Holidaying In Scotland's Wildest Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 What do you think of when you imagine the United Kingdom? Big cities? Football? Buckingham Palace? Well what if I told you there is another part of the UK which is culturally a million miles from those cliches. A place so wild that even most Brits have never heard of it. A place that doesn't even use the same calendar as the rest of the country and celebrates Christmas in January. Believe me? Well, watch and learn about it all for yourself as I take you to the edge of the nation.
    Up the Gers!
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    Check out ‪@BackpackerBen‬ for his videos from the trip

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  • @RL-ck8zk
    @RL-ck8zk 3 месяца назад +3370

    Bald participated in a customary Scottish holiday. He started in Glasgow but got absolutely wasted and found himself in Aberdeen. 😂

    • @mrpopenfresh
      @mrpopenfresh 3 месяца назад +27

      I had to look up how far that is,

    • @RenaissanceMan29
      @RenaissanceMan29 3 месяца назад +9

      @@mrpopenfresh HAHAHAHA nice one bro

    • @flimsedom
      @flimsedom 3 месяца назад +94

      The only colours in Aberdeen are the bloody traffic lights! 🚦

    • @evelynroman5240
      @evelynroman5240 3 месяца назад +4

      Lol

    • @Ef554rgcc
      @Ef554rgcc 3 месяца назад +6

      As you do.

  • @auwz66
    @auwz66 3 месяца назад +875

    For anyone interested the plane did indeed crash land in Shetland in 1981. It crashed due to landing gear failure. The aircraft suffered damage on landing and as a result it wasn't economically viable to repair it. No one was seriously injured.

    • @niek5526
      @niek5526 3 месяца назад +81

      Because of bad weather the aircraft diverted to Sumburgh. On approach the pilot tried to lower the landing gear but all three gear legs remained up. The aircraft overshot and circled while the pilot used the emergency manual system, but only the right-hand leg extended and locked. Further attempts to lower all gear legs were without success and the pilot made a gear-up landing. The main
      cabin door could not be opened but the occupants evacuated the aircraft via the overwing emergency exit.
      Damage was minimal and once lifted onto its undercarriage, the aircraft was moved to a stand. It remained there for some months until a French team arrived to remove the four Astazou engines and other useful parts. What was left was abandoned in a quiet part of the airport.
      It remained there for 26 years until the runway was extended, but instead of being scrapped it was saved and now resides in a private garden in North Roe in the north of Shetland.

    • @Kokkie8989
      @Kokkie8989 3 месяца назад +7

      Ooo that's shet

    • @peterallen4331
      @peterallen4331 3 месяца назад +11

      I bet it was a BOEING 😅

    • @mercsport
      @mercsport 3 месяца назад +32

      Interestingly, to any aeroplane geeks out there, it was a Potez 840, a 1960s French four turboprop engined 18-passenger executive monoplane, the last aircraft to use the Potez name. Ultra rare. Only eight were ever built.

    • @delta049
      @delta049 3 месяца назад +8

      Very rare plane aswell! It was a French manufacturer, not a lot of those were made.
      Thanks for the info!

  • @delta049
    @delta049 3 месяца назад +1054

    Benjamin survived Russian prison, Mauritania, the Darien gap and a lot of other dangerous places. But he ends up messing up his ankle in Glasgow, and being spat at by a seagull on Foula.

    • @jotabarberaIV
      @jotabarberaIV 3 месяца назад +9

      Imagine if that had happened in the South American jungle?

    • @funny_money_ad_infinitum
      @funny_money_ad_infinitum 3 месяца назад +5

      was it not a Fulmar which only threatens to spit on him?

    • @mpepp9
      @mpepp9 3 месяца назад +23

      @examplenameyoutube Are you from America? Calling people boys or lads is totally normal in the UK and they wouldn’t have been even remotely offended.

    • @theoztreecrasher2647
      @theoztreecrasher2647 3 месяца назад +4

      @@mpepp9 What part of Papua New Guinea are you from? I presume that your fine example of Pidgin there translates as .....
      "Are you from America? Calling people boys or lads is totally normal in the UK and they would not have been even remotely offended." 🤔😉😊

    • @mpepp9
      @mpepp9 3 месяца назад +3

      @@theoztreecrasher2647 …what?

  • @iGame3D
    @iGame3D 3 месяца назад +240

    BackpackerBen is 110% MI6 keeping tabs on Benjamin and his Soviet encounters.

    • @tinakalnajs1546
      @tinakalnajs1546 Месяц назад +1

      @@iGame3D wait for real no way

    • @BoCaine
      @BoCaine Месяц назад +8

      They sent their worst analyst who always wants time off to go with him

    • @SDguy3030
      @SDguy3030 4 дня назад

      Fr, always in most videos, or bald is, one or the other, classic mo, but even better cover with you tube.

  • @janimize-3066
    @janimize-3066 3 месяца назад +3022

    Bald could take a trip to mars and still find something Soviet 😂

    • @hawa7264
      @hawa7264 3 месяца назад +43

      little green men propably...

    • @pamelab7235
      @pamelab7235 3 месяца назад +66

      Mosaics!

    • @genzo53
      @genzo53 3 месяца назад +81

      There are actually Soviet things on Mars. Probably a bit hard to find. Search Mars 3.

    • @atktreactz5079
      @atktreactz5079 3 месяца назад +4

      true that

    • @mariuxxxx1
      @mariuxxxx1 3 месяца назад +13

      Soviet space station xD

  • @mrpaul5726
    @mrpaul5726 3 месяца назад +171

    F-BMCY, Year of manufacture: 1962, Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
    Because of bad weather the aircraft diverted to Sumburgh. On approach the pilot tried to lower the landing gear but all three gear legs remained up. The aircraft overshot and circled while the pilot used the emergency manual system, but only the right-hand leg extended and locked. Further attempts to lower all gear legs were without success and the pilot made a gear-up landing. The main cabin door could not be opened but the occupants evacuated the aircraft via the overwing emergency exit.
    Damage was minimal and once lifted onto its undercarriage, the aircraft was moved to a stand. It remained there for some months until a French team arrived to remove the four Astazou engines and other useful parts. What was left was abandoned in a quiet part of the airport.
    It remained there for 26 years until the runway was extended, but instead of being scrapped it was saved and now resides in a private garden in North Roe in the north of Shetland.

    • @BrunoBerryhoneybuns1370
      @BrunoBerryhoneybuns1370 3 месяца назад +11

      cool thanks for that history mate

    • @lostronin380
      @lostronin380 2 месяца назад +8

      Thanks for posting.

    • @mrgodBG
      @mrgodBG 2 месяца назад +5

      that was nice side story 👌

    • @rickybobby2789
      @rickybobby2789 2 месяца назад +1

      That answers that question, thanks 👍

  • @LaffDash
    @LaffDash 3 месяца назад +347

    The aircraft with the registration number F-BMCY is a Potez 840, which experienced a significant incident on March 29, 1981. Operated by the Club Aéronautique de Paris, the aircraft was forced to divert to Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands due to poor weather. During the approach, the crew encountered a technical problem with the undercarriage, leading to a belly landing. Despite the challenging situation, all seven occupants survived uninjured, but the aircraft was deemed damaged beyond repair.

    • @jesus_built_my_hotrod
      @jesus_built_my_hotrod 3 месяца назад +4

      Thank you!

    • @TheOmegakix
      @TheOmegakix 3 месяца назад

      Thanks!

    • @Opa_Andre
      @Opa_Andre 3 месяца назад +2

      Did the same research before reading the comments... Seems it's a bad callsign / registration number. While I found the information you stated, I also found another current one with a tragic incident. A tragic incident occurred at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on May 29, 2024. A person fell into a running jet engine of a KLM airlines Embraer jet plane with callsign F-BMCY, which was about to take off on a flight to Denmark. The individual tragically lost their life in this horrifying event.

    • @tensaibr
      @tensaibr 3 месяца назад

      @@Opa_Andre in 10000 years, no one will be able to do anything becauase every possible number combination will have had one or more incidents since the beginning of mankind.

    • @EW-000
      @EW-000 3 месяца назад +4

      Very rare aircraft - only 8 were built. Actually 2 of this modification.

  • @deandjakovic54
    @deandjakovic54 3 месяца назад +72

    I love that the lady in Foula was taking care of her ponys and when you wanted to leave the island she was at the airport and had to show Backpacker Ben how to fasten his seat belt 😂

    • @drumstick74
      @drumstick74 3 месяца назад +4

      40:28 "This is a letterbox..."
      Ben: "Ohhhh" 😄
      Ben sure was struggling with that task.

  • @MakaveliTD
    @MakaveliTD 3 месяца назад +522

    Bald.. you speaking Dutch and saying you grew up in Holland is one of the things I never expected from you hahaha, legend!

    • @Chiellus11
      @Chiellus11 3 месяца назад +12

      How long did he live there ? Apparently it's in Dordrecht although he pronounced it like Hoendrecht :D

    • @thijstiebosch
      @thijstiebosch 3 месяца назад +24

      I am from Dordrecht… didn’t expect this!😅

    • @AliG4life
      @AliG4life 3 месяца назад +15

      Ja heb hem daar niet eerder over gehoord

    • @donkervoort_39
      @donkervoort_39 3 месяца назад +17

      Godverdomme

    • @nadine195
      @nadine195 3 месяца назад +3

      Ja leuk! 😅❤

  • @toastman6847
    @toastman6847 3 месяца назад +658

    10:00 'Imagine sacrificing your life and your future for this nation only for your nation to turn into this' Powerful words and very depressing. We need change

    • @Bendwow
      @Bendwow 3 месяца назад +73

      Make UK Great Again 🤩

    • @scottyc7220
      @scottyc7220 3 месяца назад +47

      My grandfather lost two brothers in WW1, such a terrible waste.

    • @SUPSIRO
      @SUPSIRO 3 месяца назад +54

      Not just in the UK also in Germany and all Western Countries

    • @andyzorrX
      @andyzorrX 3 месяца назад +63

      Not a very good example. Britain has one of the highest standards of living in the world!
      I live in poor and harsh Russia and I laugh at how people in UK think that they live badly. Are you out of your mind or what?

    • @toastman6847
      @toastman6847 3 месяца назад +69

      @@andyzorrX its about the standard we hold ourselves up to. Our country is falling apart slowly u can see it clearly. Not my problem russia has poor living standards, like comparing apples and oranges. No point

  • @Anuskasv0
    @Anuskasv0 3 месяца назад +481

    It's summer time in Scotland... and Bald is wearing three layers.

    • @wraithstrongopark
      @wraithstrongopark 3 месяца назад +11

      if you waited instead of trying to be an early comment, you'd see where he's going is chilly. the high there today won't even be 60F some of us play chess, some of us play chutes and ladders.

    • @ksm1985
      @ksm1985 3 месяца назад +128

      Summer is our favourite day of the year

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 3 месяца назад +59

      Scotland doesn't have a summer

    • @alec4025
      @alec4025 3 месяца назад +3

      @@wraithstrongopark what's your point?

    • @juuso4148
      @juuso4148 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@alec4025didnt you understand? damn 😎

  • @uk-hon5769
    @uk-hon5769 3 месяца назад +107

    The reason the closed hotel has the 'open to non-residents' sign is that until the late 1970s you could only get a drink on Sundays in hotels and then only if you were a 'bona fide traveller'!

    • @Brit_Toolmaker
      @Brit_Toolmaker 3 месяца назад +10

      And have a drink after 22:30 at night, hotels had different licensing rules back in the day🍺

    • @paulvale2985
      @paulvale2985 3 месяца назад +15

      My cousin from Dunfermline visited us here in England when he had recently turned 18 (UK drinking age). When I came in to the living room around noon he was sat reading the newspaper."Tam" I asked "are ye no fir the Pub today?". "Ha Ha" he retorted snidely "it's Sunday". "And?" I questioned. "Pubs are shut on Sunday" was the stern reply. "Not in England they're not" was my informed response. The draft from his hastened exit of the room turned a page on the abandoned newspaper! Wherever you're suppin' Tam thanks for the memory.

  • @cazdavison936
    @cazdavison936 3 месяца назад +186

    Honestly that bird spitting I can’t stop laughing 😆

    • @talontales
      @talontales 3 месяца назад +9

      It spat at him I spat my tea

    • @maelcrusty8243
      @maelcrusty8243 3 месяца назад +2

      are you still laughing?

    • @Xardueth
      @Xardueth 3 месяца назад +1

      @@maelcrusty8243 To this day, he continues to laugh.

    • @forestsunset9617
      @forestsunset9617 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Xardueth 8 days of laughing and counting

    • @Robutube1
      @Robutube1 3 месяца назад

      Fulmar. See also how St Kilda islanders obtained oil for cooking.

  • @kenjewell5619
    @kenjewell5619 3 месяца назад +142

    The aircraft is a Potez 840, a French designed 4 engine 18 passenger plane. Produced between 1961 - 1967 there was only 8 ever built. It was diverted to Sumburgh because of bad weather but the landing gear failed to deploy and on the 29th March 1981 at 2pm, it landed but overshot the runway, suffered minor damage but was written off, it then remained at the airport for 26 years until it was moved to the private garden. It had 7 souls on board but all escaped alive.

    • @Dude0000
      @Dude0000 3 месяца назад +17

      No wonder it’s in someone’s back yard if the French designed it.

    • @invisi6l339
      @invisi6l339 3 месяца назад +1

      Why was it moved to someone's private garden?..... I'm lazy to google I know...

    • @МансурВалиуллин-т7ь
      @МансурВалиуллин-т7ь 3 месяца назад +1

      Иллюминаторы как у Каравеллы

    • @kenjewell5619
      @kenjewell5619 3 месяца назад +11

      @@invisi6l339 The current owner just wanted it. They probably had an idea to convert it into accomodation which never took off. Pardon the pun

    • @ComedyKraze1
      @ComedyKraze1 3 месяца назад +2

      Just the plane guy im looking for thanks bud

  • @boalollal242
    @boalollal242 3 месяца назад +81

    "They're all blood wokies"
    I did not expect that..

    • @xsuperbmentality
      @xsuperbmentality 3 месяца назад +34

      Best part of the whole video

    • @laujovo5368
      @laujovo5368 3 месяца назад +36

      Yeah to be honest I wasn't expecting Bald saying anything close to that :/

    • @beatnik6806
      @beatnik6806 2 месяца назад +35

      And Bald agreeing with them made me respect him even more 👍

    • @anthonycarlisle6184
      @anthonycarlisle6184 2 месяца назад +3

      bloody wokies

    • @icanwatchthevideos
      @icanwatchthevideos 2 месяца назад +2

      @@beatnik6806you’d probably hate how he feels about migrants coming from Latin America

  • @starstencahl8985
    @starstencahl8985 3 месяца назад +126

    27:34 That's a french 1960s business jet that diverted to Sumburgh, in the south of the Shetland Islands due to bad weather. On approach, none of the three landing gears were able to be lowered, so they had to land without the landing gear extended. There were no casualties and only minor damage, but the jet was left at the airport and later stripped of all useful parts by the owners and then shipped to this private property in North Roe, in the north of the Shetland Islands for some reason

    • @kattn01
      @kattn01 3 месяца назад

      Strange looking jet ;)

    • @starstencahl8985
      @starstencahl8985 3 месяца назад

      @@kattn01 Turboprop plane to be precise, yeah

  • @chompachangas
    @chompachangas 3 месяца назад +210

    American here. Scotland is wonderful. The summer we went was unbeatable. The people we met in Edinburgh and Glasgow were all fantastic. *And I never want to hear another peep about rubbish British food* . Every meal we ate was wonderful: the seafood, the salmon, the lamb, yes even the 3 helpings of haggis with taters and neeps I ate one night. Alba gu brath!

    • @pooooornopigeon
      @pooooornopigeon 3 месяца назад +31

      Good to hear, you are welcome back anytime.

    • @aleco678
      @aleco678 3 месяца назад +9

      Well thats scottish not british 😂 british food seems bad

    • @adywolf8254
      @adywolf8254 3 месяца назад +25

      Most Americans that criticize British food don’t have passports. Travel broadens the mind. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

    • @chompachangas
      @chompachangas 3 месяца назад +15

      ​@@doc7569 How contrarian AND combative of you to say. Very nice. What an absolute delight you are.

    • @adywolf8254
      @adywolf8254 3 месяца назад +1

      @@aleco678 Same food, slightly different names. There is absolutely no difference in food

  • @IixAGxiI
    @IixAGxiI 3 месяца назад +20

    I live in Port Glasgow!!
    Clune Park street went dowmhill in the 90s/2000s- it was filled with drug dealers and addicts,the houses were even sold on auctions for as little as £2000. Landlords scooped them up,filled them with anyone on dole as they get their rents paid by the government (guaranteed cheque every month for the landlord) and then they let the houses rot , didn't repair them, didn't do them up inside etc.
    There was murders , someone was killed and body hid in the floorboards too.
    Its said that those landlords are basically hanging on to them so theyll get bought out for the land as they're too dangerous to live in ,too old and rotted to fix up and make liveable again.
    You should have went to Ferguson's shipyard,you were right next to it at the statues or Newark Castle was right there too, for history of the town.
    Also ,its a pity you didnt get any interviews in the auctioneer after the game, the despair would have been amazing to see 😂😂
    Enjoyed the video!
    🍀🇮🇪

  • @zthe11th
    @zthe11th 3 месяца назад +144

    I nearly spit out my coffee when you popped up wearing full Viking regalia. 😂😂😂

    • @Kymmee2100
      @Kymmee2100 3 месяца назад +3

      It's at about 21:40. ❤

    • @aartmaren
      @aartmaren 3 месяца назад +2

      yes i lost my coffee too

    • @Jack72961
      @Jack72961 3 месяца назад +4

      I lost my coffee when the bird spat at him 😂

    • @charliejackman2953
      @charliejackman2953 3 месяца назад +1

      That was hilarious

    • @invisi6l339
      @invisi6l339 3 месяца назад

      I almost spilled my beer,...

  • @artparty222murphy9
    @artparty222murphy9 Месяц назад +3

    Very sad . Many areas of the US look like this. Upstate Ny looks like this , towns in PA, west Virginia, the midwest , Southern states . Factories moved out . Our country has been sold out by politicians who lack foresight and who pander to billionaires.

    • @jrivers0005
      @jrivers0005 Месяц назад

      I live in the Appalachian Highlands and yes, there is similar ruination here. Strangely enough, early settlers to this area were largely Scottish. My heritage is Scottish.

  • @dcxn
    @dcxn 3 месяца назад +205

    'We don't build ships here' said while a ship is literally being built behind him.

    • @larsstougaard7097
      @larsstougaard7097 3 месяца назад +26

      Yeah was a bald statement for sure

    • @richardshaw1968
      @richardshaw1968 3 месяца назад +42

      @@larsstougaard7097 much as I enjoy his films he owes come up with some crap

    • @whywhymusic
      @whywhymusic 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@larsstougaard7097 I see what you did there

    • @larsstougaard7097
      @larsstougaard7097 3 месяца назад

      @@whywhymusic 😅

    • @MattM-ce3qe
      @MattM-ce3qe 3 месяца назад +45

      “Here in Lerwick they don’t have big name shops like down south” said in front of Boots the Chemist (one of biggest brands in UK)

  • @dannycastillo2099
    @dannycastillo2099 3 месяца назад +95

    Mr. Bald and Backpacker Ben deliver again with real content and authentic people. Thank you for the journey and the laughs! Can't wait for the next journey. Cheers from Florida!

    • @j_r_-
      @j_r_- 3 месяца назад +2

      He can put that into his Revolot account

  • @jwboardphotography
    @jwboardphotography 3 месяца назад +83

    Godverdomme! I have been watching you Chanel for a longgggg time already and now I find out you grew up in my home town of Dordrecht?! I checked the street and it’s a side street from the Frans lebretlaan. That’s where both my parents are born and grew up. Damn men. We might have played on the streets there as kids when I went to visit my grand parents.
    Like realy wtf mennnnnn!

    • @theorenhobart
      @theorenhobart 3 месяца назад

      should say potverdikky, it's more polite.

  •  3 месяца назад +63

    At first I was thinking, why would Bald be embarrassed by old ladies watching him vlog only to burst out laughing when he turned up as a viking soldier at 21:50. Amazing dedication to the bit.

  • @MagneticPool24
    @MagneticPool24 2 месяца назад +1

    those exiled to Australia definitely had the last laugh

  • @akaHORUS2000
    @akaHORUS2000 3 месяца назад +116

    Benjamin bullying Benjamin is one of the best things lmao

    • @robertJ14
      @robertJ14 3 месяца назад +7

      If I was Backpacker Ben I wouldn't believe a word Bald says by now.
      Especially when he translates other languages for him.
      Don't know why Ben still falls for it.

  • @maxiimillion33
    @maxiimillion33 3 месяца назад +3

    I lived on the mainland for 10 years, and now, thanks to you, I must visit Scotland and all the historic islands I never knew about. Absolutely marvelous to watch the Viking treasures. 😊

  • @justadriver
    @justadriver 3 месяца назад +30

    33:26
    B&B "You okay?"
    Bird "spits"
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @thewanderer8643
    @thewanderer8643 3 месяца назад +30

    2 most funny things ever. Backpacker Ben doing his "morning intro" before the trip and when on the remote island that guy "Are you filming me?" (ya). " You should ask first" then Mr Bald asks him lol

  • @LordWellington15
    @LordWellington15 3 месяца назад +48

    21:39 funniest transition “imagine if you will…” hahaha

  • @Playerone1287
    @Playerone1287 2 месяца назад +1

    That island with green swaths if empty grassland with shiny sun in the sky, just few dilapidated houses was the most peaceful i have ever seen
    I would like to feel that even for 15minutes

  • @Corkoth55
    @Corkoth55 3 месяца назад +14

    found this online about the aeroplane at 27:46
    "Because of bad weather the aircraft diverted to Sumburgh. On approach the pilot tried to lower the landing gear but all three gear legs remained up. The aircraft overshot and circled while the pilot used the emergency manual system, but only the right-hand leg extended and locked. Further attempts to lower all gear legs were without success and the pilot made a gear-up landing. The main
    cabin door could not be opened but the occupants evacuated the aircraft via the overwing emergency exit.
    Damage was minimal and once lifted onto its undercarriage, the aircraft was moved to a stand. It remained there for some months until a French team arrived to remove the four Astazou engines and other useful parts. What was left was abandoned in a quiet part of the airport.
    It remained there for 26 years until the runway was extended, but instead of being scrapped it was saved and now resides in a private garden in North Roe in the north of Shetland."

  • @boilingwateronthestove
    @boilingwateronthestove 3 месяца назад +67

    What I don't understand is we complain over and over again about a housing problem, yet thousands of buildings stand empty. Why didn't they use those buildings for new housing before they all rotted away?

    • @hoixthegreat8359
      @hoixthegreat8359 3 месяца назад +48

      the main housing problem is that there aren't houses in areas people want to live. to be blunt, there is a reason why those houses were abandoned-there are few jobs, the shipbuilding and port industries that caused this town to grow are a shell of what they once were. people want houses in oxford, cambridge, london and the like, not here.

    • @bishopdredd5349
      @bishopdredd5349 3 месяца назад +10

      They do, thst plot is being redeveloped. Have a look at the Glasgow subreddit for flats a s houses with damp problems and bad insulation. That's why some are torn down for redevelopment.

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 3 месяца назад

      @@hoixthegreat8359 All you say is true, but a better government could still use those areas, by making special advantages for industries that don't have location requirements to settle there, or by moving government business to more remote locations, increasing the workforce.
      This has worked in my country, when the textile industries died because everything was being made in bangladesh and vietnam, new IT and electronic industries got there instead, with tax cuts or other benefits to make it worthwhile for those companies to make that move.

    • @zSion
      @zSion 3 месяца назад +40

      the housing problem is because of mass immigration, not lack of houses

    • @Skeez-git
      @Skeez-git 3 месяца назад +8

      ​@@hoixthegreat8359 Are you saying those buildings couldn't/shouldn't be used to house the poor destitute souls arriving here from the war torn continent of mainland Europe?

  • @saiyandeathwarrior
    @saiyandeathwarrior 3 месяца назад +57

    Woooohooo! Mr. Balds video finally.
    I keep watching your videos almost every day. Cannot get enough of it
    Makes me go through my depressive days. Thank you legend .
    Lots of Love from Bharath- Hindustan - India

  • @Coyne9
    @Coyne9 3 месяца назад +38

    Not even 5mins in and he describes it as very Soviet! I could honestly cry with joy 🥲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @SpicyRikers
      @SpicyRikers 3 месяца назад +2

      Ive thought that myself walking around glasgow, parts of it feel really soviet xD

    • @WilliamWallace42
      @WilliamWallace42 3 месяца назад

      Not a good thing, when the 6th richest country in the world is getting compared to a communist regime that tells you all you need to know about how the Union is treating us.

    • @mimi7914
      @mimi7914 3 месяца назад +1

      yes, and you can see the joy on his face as he says it😃

  • @Matzeputz
    @Matzeputz 3 месяца назад +87

    Bald goes to Scottland and the first person he talks to is drunk. What a country ❤

    • @european-one
      @european-one 3 месяца назад +12

      That was the official 'visit Scotland' rep.

    • @JesusFriedChrist
      @JesusFriedChrist 3 месяца назад +4

      On Buckies, nonetheless!
      True jocks right there

    • @alzyerpal-TV
      @alzyerpal-TV 3 месяца назад +5

      He wasn't drunk, Buckfast is a pre-hammered aperitif. 😅

    • @barryhamilton7845
      @barryhamilton7845 3 месяца назад +2

      Scotland*

  • @akantorehd5752
    @akantorehd5752 3 месяца назад +121

    33:27 the bird said like "f*ck off" hahahahaha

  • @leothehobo7833
    @leothehobo7833 3 месяца назад +2

    Because of bad weather the aircraft diverted to Sumburgh. On approach the pilot tried to lower the landing gear but all three gear legs remained up. The aircraft overshot and circled while the pilot used the emergency manual system, but only the right-hand leg extended and locked. Further attempts to lower all gear legs were without success and the pilot made a gear-up landing. The main
    cabin door could not be opened but the occupants evacuated the aircraft via the overwing emergency exit.
    Damage was minimal and once lifted onto its undercarriage, the aircraft was moved to a stand. It remained there for some months until a French team arrived to remove the four Astazou engines and other useful parts. What was left was abandoned in a quiet part of the airport.
    It remained there for 26 years until the runway was extended, but instead of being scrapped it was saved and now resides in a private garden in North Roe in the north of Shetland.

  • @ethanross3983
    @ethanross3983 3 месяца назад +56

    Thanks for all your videos Bald! You have expanded my world view more than anything else has.

    • @mikiex
      @mikiex 3 месяца назад +1

      @@ollielynch4733 Enlighten us all

    • @dkane2040
      @dkane2040 3 месяца назад

      probably should read some books and meet people/travel yourself if you say that

  • @Copyrend
    @Copyrend 2 месяца назад +1

    Bald speaking Dutch caught me off guard

  • @modBe
    @modBe 3 месяца назад +91

    Seeing Bald's companions meander with their silly camera sticks is like watching how sausage is made.

    • @thomasdavison37
      @thomasdavison37 3 месяца назад +14

      Yeah something about it really throws the videos off

    • @Fondofmelobster
      @Fondofmelobster 3 месяца назад +21

      @@thomasdavison37maybe its just backpacker ben himself

    • @Mookie_Wilson
      @Mookie_Wilson 3 месяца назад +22

      ​@@Fondofmelobster backpacker ben is the absolute worst......

    • @thepm3972
      @thepm3972 3 месяца назад +1

      How is sausage made. Hot dog...bet it's banging...

    • @hracekk
      @hracekk 3 месяца назад +3

      it's not that deep, just watch the flippin video

  • @ItssKhaosss
    @ItssKhaosss 3 месяца назад +23

    OMG Leo, I can't believe hes still kicking he was there in Lerwick when I visited like 12 years ago and hes hardly changed what a legend ❤

    • @Facecrushman
      @Facecrushman 3 месяца назад +2

      Absolute gem of a person.

  • @Klanezy
    @Klanezy 3 месяца назад +84

    34:50
    "Are you recording me?"
    "Yes"
    "You should ask me first"
    "Ok may i record you?"
    "Weeelll"
    When you have a problem but dont really know why...

    • @Blake4014
      @Blake4014 3 месяца назад +13

      I'd have pretended to turn off and carried on recording, he's in a public place, its allowed.

    • @jimmystrudel
      @jimmystrudel 3 месяца назад +14

      Would love to see the rest of that interaction.

    • @eilidhmac117
      @eilidhmac117 3 месяца назад +4

      @@Blake4014Why bother, doubt he had anything that interesting to say. I would hate to know I missed an opportunity to be in one of Benjamin’s videos.

    • @gmattk
      @gmattk 3 месяца назад +4

      His 3 seconds of fame.

    • @gmattk
      @gmattk 3 месяца назад +6

      Could be on witness protection scheme.

  • @SpaceHCowboy
    @SpaceHCowboy 2 месяца назад +1

    Bald. Didn't know you were a teddy bear.
    Good man.
    WATP 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Jamie-843
    @Jamie-843 3 месяца назад +37

    Every context is so real it’s like we’re here with you. Definitely the best travel RUclipsr with such a unique personality. I like how raw Scotland seems

  • @Ja50nkAt
    @Ja50nkAt 3 месяца назад +302

    "they're all bloody wokies" 🤣

    • @adwarfsittingonagiantsshoulder
      @adwarfsittingonagiantsshoulder 3 месяца назад +22

      I supose it is another way of naming the woke cult ?

    • @uselesseater1584
      @uselesseater1584 3 месяца назад

      It's Liberal Democrat territory and their leader can't even define what a woman is.

    • @niwa_s
      @niwa_s 3 месяца назад +122

      ​@@adwarfsittingonagiantsshoulder Seems more like they're being dramatic about a couple rainbow flags. Both sides have their snowflakes...

    • @braniefanie4938
      @braniefanie4938 3 месяца назад +87

      @@niwa_s yeah minimise it as if it's JUST a few flags. riiiight

    • @rippedup1931
      @rippedup1931 3 месяца назад +34

      @@niwa_sa couple?

  • @Hatarkian
    @Hatarkian 3 месяца назад +37

    Wow, it actually looks authentic over there. Where are the kebab shops and barber shops? Looks nice.

    • @european-one
      @european-one 3 месяца назад +5

      As much as I love Scotland, the kebab shops should generally be passed over. It's cheap shite here. Nothing like the kebabs you can get in the rest of Europe. A real pitty

  • @Aladinyo_93
    @Aladinyo_93 3 месяца назад +16

    I love the positivity of this guy and how he talks to everyone

  • @Khloya69
    @Khloya69 3 месяца назад +29

    >french registration
    >maybe it was Aeroflot.
    Ah yes, Aeroflot, my favorite French airline.

    • @guydreamr
      @guydreamr 3 месяца назад

      Runs about the same.

  • @delta049
    @delta049 3 месяца назад +60

    I was sitting down with a cup of tea, looking for something to watch and this popped up! Best day of the week.

  • @Mumsgardenoasis
    @Mumsgardenoasis 4 дня назад +1

    the red stone buildings are solid - well built and beautiful too.
    they just need to be cleaned out, upgraded, refurbished and landscaped and in short order they could all be looking fabulous again.
    if i had a few extra bones - i would do it myself.

  • @paulinthe6194
    @paulinthe6194 3 месяца назад +10

    You and Ben are Utube gold. It's great you guys are still doing stuff together. Cheers and safe travels.

  • @ElemennoP
    @ElemennoP 2 месяца назад +3

    As a great man once wrote..If it wasn't for the Nips being so good at building ships the yards would still be open on the Clyde..

  • @CindysCuriosityTV
    @CindysCuriosityTV 3 месяца назад +35

    OMG.. i spit my coffee when you started talking Dutch 29:30.. Bassie and Adriaan.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @LeroyJDJ
      @LeroyJDJ 3 месяца назад +8

      Hahaha hier hetzelfde😂

    • @Chiellus11
      @Chiellus11 3 месяца назад +6

      Dat zijn de beste vrinden, die je maar kunt vinden

    • @adrianelias2365
      @adrianelias2365 3 месяца назад +1

      Are those two men celebrities?

  • @timmackey2896
    @timmackey2896 3 месяца назад +7

    One of my most memorable vacations ever was a driving tour of Scotland, my wife driving and me partaking of as many drams of single malt per day as possible. From several days on Islay, then working out way up the west side through Oban past Ben Nevis into Inverness, on to Glen Morangie and up to my Castle Varrich near Tongue my forebearers clan Mackay. Damn we missed the ferry to Orkney Islands and Highland Park, maybe next time. Traversing south through Speyside lost count of the distilleries. Did stop for Iain Burnett’s truffles and stocked up, pairs well with so many single malts. Finished up with Stirling Castle before heading to Glasgow to catch the train to London. All of the Scotts we met and interacted with were amazing, welcoming and friendly. Best vacation ever!

  • @DannyBlake
    @DannyBlake 3 месяца назад +24

    Wait what?! You grew up in Dordrecht? Dutchie here. I've missed that somewhere hah. I've family living there. Bassie en Adriaan, one of my favorite shows back then 😎
    Great vid my man! Enjoyed watching again!!

    • @tonypine3434
      @tonypine3434 3 месяца назад +7

      Full of surprises our Bald

    • @JakeTheMDog
      @JakeTheMDog 3 месяца назад +1

      Godverdomme! Quite funny how he can be seen as very rude by religious people when he says that.

  • @again5162
    @again5162 2 месяца назад +2

    I'm not related to poor convicts, my family didn't immigrate to Australia until the 1950s, best decision ever my grandad made $1million as an engineer for a new patent he created, back when companies valued their workers. Scotland has some of the world's most smartest intellectuals, and where eversmart Scots go like Australia they do well. It's depressing to see those grand old homes become disused, that is so disrespectful. Here in Australia they would be heritage listed and preserved

  • @marksaar9698
    @marksaar9698 3 месяца назад +10

    Bald participated in a customery Scottish holiday. He started in Glasgow but got absolutely wasted and found himself in Aderbeen. 😂

  • @StrangerThings72
    @StrangerThings72 3 месяца назад +25

    Superb series in so many ways, but would it be possible making your sidekick at least pretend he's enjoying the ride?

    • @adrianelias2365
      @adrianelias2365 3 месяца назад

      The happiest I've seen Ben was in the bloopers. He likes to have a cool image. It's funny to have opposite characters in a video. Makes for good entertainment. Like the 3 stooges. You have a serious typically unhappy guy next to happier and dumb characters.

  • @viktorskold9593
    @viktorskold9593 3 месяца назад +6

    When Bald got spat on by a bird I freaking lost it 😂😂 His reaction was so casual hahaha

  • @RickBrasil2222
    @RickBrasil2222 2 месяца назад +2

    You will find the Dutch everywhere haha nice and Ben coursing in Dutch and still remembering the address in Holland..Warm greetings from a Dutchy from Brazil!

  • @YESHIVA2919
    @YESHIVA2919 3 месяца назад +95

    I miss the solo Bald trips.

    • @rich_t
      @rich_t 3 месяца назад +59

      ​@@JohnDoe-tv4zf He means he doesn't like backpacker ben.
      😂😅

    • @dylthomas1005
      @dylthomas1005 3 месяца назад +19

      @@rich_t does anyone???

    • @mylesm12923
      @mylesm12923 3 месяца назад +26

      @@rich_t I groaned out loud when he first appeared.

    • @markmark2080
      @markmark2080 3 месяца назад +21

      Bald and Alinachik (sp?) I've always enjoyed.

    • @Premius85
      @Premius85 3 месяца назад +4

      @@dylthomas1005 No.

  • @afvet5075
    @afvet5075 3 месяца назад +16

    It makes me sad, Ben. You are spot on, brother. But with good people, there is hope. Cheers to the great people of Scotland. Love from America.

  • @realgoodmind
    @realgoodmind 3 месяца назад +3

    Bald in Aussie drinking with the locals would be some epic content.

  • @sless655
    @sless655 3 месяца назад +29

    Amazing bald, 10/10 as always top B. As a Scotsman and a life long fan of your channel, I really appreciate how much you love Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 especially after all the countless countries you’ve been too. Respect mate ❤ @baldandbankrupt

    • @AFA111
      @AFA111 3 месяца назад +2

      Why Scotland has lots of abandoned buildings?

    • @sless655
      @sless655 3 месяца назад

      @@AFA111 because the authorities would rather build cheap new built infrastructure than invest in restoring old timeless architecture

  • @billwebb8561
    @billwebb8561 3 месяца назад +7

    Thanks, Ben for taking us along on another interesting journey.

  • @HamzasShampoo
    @HamzasShampoo 2 месяца назад +2

    I can’t lie bald, that statue looked very much like a Soviet statue

  • @0Tyson0
    @0Tyson0 3 месяца назад +6

    21:25 its great seeing people that age, still with a sense of adventure and curiousity out there just looking around together

  • @OLLIEPOOP1986
    @OLLIEPOOP1986 3 месяца назад +10

    comedy gold when the viking outfits appeared

  • @simonmiller3721
    @simonmiller3721 3 месяца назад +5

    Out takes at the end just capped it off 😂 . Bald never fails to deliver ❤

  • @AskingAlexandria43
    @AskingAlexandria43 3 месяца назад +3

    Just awesome, i find myself watching these videos, and then i realise that 2 or 3 hours has passed. So fascinating, brilliant videos

  • @nicolemason6952
    @nicolemason6952 3 месяца назад +10

    Omg this is so cool. Never thought I’d see the day you’d visit Glasgow! Hope you enjoyed yourself ⭐️

  • @Dandy_Desmond
    @Dandy_Desmond 3 месяца назад +5

    The Edge of The World movie that Baldy mentions was directed by Michael Powell. He subsequently directed classic films such as the Red shoes and Peeping Tom. Later in life he married Thelma Schoonmaker, who has been Martin Scorsese’s editor for years.

  • @29goodvibes
    @29goodvibes 3 месяца назад +2

    Hidden message : "VOTE LABOUR" 😆

  • @Flysimware
    @Flysimware 3 месяца назад +14

    Hey Bald I think your friend Benjamin has short term memory loss. He was showed how to attach the shoulder strap when you guys first headed to the Island. But on the return trip, it was as if he was never was shown and had to figure it out all over again.

    • @davidblake1663
      @davidblake1663 3 месяца назад +9

      You're on to something. The guy was headed somewhere close to the Arctic circle - and he forgot to take a jacket!

    • @Flysimware
      @Flysimware 3 месяца назад

      @@davidblake1663 🤣

  • @Glanthor88
    @Glanthor88 3 месяца назад +5

    Ben must be the most unskilled travel vlogger. dude goes north without even a jacket lol

  • @kelvinsmith6854
    @kelvinsmith6854 3 месяца назад +8

    Another top-notch adventure, thank you Mr. Bald, always great content, we have to wait for them, but it all comes good in the end 👍

  • @jakerude9644
    @jakerude9644 3 месяца назад +5

    21:45 The change of outfit was so stupid and random I laughed out loud 😂

  • @mjo326
    @mjo326 3 месяца назад +9

    I've been eagerly waiting for this. Thanks for sharing!

    • @pooooornopigeon
      @pooooornopigeon 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@JohnDoe-tv4zfNobody will ever be excited to see you evidently.

  • @cmcc3721
    @cmcc3721 3 месяца назад +6

    Those pods are an absolute rip off. I did a 23 hour ferry from Rosyth to Bruges many years ago and i snoozed on just about every seat on the ship. Apart from the one in the pod i paid a premium for. At one point the guy seated in the one behind me had decided to stretch out for a sleep under the seats and when i looked down, his head was staring back up at me....between my legs lol

  • @Tobi-ln9xr
    @Tobi-ln9xr 3 месяца назад +8

    27:34
    Oh so that’s where the plane of Rudolf Hess came down….

  • @lempton
    @lempton 3 месяца назад +5

    I laughed too hard when the bird spat at you 🤣

    • @mrjacktraeger
      @mrjacktraeger 3 месяца назад +2

      To bad it wasn't backpacker ben that would have been hilarious

  • @WorkingBuda
    @WorkingBuda 3 месяца назад +3

    That bird spitting on bald had me in tears :'D

  • @JJMClark
    @JJMClark 3 месяца назад +7

    20:12 I worked in that hotel in 1984. Flippin awesome memories of Shetland (where my Grandfather hails from).

  • @masseffect8294
    @masseffect8294 3 месяца назад +15

    I find it so jarring to see this guy in Scotland, after watching his videos for so many years. Funny part is I've lived in a lot of the places he visited, such as Port Glasgow. So many valid points, such as the Clunes estate. Was funny to see the mention of the shipyards decline, as I work in the remaining shipyards left in Glasgow. The industry has dramatically declined, however, recently business has picked up again, due to the new orders of the new line of frigates, for the Royal Navy. Hope to see you back again Bald 👍

  • @WilliamWallace42
    @WilliamWallace42 3 месяца назад +40

    Welcome to Scotland!

    • @chucky2316
      @chucky2316 3 месяца назад +1

      Home of the scotch when you taking that freeloader scotchman blair back home

    • @memorysometimers3067
      @memorysometimers3067 3 месяца назад

      When I hear the Scottish accent I think of Trainspotting. 😉

  • @jamesbarker8168
    @jamesbarker8168 29 дней назад

    One of my favourite RUclipsrs, visiting my favourite Island, as soon as I saw the intro it was a smile from one cheek to another with genuine excitement.
    I use to live in the Shetland Islands in Baltasound, Unst and I miss it dearly.
    This made my week seeing this this video.
    Thank you for visiting the lovely island of Shetland, it's an area of the UK that is unspoilt and makes you proud to be from the UK.
    I love your video's it really feels like we're going on the adventure with you, for me it felt like being back there.
    I've watched countless numbers of your videos and have developed a love for seeing ex-Soviet countries.
    I'm so genuinely happy you visited the Shetland islands, its such a beautiful place, for me I look at it as freedom.
    I'm not afraid to say - it is my "happy place" lol.

  • @sprinkz6187
    @sprinkz6187 3 месяца назад +16

    If your panning a holiday I'd recommend going to Scotland and spending your money there, the scenery is lovely and the people are first class (from a UK citizen)

  • @Tych333
    @Tych333 Месяц назад +2

    Are there no tress in Scotland?

  • @leovlogslife
    @leovlogslife 3 месяца назад +14

    When the UK needed him most, he returned

  • @mkl80
    @mkl80 3 месяца назад +5

    Beautiful sky on that little island. Thanks for sharing.

  • @dundeeutility4899
    @dundeeutility4899 3 месяца назад +11

    The Scotland episodes are in the top 3 and thanks for them bald !!! 👊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @liamburnes845
    @liamburnes845 3 месяца назад +4

    😂😂😂... loved that you made him take the boat home by himself.

  • @Liesel81-across-all-borders
    @Liesel81-across-all-borders 3 месяца назад +4

    😂😂😂 OMG this was so much fun. This is the first video I am seeing from you and I have had such a laugh. I am planning a trip to scotland with a friend and I searched for recent uploads. Gosh thanks for your humor

  • @TX_OCHO
    @TX_OCHO 3 месяца назад +8

    These videos are exactly what I need to escape long work days in the office. Thank you Bald! From Texas 🤠👍🏼

  • @napleslivemusic2810
    @napleslivemusic2810 2 месяца назад +1

    Bald radiates an inexhaustible joie de vivre

  • @warrenb8228
    @warrenb8228 3 месяца назад +13

    “Give them bread and circuses and they’ll never revolt.” -Juvenal

  • @matthewsutphin7508
    @matthewsutphin7508 3 месяца назад +4

    Thanks lad. You bring the whole country together. And all the other countries as well.
    Hats off❤😂😅😅

  • @peterc5167
    @peterc5167 2 месяца назад +1

    Thanks, the visit to Foula and brings back memories from when I visited 30 years ago and that phone box was working. I camped near the airfield in bad weather and used it’s restrooms as my camp site facility. It’s an amazing place. It has the second highest sea cliffs in the uk which have a huge 200ft fissure in the middle called “”Da Sneck Ida Smaalie”. Also on the mountain you can find the wreckage of several plane crashes where planes into the only mountain within thousands of miles of sea. Also in the nesting season it is dangerous to walk without being dive bombed by “bonxies’, big sea birds defending their nest. I remember that despite being seemingly peaceful there seemed to be arguments and feuds between neighbours, particularly over who owns what land. Also has amazing sea arches and apparently wreckage can be found on the shore, including from from HMS Oceanic which sank along the coast.

  • @laurasanchez7105
    @laurasanchez7105 3 месяца назад +34

    Haha so wholesome how the pony girl talked to you on the island with the ponies, and then a couple hours later she was there again helping Ben with his seatbelt