Thank you so much for the shoutout! These hikes looked GORGEOUS and you're making us want to visit the UK again SO badly! Cannot wait for the chance to get back there and hope we can enjoy a hike and some local food with you!
Oh my goodness, you have no idea how happy I was to get home from work and find this comment... and that you guys subbed! ❤️ So pleased to know that the UK is still on the cards despite you guys having been already. I'd be honoured to share a hike and cook you guys some proper English grub! Bring on the world re-opening!!
Thanks Jay! 🙌 The weather was crazy and the hail on the way back down was not fun! I'm still really chuffed that I conquered the mountain, despite hiking a lot on holiday, this was my challenging hike to date! 🌄
Great video again (we started your Scotland series half way through 😊) What a great hike up Ben Nevis, so lucky to have the cloud break for you! But oh my goodness, can't believe your battery died!!! Still, what an awesome achievement!!!
Thank you ❤️ I couldn't believe it with my battery, and yet I obviously didn't learn my lesson as I recently made the same mistake. I left the spares in the car and didn't realise the distance between the car and destination 🤦♀️ Ben Nevis really did feel like an achievement, I've not hiked Scafell Pike (yet) but recently hiked Snowdon and was shocked when we reached the top as it was so easy in comparison to Ben Nevis!
I feel really blessed for having such diverse landscapes in my home country. If you ever get to visit Scotland - jump at the chance as it's amazing. Such a long journey from London though!
Ah, I LOVED ❤️hiking Angel's Landing. Don't get me wrong, Ben Nevis was excellent, but Angel's Landing is firmly in my top 3 favourite hikes of all time to date.
Hi Karrie, my pleasure, I thought a link to the start of the series may have been helpful for planning an itinerary - funnily enough I'm editing together a 2 week Scottish Road trip Itinerary at the moment that I'll share on this channel. Pleased you enjoyed watching
Thank you, I'm pleased you liked this and found it to be accurate - I do try hard with the videos to be honest and not twist things just so it's more dramatic or entertaining!
@@WhenAdventureKnox You’re welcome. We are planning to come in March. Would you mind if I ask you. What would you recommend in the Scottish Highlands for us to see. We are first timers, not into hiking really but still want to see the gorgeous highlands, I don’t think we can make it up to the top of Quiraing or Ben Nevis so would a visit at the foot hills suffice. In your own words, I don’t think we can do , “ steep and scrambly “ and “ unrelenting “ what do you think will be ideal for us ?
I'd highly recommend popping along to the Glenfinnan Viaduct for when the steam train runs across it (a Google Search will tell you the times for your dates) as it's a short stroll from the car park. Flat to get under the bridge or a short bit of uphill right at the end if you want to get up above the bridge to look down onto it as it goes across. The drivers know tourists gather for them so they're good and give a nice wave and toot the horn. It's pretty magical with the chugging noise echoing up the valley. You could of course see if tickets for the train are still available on your dates, but I understand it's not cheap, but is a full day out. Neptune's Staircase (Canal locks) in this area is pretty cool too. On the Isle of Skye, the Fairy Glen is a must. Not a hike at all, just a meander around a very peculiar landscape. You can clamber up onto crags, but it's not needed. Parking is right next to it and it's just outside of Uig. Not far from the Fairy Pools is Rha Falls. Park in the 'town' and about 5 minutes on foot to the falls. For the Quiraing, I'd say walk the first section of it as it's quite flat, and when it gets enough, just turn back on yourself. It's later on that hike when it gets more challenging. Not far from the Quiraing is the Mealt Falls and Kilt Rock look out point. This is about 10 steps from the car park and stunning for the lack of effort needed. A bit further down the coast from here is Old Man of Storr. If you don't like hiking, I wouldn't recommend the trail as it's very uphill, but certainly pull over at the side of the road to admire it/get some pics. On the other side of Skye is the Coral Beaches. It's a 'nice walk' rather than a hike from where you park the car as it's pretty flat. White sand and turquoise waters in some parts - really lovely. There's also the Neist Point Lighthouse which is further over from the beaches again - it's very famous and always photographed. Fairy Pools (different to Fairy Glen) are a bit of a walk from the car park. I wouldn't classify it as a hike, but there are times you must hop across boulder stones, so not sure if you'll like that. As we visited in 2020, most things were shut which is why we had such a heavy hiking focus. But distilleries should be open and I know there's both one on Skye (if you go there, have lunch at the Oyster Shed before or after as it's a stones throw away) and there's one in Fort William too. Is it the Fort William and Isle of Skye areas you're visiting or anywhere else?
Sorry, should have also said, you may find this map helpful: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1bjvSZAaXRQ7Ai2WAp8Db1p1NHfNN6wUG&usp=sharing I made it so it pins where everything is that we visited along with video link/photos and descriptions.
@@WhenAdventureKnox Wow thanks a lot for these suggestions. We’ll be coming in March and the Jacobite train doesn’t run till April sadly. We are thinking of getting a guide to take us but not sure of the route to take - we are staying in Edinburgh 4-7 Mar 1) Edinburgh - Inverness - Loch Ness - Skye - Kilt Rock - Mealt Falls - Staffin - Fairy Pools - Eilean Donan - Glencoe - Tyndrum - Kelpies - Glasgow OR the 2) Glasgow - Luss - Loch Lomond - Falls of Falloch - Kilt Rock - Mealt Falls - Glencoe - Quiraing - Elgol beach - Eilean Donan - Ft William - Glasgow Both are 2 days - one starts at Edinburgh and the other in Glasgow. Edinburgh goes up to Inverness n Loch Ness Starting Glasgow doesn’t but the Glasgow tour covers Loch Lomond In your opinion is Staffin worth it? Which shud we ask to be excluded and included. This place has so many nice things to see but we have only 2 days. Sorry to burden you with this but could you pls let us know what you think …
Well done for climbing Ben Nevis, my favourite mountain :-) Glad you had decent weather for it and got the views...nicely filmed too ! 👍 now via CMD arete next ? You are documenting well your Scottish adventures, looking forward see your next. Many more mountains trips and safe returns always. All the Best ! Petr
Hi Petr, thanks for watching and lovely to hear its your favourite mountain! I've seen some walk reports of the CMD arete route and it looks spectacular, especially the ridge. I may need to add it to the list for the next time I'm up that way! So pleased to hear you're enjoying the other videos too.
Thank you for this video! My husband and I made the same mistake hiking the lost valley several years ago. It remained lost to us also! We are going back to Scotland next week and hope to actually find the valley.
Always very comforting to know I'm not the only one to mess up in situations like this. I've always said, when we make it back, we must try again, so really pleased to hear you'll be doing the same next week. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you locate it correctly this time
Me too Jenny. There's still so much more I want to see and do. Caledonian Sleeper train from London, fly to Barra and land on the sandy beach, boat trip out to St. Kilda, explore the Cairngorms and visit Edinburgh. (Plus tonnes of Islands I've not even considered!)
Greetings from new friends, greetings from Lake Toba. Be here to listen to your trip. Epic hikes in Glencoe and Ben Nevis - Britain's highest mountain peaks ... very interesting, cool ... success is always friends. l10 and goes out ---- make other friends nice to meet you ----
Hi Mitra, thank you for your kind words. When you say Lake Toba, do you mean in Indonesia? I'd LOVE to visit Indonesia one day, it's definitely on the bucket list!
@Tomas Young Hi Tomas, thank you for your kind words! 🙌 We hiked it in 8 hours (set off at 10.00am, summit by 2.30pm and returned at 6.00pm) This was at a very casual pace. We had someone in our group recovering from an operation and a couple of others who aren't 'walkers' but fancied the challenge. They'd done no training or practice to prepare for the hike, so I get the impression that as long as you're not severely unfit, have the correct shoes/clothes, food/water supplies and start early enough to ensure daylight, most people can achieve getting to the top and back. I used the Walk Highlands website to plan out many of the walks we did when in Scotland and this is their page for the trail we did up Ben Nevis: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/bennevis.shtml It says it takes about 7-9 hours and there's a lot of 'walk reports' from other users which you might find useful. I hope this is helpful and if you have any other questions, please just ask :)
@@tomasyoung1911 I think if you were to train before hand, e.g. doing proper exercise daily in the run up to it, then 6 hours would be do-able. 7 hours I think would be fine as you could definitely speed up the decent. We took it slower due to the person in our party still recovering from an op. I also faffed around a bit with filming things for this video too. Our 8 hours was incredibly casual. I expect the 7 - 9 the website suggests also allows for winter climbs where snow and ice will slow people down.
Oh my! I usually double check my information if its from the internet, but that I got straight from a book. I'd assumed if it had been published then there'd be a certain level of accuracy! Can't even trust books these days 🤣
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Thank you so much for the shoutout! These hikes looked GORGEOUS and you're making us want to visit the UK again SO badly! Cannot wait for the chance to get back there and hope we can enjoy a hike and some local food with you!
Oh my goodness, you have no idea how happy I was to get home from work and find this comment... and that you guys subbed! ❤️ So pleased to know that the UK is still on the cards despite you guys having been already. I'd be honoured to share a hike and cook you guys some proper English grub! Bring on the world re-opening!!
@When Adventure Knox We cannot wait!
It looks like you got all of the weather in one day - well done for conquering Ben Nevis!
Thanks Jay! 🙌 The weather was crazy and the hail on the way back down was not fun! I'm still really chuffed that I conquered the mountain, despite hiking a lot on holiday, this was my challenging hike to date! 🌄
Great video again (we started your Scotland series half way through 😊) What a great hike up Ben Nevis, so lucky to have the cloud break for you! But oh my goodness, can't believe your battery died!!! Still, what an awesome achievement!!!
Thank you ❤️ I couldn't believe it with my battery, and yet I obviously didn't learn my lesson as I recently made the same mistake. I left the spares in the car and didn't realise the distance between the car and destination 🤦♀️ Ben Nevis really did feel like an achievement, I've not hiked Scafell Pike (yet) but recently hiked Snowdon and was shocked when we reached the top as it was so easy in comparison to Ben Nevis!
Oh my! these hikes look so amazing! the UK looks so stunning! 😀
I feel really blessed for having such diverse landscapes in my home country. If you ever get to visit Scotland - jump at the chance as it's amazing. Such a long journey from London though!
Wow the top of Ben Nevis looks almost like Angels Landing in Zion, but definitely more grey! - Andrew
Ah, I LOVED ❤️hiking Angel's Landing. Don't get me wrong, Ben Nevis was excellent, but Angel's Landing is firmly in my top 3 favourite hikes of all time to date.
Thanks so much for this link from Trip Advisor, this is a wonderful video! Cheers! Karrieb
Hi Karrie, my pleasure, I thought a link to the start of the series may have been helpful for planning an itinerary - funnily enough I'm editing together a 2 week Scottish Road trip Itinerary at the moment that I'll share on this channel. Pleased you enjoyed watching
Superb. Its a good vid. Shows exactly what to expect. Bravo. 👍
Thank you, I'm pleased you liked this and found it to be accurate - I do try hard with the videos to be honest and not twist things just so it's more dramatic or entertaining!
@@WhenAdventureKnox You’re welcome. We are planning to come in March. Would you mind if I ask you. What would you recommend in the Scottish Highlands for us to see. We are first timers, not into hiking really but still want to see the gorgeous highlands, I don’t think we can make it up to the top of Quiraing or Ben Nevis so would a visit at the foot hills suffice. In your own words, I don’t think we can do , “ steep and scrambly “ and “ unrelenting “ what do you think will be ideal for us ?
I'd highly recommend popping along to the Glenfinnan Viaduct for when the steam train runs across it (a Google Search will tell you the times for your dates) as it's a short stroll from the car park. Flat to get under the bridge or a short bit of uphill right at the end if you want to get up above the bridge to look down onto it as it goes across. The drivers know tourists gather for them so they're good and give a nice wave and toot the horn. It's pretty magical with the chugging noise echoing up the valley. You could of course see if tickets for the train are still available on your dates, but I understand it's not cheap, but is a full day out.
Neptune's Staircase (Canal locks) in this area is pretty cool too.
On the Isle of Skye, the Fairy Glen is a must. Not a hike at all, just a meander around a very peculiar landscape. You can clamber up onto crags, but it's not needed. Parking is right next to it and it's just outside of Uig.
Not far from the Fairy Pools is Rha Falls. Park in the 'town' and about 5 minutes on foot to the falls.
For the Quiraing, I'd say walk the first section of it as it's quite flat, and when it gets enough, just turn back on yourself. It's later on that hike when it gets more challenging.
Not far from the Quiraing is the Mealt Falls and Kilt Rock look out point. This is about 10 steps from the car park and stunning for the lack of effort needed.
A bit further down the coast from here is Old Man of Storr. If you don't like hiking, I wouldn't recommend the trail as it's very uphill, but certainly pull over at the side of the road to admire it/get some pics.
On the other side of Skye is the Coral Beaches. It's a 'nice walk' rather than a hike from where you park the car as it's pretty flat. White sand and turquoise waters in some parts - really lovely.
There's also the Neist Point Lighthouse which is further over from the beaches again - it's very famous and always photographed.
Fairy Pools (different to Fairy Glen) are a bit of a walk from the car park. I wouldn't classify it as a hike, but there are times you must hop across boulder stones, so not sure if you'll like that.
As we visited in 2020, most things were shut which is why we had such a heavy hiking focus. But distilleries should be open and I know there's both one on Skye (if you go there, have lunch at the Oyster Shed before or after as it's a stones throw away) and there's one in Fort William too.
Is it the Fort William and Isle of Skye areas you're visiting or anywhere else?
Sorry, should have also said, you may find this map helpful: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1bjvSZAaXRQ7Ai2WAp8Db1p1NHfNN6wUG&usp=sharing I made it so it pins where everything is that we visited along with video link/photos and descriptions.
@@WhenAdventureKnox Wow thanks a lot for these suggestions. We’ll be coming in March and the Jacobite train doesn’t run till April sadly. We are thinking of getting a guide to take us but not sure of the route to take - we are staying in Edinburgh 4-7 Mar
1) Edinburgh - Inverness - Loch Ness - Skye - Kilt Rock - Mealt Falls - Staffin - Fairy Pools - Eilean Donan - Glencoe - Tyndrum - Kelpies - Glasgow
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2) Glasgow - Luss - Loch Lomond - Falls of Falloch - Kilt Rock - Mealt Falls - Glencoe - Quiraing - Elgol beach - Eilean Donan - Ft William - Glasgow
Both are 2 days - one starts at Edinburgh and the other in Glasgow.
Edinburgh goes up to Inverness n Loch Ness
Starting Glasgow doesn’t but the Glasgow tour covers Loch Lomond
In your opinion is Staffin worth it? Which shud we ask to be excluded and included. This place has so many nice things to see but we have only 2 days. Sorry to burden you with this but could you pls let us know what you think …
What a beautiful hike!
I agree too, the hiking in this part of the UK was so beautiful!! 🥾❤️🥾
Well done for climbing Ben Nevis, my favourite mountain :-) Glad you had decent weather for it and got the views...nicely filmed too ! 👍 now via CMD arete next ? You are documenting well your Scottish adventures, looking forward see your next. Many more mountains trips and safe returns always. All the Best ! Petr
Hi Petr, thanks for watching and lovely to hear its your favourite mountain! I've seen some walk reports of the CMD arete route and it looks spectacular, especially the ridge. I may need to add it to the list for the next time I'm up that way! So pleased to hear you're enjoying the other videos too.
Another great video Caroline 💯😊❤️
Thank you ❤️ So pleased you liked it!
@@WhenAdventureKnox ❤️
Thank you for this video! My husband and I made the same mistake hiking the lost valley several years ago. It remained lost to us also! We are going back to Scotland next week and hope to actually find the valley.
Always very comforting to know I'm not the only one to mess up in situations like this. I've always said, when we make it back, we must try again, so really pleased to hear you'll be doing the same next week. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you locate it correctly this time
Great video Caroline!
Thanks Emily, so pleased you liked it
Video makes me want to go back to Scotland!
Me too Jenny. There's still so much more I want to see and do. Caledonian Sleeper train from London, fly to Barra and land on the sandy beach, boat trip out to St. Kilda, explore the Cairngorms and visit Edinburgh. (Plus tonnes of Islands I've not even considered!)
Greetings from new friends, greetings from Lake Toba. Be here to listen to your trip. Epic hikes in Glencoe and Ben Nevis - Britain's highest mountain peaks ... very interesting, cool ... success is always friends. l10 and goes out
---- make other friends nice to meet you ----
Hi Mitra, thank you for your kind words. When you say Lake Toba, do you mean in Indonesia? I'd LOVE to visit Indonesia one day, it's definitely on the bucket list!
Have you hiked Ben Nevis, or is it something on your own bucket list? Anyone put off by how much effort you think it might take?
I was just wondering how long it took you to climb Ben Nevis? And the level of fitness required to climb it? Great video and well done!
@Tomas Young
Hi Tomas, thank you for your kind words! 🙌
We hiked it in 8 hours (set off at 10.00am, summit by 2.30pm and returned at 6.00pm) This was at a very casual pace. We had someone in our group recovering from an operation and a couple of others who aren't 'walkers' but fancied the challenge. They'd done no training or practice to prepare for the hike, so I get the impression that as long as you're not severely unfit, have the correct shoes/clothes, food/water supplies and start early enough to ensure daylight, most people can achieve getting to the top and back.
I used the Walk Highlands website to plan out many of the walks we did when in Scotland and this is their page for the trail we did up Ben Nevis: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/bennevis.shtml It says it takes about 7-9 hours and there's a lot of 'walk reports' from other users which you might find useful.
I hope this is helpful and if you have any other questions, please just ask :)
@@WhenAdventureKnox that's brilliant, thank you! Do you think it would be possible to do in around 6-7 hours? Or is it just too steep?
@@tomasyoung1911 I think if you were to train before hand, e.g. doing proper exercise daily in the run up to it, then 6 hours would be do-able. 7 hours I think would be fine as you could definitely speed up the decent. We took it slower due to the person in our party still recovering from an op. I also faffed around a bit with filming things for this video too. Our 8 hours was incredibly casual. I expect the 7 - 9 the website suggests also allows for winter climbs where snow and ice will slow people down.
What nonsense they were murdered in their beds and the ones that fled were chased caught and killed. Men , women and children
Oh my! I usually double check my information if its from the internet, but that I got straight from a book. I'd assumed if it had been published then there'd be a certain level of accuracy! Can't even trust books these days 🤣