5 Day | 60 Mile Wilderness Canoe Trip in Scotland: Great Glen Canoe Trail
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2021
- hWe go on a multi day canoe expedition to the wilderness of Scotland. Travelling 60 miles by canoe and wild camping along the way. Our trip starts at Fort William and finished in Inverness. We travel across the Caledonian Canal, through Loch Lochy, then onto Loch Oich where we join the wild river Oich and paddle through grade 2 rapids. Then we enter the monster loch ness and spend two days paddling and wild camping the 22 miles of this loch. Finally, we enter into the small Loch Dochfour and into the last section of the Caledonian Canal where we finish in Inverness. It was an epic trip, with rain storms, rapids, bugs and most importantly, incredible company!
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Great to see you in Scotland, I spent many a year with my dad fishing all over, sadly he died 10 yrs ago with alzheimer's. He originally came from Devon and left when he was only 18 to Scotland, we use to laugh at his Scottish/Devon accent. I wish he was here now to watch your video. After he passed away I scattered his ashe in Loch Awe where he tried but never succeeded in catching a Ferrox trout. Your doing this for a great charity, I really hope you enjoy my back garden "Bonnie Scotland "🏴🏴🏴
Many thanks for the kind comment and for sharing your story Derek. Bonnie Scotland is one beautiful place and I will most definitely be back!
Lovely mate 😊
Nice
Class wee story ur dad will be well proud
I lived in Devon for a few years and became fond of the accent, and I absolutely love the Scottish accent, bet your Dad sounded brilliant 👍.
As they say….‘that’s the way to do it!’ Magnificent edit and it was a real pleasure to share the experience with you. 🏴🏕🛶
Thanks Richard! Looking forward to watching your version of the trip
A great video, I’ve been watching a lot of Simon, a Bloke in the Woods YT Channel, doing this too? I like his Customised Canoe, with him being able to set up Sail. I’m wondering why none of the Canoes, even his?
Aren’t also Customised to become Shelters in their own right? With maybe one of those tiny Cubit Stove’s or a Bio-Lite Stove, to also charge your USB Powered Devices as well as Cooking and Heat, with maybe a Quick Release Fixture for it, so it can’t move any way?
Couldn’t a Foldable Prop Stand be Set up, on both ends of the Canoe, to support a Line? To then have an All Weather Tarp or Mosquito Net, be thrown over it? With some hooks or Velcro to seal it to the sides of the Canoe?
Just a couple of ideas for any future video, for another Temp Shelter?
Absolutely stunning video Mike! Blown away!
It was a pleasure to paddle and sail with you mate - looking forward to the next adventure 👍👍
Cheers Simon! It sure was a great trip. Looking forward to doing some more videos together in the future!
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Michael; this is a Masterpiece. Your camera work and dialogue are equal to any National Geographic or BBC Production. Bravo Sir; Bravo.
Ooh 50 mins! What a treat
This’ll be a brilliant 2am watch
Magnificent landscapes. Scotland land of legends.
Thanks!
Loch oich is a belter for pike and ferox trout , my stepdad and I had our last camping trip there before he died . We caught a 26lb pike and a 5.5lb ferox from the shore with rapalas and my stepdad fell in the loch drunk as he took a wizz at night ..twice !... hope your having a blast camping in the big glen in the sky Ramsey ! You were the best dad a son could wish for .. Thanks TA outdoors for bringing back good memories
Hi mate, great memories with your step dad, he sounded a cracking person. Building memories is a priority of mine with my sons. All the best mate. Ant 👍
As a Lock Keeper on the Caledonian Canal I can tell you the winds on Loch Lochy can change dramatically every 10 minutes.
Great video of my office. Thanks for making it.
The Tinder you used is Lichen which shows how clean the air is. It's a relationship with an algae & fungi. For me, I view it as gold. Seeing you grow from a handful of viewers to nearly 2 million subscribers is amazing. Production values are impressive here. Yes, very worthy of BBC.
WOW ! National Geographic quality . Content, music, narrative TOP CLASS !!!
Video great. Fantastic scenery and the rainbow showed up very well. You are all amazing guys doing this for a good cause. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much Yvonne. Cheers, Ant 👍
What a amazing video!!! I have been left speechless!!!!! Going to watch it again!!!!
I don’t blame you, me too.,it’s surprising you don’t see him with the camera 😂
Oh, so beautifully produced! Reminiscent of Lord of the Rings! Thanks for taking me there.
33:52 I see a cheeky beer chilling in the loch haha
Mike your is the best one yet out of the group. Good story line, Cinema photography and thanks for taking us on the journey!
I just wanted to say thank y’all for doing this for old timers disease and dementia. My father has type 2 dementia and it has gotten the best of him. Also, great clips of the shore line when you stopped and camped.
A masterpiece of a video Mike. The narration and the shots was beautifully made. How I wish there is a part 2, 3 to 5.
From the very beginning I could tell yours would be more like a documentary. Excellent work Mike! I've seen all the other videos released so far, but never for one moment felt like I didn't want to watch yours too! Each one was enjoyable as the next! In fact, I'll probably watch them all again. How wonderful that you all took us along with you on this epic adventure! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Maggie
In my opinion one of your best videos on the channel… captures the Scottish lochs/wilderness with wild camping and water activity on every part of the intensity spectrum. Well done Mike 💪💪
Such a great adventure. You did a fine editing job of compacting the whole journey into 50 minutes. You did a fine job of 'bringing the other blokes into the picture' as well.
Thank you James 👍🏻
This might be your best video, I'd call it a documentary movie. Awesome.
Possibly the best put together video I've seen on here.
Brilliant stuff and well done to all that took part!
Thank you Bob, yeah it was an epic trip pal. Cheers m, Ant 👍
Top Khay Chrif 👏👏🏆🏆
I pray one day ill be in a better position to donate what I can to you. With all this craziness going on in the world your videos are therapy. Many blessings from Texas.
My guy has almost 2 million people watching here. Use your couple extra bucks how you need to 🙏
The skill you gentlemen have in canoe craft and camera shots whilst tackling such and endeavour is truly outstanding.
Mate, that was excellent! Got goose bumps watching the ending haha. Was a genuine pleasure paddling with you and the rest of the lads Mike, look forward to our next one, atvb, Matt 👍🏻💯🙌🏻👏
Same to you Matt, always a pleasure to spend time with you pal 👍
Cheers Matt, glad you enjoyed it mate and it was great to paddle alongside you too man!
The quality of your content is always high, but this is something else. Brilliant.
Absolutely fantastic video ! Great job ! Greetings from a remote part of France !
Husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our armchair adventure, and your video and editing was wonderful! Have a bit of Scottish blood, but never dreamed it was so lovely... thank you! I will be donating...
Simone is the man when it comes to ingenuity and class act but dude, your video was awesome
My mom had Alzheimer's, she passed in 2018. Thank you to all of you for participating in this gorgeous journey and representing a cause that is dear to my heart. I came across this video quite by accident, I am thrilled I did. All of you have a new subscriber! Mike you have the most beautiful, soothing voice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ♡
Hello Hellsbelle, I’m so very sorry to hear about you mum, nothing can describe the pain you must be going though. I do really hope you find that peace you deserve but if your like me you probably won’t.
Thank you so very much to for supporting the channels and also the charity. All the best, Ant 👍
My Favourite TA Outdoors video yet. And I have been binge watching for about two weeks now....
Great video Mike 👍🎣🤞. Excellent crew of like minded people you have, & a Excellent course you are raising money for 🙏🙏🙏🙏. God bless you all 🥰🥰. I watchd Simon bloke in the Woods video yesterday. Great to see different content and views of the adventure 👌. As my heart goes out to ALL OF YOUS 🙏🙏
What can I say? I thoroughly enjoyed your peaceful video! I'm glad I subscribed quite sometime ago! Good job, my friend!
What a great film. You definitely have the gift of film making. Also fitting music.. nice trip, great adventure. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for taking us along on your journey
Love the Crocodile Dundee moment 😉👍🏻
Lovely video Mike, I can just imagine the fights on "who gets to start the fire" and "who gets to forage the food" !!
Lol Casino, we all started our fires on separate wood stoves but then we had one fire for us to sit round after which was taken in turns to start 👍 cheers mate, Ant
Mike... Thank you for this episode covering the 5 tremendous days of your journey. Also for your contribution to promote the battle against Alzheimer & Dementia.
Want to add how wonderful your visuals are, with scenes along the trip, including beautiful drone footage. The inspiring Sound Design. Your on camera comments, including your well written voice overs. You gave us a wonderful feeling of all your experiences through out the excursion. My Sincere Thanks!
He did a fantastic job JG, it was a pleasure spending time with him 👍
I've subscribed to the other RUclips channels, already a regular at "Simon, a bloke in the woods.", whom posted Day 1 already, and was also a very nice piece. Glad he was able to use his sail. And that Mike commented on it enviously. But looking forward to see what the others have contributed. Thank you.
Thank you for this video. It is so much better than many documentaries I see on television. It makes me wonder if you write for a living. If not why not? I'd buy your books and read your articles. I rather fancy a book of a series of your adventures, rather like Kate Humble's ‘Thinking on My Feet’ with an audio book, read by you, to listen to when I’m working. Well, I’m now off to check out some of your other videos. Thanks again, this video cheered up a rather lack lustre morning.
When I was young my family did a drive around Scotland. They took in lots of fun things, including a toured boat trip around Loch Ness and of course the MONSTER was the big deal. Some 40 or 50 years later now, at my better thinking age, I know that the Viking era Norse ship wrights made boats on the shores of Loch Ness. Would have been cool as heck to see a Dragon Boat rise from the water :)
That would have been class!
There was the bare bones of another ship. Much older and worn almost at the end...on Loch Ness or the river. Unless it was a support wall to keep the bank from washing away.
Fantastic video Mike, I loved all the history. That rainbow was stunning, I've never seen one so vibrant 😊👍
Thanks for a great video...beautifully done. Brought back a lot of good memories of when I did almost the same trip in reverse back in around '92! 🙏
Hi Phil, we met a couple of lads doing just that on a kayak fighting against the wind, took them just 4 days too.
Cheers mate, Ant 👍
Fantastic achievement for you all. Have followed Simon bloke in the woods for a while and will now be following you and all your fellow adventurers. Thank you all for your magnificent achievements in raising so much for the Alzheimer's society. I lost my mum to the disease 8 weeks ago. Still very raw and it has been very emotional watching you all. Again, thank you. You are all inspirational.
Hi Susan, I am so very sorry to hear of the loss of your mum and not so long ago either. Nobody can describe the pain we go through each day with this dreadful disease in the family, my heart goes out to you and your family.
Thank you so much for your support in watching us all and I do hope it brings you some kind of release. All our love, Ant & Charlie
Watched this in a crowded tube to work in London with everyone masked up and claustrophobia setting in. This film was the perfect antidote and gave me hope one day to escape to the outdoors for good. Thank you all very much. Superb.
OMFG mate, EPIC film and edit. Like a proper documentary, was like something I pay to watch at the IMax theater. Brilliant 👏
That improv tarp catamaran was HOONING along !!
What an lovely video, that was a rare pleasure to watch, thank you for helping such a good cause👍
Music was absolutely PERFECT ....
Wow I am speechless. It was so fun to watch your adventure along with all the beautiful scenes. Thanks for doing this for charity. My mom has been battling Alzheimers for almost two years. Thanks for sharing this amazing video.
Love the new styling and cinematic touch with a mix of the vlogger and docu styles. Great images. Its a nice mix up from the norm!
Agreed, feels like a movie half the time
Many thanks for posting, brought back a lot of memories as I worked in Inverness and the Highlands for a couple of years, contracting for the NHS, and spent most of my time flirting between Inverness and Fort William, driving next to the canal and the lochs (48:00 - rented a room in the house on the right for a while!) Many thanks for posting, and well done on your trip, and the charitable work that you have all done for a very very worthwhile cause. All the best. Nick
Hi Nick, thank you very much for your support.. Cheers Ant👍
This is why your one of my favourite content creators on youtube... well put together.
I hope one day your movies will win a prize in a outdoor movies festival...you diserve it. Thanks for sharing this adventure with us :)
Mike, truly epic video, excellent and first class. Especially in light of why you were all undertaking the adventure. You should be well chuffed with the journey, the adventure and I hope you all smash the target you set for the charity..
Thank you for sharing this amazing and inspiring adventure. My question to you is what's next on the multi day adventure paddles???
I really enjoyed seeing you get the most out of this journey. Awesome Job Mike👍
Hi Stuart, thank you pal for your support. We did fantastic and the cash is still coming in while each of us get the videos out. Cheers, Ant 👍
That was one of the best videos I have ever seen on you tube... absolutely amazing...thank you
That was a briliant film for a briliant cause . Well done all
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You know what Mike? Every time I watch your video I want to go with you to the wilderness. You're such a role model. Bless you.
Scotland truly is beautiful
Hey 👋🏻,that was a great Canoe trip,one of your best. So interesting and 😎. Thanks
What a relaxing 😌 film of all the locks and lock Ness
Lost my mother to dementia. Thanks for your efforts and thanks for the footage.
Hi Colin, I am so very sorry to hear you lost your mum. My deepest condolences mate. All the very best Ant 👍
awesome, just an awesome pleasure and honor to be shared with us. thank you for the opportunity to watch this.
Must be a sign, been thinking about getting back into canoeing after a long time away, and now this video arrives in my notifications !
Hi Steve, yeah you can’t beat canoeing mate, all the best with getting back in to it pal. Cheers, Ant 👍
What an amazing trip, I was completely immersed in the adventure by how you managed to do the montage, and it is always a pleasure to watch your adventures so far. So I just wanted to leave a comment and give you all my support ! This is a huge love coming from France ! ❤️
Thank you for the kind feedback. Glad you liked the video!
Great video, worthy of a tv documentary... Congratulations on completing your quest and for such a worthy cause... 👏👍🇬🇧
A man and his canoe 🛶 You keep getting better at this. This episode is BBC worthy! Fantástico!
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Ache aye, Scotland is one bonny pretty place! Must've been a epic, fun, lovely trip. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, Mike loved the intro and every minute of it. So enjoyed the vlogs of a fab team with Simon, Matt, Richard and rest of the gang who I am still to meet. Well done to all of you 👍👌
Thanks Darrell 👍🏻
Excellent thanks for the adventure and also the links to the other guys. Ive now got loads more awesome subscribions to enjoy
Mike, I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos. Really enjoying the canoe trip video. I watch them all. I enjoy the relaxation of most of your videos, and certainly the information. Above all, I’m so inspired and want to do exactly what you’re doing. I think my British ancestors would be proud of you. Greetings from Virginia, USA.
Another great video, thank you.
Ginger doing his best Crocodile Dundee making a phone call,impression!
It was certainly an eerie wake up call Adam 😂
I'm slowly working my way through everyone's videos of the trip. My Friday night binging session. You're number four and I love your rainbow shot, nice and vibrant. I also am enjoying your narration and look forward to watching more of your vidoes.
Hi Jennylee, thank you for taking the time to all of our videos it’s very kind of you cheers Ant 👍
Great vid. It didn't even seem to be almost an hour... my wife and I enjoyed this very much.
I remember seeing your camp on Loch Oich. I walk along the shore every day and I fish on the River Oich. Really good to see where I live on a really good RUclips video. Brilliant 👍🏴
That rainbow catch is AAAmazing... ;) As long as you don't mention the Ireland leprechaun with his pot of gold sitting IN Scotland LOL Thank you so much for this video, and the many you offer us each week, i am very appreciative of your content. And yes i would have to agree, everything taste good even if not appealing to the eyes in terms of food... When you ' re outdoor for days, paddling or hiking or what ever outdoor activities people are into, this is a truth, those muddy food pack are just mouthgasmic ! ;)
Well done Mike 👏 glad you like my part of the world and hast ye back.
Truly Amazing Adventure! Thanks to you and to all that participated in the Adventure!
Hi DC thanks very much mate and thank you for your support! Cheers, Ant 👍
Thanks so much for this. Brilliant entertainment and beautiful landscapes. I love Scotland (apart from the midges)
Absolutely fantastic film and commentary. Just fantastic, thank you.
To be fair Mike I hadn't watched to many of your videos. This film though justifies your near 2 million subs. Thoroughly enjoyed this journey. Great film. Can't wait now to catch up with your back catalogue. Well done everyone for raising so much money for a great cause.👍
Thank you , Mike .
Well done documentary. I like this style of combining different subjects, nice filming, editing, voice-overs, small tips, product demos. Compliments. Also, wow, what a great country.
Absolutely wonderful i wish i could spare the money this is a very good cause.... my mother has Alzeihmer's everything goes to her care. im gonna show this to her she's gonna love the views...... PLEASE KEEP UP THE THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!
Simply AMAZING Sir!!! About a year ago, we started watching bushcraft videos as my wife is part Scandinavian, and interested in all things Viking. Came across your videos building all your shelters with no modern tools with the help of your Dad and friends. Been hooked ever since and now thoroughly enjoy all the channels like yours, and happy to see how you have become so successful!!! Congrats Mike!!! Much luck in all your endeavors
Awesome expedition for a great cause . Trips like this with good friends , are a once in a life time experience.
Amazing video, Mike!! Thanks for taking us along with you!
Scotland is such a beautiful country, I've done a few trips on a motorbike through Scotland a couple years back, looks like you really made the most of your trip, amazing video
Absolutely amazing video. I take my small boat to Loch Lochy and Loch Arkaig every year for a spot of fishing, a stunning part of Scotland.
That was a great shot of the rainbow. I'm loving watching all you slug away in the ran.😂 but I truly appreciate you sharing the digital. ..
At 26:35 I thought this was him being like ohhhhh it’s lock nessssssssss.
But no it was him being drowned in the beauty of nature. Never been so jealous.
I already follow Richard Outdoors, Simon, A Bloke in The Woods and Ant, Survive the Night and it's great how all of you have captured the trip in such different ways and with such different approaches. All highly enjoyable. I particularly enjoyed how you managed to get it all into one brilliantly edited and produced show. The footage, scenery and production quality are all of the very best I've seen on RUclips and the 50min flew by. Well done and I hope this video gets you to even bigger and better things as well as giving you great memories and us a very enjoyable video to watch 👌
Hello there Niall mate, thanks again for the sub pal much appreciated.
Yeah Mike’s video is the one to beat isn’t it, a class act 👍
This video is beautiful and we absolutely love the way you are helping raise funds for this cause
It’s a much needed cause K&P, thanks for your support the both of you. C, Ant 👍
Stunning footage. Great to watch. Thanks so much !
Brilliant ! Thank you, Mike. Love from Canada.
Wonderful!!! Thank you so much for this film.
Just amazing journey love love it was fantastic hope to see u soon on your next adventure greetings from Aruba
"Back the other way?" 😁 Mate, this was next level editing and production!! Stunning.
That was brill!! Really professional and great editing. Thank you. Have watched some of the other lads videos, don't tell em but yours was the top one : ). Will donate now. Thanks
Haha I know now who you really love Yollow haha joking, thank you very much for your donation mate 👍
And beautifull Scotland! I have to see your country, before I die.
Cracking video of an epic trip. Glad it went well. Good promo for paddling in Scotland. Well done on the money raised too. Great cause 😀
Thanks very much Chad, thank you also for your support! Ant 👍
I canoed the same journey for my gold Duke of Edinburgh expidition a few years back. We stopped at the top of loch ness (was only a 4 day expedition). One of my favourite things that i've done.