Ok, I enjoyed your video. the sight, sounds and music gave me chills. It all made me think of my ancestors. My grandfathers parents immigrated to the USA from Scotland. I am now 70 and it continues to be my dream to visit Scotland. Your video was interesting and so very beautiful. It may be near the end of this life, but I will come home and walk that beautiful land.
Aye, do it. For all the books and videos to feast your eyes on, nothing can compare to the experience, for there is so much that speaks to the soul here and the people too are also quite unique in their wry, down to Earth attidude.
@@hardwirecars Short answer: Midges are nearly microscopic spawn of Satan. Longer answer: Take your standard issue mosquito. Shrink it down to about 1/4 size, so it's almost impossible to see, and so it can't fly when the wind is blowing. Keep its biting abilities intact, and give it reproductive capabilities beyond what any natural creature has any right to achieve. Instead of swatting individual bugs, one simply wipes them off by the handful. As an English friend of mine once pointed out, there are only two things wrong with Scotland: Midges, and Irn Bru. Also: Midges are the main reason that Scots rarely complain about wind. Given a choice, wind is very much preferable.
@@FandabiDozi I think there was some bog myrtle bushes around you there. Its very aromatic and decent insect repellent, even wards off midgies to a degree. It was used in brewing instead of hops, but is potent antiseptic and more than a leaf or two in tea can cause dizziness.
Fabulous! And the chanterelles are also medicinal! They have antibacterial and antiviral properties and contain eight useful amino acids. They also have anti-oxidant properties and contains compounds that have been variously reported as helping to improve liver function, reduce cholesterol, treat thrombosis, and suppress cancer-causing agents.
Your videos are really great and enjoyable, my mates and I all grew up in the highlands and would spend most of our childhood and teenage years in the woods. None of us live there anymore but our folks still do. We all enjoyed finding out about plants, foods and survival when we were younger. I speak gaelic myself. Keep up the good work :)
Think about how many people died in unethical medical experiments from our recent past before finding out which ones worked. How much has changed yet how little actually changes about us.
I’m glad you said that. People long ago were as curious as we are. Medical people back then had a huge responsibility to their family and neighbors. The best part was no lawyers! Of course if your patient died, their family might kill you.
@@leea8706 well, then, that explains why every time I watch videos of the highlands I feel like I'm looking out my back window back home. And the plants are the same too!
@@FandabiDozi Im looking forward to it! The birch is hands down my favorite tree, especially with the beneficial and easy to identify mushrooms and such that grow on it.
@@turtlewolfpack6061 Wow. You and me both. I knew that they used it like aspirin but not all those things! Wonderful. I have always loved their stately white beauty. Sadly many many people in my neighborhood have them but none are in our yard. Want to try to plant some tho. We do have a very rare form of Wisteria that just started blooming in huge vines a couple years back. County told us it takes YEARS to bloom so that was a lovely surprise. Great for the bumbles as well lol!🐝🌸🍄😀
@@laurametheny1008 not aspirin, there is no ASA occuring in the birch. That is from other shrubs such as willow but anything natural consumed for any purposes must be thoroughly researched, cross referenced and researched again.
@@turtlewolfpack6061 Yes I know I forgot about the willow. Anti-inflammatory was mentioned however. That is where I screwed up. Obviously I am not planning on chopping down a birch OR willow to stock my medicine cabinet! I am sure this young man knows what he is doing as well.😬
Fandabi, thanks for these! As to all of those who gave this sweet wee man an absolutely unwarranted and agitated comment about 'wild' mushrooms and toxicity, remember one thing... for our entire evolution we only had 'wild' mushrooms to eat! For Christ's sake, do you honestly think that our ancestors had no clue about what was edible if it wasn't sold at Tesco's?
@YeOldeScience Most important rule about mushrooms, if you don't know, don't eat it. If you want to know, ask someone who does, there's plenty of mycologist clubs everywhere. Mushrooms can be dangerous, some will just give you an upset stomach, some others will do permanent and important damages to your insides, some others will kill you, even in small quantities. The same goes for many plants though, the first plant shown in the video (Achillea millefolium) can kind of look like Conium maculatum to the untrained eye, which is what was given to convicts condemn to death in Athens. As long as you do proper researches before putting things in your mouth, you should be good. But you should not tell people to eat toxic mushrooms "because they might not be that toxic."
In my homeland, Ukraine, it's still a widespread tradition to gather all kinds of these "wild" mushrooms and cook a plethora of tasty dishes with them. Not being an actual mushroom gatherer myself I know a couple of edible mushroom kinds that grow in the area. It was quite a surprise when I was told that wild mushrooms gathering could be actually forbidden in some European countries.
@@MrEricoze in my country you can go to the pharmacy with your mushrooms and ask the pharmacist to identify them for you, free of charge. I understand it's still a tradition to forage for mushrooms or other wild foods in many countries (many people still do in France) but I'm just saying people who are not familiar with wild food should document themselves or even ask for help at first, to avoid dying foolishly.
@@MrEricoze When I lived in Kiev I remember how people loved to go picking wild mushrooms and eat them or pickle or smoke them and how delicious mushroom flavoured potato chips were. I also remember shocking my colleagues when I mentioned that mushrooms have almost no nutritional value. One colleague said that mushrooms had the same nutritional value as meat! I said we all have our cultural misapprehensions - I remember as a Canadian child being told that eating carrots would absolutely improve your night vision. Growing up in Montreal I had a friend who was a member of the Société des mycologues (The Mushroom Society) which had volunteers in many pharmacies, for instance, who would be there on a Saturday so people could bring in wild mushrooms to have them identified safely.
I love mushrooms and get quite a variety in Michigan, United States, but probably the reason Scottish people didn't eat them is that they have almost no nutritional value. www.google.com/search?q=nutritional+value+of+mushrooms&oq=nutritional+value+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.3686j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Great channel mate. You're totally right about trying to learn from the past by attempting to experience aspects of it. Phenomenology has become a popular current in archaeological discourse in recent years.
Your country is so very beautiful ! Thank you for sharing . Ive drempt for years , no decades .. to live in Scotland . The people the history and the enviroment are amazing !
Deer, best place for them is the freezer. The amount of damage they do is heartbreaking; they can strip a forest to the bones within a season. Good to see some common sense in your foraging with mushrooms. Yes, some types will kill you but equally there are many more that are native, uniquely identifiable as safe and can make a good filling meal from.
This is why hunting bans are a terrible idea. We humans have essentially replaced the deer’s natural predators at the top of the food chain, neglecting that duty leads to overpopulation and disastrous consequences for our shrinking forests (another consequence of modern society).
One more mushroom comment … The attitude of the Gaels towards them is clear in the name they chose: 'balgan-buachair', which essentially translates to 'Dung-bubbles'. Most older folk I know, especially islanders, still seem to shun them. Abair deagh streath inntineach a tha seo! Bidh mi a 'coimhead mun cuairt gu cùramach an ath thuras a bhitheas mi anns a' choille. Cùm ort le seo!
Thank you for taking us on a hike of the Highlands and on a medicinal plant walk! I am familiar with some of the plants you introduced to us including Yarrow and a Blueberry species. Enjoyed listening to Gaelic and the lovely song at the end! Thank you both!
Am liking these videos ! I often go into the highlands for long times and find myself hungry. Funny you mention the zesty clovers, I used to eat them in primary school because they were “tasty” and everyone thought I was mad 😂. Keep them up, the edibles are really interesting- from Scotland, Deeside.
Another fantastic, straight to the point and informative video. Well done. So lovely to see the rich, enchanting wilderness of Scotland, its like time stands still out there
I learned some survival skills from North American Natives, and was told that you only eat mushrooms in the area you know and only the ones you know are safe. If in another area 100 miles from what you know avoid them.
@@christianfreedom-seeker934 Bah. Plenty of people all over the world, from every tradition remember much of how their ancestors did things. Natives in the lower 48 have been wandering the wilderness continuously, too, and still use the herbs for medicinals, just like they do in Canada or Alaska.
Anonymous Libertarian Just because the average native of an area doesn’t know the old herblore doesn’t mean the knowledge has been lost by everyone. The average Norwegian doesn’t know all that much about edible and medicinal flora in their own environs either, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t Norwegians who know their native herbs.
steamboatmodel 100 miles seems like a bit of an exaggeration if the climate and flora in general is similar, but I’ll probably be more conservative about which mushrooms I consider safe the further from home I am. Are hedgehog mushrooms safe everywhere? If so, I’d probably stick to those, as even chanterelles have some deadly near-look-alikes that I’m not familiar with differentiating them from.
I've a feeling the wool in the old plaids would have had a fair portion of the original lanolin still present so would have repelled rain and ground water better than the refined wools available today. Be interesting to experiment with carding natural fleece, spin and see if a bit of weaving might produce a result like in the real-thing claes? Might be a bit sniffy, but sure you'd soon get used to that; even if your lady wife wasn't just so keen? Maybe that's going a bit far with authenticity...
Ian Gourlay modern society has a lot of advantages, but traditional natural fibers almost always beat synthetics. We had fabrics that were warm, breathable, and waterproof at the same time, I’ve never found a plastic jacket that can do all that
Hey brother, I love your work! I know this is an older video of yours, so you might know this by now, but I want to make sure you know it's best to cut wild mushrooms above the ground rather than pulling them straight out so you don't disturb the mycellium underneath. This ensures that the mushrooms will come back next year, and the mycellium actually keeps the surrounding plants healthy too! Our greatest wealth in this world is good-quality soil, and mushrooms help to preserve that :) Thanks again for all of the wonderful videos!
OK. I have to say it. You are one fine Scottish man! If only I were about 30yrs younger lol!😋 Anyhoo I really love these vids. Mushrooms oats and blueberries YUM! We had a family friend across the field for many years. He was Scottish. Always played the bagpipes in the parades. Loved our collies. We had a couple in different years named Sir Lancelot. Lance for short. We used to fish in his pond. Both he and my Dad are long gone now sadly. Wish I could remember his name!😡 Thank you so much for sharing these. I will likely never make it there, but it's great to find channels where I can watch anyway.✌🌿🍄🍵 STORMONT. THATS MY DADS FRIENDS NAME.😆
i am learning gaelic, as well; it is a beautiful language. it is so gorgeous there, and the land provides so much of what the body needs. tapadh leibh. what a lovely video.
I am currently writing a historic romance novel and researching all I can as I write. Your channel has been so helpful, to see and hear the actual experiences of testing highlander and Scottish ancestry things. It's very likely some of the things I've learned from you will influence what I write into the book as I strive to make it as historically accurate as I can. Thank you for these videos! ( I know, this one is old, but I've been watching between spurts of writing.)
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL video lad, thank you so much. The scenery, camera work & editing, your outfit, knowledge of herb lore, the simple, honest way you carry yourself and present yourself; even the attitude of respect to the Wild by using only what's necessary, all incredibly admirable. The music and the Sean nós singing too: God it was just so richly atmospheric. I can't emphasise enough what a lovely video it was. Top class produce, go raibh míle maith agat. Slán
Super peaceful, im sacked out under a sagebrush in the columbia basin, WA. State, usa, kept dropping my phone dozing off to that girl's beautiful voice. Thanks for all your videos, they really help.
Interesting to see you mention something that also grows here in Russia, like the sphagnum moss. The mushrooms look familiar as well. :) Thanks for sharing.
Wow! more from the out back, if this continues I believe I may have found my real interest, learning to survive thanks master Dozi you are gaining an student.
I love you series as soon as I have some money I'm going to make a donation because I really enjoy your videos I was born in Inverness Scotland but grew up in Florida in the United States don't remember anything about it but I know my heritage is from there and you're one of the few channels on RUclips that does anything about Highlanders very interesting thank you so much for your work
Very informative, thank you. i have one question. Traditionally how much leg cover was used when wearing a kilt? The reason i ask is that as soon as i see long grass i think with my modern day mind about ticks. Was this an issue? or were there so fewer deer and ticks back then, or am i being over cautious having seen many ticks in scotland. Hope that's not a stupid question its an honest thought. Thank you again for a great video and don't get annoyed by experts telling you what you should and shouldn't be picking and eating. Although i personally refrain from fungi when i collect wild edibles i don't want to stop others with a safe knowledge from doing what they personally feel safe with. Peace.
Greetings from Canada:) I recently stumbled on your videos and, man, they are awesome! Thank you for posting. Looking forward to the diving into the rest of your vids!
Great Video...again . I love it and i like to see the amazing nature of Scotland...and hear the songs of the brave ! Odin bless you Greets from Germany 🤙🏻
@@blandedgear9704 No. When there's little food, fewer babies are born. Usually changes in nature happen gradually and animal numbers also adjust gradually in cycles of ups and downs.
@@vorynrosethorn903 Who are we humans to decide what animals should prosper? Were the foxes introduced by humans at some point, making existing bird populations vulnerable? Or have humans contributed to bird populations dwindling so much that they can no longer deal with a natural predator? I think humans need to consider their own behaviors before they start killing or introducing animals as they please. Like I said, most animals have less offspring when food sources are scarce, so there need not be a whole lot of starvation going on. On the other hand, when humans become an artificial predator the effects can range from very ineffective to over effective. We really don't know what we are doing most of the time. If an improperly introduced species really causes a lot of destruction maybe we should remove it, although there are other ways to do that than to kill already born animals. Also we need to consider if so much has happened since that improper introduction that things have become dependent on it, and it might actually be better to let it be. Things are in constant change and adjustment in nature.
We also have Achillea Millefolium here in Minnesota! We just call it Yarrow and use it as you do, with my personal reason: a small dried flower blossom dropped in a midwinter boiling tea kettle or pan raises my spirits with a breath of summer. Oxalis! Try that in your tea and salad; very zippy; some say sour 😉.
I spent most of my childhood holidays on Islay with my Gaelic Great Aunt..so foraging and fishing was all we had to do.I knew everything edible..hazlenuts..blair berries..sorrel.....my Auntie salt drying the pollack-cuddie fish that I caught nr Port Askaig. Im on the shores of Loch Sunart these days...
Another excellent video. Lot of great information. I can also see why a lot of Scots, including my family, came to North Carolina. You looked as if you were walking through my fair State. Scotland and NC are so much alike.
That was great! You said "koosty/coustie" when you described your bed. I never did get the proper spelling of that word, nor have I heard it in 20 years. Thanks! Made my day!
I'm a big fan of your videos! Thank you for posting such interesting information! I have a question for you though. You mentioned briefly that you are learning Gaelic. Would you ever consider doing a video on how you are doing that? Thank you again!
@@FandabiDozi Yes please! I think I wouldn't be alone in my interest. So many people want to keep Gaelic alive. Thank you for considering putting it in a video!
Living out in the northern appalachians where many of our Scottish and Irish kin settled makes me always think about how things must have felt so different but yet very much the same in many ways aside from the much harsher winters here.
I don't know how the tick load is in Scotland, or if you simply wear repellent, but in my area in the US, just looking sideways at grass that tall in the late summer will get you a kilt full of ticks... and probably a nasty disease from them, too.
So much appreciated for the videos. One third of my ancestry (blood/DNA) is from Scotland. I fear I won't learn the language, but can learn a bit about the land and history. Again, many thanks.
Great video! Regarding mushrooms, here in Sweden we did not have much of culture of eating them either. No idea why or why it's the same for Scotland. It was not until French cuisine become popular among the upper class that it became common practice over here.
Greetings from North Carolina, I love your videos. They are wonderful. I have to admit ..... I did cringed every time you drank from a stream. Then I thought he must really know what he's doing because he's still alive making more great videos. I'm going to subscribe now. Thank you‼️
Ok, I enjoyed your video. the sight, sounds and music gave me chills. It all made me think of my ancestors. My grandfathers parents immigrated to the USA from Scotland. I am now 70 and it continues to be my dream to visit Scotland. Your video was interesting and so very beautiful. It may be near the end of this life, but I will come home and walk that beautiful land.
Scotland will welcome you home
I hope you make it home
Aye, do it.
For all the books and videos to feast your eyes on, nothing can compare to the experience, for there is so much that speaks to the soul here and the people too are also quite unique in their wry, down to Earth attidude.
the most feared animal in the United Kingdom is the Scottish midge
Its true! And they got me pretty good on that trip!
@@FandabiDozi what i ask fearfully of a joke is a scottish midge
@@hardwirecars it's a small fly type insect similar to a mosquito
@@hardwirecars Short answer: Midges are nearly microscopic spawn of Satan.
Longer answer: Take your standard issue mosquito. Shrink it down to about 1/4 size, so it's almost impossible to see, and so it can't fly when the wind is blowing. Keep its biting abilities intact, and give it reproductive capabilities beyond what any natural creature has any right to achieve. Instead of swatting individual bugs, one simply wipes them off by the handful.
As an English friend of mine once pointed out, there are only two things wrong with Scotland: Midges, and Irn Bru.
Also: Midges are the main reason that Scots rarely complain about wind. Given a choice, wind is very much preferable.
@@FandabiDozi I think there was some bog myrtle bushes around you there. Its very aromatic and decent insect repellent, even wards off midgies to a degree. It was used in brewing instead of hops, but is potent antiseptic and more than a leaf or two in tea can cause dizziness.
Fabulous! And the chanterelles are also medicinal! They have antibacterial and antiviral properties and contain eight useful amino acids. They also have anti-oxidant properties and contains compounds that have been variously reported as helping to improve liver function, reduce cholesterol, treat thrombosis, and suppress cancer-causing agents.
I'm slowly finding videos like this where there's no politics, no arguments, just learning. Thank You
Your videos are really great and enjoyable, my mates and I all grew up in the highlands and would spend most of our childhood and teenage years in the woods. None of us live there anymore but our folks still do. We all enjoyed finding out about plants, foods and survival when we were younger. I speak gaelic myself. Keep up the good work :)
Think of how many random ass plants people shoved in their wounds before figuring out which ones worked
Probably more like, "we need to make a bandage and this is at hand. Oh hey! It healed quicker than normal!"
VVeremoose or, wow that got really infected an I’m about to die
@@zackmiller8153 probably a lot of that too.
Think about how many people died in unethical medical experiments from our recent past before finding out which ones worked.
How much has changed yet how little actually changes about us.
I’m glad you said that. People long ago were as curious as we are. Medical people back then had a huge responsibility to their family and neighbors.
The best part was no lawyers! Of course if your patient died, their family might kill you.
Really cool to see the Gaelic names! I'm an avid forager here in New England, and we have a lot of the same flora. Those chanterelles look delicious!
Fun fact, the Appalachian mountains run through Scotland, Scotland used to be attached to North America.
@@leea8706 well, then, that explains why every time I watch videos of the highlands I feel like I'm looking out my back window back home. And the plants are the same too!
@@mistyrosemcconnell9586 fun fact I wore my plaid during battle axe throwing and drinking ale
If those were birch dont forget the inner bark as an anti inflammatory, diuretic, cleanser and aid in cold temperatures.
Yeah its an amazing tree! I'm planning on doing a medicinal plant episode next summer and will include the Gaelic uses of trees :) Thanks for watching
@@FandabiDozi Im looking forward to it! The birch is hands down my favorite tree, especially with the beneficial and easy to identify mushrooms and such that grow on it.
@@turtlewolfpack6061 Wow. You and me both. I knew that they used it like aspirin but not all those things! Wonderful. I have always loved their stately white beauty. Sadly many many people in my neighborhood have them but none are in our yard. Want to try to plant some tho. We do have a very rare form of Wisteria that just started blooming in huge vines a couple years back. County told us it takes YEARS to bloom so that was a lovely surprise. Great for the bumbles as well lol!🐝🌸🍄😀
@@laurametheny1008 not aspirin, there is no ASA occuring in the birch. That is from other shrubs such as willow but anything natural consumed for any purposes must be thoroughly researched, cross referenced and researched again.
@@turtlewolfpack6061 Yes I know I forgot about the willow. Anti-inflammatory was mentioned however. That is where I screwed up. Obviously I am not planning on chopping down a birch OR willow to stock my medicine cabinet! I am sure this young man knows what he is doing as well.😬
Fandabi, thanks for these! As to all of those who gave this sweet wee man an absolutely unwarranted and agitated comment about 'wild' mushrooms and toxicity, remember one thing... for our entire evolution we only had 'wild' mushrooms to eat! For Christ's sake, do you honestly think that our ancestors had no clue about what was edible if it wasn't sold at Tesco's?
@YeOldeScience Most important rule about mushrooms, if you don't know, don't eat it. If you want to know, ask someone who does, there's plenty of mycologist clubs everywhere. Mushrooms can be dangerous, some will just give you an upset stomach, some others will do permanent and important damages to your insides, some others will kill you, even in small quantities.
The same goes for many plants though, the first plant shown in the video (Achillea millefolium) can kind of look like Conium maculatum to the untrained eye, which is what was given to convicts condemn to death in Athens.
As long as you do proper researches before putting things in your mouth, you should be good. But you should not tell people to eat toxic mushrooms "because they might not be that toxic."
In my homeland, Ukraine, it's still a widespread tradition to gather all kinds of these "wild" mushrooms and cook a plethora of tasty dishes with them. Not being an actual mushroom gatherer myself I know a couple of edible mushroom kinds that grow in the area. It was quite a surprise when I was told that wild mushrooms gathering could be actually forbidden in some European countries.
@@MrEricoze in my country you can go to the pharmacy with your mushrooms and ask the pharmacist to identify them for you, free of charge. I understand it's still a tradition to forage for mushrooms or other wild foods in many countries (many people still do in France) but I'm just saying people who are not familiar with wild food should document themselves or even ask for help at first, to avoid dying foolishly.
@@MrEricoze When I lived in Kiev I remember how people loved to go picking wild mushrooms and eat them or pickle or smoke them and how delicious mushroom flavoured potato chips were. I also remember shocking my colleagues when I mentioned that mushrooms have almost no nutritional value. One colleague said that mushrooms had the same nutritional value as meat! I said we all have our cultural misapprehensions - I remember as a Canadian child being told that eating carrots would absolutely improve your night vision. Growing up in Montreal I had a friend who was a member of the Société des mycologues (The Mushroom Society) which had volunteers in many pharmacies, for instance, who would be there on a Saturday so people could bring in wild mushrooms to have them identified safely.
I love mushrooms and get quite a variety in Michigan, United States, but probably the reason Scottish people didn't eat them is that they have almost no nutritional value. www.google.com/search?q=nutritional+value+of+mushrooms&oq=nutritional+value+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.3686j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Thank you so much for making these really cool videos.
It eases the spirt to watch your treks.
Scotland is the most beautiful country and so glad I live here now. Thanks for your vids x
Very interesting. I was happy to see that bumble bee escape the spider. 😂
What a beautiful area you camped out in! And that song in the background, beautiful!
Great channel mate. You're totally right about trying to learn from the past by attempting to experience aspects of it. Phenomenology has become a popular current in archaeological discourse in recent years.
Your country is so very beautiful ! Thank you for sharing . Ive drempt for years , no decades .. to live in Scotland . The people the history and the enviroment are amazing !
Good to see the land of my ancestors and traditional foraging
Thank you
Amazing work. This is oh so important in preserving our culture for now and generations to come! Thanks you so much!
👍 its gorgeous country !, and the music brings out my inner Scottish.
Deer, best place for them is the freezer. The amount of damage they do is heartbreaking; they can strip a forest to the bones within a season. Good to see some common sense in your foraging with mushrooms. Yes, some types will kill you but equally there are many more that are native, uniquely identifiable as safe and can make a good filling meal from.
Because sheep have taken the space the deer should have, and that's the real problem.
This is why hunting bans are a terrible idea. We humans have essentially replaced the deer’s natural predators at the top of the food chain, neglecting that duty leads to overpopulation and disastrous consequences for our shrinking forests (another consequence of modern society).
One more mushroom comment … The attitude of the Gaels towards them is clear in the name they chose: 'balgan-buachair', which essentially translates to 'Dung-bubbles'. Most older folk I know, especially islanders, still seem to shun them. Abair deagh streath inntineach a tha seo! Bidh mi a 'coimhead mun cuairt gu cùramach an ath thuras a bhitheas mi anns a' choille. Cùm ort le seo!
Ahh thats interesting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It is often difficult to piece all these past knowledge together :)
Bravo!
Plant ID, available tools; excellent. Simply the overall sense of what it took to be out and about in those days.
Well done!
Well done sir
Didn't know chantarelles grow in Scotland too! Just had a really bad year for "Kanttarelli" here in Finland. Hope next year will be better :)
Thank you for taking us on a hike of the Highlands and on a medicinal plant walk! I am familiar with some of the plants you introduced to us including Yarrow and a Blueberry species. Enjoyed listening to Gaelic and the lovely song at the end! Thank you both!
Greetings from Basque Country! Good to see that Scotish are concerned about their auld traditions. Lovely song btw!
Am liking these videos ! I often go into the highlands for long times and find myself hungry. Funny you mention the zesty clovers, I used to eat them in primary school because they were “tasty” and everyone thought I was mad 😂. Keep them up, the edibles are really interesting- from Scotland, Deeside.
I used to do that as a child. Was often told off by random adults who believed that clover was poisonous.
Thank you for sharing an awesome insight into the Highlands.
Another fantastic, straight to the point and informative video. Well done. So lovely to see the rich, enchanting wilderness of Scotland, its like time stands still out there
I learned some survival skills from North American Natives, and was told that you only eat mushrooms in the area you know and only the ones you know are safe. If in another area 100 miles from what you know avoid them.
steamboatmodel Canadian or Alaska Natives? The lower 48 natives lost their herblore a long time ago.
dont know about libertarian but my boyscouts book from the early 90s says the same thing.
@@christianfreedom-seeker934 Bah. Plenty of people all over the world, from every tradition remember much of how their ancestors did things. Natives in the lower 48 have been wandering the wilderness continuously, too, and still use the herbs for medicinals, just like they do in Canada or Alaska.
Anonymous Libertarian
Just because the average native of an area doesn’t know the old herblore doesn’t mean the knowledge has been lost by everyone. The average Norwegian doesn’t know all that much about edible and medicinal flora in their own environs either, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t Norwegians who know their native herbs.
steamboatmodel
100 miles seems like a bit of an exaggeration if the climate and flora in general is similar, but I’ll probably be more conservative about which mushrooms I consider safe the further from home I am. Are hedgehog mushrooms safe everywhere? If so, I’d probably stick to those, as even chanterelles have some deadly near-look-alikes that I’m not familiar with differentiating them from.
And the Sphagnum moss works great to keep worms and nightcrawlers fresh for fishing. Keep in the shade, of course.
i live highlands small village so delighted to see something about us THANK YOU
Hello from ElDorado, Kansas USA. Hope you and your family and friends are doing well with all of the political change in the UK.
Thank you for another wonderful video and thank you Kate for your lovely voice . Respect - Peace and Love sent from far away .
Excellent video & lovely landscape. You are quite talented as a Gaelic/Scots re-enactor. I look forward to the next video.
that was really beautiful. well done all around. thanks so much for making these videos.
Green... So incredibly lush and the greenest of green! Wow!
Thanks for another lovely video - The scenery is awesome and I admire the way you respect your environment
Beautiful landscape. I really long for a place where I can look in every direction without seeing any traces of human interferance, to relax.
Love chanterelles, best fresh but on abundant years great to dehydrate.
Thank your for sharing. Very informative on the Herbology. Cheers
Great vid! That was a nice bit of walking and talking about the plants, I enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing!
I've a feeling the wool in the old plaids would have had a fair portion of the original lanolin still present so would have repelled rain and ground water better than the refined wools available today. Be interesting to experiment with carding natural fleece, spin and see if a bit of weaving might produce a result like in the real-thing claes? Might be a bit sniffy, but sure you'd soon get used to that; even if your lady wife wasn't just so keen?
Maybe that's going a bit far with authenticity...
Ian Gourlay modern society has a lot of advantages, but traditional natural fibers almost always beat synthetics. We had fabrics that were warm, breathable, and waterproof at the same time, I’ve never found a plastic jacket that can do all that
I love the small of natural wool lol
Hey brother, I love your work! I know this is an older video of yours, so you might know this by now, but I want to make sure you know it's best to cut wild mushrooms above the ground rather than pulling them straight out so you don't disturb the mycellium underneath. This ensures that the mushrooms will come back next year, and the mycellium actually keeps the surrounding plants healthy too! Our greatest wealth in this world is good-quality soil, and mushrooms help to preserve that :) Thanks again for all of the wonderful videos!
OK. I have to say it. You are one fine Scottish man! If only I were about 30yrs younger lol!😋 Anyhoo I really love these vids. Mushrooms oats and blueberries YUM! We had a family friend across the field for many years. He was Scottish. Always played the bagpipes in the parades. Loved our collies. We had a couple in different years named Sir Lancelot. Lance for short. We used to fish in his pond. Both he and my Dad are long gone now sadly. Wish I could remember his name!😡 Thank you so much for sharing these. I will likely never make it there, but it's great to find channels where I can watch anyway.✌🌿🍄🍵
STORMONT. THATS MY DADS FRIENDS NAME.😆
Hahahahaha. Yes, he is.
i am learning gaelic, as well; it is a beautiful language. it is so gorgeous there, and the land provides so much of what the body needs. tapadh leibh. what a lovely video.
I am currently writing a historic romance novel and researching all I can as I write. Your channel has been so helpful, to see and hear the actual experiences of testing highlander and Scottish ancestry things. It's very likely some of the things I've learned from you will influence what I write into the book as I strive to make it as historically accurate as I can. Thank you for these videos! ( I know, this one is old, but I've been watching between spurts of writing.)
Everything about this video beautiful.
your videos are just fantastic. they make me want to drop everything and start an adventure
as an English man its good to see a real kilt not a Victorian repro! Great vid.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL video lad, thank you so much. The scenery, camera work & editing, your outfit, knowledge of herb lore, the simple, honest way you carry yourself and present yourself; even the attitude of respect to the Wild by using only what's necessary, all incredibly admirable.
The music and the Sean nós singing too: God it was just so richly atmospheric.
I can't emphasise enough what a lovely video it was. Top class produce, go raibh míle maith agat.
Slán
Super peaceful, im sacked out under a sagebrush in the columbia basin, WA. State, usa, kept dropping my phone dozing off to that girl's beautiful voice. Thanks for all your videos, they really help.
My Dads from Scotland and I was born there too. It's so beautiful
Fantastic Video!
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this and your wee adventure.
Cant believe some of the negative comments 🙄
I say good for you 👌
Just found your channel last night, LOVE it!!
Interesting to see you mention something that also grows here in Russia, like the sphagnum moss. The mushrooms look familiar as well. :) Thanks for sharing.
Wow! more from the out back, if this continues I believe I may have found my real interest, learning to survive thanks master Dozi you are gaining an student.
Wow, just to think that an ancestor of mine probably lived like that...very cool!
THNX FOR THE GREAT VID , I DID NOT KNOW SCOTLAND WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.
I love you series as soon as I have some money I'm going to make a donation because I really enjoy your videos I was born in Inverness Scotland but grew up in Florida in the United States don't remember anything about it but I know my heritage is from there and you're one of the few channels on RUclips that does anything about Highlanders very interesting thank you so much for your work
Wonderful video, great that you are preserving and passing on the old knowledge, thank you!
Hi Thanks once again for a well presented, informative and interesting video. Looking forward to the next one! ATB. Nigel
It's incredible seeing the increase in production value in your videos.
Someone's done their homework. A real pleasure to watch. Subbed. And thankyou :)
Great foraging. You found some epic locations.
Very informative, thank you. i have one question. Traditionally how much leg cover was used when wearing a kilt? The reason i ask is that as soon as i see long grass i think with my modern day mind about ticks. Was this an issue? or were there so fewer deer and ticks back then, or am i being over cautious having seen many ticks in scotland. Hope that's not a stupid question its an honest thought. Thank you again for a great video and don't get annoyed by experts telling you what you should and shouldn't be picking and eating. Although i personally refrain from fungi when i collect wild edibles i don't want to stop others with a safe knowledge from doing what they personally feel safe with. Peace.
I dont think ther is ticks in uk..
@@asdarsu There are ticks in the UK
This was awesome! I love learning edible and medicinal plants. It's wonderful to hear the Gaelic. How did they make clothing from the spongan?
Greetings from Canada:) I recently stumbled on your videos and, man, they are awesome! Thank you for posting. Looking forward to the diving into the rest of your vids!
Good videos, you should look to get a tv series
I 2nd that !! Please consider doing a series. I think you could build enough material to make several different episodes.
Das was Du hier zeigst ist wirklich super! Ich liebe Deine Videos! Grüße aus Österreich...Mach weiter so
Love this series :) Massively informative & Scots Gallic is so kin to Irish Gaelic. Well done.
Great Video...again . I love it and i like to see the amazing nature of Scotland...and hear the songs of the brave !
Odin bless you
Greets from Germany 🤙🏻
The deer population increased massively.
My reaction: looks like meat's back on the menu boys
Same. My second thought was Lyme disease spread by ticks on wild deer.
Let them be, and let them eat. We don't have to compete with them. Also their numbers will adjust to available food for them.
@@carinaekstrom1Thier numbers will adjust? By the medium of starving to death, yes, I suppose.
@@blandedgear9704 No. When there's little food, fewer babies are born. Usually changes in nature happen gradually and animal numbers also adjust gradually in cycles of ups and downs.
@@vorynrosethorn903 Who are we humans to decide what animals should prosper? Were the foxes introduced by humans at some point, making existing bird populations vulnerable? Or have humans contributed to bird populations dwindling so much that they can no longer deal with a natural predator? I think humans need to consider their own behaviors before they start killing or introducing animals as they please. Like I said, most animals have less offspring when food sources are scarce, so there need not be a whole lot of starvation going on. On the other hand, when humans become an artificial predator the effects can range from very ineffective to over effective. We really don't know what we are doing most of the time.
If an improperly introduced species really causes a lot of destruction maybe we should remove it, although there are other ways to do that than to kill already born animals. Also we need to consider if so much has happened since that improper introduction that things have become dependent on it, and it might actually be better to let it be. Things are in constant change and adjustment in nature.
We also have Achillea Millefolium here in Minnesota! We just call it Yarrow and use it as you do, with my personal reason: a small dried flower blossom dropped in a midwinter boiling tea kettle or pan raises my spirits with a breath of summer. Oxalis! Try that in your tea and salad; very zippy; some say sour 😉.
Hi Tom, another really enjoyable, interesting & informative video 👏 I could watch all day 🙂 take care my friend, stay safe & ATB 🙏🙂👍 Andy
Good information and cool kilt. Thanks and take care.
Loved this one Tom and thank you for all your hard work doing the research
Fandabi Dozi, Most interested in your blogs, as far. Keep them coming personally hooked. Cheers
I think you are doing a real service here. Very educational.
Beautiful country, I wish I 'd travelled more when I was younger. Maybe in my next life!
I spent most of my childhood holidays on Islay with my Gaelic Great Aunt..so foraging and fishing was all we had to do.I knew everything edible..hazlenuts..blair berries..sorrel.....my Auntie salt drying the pollack-cuddie fish that I caught nr Port Askaig. Im on the shores of Loch Sunart these days...
going out camping with my friends in a few days. we’re not planning anything like this, but it definitely peaked our interest! cheers mate 👍
Another excellent video. Lot of great information. I can also see why a lot of Scots, including my family, came to North Carolina. You looked as if you were walking through my fair State. Scotland and NC are so much alike.
Thanks again! Sounds beautiful! I will need to go visit one day. Thanks for keeping up with the series :)
That was great! You said "koosty/coustie" when you described your bed. I never did get the proper spelling of that word, nor have I heard it in 20 years. Thanks! Made my day!
Just came across you...Brilliant...as a Highlander and a forager..I'm hooked ..tk u
I really enjoy your videos. The background music seriously brings out the clan in me. MANCHU! Keep up the Fire!
I'm a big fan of your videos! Thank you for posting such interesting information! I have a question for you though. You mentioned briefly that you are learning Gaelic. Would you ever consider doing a video on how you are doing that? Thank you again!
Thank you. Yes I could share some resources and things in a video if that's helpful :)
@@FandabiDozi Yes please! I think I wouldn't be alone in my interest. So many people want to keep Gaelic alive. Thank you for considering putting it in a video!
i love the clean environment, you can drink water directly from the river.
Hello Jimmy, From Jimmy C in New Zealand, fun video. The yarrow grows all over the place here in huge patches.
Good for you on the Gaelic lad.
Living out in the northern appalachians where many of our Scottish and Irish kin settled makes me always think about how things must have felt so different but yet very much the same in many ways aside from the much harsher winters here.
Great video, I love this series that you are doing ! Keep up the good work
Noting more do i enjoy in the morning before work than starting the day to one of your videos!
Thanks buddy! Glad o know they help start the day well :)
A really really beautiful video. I hope to get to the Scottish highlands in the next year or two. Thank you for making this video.
really cool man.. thanks for sharing your knowledge of the plant life and the highlander life.. J
I don't know how the tick load is in Scotland, or if you simply wear repellent, but in my area in the US, just looking sideways at grass that tall in the late summer will get you a kilt full of ticks... and probably a nasty disease from them, too.
So much appreciated for the videos. One third of my ancestry (blood/DNA) is from Scotland. I fear I won't learn the language, but can learn a bit about the land and history. Again, many thanks.
Walking the Land- Love it....
Great video! Regarding mushrooms, here in Sweden we did not have much of culture of eating them either. No idea why or why it's the same for Scotland. It was not until French cuisine become popular among the upper class that it became common practice over here.
This is such a cool channel. So glad I found it
Greetings from North Carolina, I love your videos. They are wonderful. I have to admit ..... I did cringed every time you drank from a stream. Then I thought he must really know what he's doing because he's still alive making more great videos. I'm going to subscribe now. Thank you‼️
Brilliant job on your video it does my heart good Tom.
Ed 🇨🇦🍁