The single lane road is a simple but effective traffic calming / speed reduction method. It has the advantage of not killing your suspension like speed bumps in the road, and not causing issues for ambulances that are still able to travel through them at speed without throwing their patients into the roof. :)
I looked to see the road signs as you went through the village but you didn't show the road approaching long enough. But just before the village you were on the twoway open country road which is likly classed as a 'clearway'. A 'Clearway road allows speeds upto 50 or 60mph as it is considered clear of significant obstacles or hazards. So as people have travelled the road before they consider higher speeds are allowed. For a clearway to pass through a residential village an remain a clearway some fences, walls or enclosure would be needed to separate both motorists and residents. In effect chopping the village in two. So as not to destroy the village (village likly can not afford to build a flyover or major city type development) the chicane is placed there to force speed control. Speed restrictions through the villages as well as signs saying 'end of clearway' (An 'X' in a circular sign)' should have been there. But if motorists miss the fact they entered in to a reduced speed section of the road (Likly 30mph max or maybe even 20mph), there is still the chicane to slow them down. Just as you were saying (demonstrating) 'Why the hell would they ever do this? Look!' It seems clear you could not really see any reason why you should reduce your speed. Yet you were passing parked cars, residential houses, gardens and you even passed a church. Just prior to the chicane you seemed to enter the village outskirts at speed (maybe 50mph). So what is a 4 year old more interested in his icecream walks out from behind a parked car? Being as his head is lower than the roof of the parked cars he is invisible to oncoming traffic untill he runs out on to the road. You likly also passed the village school. It looks like a one street village so everyplace exits to the same road as if that road is the village street, which it is. The village may have been there before the highway authority connected a road (higher grade) to it. So it is in effect the village street used by the highway authority. So the highway authority had likly three choices. Relocate the whole village so he can have a road there, route his road around or out of the way of the village or reduce the speed of his traffic which he was routing through an inhabited village. Lol. Did you see speed restriction signs as you left the faster 'clearway' entering the village? For some reason a lot of people somehow seem to not observe such signs as they got use to a few hours of driving on the open country faster road.
If you have a house next to a speed bump, you go crazy as they are NOISY. So those single lane things are a quiet version of speed bumps, designed to slow traffic town. They work.
If a grumpy and difficult asshat like me is fond you two then there is almost no reason for rest of the world not like you, I have been watching your videos for years, you are pretty much one of the rarest down to earth earth people on youtube Never change guys!
What an irony that people like you can stay in these majestic places. In old days u would be on the other side of the door, thanks for the video. It's beautiful.
The "sea vegetable" you had was samphire, and it's quite naturally salty. :) It's probably why the fish was underseasoned, because the samphire is quite salty itself and if eaten together would season the fish.
Etymology; Originally "sampiere", a corruption of the French "Saint Pierre" (Saint Peter), samphire was named after the patron saint of fishermen because all of the original plants with its name grow in rocky salt-sprayed regions along the sea coast of northern Europe or in its coastal marsh areas. It is sometimes called sea asparagus or sea pickle. In Norfolk it is commonly called sampha [sam-fa]. In North Wales, especially along the River Dee's marshes, it has always been known as sampkin.
y'all got a merry outlook on life. It's nice to hear people like you both talk about what you see and share it. Whoever is doing the camera is doing a great job! The scenery you show of the castle and countryside is absolutely amazing. My dad's great grandparents came from Scotland and Ireland.
Woohoo! A fellow rhubarb junkie! As a wee boy, I used to stay with my grandparents at the weekend and my grandpa would let me help him in his garden - fetching stuff, filling water containers, pulling weeds etc. At the end of the day, he'd give me run of the place and I'd always go for the rhubarb or gooseberries. Now, as a crusty old fart, I'm still horribly addicted to rhubarb and put it into everything - yoghurt, porridge, cereal and I've been known to churn out a killer rhubarb smoothie or two. It may sound horrible but it's the business! Anyway, glad you had a nice time and that nobody murdered you in the castle :)
This is my all time favorite video that you guys have made. I love castles and seas. The foods, the decor, the environment. It just gives me a homey feeling. I absolutely love it. Thank you so much
i really needed this video tonight! thank you so much for your blog, for those of us that are "hometown bounded" due to health issues travel blogs like yours are an honest window to the world, so much better than the travel channel shows which pretty much just feel like watching an ad for tourist destinations. i truly enjoy how you don't overlook the mundane or dirty sides of where you travel, and the fact that you do it all on a reasonable budget! so glad i get to live vicariously through you guys
Hey guys, just stumbled across this vlog, nice job. Im local to Ackergill Tower & have done work in there many times. I can only say how embarrassed i am about the staff & their lack of knowledge. Kyde's comment at the end where she says it's as if the staff were just employed yesterday might just be true. From what i understand they have a high turnaround of staff & the locals with the high-level of knowledge are no longer there. Oh, i believe it is called a Tower because when it was first build it was just the square part so it was only a tower. The other parts were added later. There are pictures of it inside. Hope you enjoy the rest of the Highlands.
We quite enjoyed our stay there despite the lack of knowledge. They were super friendly though, so it's not a total miss. We loved the Highlands, keep an eye on our channel as we have more from the north of Scotland on the way. -E
There are other castles which were just towers...think that was a safety precaution. You'll likely find spiral staircases going clockwise as defending from the top requires (in most cases) that your right arm is free. One castle has it thw otherwise as the family used left hand. Ps you pay to stay in a castle and you have to fins your own room??? Not good enough by the staff.
C'mon now, all those Italian immigrants in the USA I'm amazed you've not seen/heard/eaten Gnocchi before!!? They're dumplings made with mashed potato, flour and egg btw ;)
We don't have a big Italian community where we are from. Also, we've been in Asia for nearly a decade, there aren't many Italians here either. Haha. -E
Not a lot of Italian's where I'm from either, it's a pretty homogenous place. Weirdly enough the best Gnocchi I've ever eaten was in a restaurant in Indonesia a few months ago!
"The hairy coo... seems inappropriate" That had me laughing! And yes, that road block thing is just to slow cars down. "Some sheep, sheepin' aboot" That was a pretty good accent! Another good video, awesome experience staying in a Castle! Shame it didn't quite live up to expectations but I'm glad you both enjoyed it!
You guys really do make brilliant videos. And im glad you get to enjoy Scotland, I’d love for you guys to enjoy it in the two or three weeks where it isn’t painfully cold too haha.
Kyde, divorce Eric. Marry me. I've got a bike , know how to cook(microwave) and you only have to wash my underwear once a month. At least think about it... 🤪
A wee tip for you, before you slide down slides make sure you dunk yer ass in oil first, you will will slide right down that slide at just short of the speed of light.
The weird mishmash of posh rooms and underinformed staff reminded me of Fawlty Towers. I've been watching Kyde's eyes more closely when she is tasting food and the tell is definitely there (except when the camera angle is off to one side). If she looks to her right, she likes it. In a way, I am kinda shocked that you don't recognize a lot of foods and tastes, but then again, it is kinda neat to see a naive reaction and then that you have been living in Japan for over 10 years, so a lot of foods are going to be a bit strange to your eyes and palates. It is really fun to see you guys exploring and your descriptions are quite informative and useful. Thanks for sharing!
You were correct, the little ‘wiggle’ in the road is to slow down the traffic. We have them in rural Wales too in residential areas. They are easier to maintain than speed bumps (which tend to degrade quite quickly in the extreme weather conditions we often have in winter). They are also easier to see when there is snow on the ground. Plus speed bumps don’t tend to slow down people in large four wheel drive vehicles. Unfortunately they are necessary because too many people ignore the speed limits when driving through villages.
What an amazing Castle just beautiful i must visit my hubby would love it, we are about 4 hours away from Scotland, Thanks for another great video guys....... Gordon Ramsey would go crazy if his staff didnt know whats on the menu!! ...... They should know !!! totally agree
In regards to the "bed steps". If I remember correctly the old beds in richer homes would be very tall to the point it would be difficult to climb into the bed from the ground hence the need for "bed steps" to climb into the bed. It doubles as a bed pan/lavatory because using a bedpan was convenient to relieve yourself during the night before modern plumbing. I suspect if they wanted to use the toilet it may have been far away from the bedroom and was likely very cold to use/access as well so the bedpan was used instead.
Gnocchi is legit just pasta made from mashed potatoes with flour and egg, and either served boiled or fried! I prefer fried with garlic and butter! 😉 My family are from northern Scotland, so this video makes me want to go there even more! Loved it!
I love your videos. Highly amusing. You look like you had a great time in Scotland. I lived in Edinburgh for four years and have been going there since I was a kid. One of the most beautiful and interesting places in the world!
Another amazing video guys I absolutely love it thankyou!!!! I loved the castle!!!! 👌😍😍😍 I'm from Scotland and the West Coast is much more scenic I recently went to the Isle of skye and my mind was blown, hope you had a nice time!!!! Xxxxx
Castle's are awesome they are so evocative that the sense of history is palpable.I am slightly obsessed with castles especially ruins and I am so lucky as Scotland has over 300 of such examples and I live on the west coast of Scotland where we have many ruined castles.I can see the ruins of Ardstinchar castle from my house.Great video guys enjoy your stay in Scotland.
Thanks! We found some castle ruins during our time on the west of Scotland and were fascinated! A brief visit to one is coming in next week's video. -E
It's fun to see someone getting excited about rhubarb. Just the other day I was walking around town and saw some street side rhubarb growing. When I was a kid I used to eat it raw directly from our garden.
I thought it was grown in areas we invaded years ago like South Africa, Canada and the USA but only in temperate zones. In reality it comes from Asia, possibly Mongolia. We only started eating it in the early 1800's when Joseph Myatt grew the Victoria cultivar, named after the queen at the time. It used to travel down the Silk road and was as pricey as Spices in those days. It's leaves and roots are deadly to all, including cattle, and not just a little bit deadly. If John hadn't added sugar, it may never have ended up in a dish and stayed in Medicine. There is a restaurant in Singapore called Rhubarb on Duxton hill, I'm unsure if it does Hot and Sour Rhubarb with Chicken, but it's worth looking out for. The Rhizomes last for 15/20 years, mines twenty years old this year and didn't pop up, I blamed it on the cold but it was probably its age as I've lived here for eighteen years, and I brought it with me from my last house. I shall be purchasing another Rhizome in the Autumn ready for those new shoots in the Spring.
I just found this video and I think you are way cool. Thank you for the Scottish video's. I'm from the USA and have been wanting to go myself. I very much enjoyed the video.
Thanks, glad you found us! We actually have quite a few videos from Scotland, lots of amazing stuff to see. If you make it there try to rent a car and go as far north as you can! -E
Ahh finally getting to see this! Thank you for the scenery I needed it!!!! 😍😍😍😍 Oh my goodness! You guys stayed in the castle on mine and my husband's anniversary!
In places in the Highlands there aren't many local young people as they move to cities or only stay if they have decent local jobs. The waiters in these hotels are usually seasonal staff that move to the hotel for only a short time as a sort of adventure which is why they can't help with the menu. You will probably notice there are lots of eastern Europeans in Scottish hotels for this reason.
Also traditional Scottish cuisine doesn't involve much seasoning as Scotland was traditionally a poor country at the periphery of the world. We eat plain meat, Game, veg and oatmeal.
Your menu in the fortified manor (aka castle) reminded me of a visit to a very small but 'authentic' Japanese restaurant in the UK. I understood very little of what I read. And everything on neighbouring tables seemed like it was still alive. Not happy. As the host came round for our orders, the person to my left said she was a vegetarian. And lo! A new menu appeared. I was saved. And it was delicious. I will not talk about the wine however :)
We live near Ackergill and we used to have our work Christmas do at the Tower. We would take over the whole place for the weekend with everyone’s kids.
The kink in the road is a feature called "traffic calming." It's simply a way of slowing traffic in busy areas where drivers may be tempted to go too fast. Mind you, it doesn't look particularly busy there! Maybe there's a school or similar nearby.
Just found your channel and have to say I'm loving it. Love the honesty and the humor! We're not fancy food people either and don't like paying for sit down. My daughter and I spent 2 weeks in Scotland and loved the co-ops! They always have salad lol
Fun video, since the new owner there are less video of this great castle. Love the way you embrace new foods. Oh and there is an ancient floorplan of the tower. Just google it. the back and sides were added in the mid 1800s. The back door wasn't the green door but the second set of doors when you enter the foyer before you go up the stairs. That should explain alot. Also the walls are thick except between the two rooms. oh oh hope there wasn't someone next door. lol If anyone out there know where there is more video or floorplans please let me know Thanks
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Hi! The curb at 3:30 is most likely a way to keep the speed down, And I bet if you'd look around the place you'd find a school or kindergarten nearby. In sweden at least, these are everywhere where kids go to and from school.
Amazing videos I've been watching a lot of them all day. Its great seeing the world through your eyes. I particularly love how you've researched everything as it clearly shows in your knowledge. To be honest don't sweat how to use a fork, just enjoy your food. In my experience nobody is interested how you're eating, so long as you're not being weird and sitting on your head 😁. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. You guys are lovely. X
Pretty sure what your were in was a tower 'Keep' the last strong hold part (against attack) of a once significantly sized castle and the beach door was probably the escape route to awaiting boats.
Hotels and castles in scotland have a high turn over of staff. Lots of students and migrant workers who work and travel. So you might find also a place that's very seasonal like from April to October. Some staff are in places for 30 years but mostly young people doing degrees and working to pay for accomodation. Quite common.
Of course, you can't go down a slide with your shoe's grips holding on to it, straighten out your legs. :D I can't believe some people don't know how to use a slide lol.
They install a chicane, at 3:39, to slow drivers, usually because of high speed accidents. That is an "AA" not "double AA", we used to have hundreds. There were also "RAC" too, not so many though. I remember those well and the fact that members who would have an AA or RAC badge on the front grille would be saluted to when passed by an AA or RAC patrolman on a motorcycle. Bonar Bridge brought a chuckle. I can tell you it is a blue veign cheese. The second looked like a cheddar. True Scottish haggis is fantastic. This is coming from an Englishman. John 'o Groats, northern most point of Britain. Another great video.
Just another thought.........I have seen many videos of Americans visiting here, and I think your channel is the best. Some seem to get overly excited, some a bit annoying, but you two have it just right !..
if you want your Disney style castles you have to head to Bavaria in Germany, Ludwig II also known as the mad or the swan king for his passion for building fairy tail castles
I grew up with my oma making gnocchi from scratch... sooo delicious.. wonderful childhood memories. I loved this episode! Like Kyde.. .I like snooping too LOL. every year I always found where my parents hid the Christmas presents... :D I think Kyde was a detective in one of her past lives ;) looove midsommer murders
yes it is a traffic calming measure. Better than a speed bump- especially if you have a bad back. Plenty of visibility to see other cars, so a crash is unusual.
I think you need to ask about the Marshall family having lived there. The Keith family built Ackergill Tower and one had been a "Marshall" of Scotland, a job title not a family name. There is supposed to be a ghost roaming about, a lady named Helen Gunn who threw herself out a window to the rocks below to escape from Dugold Keith who had kidnapped her before her wedding day. Apparently it started a long running feud between clan Keith and clan Gunn. What scottish castle is complete without a ghost? It was built in the 1400's and was just a 5 story tower with a moat. The rest of what you see was all added much later.
Those stairs to the phone are probably from the original bed that was there before. The beds back then were often super high and needed steps to get into. Also, that is why there is a chamber pot in one of the steps.
I really look forward to your videos! They're always a bright spot in my life. Two things, one, I think the strange road ways are to allow parallel parkers and residential houses to exit. I've seen streets like that here. Secondly, if I'm not mistaken the first cheese Kyde tried appeared to be goat cheese to me. (farm family) I totally enjoy these videos. I hope you'll explore Iceland soon. It is a place I've always wanted to go to. Where to next?
The 1st cheese was goats the 2nd was Appleby you were right about the blue &the last was Brie . The toilet you found was also steps trot a high bed. Oh it was made before phones.
The ‘castle’ is a Scottish tower house. There are many of them in the Highlands. Tall and narrow and fortified in the old days. So, it’s a house and a tower - and a castle if you want to call it that.
I love Scotland so much, I'm moving there in 2 weeks. And to the highlands as well, around Inverness. Btw: That coo is what they call them there, it's a highland cow, or as they say it, heeland coo. I'm also staying in a castle, it's fantastic! In Dingwall there's Tulloch Castle which I stay in! Four poster haunted bedrooms, fantastic food, it's wonderful.
Castle describes a structure that serves a purpose of defence whereas a tower is a tall narrow building that's free standing. This means that it can be called a tower castle because it fits both definitions. P.S If you visit Northern Ireland look up the Bushmills inn.
As a Scottish person I love watching you two travelling around seeing what you think of all the places you've visited! I'm unsure if you've heard of it but there's an amazing road trip around Scotland called the North Coast 500 (a bit like our equivalent to Route 66!), it would have been really cool if you'd had the time to do it. The scenery is beautiful no matter the season. :-)
45:54 That's a mixed use bit of furniture, the commode is one, but the stairs are another... they are there to help you get into bed. A few centuries ago British/European beds that the middle and upper classes used were super tall. The mattress surface was 4-5 feet high. So people needed stairs or a ladder to get into bed. I am unsure but I believe that it was to keep rats and mice out of the mattress. Or at least make it more difficult for that to happen. I may be wrong it's been ages since I read about that.
Full size Snooker tables like that was is 11.8 feet by 5ft 10 lolol but you have special long cues you use at the sides, if you need to reach like 9 feet, which you will sometimes.
I've sub when you were on IOM, finnaly found non-hyped traveller vlog without hype music. Thank you for that, and I had a feeling as I was there with you on your journeys. I'm sad that you don't have more subs and views.
the bit of the road where you give way, is usally put in places of pedestrians or coming through small villages to slow down traffic or at congested areas
ths sea vegetable is called samfir it can be boiled or pickled it is spelled and pronounced differently depending where you eat it , in what part of the country .
When you were talking about the staff not knowing what certain items were at your meal. I work for a hotel and we get a lot of seasonal staff. The waiting staff do not prepare food so with a menu which is unusual like yours it can take a while for them to learn what items are. In fact because you asked your server you propably helped them learn a little more. If he was not too buzy it would have been better to ask the chef to come talk to you. Kyde mentioned the meat and fish not being seasoned. That is the case in my work but is due to you should add your own salt and pepper . this is because so many people have allergy to such or are fussy how much should be added so simply add season to your own taste. Eric you are correct about the sections of road that narrow it. It is to slow traffic. You will find that style on residential streets which have a 30 mph speed limit or lower. We use them instead of proper speed bumps so that emergency vehicles can still get through at speed.In the Northern coastal areas there are more emergency vehicles rushing around as well as normal, Fire, police and Ambulance there are also lifeboat, coastguard and mountain rescue. The small village main roads get a surprising amount of traffic for thier size :)
Yea, the staff wasn't all very seasoned either, hahaha. It's ok but seemed a little odd when the person in charge didn't know stuff either. Oh well. -E
I live in San Francisco and I’m now SUPER impressed with the huge amount of staff who know what they are serving at least via the chef, but usually without them.
It’s supposed to be fine dining, they should know the menu but it’s not their fault there is a complete lack of management (they are all at home by 6), Ackergill tower is an example of what a country house hotel should not be.
The owner or person in charge would likly need to ask the chef in some cases. Especially a good chef sourcing from local sources such as fresh killed pigeon, rhubarb, bugs and saphire seaweed (vetgetables (Legume de Mare)). It's likly the chef is who knows of food in terms of a wide variety prepared in styles fit for a hotel. I worked as a hotel chef and would expect to be asked at least a few times by management what certain foods were. Such as the Gnocchi. Whilst it seems reasonable to expect management to know of such things as they appear to work in that business. Often they do not. Often they have an allergy or phobia to the very idea of kitchen work and see the kitchen as a form of HELL. This HELL they perceive, repeatedly reenforces their loathing and dread of ever having the nighmarish misfortune of having to do the kitchen work, if ever the Chef is off sick. It's why they employ chefs. It's a general type of false expectation as each person other than the chef is relying on others to know. Like the management expect the resturant staff to know and the resturant staff expect the management to know. Yet the management may consist of receptonist, a trainee assistant manager who got the job without having ever worked in a kitchen but because he has higher qualifications. Being a trainee he hasn't the years of experience to know and relies on the senior manager to know who inturn relies on the trainee to do the running around to learn if anything needs to be known. So between them they generally do not know of the more lucurious dishes. Even something as simple as mousse when asked seems a difficult question to answer. To many it is something they spoon in to their mouth. It may be chocolate, fish or liver. Then the chef prepares duck liver mousse and calls it 'Mousse de Foie Gras des Canard'. Which is a mouthful for the staff to even pronounce let a lone know what it is. It's just duck liver mousse. But the staff do not know that is all it is as they are not even sure what mousse is. So they have to ask. They are okay with simple fayre such as sausages, haggis and beans. But that's because people are generally not asking what are the sausages or which type of baked bean are the beans? Lol. Ask them which type and they may get stuck as the question suggests the type may be a type of the not normal variety. Or why else would some one be asking which type of sausages as they thought every one knew what a sausage is. Untill asked that is. The wee lass serving the food likly is just out of school and has no qualifications in catering apart from her general schooling. So it the chef who is creating the dishes who knows and generally not other staff when the dishes are not native or everyday. Even the Brie and stradenblue cheeses are likly foreign and not local or everyday. But it's all very beautiful and likly a treasure of an experience. When you live in a real castle far removed from residential areas with no other houses around for miles. It may not be so easy to find staff prepared to work so remotely. So they too are imported by advertisements further afeild. So they too would not know their grouse from their pigeon from their partridge. It's likly as much a new experience for the wee serving lasses. The seasoning salt is usually placed on the center of each table. If not you can ask or it will be on the sideboard. It is normal through out Europe as every ones sodium requirements change or are different according to their sodium levels. Lol.
You'll need to do reviews of more castles. Just make sure to pack lots of snacks in your room for later on if they're so skimpy with their portion sizes. I love that you'll explore everywhere you can, most people (me included) would be to scared to even go down the wine cellar, but I bet it was a pretty cool experience just to have a look around. Hey a lot of ticks of the list now, eaten a pigeon! I've never tried pigeon, but done right it's meant to actually be pretty good, slept in a castle, yeah we can all agree it's a castle.. I mean people that say it's a tower, castles have towers within them, you'll still got to explore and sleep in a castle! It's a pretty cool experience by the look of it. Makes me really want to see more. Love your videos as always, such a nice, happy loving couple and you'll bring such a nice energy to the videos. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us all.
Hey Kyde & Eric, @3.35 they would block the lane like that so that traffic has to slow down whilst passing the houses. Maybe the local boy racers used to speed up and down there 🤔 Loving your videos guys. I'm Glaswegian myself, so it's nice to see people enjoy our unique wee country for the first time. Haha.. I paused the video to write the comment but you had figured it out anyway I see..
Hey, I've just discovered your channel over the last couple of days and I absolutely love you guys already. Is their anything better than watching two lovely people showing off cool places and things... take my sub! Have you been to Manchester yet? Arguably the UK'S home of Music and Scientific innovation. As a Mancunian, I'm obviously bias, but I think you guys might really dig the vibe here. Safe travels x
Glad you are enjoying it! We didn't get a chance to visit Manchester but we got so many people recommending it we may have to hit it next time we are in the area! -E
Kyde and Eric From what I've seen, your UK destination choices have been great. London is obviously a must, but York, Edinburgh and The Highlands are all wonderful. Manchester is your typical working class Urban sprawl. 70% of it is kinda grim, but there's so much character and culture within the arts scene. Lots of cool museums and the like too.
The single lane road is a simple but effective traffic calming / speed reduction method. It has the advantage of not killing your suspension like speed bumps in the road, and not causing issues for ambulances that are still able to travel through them at speed without throwing their patients into the roof. :)
Didn't think about ambulances, good point! -E
I looked to see the road signs as you went through the village but you didn't show the road approaching long enough. But just before the village you were on the twoway open country road which is likly classed as a 'clearway'. A 'Clearway road allows speeds upto 50 or 60mph as it is considered clear of significant obstacles or hazards. So as people have travelled the road before they consider higher speeds are allowed. For a clearway to pass through a residential village an remain a clearway some fences, walls or enclosure would be needed to separate both motorists and residents. In effect chopping the village in two. So as not to destroy the village (village likly can not afford to build a flyover or major city type development) the chicane is placed there to force speed control. Speed restrictions through the villages as well as signs saying 'end of clearway' (An 'X' in a circular sign)' should have been there. But if motorists miss the fact they entered in to a reduced speed section of the road (Likly 30mph max or maybe even 20mph), there is still the chicane to slow them down.
Just as you were saying (demonstrating) 'Why the hell would they ever do this? Look!' It seems clear you could not really see any reason why you should reduce your speed. Yet you were passing parked cars, residential houses, gardens and you even passed a church. Just prior to the chicane you seemed to enter the village outskirts at speed (maybe 50mph). So what is a 4 year old more interested in his icecream walks out from behind a parked car? Being as his head is lower than the roof of the parked cars he is invisible to oncoming traffic untill he runs out on to the road. You likly also passed the village school. It looks like a one street village so everyplace exits to the same road as if that road is the village street, which it is. The village may have been there before the highway authority connected a road (higher grade) to it. So it is in effect the village street used by the highway authority. So the highway authority had likly three choices. Relocate the whole village so he can have a road there, route his road around or out of the way of the village or reduce the speed of his traffic which he was routing through an inhabited village. Lol.
Did you see speed restriction signs as you left the faster 'clearway' entering the village? For some reason a lot of people somehow seem to not observe such signs as they got use to a few hours of driving on the open country faster road.
Traffic calming 😂
They cause confusion and rage. No one likes them. They push you and the oncoming traffic into the same lane.
@@CRD250 no they dont, as one car should give way to the other.
@@sunny70299 Yes they do. A good system wouldn’t put you anywhere near oncoming traffic.
If you have a house next to a speed bump, you go crazy as they are NOISY. So those single lane things are a quiet version of speed bumps, designed to slow traffic town. They work.
True, theres a speed bump in front my house, and it really is so noisy
If a grumpy and difficult asshat like me is fond you two then there is almost no reason for rest of the world not like you,
I have been watching your videos for years, you are pretty much one of the rarest down to earth earth people on youtube
Never change guys!
Haha, thanks! Don't doubt the grumpiness of others, some people absolutely hate us! Hahahaha. -E
What an irony that people like you can stay in these majestic places. In old days u would be on the other side of the door, thanks for the video. It's beautiful.
Not all of us can be the queen. Glad you enjoyed our peasant take, hahaha. -E
The "sea vegetable" you had was samphire, and it's quite naturally salty. :) It's probably why the fish was underseasoned, because the samphire is quite salty itself and if eaten together would season the fish.
I'm a chef, and I'm not into that kind of food either. I like good quality food, but your plates looked more style of substance to me.
Yea, fancy food rarely is actually a wonderful meal. -E
Spot on. I love samphire.
Etymology; Originally "sampiere", a corruption of the French "Saint Pierre" (Saint Peter), samphire was named after the patron saint of fishermen because all of the original plants with its name grow in rocky salt-sprayed regions along the sea coast of northern Europe or in its coastal marsh areas. It is sometimes called sea asparagus or sea pickle. In Norfolk it is commonly called sampha [sam-fa]. In North Wales, especially along the River Dee's marshes, it has always been known as sampkin.
@@kydeanderic you take back some rhubarb seeds...easy
y'all got a merry outlook on life. It's nice to hear people like you both talk about what you see and share it. Whoever is doing the camera is doing a great job! The scenery you show of the castle and countryside is absolutely amazing. My dad's great grandparents came from Scotland and Ireland.
Thanks so much!! -E
Woohoo! A fellow rhubarb junkie!
As a wee boy, I used to stay with my grandparents at the weekend and my grandpa would let me help him in his garden - fetching stuff, filling water containers, pulling weeds etc. At the end of the day, he'd give me run of the place and I'd always go for the rhubarb or gooseberries.
Now, as a crusty old fart, I'm still horribly addicted to rhubarb and put it into everything - yoghurt, porridge, cereal and I've been known to churn out a killer rhubarb smoothie or two. It may sound horrible but it's the business!
Anyway, glad you had a nice time and that nobody murdered you in the castle :)
Rhubarb all the things! I'm with you! -E
This is my all time favorite video that you guys have made. I love castles and seas. The foods, the decor, the environment. It just gives me a homey feeling. I absolutely love it. Thank you so much
Super happy you did it! It was a fun evening. -E
i really needed this video tonight! thank you so much for your blog, for those of us that are "hometown bounded" due to health issues travel blogs like yours are an honest window to the world, so much better than the travel channel shows which pretty much just feel like watching an ad for tourist destinations. i truly enjoy how you don't overlook the mundane or dirty sides of where you travel, and the fact that you do it all on a reasonable budget! so glad i get to live vicariously through you guys
Gald we helped make your night better. Thanks KS for the kind words, what you are enjoying is exactly what we want to be making! -E
Hey guys, just stumbled across this vlog, nice job. Im local to Ackergill Tower & have done work in there many times. I can only say how embarrassed i am about the staff & their lack of knowledge. Kyde's comment at the end where she says it's as if the staff were just employed yesterday might just be true. From what i understand they have a high turnaround of staff & the locals with the high-level of knowledge are no longer there. Oh, i believe it is called a Tower because when it was first build it was just the square part so it was only a tower. The other parts were added later. There are pictures of it inside.
Hope you enjoy the rest of the Highlands.
We quite enjoyed our stay there despite the lack of knowledge. They were super friendly though, so it's not a total miss. We loved the Highlands, keep an eye on our channel as we have more from the north of Scotland on the way. -E
There are other castles which were just towers...think that was a safety precaution. You'll likely find spiral staircases going clockwise as defending from the top requires (in most cases) that your right arm is free. One castle has it thw otherwise as the family used left hand. Ps you pay to stay in a castle and you have to fins your own room??? Not good enough by the staff.
According to manorcastles.com Ackergill Castle is permanently closed as of 2019.
@@kirstennielsen4046 A number of so-called "Castles" in the UK are in fact the last remaining part of a castle namely the "Keep" .
C'mon now, all those Italian immigrants in the USA I'm amazed you've not seen/heard/eaten Gnocchi before!!? They're dumplings made with mashed potato, flour and egg btw ;)
We don't have a big Italian community where we are from. Also, we've been in Asia for nearly a decade, there aren't many Italians here either. Haha. -E
Not a lot of Italian's where I'm from either, it's a pretty homogenous place. Weirdly enough the best Gnocchi I've ever eaten was in a restaurant in Indonesia a few months ago!
@@eattravelraverepeat3791 Well, you clearly haven't been to Italy yet, have you?
@@Kivas_Fajo I've been to Italy many times
"The hairy coo... seems inappropriate" That had me laughing! And yes, that road block thing is just to slow cars down.
"Some sheep, sheepin' aboot" That was a pretty good accent! Another good video, awesome experience staying in a Castle! Shame it didn't quite live up to expectations but I'm glad you both enjoyed it!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! -E
Thank you for the reveal when you found out it was real pigeon, followed by the sad tale of its day, pure comedy gold ;)
You guys really do make brilliant videos. And im glad you get to enjoy Scotland, I’d love for you guys to enjoy it in the two or three weeks where it isn’t painfully cold too haha.
"bonar bridge was erected in 1973"😂 this is why I watch these 2 guys. Awesome. I can't stop watching 🖒
In the UK, cheese for dessert is rather common. Lovely with a glass of port!
Favorite Kyde quote: "If you fuck up a mushroom... I don't know what you're doing."
Eric, marry her. She's a keeper.
Kyde, marry him. He's a keeper.
Two people thoroughly enjoying life :)
Good news, we are married!
Kyde and Eric Great!
Kyde, divorce Eric. Marry me. I've got a bike , know how to cook(microwave) and you only have to wash my underwear once a month. At least think about it... 🤪
I've never heard an American pronounce Edinburgh correctly before, what a magical time to be alive
It's funny how many people are telling us we are saying it wrong. Hahahaha. -E
That’s because to in American English the urgh just becomes urg
Absolutely loving these Scotland vlogs, can't wait to binge on your previous videos too!
Glad you are enjoying! Lots more to come and even more older videos to binge, haha. -E
You're right,those road things are to stop speeders.love your stuff
28:33 secs ;'Snooker,snooker,snocker'. You two are a barrels of laughs ha ha ha.
Are you telling me Eric's been going down slides all his life with his knees up?
What's why slides don't work for you my dude :P
If I put my knees down my feet touch the ground!
you have to lift your feet up some how, your shoes are meant to be non slip after all.
A wee tip for you, before you slide down slides make sure you dunk yer ass in oil first, you will will slide right down that slide at just short of the speed of light.
That breakfast was a typical hotel blandness that everyone feels ok about eating.
Great personalities for this type of show...So excited...A lot of us don't realise what we got in the UK...Thanks for the vids...
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. -E
The weird mishmash of posh rooms and underinformed staff reminded me of Fawlty Towers. I've been watching Kyde's eyes more closely when she is tasting food and the tell is definitely there (except when the camera angle is off to one side). If she looks to her right, she likes it. In a way, I am kinda shocked that you don't recognize a lot of foods and tastes, but then again, it is kinda neat to see a naive reaction and then that you have been living in Japan for over 10 years, so a lot of foods are going to be a bit strange to your eyes and palates. It is really fun to see you guys exploring and your descriptions are quite informative and useful. Thanks for sharing!
You were correct, the little ‘wiggle’ in the road is to slow down the traffic. We have them in rural Wales too in residential areas. They are easier to maintain than speed bumps (which tend to degrade quite quickly in the extreme weather conditions we often have in winter). They are also easier to see when there is snow on the ground. Plus speed bumps don’t tend to slow down people in large four wheel drive vehicles. Unfortunately they are necessary because too many people ignore the speed limits when driving through villages.
What an amazing Castle just beautiful i must visit my hubby would love it, we are about 4 hours away from Scotland, Thanks for another great video guys....... Gordon Ramsey would go crazy if his staff didnt know whats on the menu!! ...... They should know !!! totally agree
In regards to the "bed steps". If I remember correctly the old beds in richer homes would be very tall to the point it would be difficult to climb into the bed from the ground hence the need for "bed steps" to climb into the bed. It doubles as a bed pan/lavatory because using a bedpan was convenient to relieve yourself during the night before modern plumbing. I suspect if they wanted to use the toilet it may have been far away from the bedroom and was likely very cold to use/access as well so the bedpan was used instead.
The toilet was a garderobe which was a wooden structure on the side. On most castles you can see the black strip on the outer wall.
Gnocchi is legit just pasta made from mashed potatoes with flour and egg, and either served boiled or fried! I prefer fried with garlic and butter! 😉 My family are from northern Scotland, so this video makes me want to go there even more! Loved it!
Oh nice! Our next video will show more of the north, it's super beautiful up there! -E
Thanks for sending me the link. Love the Hairy Coo ;)
I've been binge watching your vids all day (just discovered them.)
seriously interesting content. you guys are great :)
Thanks! Glad you are enjoying! -E
You two are awesome! Just looking into Scotland for my vacation and stumbled onto your video, thanks for the entertainment.
Thanks! We have quite a few from our time in Scotland if you are curious. Enjoy your trip if you make it there, it can be astonishingly beautiful! -E
I love your videos. Highly amusing. You look like you had a great time in Scotland. I lived in Edinburgh for four years and have been going there since I was a kid. One of the most beautiful and interesting places in the world!
Never eat with your knife!!! (don't put it in your mouth). Love you both. x
Another amazing video guys I absolutely love it thankyou!!!! I loved the castle!!!! 👌😍😍😍 I'm from Scotland and the West Coast is much more scenic I recently went to the Isle of skye and my mind was blown, hope you had a nice time!!!! Xxxxx
You are totally right! In our next video we head West and a couple videos after that we will be on Skye! -E
Castle's are awesome they are so evocative that the sense of history is palpable.I am slightly obsessed with castles especially ruins and I am so lucky as Scotland has over 300 of such examples and I live on the west coast of Scotland where we have many ruined castles.I can see the ruins of Ardstinchar castle from my house.Great video guys enjoy your stay in Scotland.
Thanks! We found some castle ruins during our time on the west of Scotland and were fascinated! A brief visit to one is coming in next week's video. -E
Awesome stuff, keep up the awesome tours n vids.
It's fun to see someone getting excited about rhubarb. Just the other day I was walking around town and saw some street side rhubarb growing. When I was a kid I used to eat it raw directly from our garden.
I'm very jealous. It's not something we get a lot of in Asia, haha. -E
I thought it was grown in areas we invaded years ago like South Africa, Canada and the USA but only in temperate zones. In reality it comes from Asia, possibly Mongolia. We only started eating it in the early 1800's when Joseph Myatt grew the Victoria cultivar, named after the queen at the time. It used to travel down the Silk road and was as pricey as Spices in those days. It's leaves and roots are deadly to all, including cattle, and not just a little bit deadly.
If John hadn't added sugar, it may never have ended up in a dish and stayed in Medicine. There is a restaurant in Singapore called Rhubarb on Duxton hill, I'm unsure if it does Hot and Sour Rhubarb with Chicken, but it's worth looking out for.
The Rhizomes last for 15/20 years, mines twenty years old this year and didn't pop up, I blamed it on the cold but it was probably its age as I've lived here for eighteen years, and I brought it with me from my last house. I shall be purchasing another Rhizome in the Autumn ready for those new shoots in the Spring.
I just found this video and I think you are way cool. Thank you for the Scottish video's. I'm from the USA and have been wanting to go myself. I very much enjoyed the video.
Thanks, glad you found us! We actually have quite a few videos from Scotland, lots of amazing stuff to see. If you make it there try to rent a car and go as far north as you can! -E
Ahh finally getting to see this! Thank you for the scenery I needed it!!!! 😍😍😍😍
Oh my goodness! You guys stayed in the castle on mine and my husband's anniversary!
I love your videos! Great way to show us the Highlands:)
More highlands on the way too!
Kyde and Eric can't wait 😀
In places in the Highlands there aren't many local young people as they move to cities or only stay if they have decent local jobs. The waiters in these hotels are usually seasonal staff that move to the hotel for only a short time as a sort of adventure which is why they can't help with the menu. You will probably notice there are lots of eastern Europeans in Scottish hotels for this reason.
The staff was local, actually. Just young and probably new, but even the chef couldn't help them understand the menu which was a tad odd. -E
Also traditional Scottish cuisine doesn't involve much seasoning as Scotland was traditionally a poor country at the periphery of the world. We eat plain meat, Game, veg and oatmeal.
High class cooking in a place like this goes very easy on the seasoning, so you can season to taste, with salt and pepper provided.
Really enjoy your videos, you both come across as lovely genuine people, and its fun watching you get to grips with British things, xx
Haha, thanks!
Little fact about the Co-op and why you were seeing them so often is due to them having a store in every postcode area in the United Kingdom
There isn't one in mine...
Your menu in the fortified manor (aka castle) reminded me of a visit to a very small but 'authentic' Japanese restaurant in the UK. I understood very little of what I read. And everything on neighbouring tables seemed like it was still alive. Not happy. As the host came round for our orders, the person to my left said she was a vegetarian. And lo! A new menu appeared. I was saved. And it was delicious. I will not talk about the wine however :)
We live near Ackergill and we used to have our work Christmas do at the Tower. We would take over the whole place for the weekend with everyone’s kids.
Sounds fun!
The kids would spend hours playing hide and seek.
The kink in the road is a feature called "traffic calming." It's simply a way of slowing traffic in busy areas where drivers may be tempted to go too fast. Mind you, it doesn't look particularly busy there! Maybe there's a school or similar nearby.
Just found your channel and have to say I'm loving it. Love the honesty and the humor! We're not fancy food people either and don't like paying for sit down. My daughter and I spent 2 weeks in Scotland and loved the co-ops! They always have salad lol
Yea! The salads and wraps were great!
I like you guys.... you both are a joy to watch. One day I will explore Scotland too.
Glad you are enjoying! Hope you make it up to Scotland sometime, it's beautiful there. -E
Fun video, since the new owner there are less video of this great castle. Love the way you embrace new foods. Oh and there is an ancient floorplan of the tower. Just google it. the back and sides were added in the mid 1800s. The back door wasn't the green door but the second set of doors when you enter the foyer before you go up the stairs. That should explain alot. Also the walls are thick except between the two rooms. oh oh hope there wasn't someone next door. lol If anyone out there know where there is more video or floorplans please let me know Thanks
Hi! The curb at 3:30 is most likely a way to keep the speed down, And I bet if you'd look around the place you'd find a school or kindergarten nearby. In sweden at least, these are everywhere where kids go to and from school.
Amazing videos I've been watching a lot of them all day. Its great seeing the world through your eyes. I particularly love how you've researched everything as it clearly shows in your knowledge. To be honest don't sweat how to use a fork, just enjoy your food. In my experience nobody is interested how you're eating, so long as you're not being weird and sitting on your head 😁. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. You guys are lovely. X
Pretty sure what your were in was a tower 'Keep' the last strong hold part (against attack) of a once significantly sized castle and the beach door was probably the escape route to awaiting boats.
Hotels and castles in scotland have a high turn over of staff. Lots of students and migrant workers who work and travel. So you might find also a place that's very seasonal like from April to October. Some staff are in places for 30 years but mostly young people doing degrees and working to pay for accomodation. Quite common.
Of course, you can't go down a slide with your shoe's grips holding on to it, straighten out your legs. :D I can't believe some people don't know how to use a slide lol.
I always spend the night in a Castle after I have been scammed by a rogue car rental company it just makes me feel better. X
I love the little toiletries you get in fancy hotels. This castle is beautiful!
you want to try the wild haggis next time your there they take a bit of finding though we were up there two years ago an we only caught one
They install a chicane, at 3:39, to slow drivers, usually because of high speed accidents. That is an "AA" not "double AA", we used to have hundreds. There were also "RAC" too, not so many though. I remember those well and the fact that members who would have an AA or RAC badge on the front grille would be saluted to when passed by an AA or RAC patrolman on a motorcycle. Bonar Bridge brought a chuckle.
I can tell you it is a blue veign cheese. The second looked like a cheddar.
True Scottish haggis is fantastic. This is coming from an Englishman. John 'o Groats, northern most point of Britain.
Another great video.
Hi guys glad you visited Glasgow my home town. Love that your enjoying Scotland
Just another thought.........I have seen many videos of Americans visiting here, and I think your channel is the best.
Some seem to get overly excited, some a bit annoying, but you two have it just right !..
Thanks!
if you want your Disney style castles you have to head to Bavaria in Germany, Ludwig II also known as the mad or the swan king for his passion for building fairy tail castles
Exactly, these are speedbumps.
I grew up with my oma making gnocchi from scratch... sooo delicious.. wonderful
childhood memories. I loved this episode! Like Kyde.. .I like snooping too LOL.
every year I always found where my parents hid the Christmas presents... :D
I think Kyde was a detective in one of her past lives ;) looove midsommer murders
You and Kyde in a new place together would be trouble! -E
If you’re eating pigeon, it's likely to be wood pigeon.
That’s the very bird you heard in the woods in one of your earlier videos, LOL 31:40
The very same bird? What an amazing coincidence!
Yep, sounds like yummy wood pigeon
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by the way, “Squab” is another word for pigeon and Chinese people eat it too :)
Your Squab or Chinese pigeon sounds yummy, but I bet it’s not as tasty as wild wood pigeon, LOL
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yes it is a traffic calming measure. Better than a speed bump- especially if you have a bad back. Plenty of visibility to see other cars, so a crash is unusual.
Another great video guys , so pleased I found your channel.
Thanks! We are glad you found us! -E
I think you need to ask about the Marshall family having lived there. The Keith family built Ackergill Tower and one had been a "Marshall" of Scotland, a job title not a family name.
There is supposed to be a ghost roaming about, a lady named Helen Gunn who threw herself out a window to the rocks below to escape from Dugold Keith who had kidnapped her before her wedding day. Apparently it started a long running feud between clan Keith and clan Gunn. What scottish castle is complete without a ghost?
It was built in the 1400's and was just a 5 story tower with a moat. The rest of what you see was all added much later.
Those stairs to the phone are probably from the original bed that was there before. The beds back then were often super high and needed steps to get into. Also, that is why there is a chamber pot in one of the steps.
I really look forward to your videos! They're always a bright spot in my life. Two things, one, I think the strange road ways are to allow parallel parkers and residential houses to exit. I've seen streets like that here. Secondly, if I'm not mistaken the first cheese Kyde tried appeared to be goat cheese to me. (farm family) I totally enjoy these videos. I hope you'll explore Iceland soon. It is a place I've always wanted to go to. Where to next?
Next: Westward!
The 1st cheese was goats the 2nd was Appleby you were right about the blue &the last was Brie . The toilet you found was also steps trot a high bed. Oh it was made before phones.
Great video! What a fun adventure.
The ‘castle’ is a Scottish tower house. There are many of them in the Highlands. Tall and narrow and fortified in the old days. So, it’s a house and a tower - and a castle if you want to call it that.
I love Scotland so much, I'm moving there in 2 weeks. And to the highlands as well, around Inverness. Btw: That coo is what they call them there, it's a highland cow, or as they say it, heeland coo. I'm also staying in a castle, it's fantastic! In Dingwall there's Tulloch Castle which I stay in! Four poster haunted bedrooms, fantastic food, it's wonderful.
Enjoy!
Thank you, I will :) You still in Scotland?
Nope, back home now. -E
1:26
That's pretty much what Scotland looks like _all_ year!
That’s a great attitude, cheers for that
Castle describes a structure that serves a purpose of defence whereas a tower is a tall narrow building that's free standing. This means that it can be called a tower castle because it fits both definitions.
P.S If you visit Northern Ireland look up the Bushmills inn.
As a Scottish person I love watching you two travelling around seeing what you think of all the places you've visited! I'm unsure if you've heard of it but there's an amazing road trip around Scotland called the North Coast 500 (a bit like our equivalent to Route 66!), it would have been really cool if you'd had the time to do it. The scenery is beautiful no matter the season. :-)
Next week's video.
45:54 That's a mixed use bit of furniture, the commode is one, but the stairs are another... they are there to help you get into bed. A few centuries ago British/European beds that the middle and upper classes used were super tall. The mattress surface was 4-5 feet high. So people needed stairs or a ladder to get into bed. I am unsure but I believe that it was to keep rats and mice out of the mattress. Or at least make it more difficult for that to happen. I may be wrong it's been ages since I read about that.
Haha I've seen rats in ceilings of houses. -E
I think the castle is a fortified house, very common in Scotland, but more so near the borders, where raids took place to steal cattle etc.
Full size Snooker tables like that was is 11.8 feet by 5ft 10 lolol but you have special long cues you use at the sides, if you need to reach like 9 feet, which you will sometimes.
great vid, guys. carry on.
I've sub when you were on IOM, finnaly found non-hyped traveller vlog without hype music. Thank you for that, and I had a feeling as I was there with you on your journeys. I'm sad that you don't have more subs and views.
Our goal is to bring people along! Glad that's how it felt for you! -E
the bit of the road where you give way, is usally put in places of pedestrians or coming through small villages to slow down traffic or at congested areas
ths sea vegetable is called samfir it can be boiled or pickled it is spelled and pronounced differently depending where you eat it , in what part of the country .
When you were talking about the staff not knowing what certain items were at your meal. I work for a hotel and we get a lot of seasonal staff. The waiting staff do not prepare food so with a menu which is unusual like yours it can take a while for them to learn what items are. In fact because you asked your server you propably helped them learn a little more. If he was not too buzy it would have been better to ask the chef to come talk to you. Kyde mentioned the meat and fish not being seasoned. That is the case in my work but is due to you should add your own salt and pepper . this is because so many people have allergy to such or are fussy how much should be added so simply add season to your own taste. Eric you are correct about the sections of road that narrow it. It is to slow traffic. You will find that style on residential streets which have a 30 mph speed limit or lower. We use them instead of proper speed bumps so that emergency vehicles can still get through at speed.In the Northern coastal areas there are more emergency vehicles rushing around as well as normal, Fire, police and Ambulance there are also lifeboat, coastguard and mountain rescue. The small village main roads get a surprising amount of traffic for thier size :)
Yea, the staff wasn't all very seasoned either, hahaha. It's ok but seemed a little odd when the person in charge didn't know stuff either. Oh well. -E
I live in San Francisco and I’m now SUPER impressed with the huge amount of staff who know what they are serving at least via the chef, but usually without them.
It’s supposed to be fine dining, they should know the menu but it’s not their fault there is a complete lack of management (they are all at home by 6), Ackergill tower is an example of what a country house hotel should not be.
The owner or person in charge would likly need to ask the chef in some cases. Especially a good chef sourcing from local sources such as fresh killed pigeon, rhubarb, bugs and saphire seaweed (vetgetables (Legume de Mare)). It's likly the chef is who knows of food in terms of a wide variety prepared in styles fit for a hotel. I worked as a hotel chef and would expect to be asked at least a few times by management what certain foods were. Such as the Gnocchi. Whilst it seems reasonable to expect management to know of such things as they appear to work in that business. Often they do not. Often they have an allergy or phobia to the very idea of kitchen work and see the kitchen as a form of HELL. This HELL they perceive, repeatedly reenforces their loathing and dread of ever having the nighmarish misfortune of having to do the kitchen work, if ever the Chef is off sick. It's why they employ chefs. It's a general type of false expectation as each person other than the chef is relying on others to know. Like the management expect the resturant staff to know and the resturant staff expect the management to know. Yet the management may consist of receptonist, a trainee assistant manager who got the job without having ever worked in a kitchen but because he has higher qualifications. Being a trainee he hasn't the years of experience to know and relies on the senior manager to know who inturn relies on the trainee to do the running around to learn if anything needs to be known. So between them they generally do not know of the more lucurious dishes. Even something as simple as mousse when asked seems a difficult question to answer. To many it is something they spoon in to their mouth. It may be chocolate, fish or liver. Then the chef prepares duck liver mousse and calls it 'Mousse de Foie Gras des Canard'. Which is a mouthful for the staff to even pronounce let a lone know what it is. It's just duck liver mousse. But the staff do not know that is all it is as they are not even sure what mousse is. So they have to ask. They are okay with simple fayre such as sausages, haggis and beans. But that's because people are generally not asking what are the sausages or which type of baked bean are the beans? Lol. Ask them which type and they may get stuck as the question suggests the type may be a type of the not normal variety. Or why else would some one be asking which type of sausages as they thought every one knew what a sausage is. Untill asked that is. The wee lass serving the food likly is just out of school and has no qualifications in catering apart from her general schooling. So it the chef who is creating the dishes who knows and generally not other staff when the dishes are not native or everyday. Even the Brie and stradenblue cheeses are likly foreign and not local or everyday. But it's all very beautiful and likly a treasure of an experience. When you live in a real castle far removed from residential areas with no other houses around for miles. It may not be so easy to find staff prepared to work so remotely. So they too are imported by advertisements further afeild. So they too would not know their grouse from their pigeon from their partridge. It's likly as much a new experience for the wee serving lasses.
The seasoning salt is usually placed on the center of each table. If not you can ask or it will be on the sideboard. It is normal through out Europe as every ones sodium requirements change or are different according to their sodium levels. Lol.
It no longer matters, the hotel closed, the tower was sold off to a billionaire as a private house.
It's really a fortified house. Beautiful place.
Nice find on the hidden toilet Kyde! Great video as always!
You'll need to do reviews of more castles. Just make sure to pack lots of snacks in your room for later on if they're so skimpy with their portion sizes. I love that you'll explore everywhere you can, most people (me included) would be to scared to even go down the wine cellar, but I bet it was a pretty cool experience just to have a look around.
Hey a lot of ticks of the list now, eaten a pigeon! I've never tried pigeon, but done right it's meant to actually be pretty good, slept in a castle, yeah we can all agree it's a castle.. I mean people that say it's a tower, castles have towers within them, you'll still got to explore and sleep in a castle! It's a pretty cool experience by the look of it. Makes me really want to see more.
Love your videos as always, such a nice, happy loving couple and you'll bring such a nice energy to the videos. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us all.
Thanks so much! -E
The green door is probably a modern addition. They probably had a thick wooden door back in the day 🤣
Best yet, loved the confusion about the pigeon.
Its speed calming, no speed bump to knacker your shocks. Also used in high car theftAREARSs. Love you guys BTW.
what a great place, i want to go stay there
Where did you guys find booking sites for castles??I am struggling to find good, relatively cost friendly castles to stay in the Scottish Highlands
Don't remember, I think we just googled "staying in a scottish castle" and eventually found one that looked good!
Hey Kyde & Eric, @3.35 they would block the lane like that so that traffic has to slow down whilst passing the houses. Maybe the local boy racers used to speed up and down there 🤔 Loving your videos guys. I'm Glaswegian myself, so it's nice to see people enjoy our unique wee country for the first time.
Haha.. I paused the video to write the comment but you had figured it out anyway I see..
guys amazing adventure lovely great job
Hey, I've just discovered your channel over the last couple of days and I absolutely love you guys already. Is their anything better than watching two lovely people showing off cool places and things... take my sub!
Have you been to Manchester yet? Arguably the UK'S home of Music and Scientific innovation. As a Mancunian, I'm obviously bias, but I think you guys might really dig the vibe here.
Safe travels x
Glad you are enjoying it! We didn't get a chance to visit Manchester but we got so many people recommending it we may have to hit it next time we are in the area! -E
Kyde and Eric From what I've seen, your UK destination choices have been great. London is obviously a must, but York, Edinburgh and The Highlands are all wonderful.
Manchester is your typical working class Urban sprawl. 70% of it is kinda grim, but there's so much character and culture within the arts scene. Lots of cool museums and the like too.
Most of that music you talk about was from the City of Salford, Happy Mondays, New Order, The Smiths etc Salfordians not Mancs
John Cole... Not getting into to it with a Salford Red on these good people's channel... but yeah... Centurions! 😉
I hope the chef and management watched this. The portions looked a wee bit small. Plus they should have known what they were serving you.