Our 1st holiday after moving to SCOTLAND + MORE MARMITE!!
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Welcome! After moving to Scotland two months ago from the U.S. and finally setting up house just south of Edinburgh, we decided that a holiday was in order. A family favorite is Dunkeld, so that’s where we set our sights. We had an incredible time exploring this beautiful village and the surrounding areas including Blairgowrie and Pitlochry. From the River Tay to the Beatrix Potter Gardens and Museum to the Hermitage, we did our best to leave no stone unturned. Unfortunately, even after 6 full days in Perthshire, we still couldn’t visit all of the locations we had on our radar, but we’ll just have to make another trip sooner rather than later. The Abernethy Round Tower is one we don’t want to miss! We hope this video showcases some of the breathtaking views and natural beauty in the area. Also - Not to be missed is our redo of the MARMITE TASTE TEST. Enjoy! And, if you’re interested in a further tour of the Forebrae Cottage, where we stayed, check out the following links:
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Timestamps:
1:51 The Cottage Tour
6:12 The Hermitage
7:38 Dunkeld
14:03 Active Kids Adventure Park
16:29 Steward Tower Dairy
17:40 Progression Bikes
19:21 Dunkeld House Hotel
21:27 Beatrix Potter Museum and Gardens
22:39 The Old Smiddy Kat 'N' Kat
23:50 Pitlochry
27:08 More of Dunkeld/Surrounding Areas
28:15 What's Next?
29:00 MARMITE!
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We moved to Scotland after spending our honeymoon here and we never regretted it. Best decision ever. Such a beautiful country!
Couldn’t be happier with this decision! So glad you’re enjoying it as well ❤️
Annie, I can’t wait till you start getting an accent because it will happen. And your kids definitely will.❤
I hope so too!
The landscapes are beautiful but even more beautiful is seeing a happy contented family! 🙂 🐑
@@silversteel6312 Thank you ❤️
When I was young we spent our family holidays there. I'm glad you liked it, It is a beautiful part of Scotland.
It’s such a great place to take the family! Can’t wait to venture even more north soon.
The River Tay and the Dunkeld Cathedral with it's lush park setting to the water .. ahh. I'm SO ENJOYING your content! Greetings from Oklahoma. Spent time in Dunkeld doing genealogy research and would return in a heartbeat.
It’s such a gorgeous area and one of our favorites to date!
Toast some crumpets, put plenty of butter on them and about the same amount of marmite as you had on that toast and try that, I love it like that. Marmite is a by product of British beer making, so remember every time you eat Marmite you are helping with British beer production!
Haha I like this train of thought!
My wife asks me all the time if I don’t miss home and want to make a holiday there. Having just watched this vlog, has brought up those feelings of a need to return. It all looks so beautiful around that area and that, even with the rain. I think a trip next year might be on the cards.
Well who would have known it! We have managed to convert Annie into a marmite lover😂. You just needed the right tools for the job.
Zack, I love renovations or anything new with house builds etc. so expect some nice detailed coverage of that fitness room/man cave. 😊
Yes, a true convert. Even had it for breakfast today! Zach was like a kid on Christmas morning watching the ground screws go in. We can’t wait for Friday’s big reveal!
Wow,I live in perthshire, I love it here. I love the rural lifestyle, sheep wandering around, pheasants, beautiful scenery! The fresh air, friendly folk, glad you enjoyed your holidays
@@gillianlaing1073 it’s an incredible place to visit, and we can only imagine living there. Maybe one day! So much beauty everywhere!
Holidaying in Scotland without rainwear really is the triumph of hope over experience. 😏
I'm Scottish by the way.
Well said! 🤣
It was so beautiful ❤visiting Scotland is on my bucket list I’m simply charmed by all the history I’m from California 😊
It’s definitely worth a visit! My eyes can’t take in all the beauty. ❤️
@@SimpleScottishLiving See it's this comment right here! I've covered all the places here and often gone meh! Taken them for granted. I then went to NZ and found myself saying "it's just like back home".
It's for that reason that as I get older I'm fascinated as Burns said "Tae see ourselves as others see us".
@@AuldScot1888 Agreed! Zach is thankful for his time abroad because it showed him just exactly what he’d taken for granted growing up. It’s hard to grasp until you leave and experience other places.
@Highlandwarrior-rh7rn are you one of those Troll thingys that inhabit the internet?
I’m from a village in Scotland called California near the town of Falkirk
My favourite kind of holiday. We were never really able to do simple holidays like this in the US. The simplicity and safety are some of my favourite things about living in Britain.
It does feel incredibly safe! Never would we have let the kids ride off like that previously.
Beware of the knife crime here in the UK.
"They don't have guns in the UK but they've got knives, knives, knives, in one prestigious hospital in London the doctors whites are covered in blood, the walls and floors and covered in blood because of the many, many stabbings" courtesy of former president Trump
What a load of crap
Don't forget about the knife crime 😂
"They don't have guns in the UK but they've got knives, knives, knives, there's one prestigious hospital in London where the walls and floors are covered in blood from all the stabbings"...former president Trump
What a load of shit
2023/2024 244 people died through stabbing incidents, mostly in London and gang related, 244 from a population of 67 million 😂
The Uk, scotland including, has a ton of crime and other types just as America. What you see here is not standard for a lot of the uk, is the occasionally occurring romanticized ideal of it. Lots of crowded crime ridden cities and grim dilapidated towns as well. Its a faulty country just like America. Has its great areas and bad ones like any other. Not that there is not plenty of areas like you see here, All I am saying is do not necessarily go and expect this type of environment to be the entirety of the four countries the uk consists of.
@@lagnok read my comment above, I live in north east England, I go to bed at night with my front door unlocked, crime ridden cities my arse, 2023/2024 244 knife homicides out of a population of 67 million, how many people die EACH DAY from gun crime in the Untied States of America?
Think about it for a minute, I GO TO BED AND LEAVE MY FRONT DOOR UNLOCKED
I enjoyed the "oh no!" while meeting an oncoming vehicle while driving. The (obviously local) landy dives onto the verge without fuss.
I found the best wet weather option is a water activities day, then the rain dosen't matter and returning to a cosy cottage is even more enjoyable. Pretty sure Dunkeld has local Kayak and SUP lessons and hire
That’s good to know! We’ll have to check that out next time. Agreed that getting caught in the rain isn’t too bad when arriving back to a warm cottage with gorgeous views and a fire!
@@SimpleScottishLiving I recommend investing in some cheap children's wetsuits, they'll outgrow them/wear them out in a season but stay reasonably warm while doing so. They are available at supermarkets in spring or online anytime ~£15. Even better 2nd hand. Have fun.
@@stephenpetermay1721 Great idea!
Zack and Annie, more videos please your videos on TH-cam are very uplifting thank you xx
Thank you for saying that! Do our best to capture everyday life while keeping things light ❤️
That really was a proper family holiday , thats the kind of holiday that kids will remember for ever and still talk about when theyre older , its a bit further for yous but ayrshire has some beautiful places to go , great family destinations , loving these vids
Thank you! Yes, these are definitely the type of memories I have from childhood. So happy to be able to have similar ones with my children ❤️
Scotland’s on my bucket list to the shop is all me telling you. And I grew up with Beatrix potter bedroom when I was little I just love it, still have all the books.
Oh we were in Pitlochry last Sunday for the night. Lively wee village and the football we watched in the beer garden wasn't bad too 😂 🇪🇦
We’d love to go back! Always happy to visit a beer garden as well!
Wow! So beautiful!!! This is my favorite video you have done so far. Everything is so charming and you created such a visually stunning video!!!
Thank you so much!
Your holiday looked perfect, gorgeous cottage. We stayed in a cottage in Northumberland next to a field full of sheep and wild rabbits and I absolutely loved it.
That sounds delightful as well!
Hi all, what a lovely place for a holiday, weather quite reasonable (for Scotland!). Good to see that you're settling in, and getting things the way that you like them, it always takes a while, hope things go well with the gym/utility space. Take care, and keep smiling.
Thank you! Will do!
I can hear wee tiny bits when Zach says certain words😂😂
Yep! Slowly but surely!
Dunked is a favourite of mine. Spent much voluntary work time in my late teens, early twenties building the paths and drainage on the paths to the hermitage and lookouts at loch of the lowes. Nothing better than a swim at the hermitage and gorge walking up the river.
In the early 1980’s
That does sound wonderful!
Stunning, you have alovely family, so nice to hear children enjoying themselves.
Thank you so much!
Annie, I have watched many videos of Americans taking the Marmite test and you are the first who I have ever seen say they like it! So proud of you!
It’s delicious the correct way!!
That cottage is something out of a film set! So darling!
@@lollygee172 It’s lovely! We keep going back ❤️
What a lovely cottage and stunning scenery l live in Scotland and have never been to dunked I’m definitely going to visit soon hope you had a lovely holiday ❤x
It was wonderful! Hope you get to visit soon ❤️
Spent most of my life having no idea how people liked marmite. Then something just clicked in my late 30's I started to love. it I think the more you try it the more you like it. I can't have toast without it.
It’s soo good! I’m a true convert. Zach not so much 😉
Such a beautiful cottage perfect for a large family holiday glad you all had a great time. 🇦🇺💙🇦🇺💙👍👍
Thank you! It was a beautiful cottage ❤️
Thanks for showing all the wonderful stuff that Scotland has to offer.
Also thanks for giving Marmite another chance..a little goes a long way and yes it can be ok ... It grows on you too so Zach may get to be a convert over day
Thanks you two for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I love that area, did it last year and there are so many amazing walks. The hermatige woods really are like fairy land
Agreed! It’s absolutely stunning!
This is absolutely beautiful
Wonderful. ❤
One of the closest places to my heart on earth, then we moved to distant shores............love it guys. Good luck with life in Scotland.
Thank you!
I enjoyed my time in Pitlochry in 2021. Very nice and pleasant town.
The vibe i get from this video, and i think its great, it take me back to my girls were children, doing the same in the northeast, before tech and phones took over, going down by the rivers, kids playing, picnic and a drink, we also had a dog which helped, with the fun, throwing something simple like a ball, our baby girl laughing watching, the silly antics of a dog and a ball,
Love your videos! Scotland is so beautiful. Wishing you happiness in your new home.
Thank you and so glad to have you joining! Scotland is one of a kind for sure ❤️
Wow, that cottage looks amazing! And the whole area of Dunkeld - I can see why you like it so much. So glad you tried Marmite again - that is most definitely the best way to eat it! Too thick is definitely not nice.
Thanks for watching! Yes, it’s absolutely gorgeous there. And happy to report that Annie is now having marmite with breakfast daily!
Recently found you guys on here and love your story. I too live in Scotland but North East near to Lossiemouth, love it in Scotland, scenery is amazing and people are so friendly. You have a wonderful family, cant wait to see more from you xx
Thank you for commenting and for the kind words! ❤️ Couldn’t be happier to raise our kids over here. It’s been a wonderful start.
What a glorious location!!! Incidentally, Zach your Scottish accent is starting to creep back
Yes!!
What a beautiful area! No wonder you keep returning to it. And what a lovely time of making memories with your extended family!
Definitely worth trying the Marmite again th e 'proper way'! We have a convert!
Dunkeld is beautiful. I went to the Pitlochry Highland Games with my family years ago, highly recommend if you haven’t been 😊
@@anniegee9078 Loved Pitlochry but haven’t been for the games! We have a few places on the list to see. We’ll add this!
What an absolute pleasure watching and listening to your description of your holiday! And what a great, action-packed time you all had. Just lovely, thank you!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed!
I used to have a little timeshare there when I was little and we went every Christmas! Happy memories 😊 beautiful place. X
What a perfect place for a timeshare. We love it! ❤️
Dunkeld - the town we always pass by on the way up the A9 to Dingwall & Ullapool. We might fo that again in September.
Pitlochry - we've visited a few times when camping at Scone Palace near Perth. Nice town.
At the end of THIS WEEK we will be going up from North Yorkshire to stay at Beadnell on the Northumberland Coast, then visiting Edinburgh for a week or so before returning home. We had planned a stay at Stirling after Edinburgh but notification of an appointnent for my wife means we have to return to Yorkshire early. Still, 18 nights in Northumberland and Edinburgh to look forward to.
I enjoyed your video. You obviously had a good time at Dunkeld & Pitlochry despite the weather.
Life's not bad, isn't it?
Not at all! We feel extremely grateful to be here. Your trip sounds wonderful as well!
It's funny your Scottish accent is creeping back
Thank you for sharing your beautiful holiday experiences! Loving your adventurous life! Sandee R, Nashville
Thanks for watching!
26:45 I think that happens quite often, even people who have done it for longer! You still have the memory.
Oh my god that’s such a gorgeous house. There’s nothing nothing like that in the states!😮
Beautiful video and music score. What a beautiful place and the scenery was breath taking. That will stop you ever getting homesick 😅.
@@user-iq7ul6nz8b Thank you!! We work hard to find music that captures how we felt, so we appreciate you taking notice and commenting ❤️
Great vid,simple pleasures.A good advert for showing confused Gen Zers natural family life
Glad you enjoyed it! That’s exactly why we made the move. Just wanted to slow down and try to live more simply. The UK offers more in that regard!
Annie, you are officially British now you’re a Marmite likes!😂 You’re doing an amazing job for the Scottish tourist board, what a stunning area. Definitely on my visit list x
Thank you! 😃
Your holiday looked wonderful and not spoiled by the rain, although this has to be one of the worst summers we've had in Scotland for years. We live in Aberdeenshire and have never been to Dunkeld or Pitlochry but will definitely put them on our list of places to visit now. Shocked that Annie liked Marmite, who would have thought 🤣Zach I'm with you!
It was such a lovely time! Haha Zach has definitely not gone to the dark side…yet…
You should have gone to the salmon ladder in Pitlochry.
@@user-sl7qj1ds9k We wanted to! Ran out of time 🫣
Wow, glad you moved to Scotland for us to enjoy on video. All of the buildings are really stunning and unique. The greenery and all of the flowers around the buildings are beautiful.
The tree in hold on film about 11:25 into the video was so large and it looked like it had been standing for along time.
It was gigantic! There was actually a sign about it, but we weren’t able to work it into the video. Hopefully, we can share in a future video!
Beautiful cottage!
@@julianbarber4708 It was straight from a movie ❤️
I love following you guys and thank You so much for the beautiful video of Dunkeld, well done Annie🏴🇦🇺
Thank you ❤️❤️
"Bits and Bobs"??? You are on the slippery slope there!! Lovely video guys, very much enjoyed it!
🤣 Yes I am! Glad you enjoyed!
Lovely video. I should explore Scotland more. Well done on the marmite. Drop a teaspoon in stews and ragus, too. You can’t taste it but it adds extra umami to your dish! Same works for Bovril, but don’t put that on your toast!
Absolutely beautiful 🤩👍🏻
It was stunning! Videos don’t do it justice!
Dunkeld is beautiful lovely town
@@tombrown8281 It truly is!
The cottage is absolutely gorgeous,glad you all enjoyed your holiday
It truly is! Thank you for watching ❤️
💕Marmite is also lovely to drink put 1 small teaspoon (add more if prefer stronger) into a mug fill with hot water stir & drink💕
I’ll have to give this a go!
Brilliant video, the shots you got at the start were really professional looking, very impressed, if you ever make your way to devon let me know and ill tell you some of the nice places to see and visit, glad you tried marmite again, still went a touch heavy for beginners but hey ho, annie is gunna be a lover soon lol obviously i know you guys have been back in the uk b4 so its not new but how are you finding driving the roads zack and has annie driven here yet?
Thanks for watching and for commenting! We appreciate you taking notice to the filming as we’re actively working on improving in that area ❤️ Yes, Devon is 100% on the list to visit. As far as driving, Zach has to recite “Left is life” when turning, but he’s doing just fine 2 months in. I’m waiting to be added to the insurance before I drive, so hopefully that happens soon!
@@SimpleScottishLiving have you driven here before? Must be odd for zack, growing up learning one way, then teaching himself another to then go back lol well you guys definitely succeeded, like i said, it came across very professionally. Glad you tried the marmite again, i have it with cheese sandwiches aswell, just put alot of butter on one slice, mix the marmite with that and pop some cheese on.
That is quite the cottage! What a great place to have a family gathering!
It really is!
love this video! We moved to the far north of Scotland 2 years ago, and absolutely love it here. Sharing our adventures here in the Scottish Highlands brings me joy!
We hope to make it up your way soon! It’s stunning up there. We’ll be following along in the meantime ❤️
Annie, you're definitely British now by saying about the weather that it was "chucking it down" ❤
🤣 Slowly but surely!
Been to The Hermitage a few times, it is a fabulous place 😊
Love it!
yay you did the marmite perfectly! I feel satisfied that you gave it another go haha it hurt us all before seeing you eat it out the jar! glad you enjoyed your holiday I want to try the Hermitage walk!
The Hermitage is absolutely stunning! And yes, marmite is a whole different ballgame when prepared properly!
Wonderful video, thank you ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
These videos are awesome 💜💜💜 beautiful camera work!
Thank you ❤️
Love that cottage! ❤
We do too!
Loving your videos! We are moving to Scotland in a few years but until then I can enjoy your videos ❤️ glad you retried marmite 😂 xx (side note I also met my husband at a summer camp in America)
How funny! I’d love to keep up with you and your story ❤️ Glad you enjoyed!
@@SimpleScottishLiving yay I’ll keep in touch 😊 We are actually going to glencoe on Friday for 12 days. We can’t get enough of the big mountains 😊 xx
@Zach & Annie - you need to visit the Black Isle for a holiday. You would love the beach and brilliant forests
@@graemerose9414 I haven’t heard of this but will start doing my research asap!
The park in Pitlochry where that you visited is known as the recreation ground (or known locally as 'the rec').
Highland Games take place on the 2nd Saturday in September - worth a visit, all the pipe bands march down the high street
The amusements (the place with the bumper cars), closed around 2007/2008 and was redeveloped into the business centre that sits on site now.
(Grew up in Pitlochry - now living on the outskirts of Edinburgh)
Thanks for sharing!! We love when we get the insider’s suggestions and info ❤️
Soooo beautiful
My eyes still can’t take it all in! I wish videos would do it justice.
Lochend Farm Shop at the east end of Loch Leven. I stay in Kinross and we often head there for soup, cakes and coffee as well as nice fresh vegetables.
Yay…Marmite convert..👏👏👏👏👍😻🙏❤️
🙌🙌😊
Try out 'Heads of Ayr' for a day out for the kids and family.
Well look into this! Thanks for the suggestion!
The place you stopped on the way back - could it have been Lochend Farm shop or loch leven’s larder both by Kinross? Where I live. Enjoyed the video guys, thanks for creating.
Yes, Lochend is exactly what it was! Kids loved the lunches there!
Hey at least the sun 🌞was there for your arrival. Naturally it wasn't going to hang around too long as that would contravene the Scottish Summer Weather Act of 1996, which states that it must be pishing down at least 98% of the time.
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Your videos are so good! 😍
Thank you so much!!
That area is so beautiful. I hope you saw the Dunkeld Cathedral, so much history. I live Pitlochry too. We actually stayed in Kenmore at the start of Lock Tay, not the river Tay but Lock Tay. I will say there is not much for children there. We did visit the Cronnogs on Lock Tay, so fascinating. I believe we walked there from Kenmore. Anyway this was so nice of you to share, brought back so many memories. Love the cottage. How did you find it!
It is a lovely area! Zach’s brother did the recon work on the cottage. Now, it’s a family favourite as we go there with the entire family and need a place big enough to accommodate a crowd.
Living on an island folks !!!! X
I have had many happy holidays in the Dunkeld area, many things to see and do, I was born and live in Scotland, the further north you travel the more beautiful views to see, and then from Oban you can travel over to the Islands, glad that you are happy here.wonderful.
We can’t wait to travel further north! Hopefully we can make our way before the weather changes.
Pleased to see Annie loving marmite on toast.. the next question is do your kids like it?
Not tried yet, but we’ll report back!
Beautiful Holiday, i find it crazy that its the middle of the scottish summer and you have a fire going..... not sure i'd want to be there in the middle of winter, hahaha. Glad you tried the marmite again, that's the way to eat it. If you ever have an upset tummy and want something light to put in it.... try the marmite toast or a tsp or two of marmite (more if you want it stronger) in a mug with hot water, makes a beef broth that really is surprisingly good when you don't feel so good.
Thanks for the tip!!
I enjoyed your holiday vlog very much.
So glad! ❤️
You can now buy jars of Marmite peanut butter, delicious, i get mine from Asda 😋🤘👍
We’ll have to see if we can find this!
@@SimpleScottishLiving You can actually eat it out of the jar, at least, i do 😋😆
@@SimpleScottishLivingthere’s a lot of bits with marmite in them available, got some bags of marmite cheese puffs in the cupboard
@@johnleonard9090 Yes, I need to try all of them!
Lovely video! Thanks.....yes all Scots vloggers remark on how many seasons weather you can have in one day! Especially in the Northern isles. 'Iona Passport' was out in June & got pounded with painful hailstones! I'm. so glad you persevered with Marmite but seriously, put a thin layer of peanut butter on top & that's even better. x
Will try this!! Thanks for watching ❤️
Some really delightful experiences shared with all of us, thank you. I'd be fascinated to hear your views about the education system once your children are settled.
@@user-bw9vq4wq4h Thanks for watching! That’s a good idea. We did have to hire a tutor before moving over to make sure our P3 child was up to speed. Your education system is about a year ahead based on same ages if that makes sense.
My mom🙏🙏 learnt to drive in 1974 when I was 9.
My dad🙏🙏as a ‘perk’ of his job was given a company car. Navy blue Ford Cortina😎😎😍😍👍
In 1975 we spent about 10 days in Scotland. Around mid June. Lots of places you visited like Dunkeld, Pitlochry, Perth. Loch Lomand
Back then there was no issue with going on any holiday in school term time.
This has been on the news in the last couple of days - fines
Every June my parents would take me to Weymouth, Dorset
From the age of around 2 to the age of 10-12
But my parents like most could not afford to go ‘abroad’
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Luckily, it feels like going abroad when just across the country. Such a wonderful place to live ❤️
Marmite is great for cooking for a deep umami flavour...
I know you guys could not have done, had to be the right time, how often have you wished, we should have done this move sooner
I get it, it was not the right time, just the glow, the smiles you both have,
It’s such a pleasure to be here! It does feel like one of those we wish we moved sooner scenarios, but we needed the time to save up for the transition. All worked out the way it was meant to be ❤️
His accent is returning.
He’ll be talking like a big hairy arsed highlander in jig time!
Yes!! 🙌
Yes same with Australian Vegemite.
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Excellent video guys. I think I'll be heading to Dunkeld soon.
It’s absolutely gorgeous! We want to go back soon.
Im glad you redid the marmite test. Next, try it on toasted crumpets, lots of butter, thin smear of marmite.
Will do!!
You guys have a tan ! ☀️
Not for long!
Did you see the Ell shop in Dunkeld? It has a measure of an ell (37”) on the outside? Think it was a tailor’s measure.
I think we missed it this time around!
I'm glad you did the Marmite Test properly this time. 😊
Us too!