded in New York and mixed in Los Angeles. Wings rehearsed their Wild Life album here in 1971, but recorded it at Abbey Road.

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bhh! Ive just checked and you're right. I guess I let the photos on the cover get carried away... thank you for clarifying.

    • @strathman7501
      @strathman7501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@craig-duncan But Mull of Kintyre *was* recorded here. It's certainly an iconic location. Enjoyed your trip, Craig, thanks.

    • @Hegstuffing
      @Hegstuffing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks for correcting the record. I wanted to see if anyone else caught that error before I said anything :) McCartney was recorded here, but the vocals on that were recorded at Abbey Rd, I do believe. Redone there.

    • @garychambers5850
      @garychambers5850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@strathman7501 I didn't know he had a recording studio on his farm? I know he rehearsed here. That's cool!

    • @strathman7501
      @strathman7501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@garychambers5850 Yes, it was made in a barn or byre attached to the old house. He called it Rude Studio. The Campbelltown Pipe Band came up and they recorded their part in the field, I believe.

  • @davidsillars3181
    @davidsillars3181 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A delightful stroll Craig. I'm guessing you provided some of the uke too! Loved Ram when it came out and had a vinyl copy once. I've never been to Kintyre but often looked over from Arran in the past across the bit of water called the Sound of Kintyre. I wonder if some of the fencing was deer fence, usually high to stop them jumping over, and with new conifer plantation that would be required. An idyllic place really. But I agree, the memories for Paul might be too much.

  • @briancornish1296
    @briancornish1296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for all that you traveled and shown...👍

  • @victoriacope4113
    @victoriacope4113 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No words. The beauty of this magnificent countryis just breathtaking. A big Paul fan almost 60 years, just wish i could've been here w Paul n Linda, n the children, would b like growing up in heaven. TY, Craig. Beautiful video.

  • @nicolasdellavalle6013
    @nicolasdellavalle6013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice video man! Greetings from Argentina!!

  • @_Gnomeblaster
    @_Gnomeblaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Damn great music. Love the riffs. I'm impressed! :) Beautiful country as well.

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks man - and for your continued support... more coming!

    • @_Gnomeblaster
      @_Gnomeblaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@craig-duncan 👍

  • @periurban
    @periurban ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm quite familiar with that landscape, having escaped to similar often.
    The McCartneys didn't always fly in and out. They were stranded in Glasgow on Great Western Road once when their car broke down (early 1970s?). Local policemen were intrigued to find a genuine popstar driving some beat up old Land Rover, but the McCartneys came out of it very well, having charmed everyone.
    I always liked McCartney as a person, and have grown to appreciate his music more and more as time has gone by. Big fan of the real fifth Beatle too, George Martin, and I'm well jell you managed to work with his son Giles, who continues to do amazing work with the Beatles back catalogue. [Funnily enough, I was watching a video all about AIR Studios just the other day!]

  • @JoeyFielding1
    @JoeyFielding1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Enjoyed that thank you!

  • @christoussaint-boden6437
    @christoussaint-boden6437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thankyou Craig, what an interesting video! We love the Kintyre Peninsula and this has inspired us to explore it more fully.

  • @madeucedancinclub2452
    @madeucedancinclub2452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video . I was stationed at RAF Machrihanish in the mid 70's while serving in the US Navy , the video brought thousands of memories . Don't you just love the fog , lol. I miss being there with all my heart. I felt like I belonged there . Maybe it's because by blood I'm mostly Scottish . My clan comes from Perthshire , north of Edinburgh . We have the family dated back to 1,000 AD . My clan also fought with Wallace at Methven castle and other sites as well . I have traveled to many places on this earth and seen many things but nothing as nice as Scotland . I did a few paintings of Machrihanish as viewed from the US Navy barracks . I always enjoyed watching the spindrift fly from the wave tops . And every now and then would see a few seals playing on and around the rocks ar the north end of Machrihanish beach . Golf balls do turn at a 90 degree angles and the Machrihanish golf course , the wind can be quite unforgiving there . Yes , the Mull of Kintyre is a beautiful place , and the people are great . While there visit The White Hart Hotel , they had a really good roast beef meal while I was there ... enjoyed the video . Hand salute from a Vet .

  • @IozziEric
    @IozziEric 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing your experience!!! What a beautiful place, it must be great to be where many of those songs were composed.

  • @andylucas1175
    @andylucas1175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really enjoyed this fun, foggy, trek to a place of musical history, thank you Craig Duncan for your insight into this legendary location.

    • @craig-duncan
      @craig-duncan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you Andy Lucas for watching!! 👍

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's certainly not legendary! And I live there.

    • @andylucas1175
      @andylucas1175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seltaeb3302 To the people who have followed The Beatles and McCartney the farm is of note for being the place that Paul McCartney retreated to in order to help him move on with his post-Beatles life, in that respect it is part of the McCartney legend.

    • @cherieleonard2606
      @cherieleonard2606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andylucas1175 Thank you!

  • @mondellomusic
    @mondellomusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, Craig. It's a pleasure to virtually hike this path with you.

  • @adrianadepiero390
    @adrianadepiero390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ahhh hermoso lugar, desde Argentina🇦🇷 Gracias por llevarnos por esos caminos que anduvieron Paul y su familia!❤

    • @alejo7365
      @alejo7365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Desde Argentina también!

  • @Whitman1819
    @Whitman1819 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well, means a lot that you made this trip. Not just because of McCartney (who I think is a great human) but also to see the Scottish countryside. I'd give anything to live in a cottage in those areas and just take care of the land...man wish I had the funds to do so. It's great to see it though thank you. There has always been something in my heart about the place...was adopted and all I know is I have Scottish ancestry on both sides...so when I see it, it oddly feels like home to me and pulls at me. If that makes any sense.

    • @Whitman1819
      @Whitman1819 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Isle of Sky is amazing too. No place like Scotland on Earth.