Lewis - the islands at the edge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- Extracts from a 60 minute DVD I have made of a visit to the Isle of Lewis in March 2009 called Blackhouse Weekend, containing video taken around the restored thatched blackhouse village of Gearannan, where we stayed - ancient relics like the pictish broch at Dun Carloway, and the Standing Stones at Callanish and a visit to the town of Stornoway and its castle grounds
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I just loved your video and felt as though I was actually experiencing this journey with you all and hope to make this trip next summer 2024!! Great video - thank you!!!
Thanks for this Beautiful Beautiful place as is all of Scotland, sincerely hope we don't lose you.
Excellent video. To a softie like me living in the gentle climate of Northern California, it is amazing that people have made lives for centuries in what appears to be a very harsh environment. I maintain a correspondence with a friend who lives on Skye, and following up his mention of a visit to the Isle of Lewis led me to your video.
I'm from the United States and hadn't thought about visiting Scotland, but this is a fascinating video that makes me want to go. Thank you.
My wife & I were at Lewis-Harris in 1992. Callinish, the peat fields, NO shops open on the weekend. Fond memories all; many thanks for this video.
good that. I love those croft houses, they look so cosy in winter. I would hqve liked to see the tunnels between the houses being explored. Sounds like a great way to visit friends and family when the weather's wild outside. Great upload.
Been to the isle of Lewis it's very mysterious, and kind of feels like you're going back in time in a way. Really want to go back. I would want to stay in a black house next time.
David Keir In truth, you do go back in time when you visit Lewis and Harris. There is an undeniable tension between traditionalists who wish to maintain the old way of life versus the modernisers who see the islands getting left behind by modern society. The introduction of Sunday sailings has done much to bring about change of late, the Sabbath no longer feels quite so restrictive but one is still conscious of a certain time warp, which is certainly not the case in either Orkney or Shetland.
Roll on when i retire because this is where i will stay
I love this video. I have never heard the name Lewis Island before until I read some article on BBC and googled it which brought me to this video.
I really enjoy seeing all the beautiful things. I would love to visit this place one day.
@noneil100 I am delighted that this meant as much to you as it does to me - my mother was born on Lewis - I love the island and I love the people - I just can't get up there often enough. I am glad you enjoyed the Gearrannan clip.
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching this video, it was for me a lovely journey down memory lane! I stayed in Taigh Thormoid 'an 'ic Iain in 2003. Spookily, your stay in March 2009 (which I imagine commenced on the 27th) was just two days after I had departed after living at Achmore for six months over the winter of 2008-09. I've recently (June 2015) made my own return visit to Lewis (and the rest of the archipelago) and found everything to be reassuringly the same as I had recalled many times during the intervening years.
Fantastic video,well narrated! This brings back a lot of great memories.
Brought back memories. I did almost exactly the same trip as this one. Only difference, I sailed from Ullapool to Stornoway first and then visited all the attractions. Definately going to watch many more of your videos.
Thank's Andy we are heading there for Christmas and new year with our 5 children, from Manchester,your in sight has been a real eye opener thanks again x
I live on the island and I love it!
I just visited the black house 2-3 weeks back. It was a Sunday and visitor center was closed. I found only one locked house and rest few were damaged with no thatch on them. Is there any change or damage to the houses recently
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Good for you
Wonderful video. Youve inspired us to make a visit
I love Lewis - the Blackhouse village was good value and a great place to stay - I even got a christmas card from them. lovely people - lovely place.
I really enjoyed this. Its been a few years since I have been to Lewis. It brought a little tear to my eye as although from London I have strong connections to Lewis and on my many trips to visit have always felt sad when leaving on the ferry or plane. Thanks. It was lovely.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable video. I was lucky enough to visit Harris and Lewis when I was employed as a land surveyor. I stayed at a lovely guest house in Tarbert owned by Flora Morrison who`s hospitality was second to none. Thanks for posting this. Cheers.
Thank You 🙏 Andy for this Video so appreciated
I grew up there and now live in Edinburgh, I miss it lots
Great video Andy and an excellent piece of narration. Thanks so much for sharing your memories. I`ve only been on Lewis and Harris once and that was for research on aircraft in WW2, so I never really got to see much of the Isles other than the hills, this makes me want to return :)
brings back good memories, thanks!
That's the beauty of the digital age, running costs are nil... Shoot as much as you want, bin what you don't need and reuse the media. I love it!
Aye Andy, I still have a wee cry when the ferry leaves Stornoway.
Excellent Thanks.
Thanks ladies.
@Bigborewoods
Glad you enjoyed the clip - my grandfather was also a Morrison - he was born at Ness on the northwast coast of the island
Cheers!
The people who manage the Blackhouse village were very helpful - I even got a Christmas card from them this year.
I found it very cheap for three nights.
whereabouts was the place you took the first photos on Harris - thats the kind of shots I like taking
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. We plan to visit the Outer Hebrides this summer and you video was very inspiring. The black houses are how ever already booked.
Absolutely excellent video
Nice and interesting film and I love your Scottish accent.
Ha die Bart! Gemeenschappelijke belangstelling voor Leòdhas!
On our holiday in June 2017 we walked across the village, unfortunately did not look inside. Also the broch and standing stones. Like your video.
Wonderful video. Hope to visit it someday. I've always been so intrigued by the Outer Hebrides. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it Paul.
So lovely. I'd like to see the Island.
Me too but I hate places with tourists. As soon as somewhere becomes popular I avoid it.
🌊 Such a lovely place, but and a beautiful video, Andy!
I hope to visit some day.
Your narration was nice. I love your accent. Or is it I whom has an accent? Haha!
I fully enjoyed this video, thank you!
Thanks for sharing! Would loved to take a trip to the hebrides someday. :-)
I love round and croft houses, thatched or otherwise. :)
Excellent!
Andy, thoroughly enjoyed your video of the Lewis trip. We were a wee bit luckier than you and were able to camp under good weather at Uig before catching the first ferry in the morning to tarbert. The blackhouses look fantastic and after showing the wife your video I think we have the seed planted for a future holiday, she has family in Stornoway too, it would be a good visit.
Keep up the good work, I'm away to watch some more of your clips :-)
beautefull islands
excellent video
Really enjoying your videos ..
Ooh, you got me in the mood for bacon, kippers, tomatoes and black pudding.
Wow ! I had the same feeling.
Very good !
Loch Roag Berisay Norman MacLeod and his small band of men....WE FOUGHT THE KING...
I am a sucker for that kind of scenery and end up using twice as much tape as I should.
I've been fortunate to visit Lewis myself. I live in the south of England and it's hard to believe that Lewis and somewhere like Slough are both in the British Isles! (For now, anyway).
Why, are they going to float off into the Atlantic?
Sloth from The Goonies I meant that Scotland may have another chance to break away.
Ann TwoShoes Still would have been part of Great Britain, just not the UK.
Sloth from The Goonies No, if Scotland decided to break away they would be a separate country.
Ann TwoShoes Great Britain is a geographical term, not the name of a country.
I never re-use a tape - I file them all. What film do you use on the Canon - I used to have drop-outs on the standard Sony tapes, but I find the Sony HD tape very good quality.
How did you get Billy Connolly narrate this?
Billy Connolly is from Glasgow, this narrator is a Highlander, perhaps an islander,
For Translation: A "Minch" is a sea channel between mainland Scotland and the Outer Hebrides islands. 25-45 miles (40-70 km) wide. Most of the 'Minch' between Ullapool and Stornoway is used by the UK for their nuclear submarine excursions.
IF I could live without worry of Healthcare, housing, food, beer, scotch and the Internet . . . THIS would be where I'd spend my future. And my past, though merely imagination, can also find a wonderful place on Lewis.
Andy,
The first pics in the Harris DXPedition slideshow are from Two Waters Lodge, in the Liceasto area of Harris, not that far from Tarbert.
AlanC.
Did ye no go in for a swim?
@Bigborewoods My website on my profile has lots of photos of Dun Eistean at Ness in Lewis, where the Morrisons used to be based, its an archaeological site but open to the public and connected by a bridge to the mainland.
ooo at 9:09 im in that house right now :D
I rather enjoyed that, especially the commentary.
some day I'll get there :S
i live in isle of lewis at Stornoway but I think there both the same
Good video. Scotland is God’s own country. Just a wee thing. I’ve never come across anyone with an accent like yours. Mixture of Scouse, Welsh, Irish with a wee hint of Scottish. Please don’t be offended.
Am away to look at the harris slideshow now so i can answer that one :-)
Oh right, I suppose I'm a scrooge then :-))) I prefer to store the media electronically and reuse the tapes, saves money that way.
With the Canon XHA1 I have been using Pro HD Tapes at 23 quid a pop, if I was paying I would be using something cheeper to be honest :-)
But I'm not, which reminds me I'll need to get an order in for a 5 pack when I get back to work, we'll be needing them.
braw weather fur july
snd bro
Chess brought me here
Donald Trump mother came from the Island of Harris and Lewis
so did mine
I hate Donald trump he is racist he hates hispanics just because some of us are ilegal and want to Build wall
What’s the relevance of this? Who cares? Many other mothers do.
Thanks for this Beautiful Beautiful place as is all of Scotland, sincerely hope we don't lose you.
It also has a very violent and fascinating history.