The Deadliest Beach on the NC500 Scotland? Inverness to Dunnet Head
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2023
- In this episode, we travel in our Motorhome a Rollerteam Zefiro 696 from the banks of Loch Ness to Inverness to join the start of the magnificent NC500 in Scotland. We travel to the deserted Dornoch Beach for a cuppa tea and then head up to the infamous John O Groats and the most northerly point Duncansby before heading to Dunnet Head beach where we make a chilling discovery.
Discovering what’s on the other side means being willing to try new things and explore unfamiliar territory. It’s about embracing change and being open to new experiences. Even if they may be uncomfortable or challenging at first. You never know what growth or transformation may come from taking that first step into the next unknown. Take a deep breath, dive right in, we are only here once. the challenge is not making the change, the challenge is making the most of what time we have. We have moved back half way around the world to seek new adventures. Don’t expect everyday to be an instagram moment, but expect to live everyday like it’s to be your last. Become human, be happy and love the life you have the privilege of living. Life can be simple.
Hey guys, this is ace, many amazing, meaningful quotes here. I think my favourite is
“the challenge is not making the change, the challenge is making the most of what time we have” 👍😀 ⏰
I’ve watched several travel vlogs on RUclips and without meaning to be presumptions, I’m compelled to state that your videos are stupendous. They provide a cacophony of sounds that resonate with such pleasurable frequency, they’re an acoustic delight, along with the beautiful images displayed on our screens, they merge into a variable feast for our senses. Each instalment seems greater in its presentation than its preceding episode. The witty, playful, humorous banter combined with insightful facts delivered for our viewing pleasure results in a truly marvellous, educational, uplifting experience for all who see these wonderful productions.
Maybe I should keep off the keyboard after several whisky’s. Great vid guys.
Hi. Love this comment ❤️ Thank you for taking the time to watch
We await contact from the people that do the Oscars 🥇
We did Dunnet Bay in April 2018 as part of our 1st, 4m jaunt, in our then new motorhome and experienced sun, rain, sleet and snow in one day. Thanks for jogging the memories. X
Hi there. Glad you enjoyed it. It’s amazing how weather turns up there… one minute glorious and the next it’s raining!!!! We loved it and can’t wait to return
Have a fab week
Love you two, I like your sense of humour. You are doing a good job on the NC500, keep it coming. Thanks.
Hi. Thank you for watching our video. We are so delighted you are on our wave length with the humour 🤣
Very moving and inspirational blog 😢 your Dad is a star. To be as positive as he is after all he’s been through, shows he’s one tough guy, respect! Love to the rest of you as it’s been a rollercoaster trial you’ve all been on! Wishing his health continues to improve and his dreams comes true.
Now for the fasting, we all noticed the ketchup around the mouth 😂 Hope Pablo is feeling better ❤
Hi, How are you?
Ketchup??? 🍅 😂 😂
Thanks for watching our video and have a great week ☀️
Hello, I would just like you to know I have seen lots of you tubers and you two are brilliant, I lost my wife a couple of years ago and have been quite miserable but your videos cheer me up so much you are so natural, thanks for your great content, keep up the good work! Kind regards Colin (and Koli) my little dog!
Hello Colin and Koli 🐾
We are so very sorry to hear about your lovely wife and we send all our love to you.
We are delighted you found our channel and that it makes you smile. Do you and Koli travel about? 🚐 ☀️
Pablo sends a woof
@@Stchristopherofatlantis Hi you three, nice of you to reply and yes Koli and myself travel about a bit, usually I take my touring caravan for 3 months in Spain at the beginning of the year (get away from the cold)! 6 weeks in Cornwall, 2 weeks in Northumberland (beautiful), 6 weeks in Norfolk and usually 3 or 4 weeks near Scarborough at the end of the year, I live near Leeds so that's quite close, Koli loves the caravan! Glad you like your new motorhome, all the best, have a great Christmas! Kind regards Colin and Koli xx
Love the background 'music and the John O'Groats pose - well done.
Hi. Thank you!
Right about the the Kilt maker only they used to put the whole sheep in it and when they turned the handle it separated the wool from the sheep and shepherds pie came out the one side and wool from the other 😂😂
What an amazing invention. 😂😂😂😂 love it
And I love shepherds pie
The deluxe version produced a finished Harris Tweed jacket at the wool end. You still got the shepherds pie though
cracking vlog guys....Keep them coming....
Hi John, Glad you enjoyed it. 2nd leg of the journey coming soon, get some popcorn ready!!
So few people understand the intricate kilt spinning process , so cheers for that . When is the last time you even saw a Wool bush or Wool tree ? ..exactly.. a lost art . Fascinating how they used to harvest the wool bushes , the wool trees and fasten it all to the farm animals in order to fluff it out , air it out , generally on sheep . They sure don't make things like they used to anymore .
Also any chance of creating a clean sound sample of that RV rattling and producing a travel soundtrack ? It was majestic and so relaxing ; I felt as if I was there myself , gradually getting angrier and angrier . Fantastic .
Happy Monday! This generation will never understand the intricacies of wool growing and production 🐑 🤣
7 days of those delicate tones…. by the end we were so used to it we didn’t hear it anymore 👂 🎶
Have the best day, suns out ☀️ 🏴
@@Stchristopherofatlantis Hope you have a best day also as you continue your journey . Feel proud -- _so_ proud -- because you sir have just proven that the Earth is indeed _NOT_ flat since the Sun is out for you but not for me . . This is huge . I feel we should call someone ?
Cheers to the three of you and thanks for the entertainments . =>
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The RV rattling !! I could not understand how Chris and Claire were able to hear that as someone else was playing a piano in the back (have a listen)
DOG ALWAYS MAX ON THE STRETCH LEAD 😂 so true ,mine even wraps around my legs ,the bin ,the van wheel too 😂
Pablo needs to be as far out on his lead as possible…….heheh
Pablo sends a woof to your Dog 🐶
@@Stchristopherofatlantis indi can see Pablo on the big telly and he's growing at him ! 😆
Good video guys thanks 👍
Hi there. Thankyou Pete.
Hope you are well
Hey you 2-excellent 1st tour offering, thanks it was great. The point of reflection is a superb one. I'm a firm believer of 'there is always time to stop & smell the flowers' in fact to anyone it should be a personal law. The sand, ocean, open land & wildlife are all good for the soul, it's a mind cleanser. Re the growing of wool I did try it once on East Yorkshire s coast. The conditions differed way too much from Scotland I'm afraid. I did manage to knit fog(sea fret) it was too similar to the Kings clothes I'm afraid😟. Thanks for the journey it was a blast.
Hi. So glad you liked it. We enjoy the reflection quotes and try and select suitable ones as to how we are feeling or the journey we have taken.
Well I never knew that so many people knew so much about harvesting wool the old fashioned way. You learn something new every day 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Have a blast of a week
@@Stchristopherofatlantis btw the mood music matched to perfection😊
Oh Gawwwd - the cutlery/pans/crockery accompaniment 🙉. We feel your pain! Our cupboards are stuffed to the gils with bubble wrap 🙄. (Recent subs - love your vlogs 🤗)
Hey delighted you subscribed!! Welcome!
Bubble wrap is the future 😎
Have a great week 🌞
You guys are awesome ,your the best vanlifers I've found ! And I love the jokes ! Claire is it like going out with Ricky Gervais crossed with paddy McGuiness 😂
Hi. We are delighted you like our channel. Claire here and I thought I was the only one that liked the jokes 🤣🤣
Andy says he prefers a cross of Brad Pitt and George Clooney
The ambient sounds of the motorhome table and grill pan sounds like a banging techno tune. Think u should get in touch with Sony or Virgin to cut some acetates...
Hi. After a week we got used to the tunes the grill pan made 🎶
Thanks for watching this video
Brilliant video thanks for sharing ❤ sad about all the animals
Hi. Happy Friday! The beach was beautiful 🏝️ we wish we were back there!
Evening Guys,
Only just watched your latest vlog as always fab 👌
Thurso not changed much in over 20 yrs we stayed up there on honeymoon 😮.
Andy facts now ticked off .
The beaches still look stunning,
Yes, we think the time is right. Just go for it and keep looking forward.
Enjoy the rest of the trip we will be watching with a hint of jealousy 😁.
Paul and Joanne 👍 😉
Scotland is my new fave!
How are you both?
Beaches are incredible and we noticed they seem to get better as we drive West.
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Have a sun filled fabulous week xx
Hi.
We are fine, thanks,
Looking forward to our weekend break in knaresborough.
P and J 😁
Have the best time 👍
I’m really enjoying your videos guys and I’m a bit of a tube van life addict now 😅 but you are the most entertaining… I love your natural ironic humour even though I’m a southern softy married to a northerner ( geordie) we have 2 jackapoo dogs one of them George likes watching utube so will be interested in the Pablo footage especially cheers! ❤😂 Nat
Hi Nat. This is so good to read, thank you for watching. We do try to make our videos easy to watch with some humour in them 😂😂
Pablo says he hopes he bumps into George 🐾
Have a great day
Being a Rebus fan my knowledge of this area is brought alive only on the pages of the books. So seeing your films offers a whole new experience.
Hi. Rebus! We remember this Detective series, a classic!!!
We loved the trip. Highly recommend
This RV new one suits you both a lot better than the other you had more space more comfort 👍
Hi. Thanks for watching our video.
Yeah this motorhome was fabulous, we loved it
Have a great weekend
The drone has made a massive difference to this. Editing unreal as usual.
Hi there. We love the drone and Andy says it’s changed his life 🤣🤣
Have a great day
You two always make me laugh 😂
Hi Beverley. Glad we make you laugh, it’s our favourite thing to do (apart from drive about on the NC500!!) Have a great week
As to the rattles, there not all that bad but you might find wrapping things in tea towels in the oven will make a difference. Love your videos, keep them coming x
I think I need to get down B&M for some more tea towels 🤣🤣🤣
Glad you like them, we have loads more!!
The beaches are out of this world aren’t they!! Even if deadly.
Loving you guys doing MOHO’ing on the NC500.
We see you have noticed the RATTLES 😂😂
APT 🐾
We fell in love with the rattles. We want a Moho 🚐
Lovely video as always, Dornoc beach looked stunning and very quiet, talking of quiet you need tea towels and bubble wrap to stop the Motorhome rattles. Superb filming and editing, the drone is a great addition to your filming. Sorry Andy missed out on fish and chips,he didn’t look impressed with your cheese and pickle sandwiches 😩. Kilt spinner my -- , i much prefer Claire’s historical facts . Stick to the dad jokes Andy Thanks for sharing your journey and humour, take care 🚐👍
Hi Eric, how are you?
The editing that Andy does is fab, we are trying hard to get the videos as good as we can and look to improve each time…. and of course to keep them full of historical facts and jam packed with humour!!
Who doesn’t love a good cheese and pickle sandwich. That’s what I say 😂😂👍👍 🧀
Cheese and pickle sandwich after fish n chips . 😂😂😂
If you do not mind smelling a bit the Avon Skin so Soft original keeps the midges at bay for some reason, mainly for women, but nowadays who cares so long as you stay midge free, for outside a smoking Smidge tin is good for the camp table which has cones which when lit smoulder creating smoke which midges do not like. I've done the NC500 twice and once no problems as it rained persistently and the second time when camping I used the Smidge burner and it did seem to work as I was not bitten and they did seem to stay away.
Hi there. We had some Smidge spray that worked a treat for me but Andy not so much!!
Thanks for watching 😁😁
How did you find the Rollerteam?, was it a good van? I'd be interested in hearing how you rate it compared to your camper.
Hi Kevin, loved the Rollerteam, great size and everything was correctly positioned for us and what we need (do you know what we mean?)
Our camper is miniature compared and has no toilet or shower… and no swivel front seats so Andy is going to pimp it up…. 🚐 Do you have a motorhome or van?
Darren swam in the sea at Dornoch last October it was blinking freezing. And Dunnet head beach was that bad with birds that there was locals bagging them everytime the sea went out😢x
Hi there. How are you?
Crikey! We weren’t expecting what we saw, it’s such a beautiful beach and there were a few swimmers!! 🏊♀️ Darren is brave!!! Eeeeek 👍
Hi, my wife also watches these videos and i found the photo of Andy on the john O' groats sign highly inappropriate, pure filth i tell you 🙈 on the other hand I’ve still not quite stopped laughing at the update 😂😂😂
Hi there. Keep the updates nice and simple, that’s what I say 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks
Thank you so much 😊
Hi. I’ve been looking for a large mug so I can drink substantially more tea in one go. I really like Claire’s mug in this video, but I can’t tell if it’s a very large mug or whether Claire is just really small. Could you show it next to something standard sized please? Many thanks.
Hello there ☕️
😂 This made us laugh, It is a small mug. I’ll slip in a close up of it in a video 😂
☕️
You can see Orkney over the water from JoG but you didn’t notice
Hi. Good job we are going back!
Thank you. We will look next time, I’d like to go if we can
Hope you are well
We are new to Motorhoming too and waving is definitely a thing, (not to vans though 😂)
👋 👋 Hello guys 👋 👋
That was stunning and Chris with his wool jokes took the biscuit ❤ ps did you get my photos
Hi Brian. How are you doing? I can’t see an email its stchrisofatlantis@gmail.com
I’ll keep an eye out 👀
Dunnet Bay,is also a nice place to catch porbeagle sharks,biggest landed was 507lbs.😊 by a local skipper.
Sharks? Crikey!
I’m not for camping/caravaning, there are much more civilised forms of travel, I know because I’ve done it, my preference is by Range Rover and booking accommodation in pubs, b&b, Airbnb or castles, much better than lugging a truck around and your vehicle is usually safer than on substandard parking sites of which there’s lots of, and you don’t need to listen to your cutlery and crockery.
Hi there, Thanks for watching our video. The grill pan ways very loud 😂 🥁🎷
You too are great,im new to this channel and by the way ur wife is very pretty.
Hello there. Thank you for watching our video. Delighted you like the channel 😀 we have loads more coming up. Have a great weekend
Andy needs all the kelp he needs 😂😂
I’ll see if we can get some in bulk!!!!!!
Smashing channel. Please tell me that constant rattling is a joke and its not that bad
Hi. Thanks for watching us and we are delighted you found us 😀
😂 No that was genuine and after a week we couldn’t hear it anymore and got used it it 😂
I don't think I could ever get used to that and our MH due sometime between now and...well, whenever it turns up. I've now got to go back to the start of your vlogs to catch up. That one of you in the layby 😱@@Stchristopherofatlantis
Wow you a motorhome on order, how mega exciting 🚐 what is it?
Truly hope you enjoy them
Currently have VW T6 Auto, but just need a bit more space/height etc. ordered Rollerteam T-Line 740 Auto, similar set up to the one you hired. @@Stchristopherofatlantis
We lovvvved it. Enjoy your travels and listen out for the grill pan 😂
Was Embo beach not Dornoch beach. Btw, where Madonna married Guy Ritchie as he is a descendant of the Duke of Sutherland family. They returned to baptise their child.
Hi. Sounds fab 😀
Duncansby is not the most northerly point in the UK... it's Dunnet Head.
Hi there
Whoooops my dodgy fact! We went to both 😃 🙃
I thought wool came from sheep
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The most northern part of the UK mainland is Dunnet head, sorry guys.😮
Hi there. Thanks for watching our video
Yes. Ooops sorry with my incorrect fact there. We went to Dunnet head and loved loved it
Durness is best! White sand beach and blue/green sea. Nothing beats Scotland. Now .... Full time or not? Bin bag for a loo .... luxury!
Watch this space, we head to delightful Durness next…. 😍 🏝️
Wool spinner 😂🤣😂🤣😂
That was a good one ey!! We loved Scotland
We found the skeleton of a whale on the Outer Hebrides, a Minke whale, I think.
Wowsers. That’s an impressive find
Thanks for watching our video
Take the motorhome to Duncansby head. Wool spinner, ffs!
😂😂😂
Dornock?? No, Dornochhhhh, please try! Lochhhhhhhh not Lock
Dornochhhhhh
Hope that’s better 😂👍
Madonna married Guy Richie there !
We heard this. It was such a lovely place, we really enjoyed it
dornoch, with a ch at the end , not a c or a k. loch is the same ...
and no wild camping in a motor home
Hi. Thanks for watching. Scotland was beautiful
When the casual consumers start motorhoming and van camping you know its the end, think of Benidorm before tourism, a tranquil fishing village and such a delight it was.
After nearly 50 years of travelling in a campers all over Europe and the Uk, Ive had enough of the herds of RUclipsrs and Instagram morons carpet bombing this formally quite Pursuit.
Hopefully another trend will come along like one way trips to Mars, I can see it now The Mars NC 5 Billion 🙄
Are you a casual viewer?
As opposed to a professional viewer?@@Stchristopherofatlantis
As opposed to a professional consumer?
@@Stchristopherofatlantis When the Casual consumer becomes the conspicuous consumer by dint of that along with the hoards of other RUclips NC 500 lemmings, an area of outstanding quite beauty must be casually consumed in a conspicious manner.
Are you a tourist to all these places you visit or is it different for you?
Hi guys doing a survey on bloggers who pay for views do you ? Not sure who would pay someone to be liked ?
Interesting question! Our views are 100% real, we are built not bought. We work very hard for every one of our views. Good luck with your survey my friend :)
@@Stchristopherofatlantis well done I enjoy watching you guys love the humour, but it is slowly coming out that there are quite a few at ! So to speak 👍
I wouldn't worry, if the rumours you've heard are true the RUclips algorithm will catch up with them eventually and they'll get banned from the platform.
@@Stchristopherofatlantis agreed but can’t be right 🧐
Did u know that Madonna and Guy Ritchie were married in the cathedral in Dornoch, aw aw even more weirdly Elon Musk also married there, I mean what’s that all about 🤷🏽♂️
Hey. How are you?
We didn’t know that but can absolutely see why. It was very beautiful and very quiet. I’ll tell everyone this now I know 😂😂
Great vlog guys. But did you know dunnet head is actually the most northern place 😂. Looking forward to the next vlog. Enjoy our marvelous country. We've done it twice in the past year, love it so much to see
Eeek was my fact wrong. Oh no!
Well, we went to Dunnet too!! Hahaha
We love Scotland 😍😍😍
@@Stchristopherofatlantis as long as you enjoyed it. It's your fact 😜 so it must be true
Did u know that Madonna and Guy Ritchie were not married in the cathedral in Dornoch!
Don’t think so not at all
Thanks for watching
Good vid though, try some of the inner Hebrides we had a great trip around islay and walk up the west coast of Jura, wanted to see George Orwell’s house at Barnhill
Sounds awesome
Please try to pronounce the place names correctly.🤣 Its not door knock beach. 😳 Ask a local how to pronounce the names, they are happy to help. 😁
Hi Stewart. Thanks for watching our video 🤣🤣
Big camper vans have ruined the NC500. Shame on you and you can't even get the names right. No such place as Dornock.
Shame on us? We went on holiday. Do you go on holiday?
@@Stchristopherofatlantis Not often and when I do get away I've generally got to work some days but that's what you were doing, making video content.
Large campervans are a blight on the NC500 and shouldn't be encouraged. However, I do see now that you went on to address this in a later video.
The Highlands really didn't deserve this pair of plonkers, and their massive campervan blocking highland roads. WTF is Dornock, if you can't pronounce it don't say it.
Stick to the fish Colin, people are obviously not your thing. Thanks for watching 😊