Exploring Uist | Outer Hebrides Scotland (film + guide)
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This video is split into two parts, first our trip to Uist (with no dialogue), followed by a chat about our journey and tips for visiting the islands yourself.
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A long string of islands, Uist (pronounced yoo-ist) lies at the centre of the group that makes up the Outer Hebrides, Scotland’s Western Isles. Linked by causeways, this island chain stretches from Eriskay in the south to Berneray in the north, via South Uist, Benbecula, Grimsay, and North Uist, with Uist being the collective name for the entire chain.
We visited Uist as part of a longer wild camping road trip through the Outer Hebrides in June. We took the ferry from Barra to Eriskay and travelled up through South Uist, Benbecula, Grimsay, and North Uist to Berneray, where the ferry departs for Harris.
In this film we visit the rugged east coast of South Uist, heading off on short walks around Loch Eynort and Loch Skipport, in the shadow of impressive mountains like Hecla and Beinn Mhor. We wander around traditional thatched roofed houses at Howmore, indulge in fresh seafood at Namara and craft gin from North Uist Distillery, and brace ourselves for some cold water dips with friends at Baleshare Beach. We go cockling for the first time, and explore the beautiful beaches of Vallay tidal island, Hosta, and Balranald. Oh, and don't forget Murdo the Shetland pony and his pals!
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Happy Travels!
Kim & Del Hogg
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➤ PART TWO bit.ly/OuterHebrides2
➤ PART THREE bit.ly/OuterHebrides3
➤ FILM CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:08 Ferry Barra to Eriskay
02:06 Eriskay
02:59 Kilbride Cafe South Uist
03:23 Loch Eynort Arinaban Woodland Walk
05:24 Howmore
05:52 Loch Druidibeg and Loch Skipport
08:20 Grimsay
09:06 Benbecula to North Uist Causeway
09:41 Baleshare Beach
11:30 Balranald Beach
12:26 Baleshare
13:30 North Uist Distillery at Nunton Steadings
14:44 Hosta Beach
15:38 Coast South of Scolpaig
16:36 Vallay Tidal Island
19:49 Cockling Near Knockquien
20:50 Hosta Beach
21:12 Into to GTWH
21:48 Uist Overview
23:35 Our Trip Overview
24:39 Ferry Info
25:19 Eriskay
25:44 Loch Eynort Info
26:23 Howmore Info
26:50 Loch Druidibeg and Loch Skipport Info
29:15 North Uist Distillery Info
31:49 Cockling
32:45 Hosta Beach Wild Camp
33:33 Balranald Info
34:40 Baleshare Beach Info
35:15 Vallay Info
37:53 Sundays
38:58 Eriskay Wild Camp + St Kilda & Mingulay Day Trip Info
40:19 Eriskay Causeway Wild Camp
41:24 Kilbride Cafe & Namara Seafood
42:47 Grimsay Info
44:24 Chill & Baleshare Swim BBQ
45:50 Rocky Plunge Pool
46:44 Round-Up & What's Coming Next
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Our few days on Uist were such a highlight of our Outer Hebrides trip, exploring places we hadn't made it to on our previous visits to the island and catching up with friends to swim, drink gin, and try out cockling for the first time! This latest film is probably our favourite in the series so far and we hope you enjoy it too : ) Kim & Del
My brother and I saw the short ear owls on South Uist in September. Amazing to see so close. We did a tour of Outer Hebrides from Barra to Stornoway in Land rover defender and two dogs. Brilliant.
They are great, aren’t they!? It’s a fantastic trip going south to north, made all the better with dogs for company and a Land rover to drive no doubt 😃
Your films are so beautiful they make me cry! I wish I could be there! It's my paradise! Thank you!
Thanks, Anna! I hope you get to visit some time and see it for yourself! Or maybe you have been already?!
Loved it. Especially the cockles, some of my favourite shellfish to forage
That’s great, thanks! The cockling was fun, and the cockles delish 😋
My favourie place😇
Hard to think of better 😃
So good guys - absolutely love it!
Cheers Jonny!
Like the way you went from the noise of the ferry to complete silence at 2:06. Nice editing and very effective. I would love to travel to that area and Northern Scotland in general (from Canada). Maybe 2023
Thanks Mark, always appreciate it when people notice things like that and glad you enjoyed it. It’s well worth the trip over here, just make sure that you allow as much time as you can - lots and lots to see 😃
Your Camera techniques is so Rad ⚡TOP NOTCH, way way better than the most Hollywood movies camera man🎖️📹 ❤
High praise, thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed the visuals 😃
Beautiful video, and a fun chat during the second half. My favorites were the ponies, the beaches, and the thatch roof close-up of the stone weights. Looking forward to Callanish!
Thanks Gina, very much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed the second half too 😃. Good to know your favourites - all things we loved about Uist, especially those shetland ponies!
Watching this on our new TV ... Wow it's like a test video for 4k 🤣👍🏻 amazing work guys. I'm blown away by how stunning the islands are up there and by the effort you put in to show them in all their glory.
A test video for 4k… absolutely love that! Thanks very much. Really glad to be able to show how amazing it is up there 😃
Amazing Island Uist!! Enjoyed every scene in this vlog. Thanks for sharing all the details about tour.
An incredible place! Really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks as always for getting in touch and showing your appreciation, it really does mean a lot 😃
Beautiful place ...great job guys 👏👏
Thanks a lot, much appreciated 😃
Relaxing comes to mind. Nice videos. Just spent two weeks in Scotland and absolutely loved it. We do a lot of hiking and spent a bunch of time in the Highlands and Isle of Skye. Unfortunately, we just couldn't get to the Outer Hebrides due to time. Next time! Keep up the great work.
Thanks Mason, that’s a really nice appraisal, very much appreciated. Hope you have time visit Scotland again and see the Outer Hebrides for yourself 😃
As always, this was GORGEOUS and meditative and made me really WANT to spend time there. Thanks for all the work you do to inform other travelers. I hope one day to get to the Hebrides and I'll surely be rewatching your videos and using your links to get myself a headstart on how to make the most of the visit.
Thank you Mikel, that’s really great to hear. We are absolutely delighted you describe it this way. Hopefully one day you will indeed get to visit the Hebrides. Thanks again 😃
We had an amazing holiday on Mull after seeing your film and now we're already planning a tour of the Outer Hebrides. Compliments as always on fabulous videography and the in depth trip info chat at the the end, very helpful.
Looking forward to the Harris and Lewis episode. Many thanks, Simon & Alison
That’s great, glad to hear you enjoyed Mull. We’ve been talking about going back there for ages. Thanks for the appreciation, it really does mean a lot. Enjoy planning for the Outer Hebrides 🙂
Beautiful
Thanks for watching and appreciating, it's a beautiful place indeed!
Great video and youtube channel, thanks for posting this informative and educational primer on a visit to the Outer Hebrides. We have a trip planned this year in June and will will review this video again and again to better prepare for our trip. And per some previous comments, the video/drone work and photography are well done.
Thanks Don, that’s very much appreciated. It was June 2022 that we visited and for the most part, it was a great time to be there. If you’re looking for more info we also have a number of guides on our website which may be of use: www.goingthewholehogg.com/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/hebrides/
Thanks again 🙂
I know you’ll have heard this before, but you are magnificent filmmakers. I’ve never seen anything as impressive as this about the Hebrides online. Absolutely superb.
Thanks David, that’s really kind of you to say. Lots of hard work and thought behind this so we really appreciate the great compliment. Cheers!
Wow - it feels like we've been transported back to this summer and Uist while watching this. So beautifully filmed and edited! And you're right - you must have been just a few days behind us, and we went to so many similar places! What a place!
The highlight of our summer, for sure! Uist really surprised us, we'd definitely love to return and explore more. It was the same when I watched your film, it took me back and it was cool seeing the same places through your lens. You guys had some great beach-side park ups there! Kim : )
Beautiful as always. It makes me want to pack my bags this second and come back to Scotland!
The drone shots are absolutely mesmerising -- and it suits Uist so well, with its incredible mosaic of land and sea.
I was coming to the same conclusion that the armchair was preventing Dev from playing the bagpipes... And maybe a beer in hand also helps! 😅
Looking forward to the next film!
Haha Julie, you’re right I think! I (Del) definitely felt comfortable in that chair and a beer in hand always helps 😉.
Really glad you enjoyed it, and yes that combination of land, sea and little lochans is a delight from the air. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for such a helpful and well produced video.
You’re very welcome Michael, thanks for watching 🙂
Great video, going to work the season there soon. Very informative as I'll be taking the camera for some wildlife photos.
Fantastic, that'll be a great experience I'm sure! Hope you capture some good wildlife shots 😃
Absolutely beautiful! Stunning shots, you deserve way more likes and views. I will be in the hebrides this winter, I know it will look different but I'm still so excited, Scotland is one of my favorite countries in the world!
Thank you so much Megan! Appreciate that a lot! Well, the hebrides are spectacular at any time of year, so no wonder you’re excited. Have a great time! 😃
WOW! The coastline is absolutely beautiful! It must have been hard to leave. Your drone footage is outstanding. Isnt Scotland your homeland?
Really beautiful! I love the Outer Hebrides, always happy to return! Yeah, we are from Scotland, both from the east coast though.
@@GoingTheWholeHogg I’m from the US, so would love to see the east coast!
@@robinsavard84 nice! Well the east coast definitely has some amazing spots, generally speaking not quite as dramatic as the west though, so it feels like a very different landscape!
Kim/Del stunning bloq and absolutely great footage. What drone are you using. Keep up the good work.
Cheers, David! We have a DJI Air 2s, a fantastic upgrade from our Mavic Air.
Another great video. Thank you. Can i ask, do you get midges on North Uist?
Hey, thanks very much. Yes, you do get midges there and throughout the Outer Hebrides. We were there at the start of June so they hadn’t really got going. We went up to Harris after this and had one morning when they were quite bad, but then the storm came and no more midges 😂
Hi Andrew, we are coming up to Harris and Lewis next month on a photo workshop, we are really looking forward to visiting the islands again. Andrew can I ask you do you regular move away from your desk when working as I have been told you must refocus your eyes regularly away from the screen. I had a window to gaze out of to help with this though it looks as though you don’t. This coukd be something else to help with migraines.
Nice! Your videos should be seen by more viewers. May I repost your channel without changing anything on the clean platform named Gan Jing World? Thank you!
Was on Eriskay and the Uists in September for a period.
Never exactly found the Eriskay or South Uist people particularly welcoming to visitors but noticeable difference with the locals up in North Uist who were very chatty. Quite strange to experience.
That’s interesting, we definitely never experienced anything quite like that on our trips. We have quite a few friends in North Uist and everyone is certainly very friendly there. I suppose it can just depend on the experience you have at the time.
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We suspected two reasons at the time, the appalling Ferry situation for the South Uist people that has been on-going and also our English accents that appeared to go down like a lead balloon . Just a theory though.
Personally haven't noticed any difference but everywhere south of Benbecula is Catholic while everywhere north is Protestant. I certainly noticed a
slight difference in the people Leverburgh ("Wee Free" country) compared to Lochboisdale.
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