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Thank you, you have help me more than you could know I find your channel help my PTSD I am and U.S. Army vet. Your channel on your Narrowboat and this help my mental health. Thank you
Another fabulous ride! It was great to see you cook and enjoy your puddings. And it’s wonderful to hear the satisfaction enjoying your voice when you talk about all the scenery and how it makes you feel to be there. I love it!
+1 from me on the EBC pads. I run EBC V-Pad Semi Sintered front and back. Gives me all the stopping power I need and then some and the longevity is unbeatable. Appreciate all that you do to bring us the lovely scenes of Scotland.
Kevin, I remember watching you "transition" into narrowboating life... and yes... it was really clear, in a short while, how you relaxed into your slow (tug... tug... tug... tug...) traveling life through the canals of G.B.! Motorcycling seems to suit you as well. Great travel-loges and good commentary!!
Mmmm black pudding I've never had white pudding never known wot was in it until you put it on your video I will give it a go great video Kevin thank you
Ahhh, time to relax on a Friday with your latest episode. Durness is beautiful, the beach there next to the most excellent campsite is beautiful. Thank you and keep up the good work Kevin. 👍
Always such great content that leaves one feeling calm & optimistic.🙂 Yep, I agree it’s a great time to be alive…& that travel frees the mind. It’s self-realization simply by moving forward and experiencing new surroundings. And it doesn’t hurt when those surroundings are stunning, peaceful, and devoid of distractions like traffic jams, crowds, and vast housing estates.👍🏻 Cheers!
Thanks Kevin, the best black pudding is the "World Famous Bury Black Pudding" which is very nice but not as absolutely beautiful as the scenery that you have rode through on the Mighty GS. I agree with you whole heartedly that travelling by motorbike is good for you heart and soul (if you're into motorcycling). The campsite looked really good and very well kitted out. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Another great trip Kevin. The light on the water was beautiful. And that beach! Made me want to venture down to it and feel the sand under my feet. Your luck continues with your campsites. It was certainly very well equipped. I’m glad you enjoyed your black and white puddings. Only ever tried black pudding once, somewhere north of Edinburgh. Only ate about a third of a round, it was too rich for me. I like the look of the white pudding though. Look forward to next week’s episode. Cheers, Kevin.
That was great thank you very much. Really enjoyed it again. I love my Saturday mornings.watching your videos.they are fantastic. Thankyou great campsite as well.take care.
My favourite area of Scotland, for many years, used to be the West Coast Highlands around Fort William, Mallaig. I still rate them very highly but after visiting Sutherland a few years back, I grew to love the Sutherland area even more. I'm glad you enjoyed the area too. It is simply spectacular. A film set on every turn. 👍🙂
I stayed in Sango Sands in September. Motorbike camping during storms! Stayed 2 nights. Really appreciated the campers kitchen, the Spar and the smashing pub nearby. The people there are really great. I will go back!! Enjoying your videos immensly.
Hi Kevin,Good to be with you again. On the campsite..when mounting the Bike,you said you knocked that little scooter over🤔 I couldn't make out on how you did. And that dude steering at you,coming into the campsite. Has he never seen a man on motorcycle🤔But yes that site was amazing clean,you can make good choices. It's a pleasure being with you Kevin you're Top Bloke,our celebrity. Stay safe my friend 😎
19:55 Ceannabeinne Beach is incredible. Theres a beautiful display of a geological feature called "boudinage" in the cliffs at the west end of the beach which is a Mecca for geology students, (as is the whole area). Boudinage is French for 'sausage' so it'd go well with the black and white pudding.
Hi Kevin, Another great trip, Cracking views i was at Durness in may on a walking holiday and its lovely up there if you get the weather which clearly you are. Dave and Elaine ❤
I was looking for my tent Kevin in this episode but couldn't see it . I think you said you were driving there on May 11th in an earlier episode. Looks like I arrived after you that day and left before you next morning! You picked a good spot though. I was only disappointed that the pub next to the camp ground wasn't serving any food that day. Pity you missed out visiting Smoo sea cave. It's worth the visit. Next time!
@CountryHouseGent I just doubled checked my date. Yep the 11th May this year. It's a small world! Looking forward to your Orkney and Shetland episodes!
Did we all miss the Northern lights? There was a really good show on the 10th, Friday night. We were further south in Arrochar and we missed them after wearing ourselves out on Ben Starav. I believe there was another show on the Saturday, but it was cloudy in Arrochar.
One of my favourite trips was from Durness to the Kyle of Tongue around the head of Loch Erribol. The scenery is stunning. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Durness has several points of interest. There's Smoo Cave and the John Lennon Memorial Garden for starters. Apparently his Aunt Mimi used to take him there for holidays. If you turn left coming into Durness from the south just before MacKay's store, you come to Balnakeil Craft Village, Balnakiel Beach, and the golf course which is 9 holes but has 18 tees. On the 9th/18th you have to drive across an inlet of the North Atlantic, which is always full of balls if you venture down the cliffs! A few miles east of Durness there's a pair of cairns on the side of the road which mark the entrance to an Iron Age souterraine, and up in the hills to the right of the road there's an Iron Age wheelhouse. A bit of a walk and climb, but well worth the effort.
Sometimes you just have to take the L and turn around, happened to me recently trying to leave an NHRA drag race. Okay, now I need to try the black/white pudding dinner, probably impossible in the US. Anyway, "travel frees the mind" is a good mantra.🤓
Great vlog !i Ive watched you from the beginning ..Itmade my heart ache to watch the first few vlogs. You have come a very long way since ! Its a happy place to visit these days!!BRAVO!...😊🤗😊🙏❤
Black/white pudding is like Haggis then - it sounds great I like your philosophy - "travel frees the mind" If ya wanna know what's around the next hill get a map 😉
I really enjoyed your comments regarding the mental effects given and recieved from riding. I find the immersive aspect of the experience to be what I enjoy the most. Riding requires total involvement and awareness of all around you, yet that does not overwhelm. In fact, I find it ends up being even more relaxing. Kind of Zen-like, if you will. Anyway, great video full of beautiful sights that I hope to return to, and .......how about that campsite!
your unbroken string of excellent videos continues -- question: isn't £6 a bit stiff for doing a load of laundry? (just applying local standards) -- find myself wondering about the fishing boat project -- hope you put that plan into action soon -- this is a great series, visually and informationally
Stornoway black pudding really is the top of the class. Like no other I've ever had and on my next trip to Scotland in a few weeks for a christmas break I'll be hunting some down.
Yet another brilliant ride and scenery, brings it all back to my wife and I from our trip back in may, hope you enjoyed the black and white pudding, I have just put in my order for black pudding online for Christmas breakfast, take care and ride safe, when will you and Aslam be back on Kevin ?.
I too am a victim of dry black pudding. Had it as a teenager and never again. I really love blood meat though, A Filipino dish of pig meat cooked in its own blood. Usually with a bit of vinegar and patis. Very juicy!
Black Pudding with Haggis has to be tried mate before leaving Scotland . Bloody lovely ! Thanks for sharing another great episode sir. Did you miss Smoo Caves ?
I don't think I ever did a comparison on brake pads. Buying EBC was always an automatic thing because shops were always guaranteed to have a pack of EBC's for my bike. Like NGK plugs, I didn't bother looking for anything else because the NGKs I was looking for were always, in stock. Everything else was always "we'd have to order those".
That's funny you should say that about supermarket Black Pud I buy four slice pack from Waitrose and as you say very peppery you used to be able to but in a round similar to horse shoe shape but those days have gone it's like Caerphilly cheese none of the supermarkets sell it anymore its the only British cheese I like.🤔
There's a channel on YT by a guy called Alan Gregory with about 30 videos from 3 or so years ago containing hikes up Highland valleys only accessible by foot. Much of Northern Scotland is "invisible" in that way. The big lump you had in front of you for much of this episode was Ben Hope, 927 m, which Alan climbs in one of his episodes.
Durness and surrounding area are gonna take some beating on this road trip, looks so lovely. I’d happily spend a week exploring just around there! I’m adding a trip round the NC 500 to my bucket list (with my Classic Mini Sprite instead of a motorbike). Would be such fun! 🤩Ps. Hope editing and revisiting this amazingly sunny trip is helping to keep that S.A.D. at bay. 🤞
A classic mini and the NC500 will be a perfect match, Helen. You're right about the S.A.D. It's arrived like clockwork and the footage of the trip is helping - though it makes me long to be there again. Ah well, can't have it all. 🙂
My wife has remarked that perhaps we should plan a trip to Scotland. Hmmmm....perhaps I should do some research! Thank you Kevin for another wonderful vid! Fantastically beautiful! Peace!
Black and white pudding ingredients are not familiar or tempting to my American palate. Are these puddings??? something you grew up with, the white I might try, but the blood black one is off limits to my taste.
Brexit - one of the greatest own goals in western political history. Even the fisherman who demanded it now hate it. And those poor lorry drivers! (Not to mention motorcycle tour videographers).
The EU are not exactly full of wise sages either. Germany's energy policy over the years has been disastrous, to mention just one thing out of many. Britain's GDP growth since Brexit has not been terrible in comparison to a lot of other EU countries either, some of which have been struggling themselves. This has been documented by the likes of Andrew Neil. There is also the opportunity to do a trade deal with America coming up. My gripe with a lot of this Brexit complaining is my belief that it's a form of bullying by members of the snooty liberal, middle and upper middle classes in some kind of war of attrition against the people they think aren't as enlightened. It's unabashed snobbery. Like I said to the other guy, I don't usually do politics on channels like this, but I guess Kevin mentioned the unmentionable word, and the chattering class has come out.
@pauld5723 Snooty, who cares? That's just style points and grudges. Brexit was and is just pure stupidity and every one knows it. The ranks of regretful yes voters are legion. Putting any stock in the joker coming to the White House is a huge mistake. He doesn't care about allies at all. I do agree that Pax Europa is in grave danger, yes.
@@pauld5723Hopefully the Labour government can persuade the EU to have a better deal as regards traveling. Certainly as the rules stand at the moment whether you were for or against Brexit it’s unfair.
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Thank you, you have help me more than you could know I find your channel help my PTSD I am and U.S. Army vet. Your channel on your Narrowboat and this help my mental health. Thank you
Thank you for your service from a British veteran.
Your comment stopped me in my track, Craig. Best wishes to you
Another great trip with incredible views! So glad your puddings did not disappoint!
Scotland in blue sky weather is world class. It just keeps on giving.
What a trip you're on! I love each episode and the beauty of Scotland shown. Thank you.
Today the scenery was spectacular.
Thank you, Kevin for another great video. Beautiful scenery!
Another fabulous ride! It was great to see you cook and enjoy your puddings. And it’s wonderful to hear the satisfaction enjoying your voice when you talk about all the scenery and how it makes you feel to be there. I love it!
Awwww you will never no what sharing your trips means ti mean brings bk many memories thanks Kevin keep safe n well the oldies (Ann)
A pleasure Ann, happy to hear it's appreciated.
+1 from me on the EBC pads. I run EBC V-Pad Semi Sintered front and back. Gives me all the stopping power I need and then some and the longevity is unbeatable. Appreciate all that you do to bring us the lovely scenes of Scotland.
Brilllllliant Kevin - your videos help freeing our minds - good medicine Thanks for sharing ⛵️ 👍
Kevin, I remember watching you "transition" into narrowboating life... and yes... it was really clear, in a short while, how you relaxed into your slow (tug... tug... tug... tug...) traveling life through the canals of G.B.! Motorcycling seems to suit you as well. Great travel-loges and good commentary!!
Mmmm black pudding I've never had white pudding never known wot was in it until you put it on your video I will give it a go great video Kevin thank you
Ahhh, time to relax on a Friday with your latest episode. Durness is beautiful, the beach there next to the most excellent campsite is beautiful. Thank you and keep up the good work Kevin. 👍
Well nice views . And good weather as well.
Always such great content that leaves one feeling calm & optimistic.🙂 Yep, I agree it’s a great time to be alive…& that travel frees the mind. It’s self-realization simply by moving forward and experiencing new surroundings. And it doesn’t hurt when those surroundings are stunning, peaceful, and devoid of distractions like traffic jams, crowds, and vast housing estates.👍🏻 Cheers!
Thanks Kevin, the best black pudding is the "World Famous Bury Black Pudding" which is very nice but not as absolutely beautiful as the scenery that you have rode through on the Mighty GS. I agree with you whole heartedly that travelling by motorbike is good for you heart and soul (if you're into motorcycling). The campsite looked really good and very well kitted out. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Another great trip Kevin. The light on the water was beautiful. And that beach! Made me want to venture down to it and feel the sand under my feet. Your luck continues with your campsites. It was certainly very well equipped. I’m glad you enjoyed your black and white puddings. Only ever tried black pudding once, somewhere north of Edinburgh. Only ate about a third of a round, it was too rich for me. I like the look of the white pudding though. Look forward to next week’s episode. Cheers, Kevin.
stunning scenery & nice to have the road all to yourself!
I agree that the scenery is the most beautiful anywhere. Enjoying your trip from here in Nova Scotia. 👍
That was great thank you very much. Really enjoyed it again. I love my Saturday mornings.watching your videos.they are fantastic. Thankyou great campsite as well.take care.
I appreciate your watching and enjoying, Carol. Thank you.
My favourite area of Scotland, for many years, used to be the West Coast Highlands around Fort William, Mallaig. I still rate them very highly but after visiting Sutherland a few years back, I grew to love the Sutherland area even more. I'm glad you enjoyed the area too. It is simply spectacular. A film set on every turn. 👍🙂
Beautiful scenery!
Quite obviously the stunning scenery dial was turned up to exceptional. I watched this episode twice. Wow. Thank you.
It's brilliant as always.
Nice one Kevin. Friday night sorted!❤️
I stayed in Sango Sands in September. Motorbike camping during storms! Stayed 2 nights. Really appreciated the campers kitchen, the Spar and the smashing pub nearby. The people there are really great. I will go back!! Enjoying your videos immensly.
Excellent video. As always
Hi Kevin,Good to be with you again. On the campsite..when mounting the Bike,you said you knocked that little scooter over🤔 I couldn't make out on how you did. And that dude steering at you,coming into the campsite. Has he never seen a man on motorcycle🤔But yes that site was amazing clean,you can make good choices. It's a pleasure being with you Kevin you're Top Bloke,our celebrity. Stay safe my friend 😎
19:55 Ceannabeinne Beach is incredible. Theres a beautiful display of a geological feature called "boudinage" in the cliffs at the west end of the beach which is a Mecca for geology students, (as is the whole area). Boudinage is French for 'sausage' so it'd go well with the black and white pudding.
Hi Kevin, Another great trip, Cracking views i was at Durness in may on a walking holiday and its lovely up there if you get the weather which clearly you are.
Dave and Elaine ❤
I was looking for my tent Kevin in this episode but couldn't see it . I think you said you were driving there on May 11th in an earlier episode. Looks like I arrived after you that day and left before you next morning! You picked a good spot though. I was only disappointed that the pub next to the camp ground wasn't serving any food that day. Pity you missed out visiting Smoo sea cave. It's worth the visit. Next time!
I've double checked and definitely the 11th May
@CountryHouseGent I just doubled checked my date. Yep the 11th May this year. It's a small world! Looking forward to your Orkney and Shetland episodes!
Did we all miss the Northern lights? There was a really good show on the 10th, Friday night. We were further south in Arrochar and we missed them after wearing ourselves out on Ben Starav. I believe there was another show on the Saturday, but it was cloudy in Arrochar.
@25:05 so was that a dam(n) or a weir? you didn't say or show. lovely scenery. thanks.
Nothing so exciting Iain. Just the road at the end of the loch
Thank you for taking us on your road trip
One of my favourite trips was from Durness to the Kyle of Tongue around the head of Loch Erribol. The scenery is stunning. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Durness has several points of interest. There's Smoo Cave and the John Lennon Memorial Garden for starters. Apparently his Aunt Mimi used to take him there for holidays. If you turn left coming into Durness from the south just before MacKay's store, you come to Balnakeil Craft Village, Balnakiel Beach, and the golf course which is 9 holes but has 18 tees. On the 9th/18th you have to drive across an inlet of the North Atlantic, which is always full of balls if you venture down the cliffs! A few miles east of Durness there's a pair of cairns on the side of the road which mark the entrance to an Iron Age souterraine, and up in the hills to the right of the road there's an Iron Age wheelhouse. A bit of a walk and climb, but well worth the effort.
Sometimes you just have to take the L and turn around, happened to me recently trying to leave an NHRA drag race.
Okay, now I need to try the black/white pudding dinner, probably impossible in the US.
Anyway, "travel frees the mind" is a good mantra.🤓
Great vlog !i Ive watched you from the beginning ..Itmade my heart ache to watch the first few vlogs. You have come a very long way since ! Its a happy place to visit these days!!BRAVO!...😊🤗😊🙏❤
Black/white pudding is like Haggis then - it sounds great
I like your philosophy - "travel frees the mind"
If ya wanna know what's around the next hill get a map 😉
Indeed very similar to haggis. Just a variation in ingredients.
I really enjoyed your comments regarding the mental effects given and recieved from riding. I find the immersive aspect of the experience to be what I enjoy the most. Riding requires total involvement and awareness of all around you, yet that does not overwhelm. In fact, I find it ends up being even more relaxing. Kind of Zen-like, if you will. Anyway, great video full of beautiful sights that I hope to return to, and .......how about that campsite!
Thanks Kevin
great vid
your unbroken string of excellent videos continues -- question: isn't £6 a bit stiff for doing a load of laundry? (just applying local standards) -- find myself wondering about the fishing boat project -- hope you put that plan into action soon -- this is a great series, visually and informationally
Thank you Larry. 6 quid is about par for the course nowadays.
Stornoway black pudding really is the top of the class. Like no other I've ever had and on my next trip to Scotland in a few weeks for a christmas break I'll be hunting some down.
Get me some while you're there Dave. 😁 Pity WJ McDonalds don't do online delivery, or maybe they do?
Kevin that ride really relaxed me, it was hectic this morning but you’re just what the doctor ordered! Thank you, Charlie from Pennsylvania 😊
Don’t forget the fishing boat
Alright kev loving these bike videos hoq many more is there before back to Aslan
Yet another brilliant ride and scenery, brings it all back to my wife and I from our trip back in may, hope you enjoyed the black and white pudding, I have just put in my order for black pudding online for Christmas breakfast, take care and ride safe, when will you and Aslam be back on Kevin ?.
That black pudding was superb. 🙂
I too am a victim of dry black pudding. Had it as a teenager and never again. I really love blood meat though, A Filipino dish of pig meat cooked in its own blood. Usually with a bit of vinegar and patis. Very juicy!
Black Pudding with Haggis has to be tried mate before leaving Scotland . Bloody lovely !
Thanks for sharing another great episode sir. Did you miss Smoo Caves ?
Yes, sadly I didn't hear about it till too late .
To get the full flavour of Black Pudding, use Beef dripping :)
Now that sounds delicious 🙂
I don't think I ever did a comparison on brake pads. Buying EBC was always an automatic thing because shops were always guaranteed to have a pack of EBC's for my bike. Like NGK plugs, I didn't bother looking for anything else because the NGKs I was looking for were always, in stock. Everything else was always "we'd have to order those".
That's funny you should say that about supermarket Black Pud I buy four slice pack from Waitrose and as you say very peppery you used to be able to but in a round similar to horse shoe shape but those days have gone it's like Caerphilly cheese none of the supermarkets sell it anymore its the only British cheese I like.🤔
There's a channel on YT by a guy called Alan Gregory with about 30 videos from 3 or so years ago containing hikes up Highland valleys only accessible by foot. Much of Northern Scotland is "invisible" in that way. The big lump you had in front of you for much of this episode was Ben Hope, 927 m, which Alan climbs in one of his episodes.
Durness and surrounding area are gonna take some beating on this road trip, looks so lovely. I’d happily spend a week exploring just around there! I’m adding a trip round the NC 500 to my bucket list (with my Classic Mini Sprite instead of a motorbike). Would be such fun! 🤩Ps. Hope editing and revisiting this amazingly sunny trip is helping to keep that S.A.D. at bay. 🤞
A classic mini and the NC500 will be a perfect match, Helen. You're right about the S.A.D. It's arrived like clockwork and the footage of the trip is helping - though it makes me long to be there again. Ah well, can't have it all. 🙂
@@CountryHouseGent Poor you, must be rubbish. Sending 🤗🤗🤗
In my little mind, when I got the wrong way, it is the scenic route. 😊
does black and white pudding need to be refrigerated? If so, how do you do it on the BMW? Cheers
It can survive for a couple of days if kept in a cool dark place. The side pannier is ideal for this
My wife has remarked that perhaps we should plan a trip to Scotland. Hmmmm....perhaps I should do some research! Thank you Kevin for another wonderful vid! Fantastically beautiful! Peace!
You won't be disappointed.
Hi Kevin. Do you have a camera facing behind you? I was wondering if you might miss somethings that are behind you, or perhaps different viewpoints.
I have the one on the handlebars looking back but for the next trip, I think it'll be better on the back off the bike.
Watching this as Billy tries to poison our dairy supply!!
Indeed James. Luckily I never bought Arla products.
I noticed that on you travel there not many trees just baren land
Xx
Black and white pudding ingredients are not familiar or tempting to my American palate. Are these puddings??? something you grew up with, the white I might try, but the blood black one is off limits to my taste.
They both have their own unique flavours. The black pudding is like a strong sausage.
Another wonderfully illustrated motorcycle ride thank you Kevin…..magical setting
Many thanks Joan.
These vids always free my mind from the woke rubbish they constantly bombard you with
I know exactly what you mean. Cheers 🙂
Brexit - one of the greatest own goals in western political history. Even the fisherman who demanded it now hate it. And those poor lorry drivers! (Not to mention motorcycle tour videographers).
The EU are not exactly full of wise sages either. Germany's energy policy over the years has been disastrous, to mention just one thing out of many. Britain's GDP growth since Brexit has not been terrible in comparison to a lot of other EU countries either, some of which have been struggling themselves. This has been documented by the likes of Andrew Neil. There is also the opportunity to do a trade deal with America coming up. My gripe with a lot of this Brexit complaining is my belief that it's a form of bullying by members of the snooty liberal, middle and upper middle classes in some kind of war of attrition against the people they think aren't as enlightened. It's unabashed snobbery. Like I said to the other guy, I don't usually do politics on channels like this, but I guess Kevin mentioned the unmentionable word, and the chattering class has come out.
@pauld5723 Snooty, who cares? That's just style points and grudges. Brexit was and is just pure stupidity and every one knows it. The ranks of regretful yes voters are legion. Putting any stock in the joker coming to the White House is a huge mistake. He doesn't care about allies at all. I do agree that Pax Europa is in grave danger, yes.
@@pauld5723Hopefully the Labour government can persuade the EU to have a better deal as regards traveling. Certainly as the rules stand at the moment whether you were for or against Brexit it’s unfair.