I was going to comment on the last video and had to now comment half way through this one, where Lydia is debriefing about the trip, and where she said she was emotional. I then got emotional myself. I visited Bonnie Scotland, West Highlands often as a child with my mum, dad and sister. We used to stay by the Lochs, explore, play and go fishing. But I remember (and still do my family) me saying, as an 8 year old little girl, "I could die here". Now that may sound dark but even then I must have realised there was something magical, spiritual, peaceful and I guess heaven like. I think it feels like you have met your maker. You do get emotional...for all the right reasons. I have loved you documenting this Lydia. Driving north through beautiful Lancashire, Cumbria and into Scotland showcases our beautiful islands and reminds us of something greater than ourselves. It reminds us humanity and our spiritual self that we so need today in this world. If you can, take a road trip to the west Highlands and fall in love ❤
Absolutely Lydia. It stirs the soul, something bigger, yet holding and safe in equal measures. It's like you've gone back to your inner self, a belonging, a yearning you never knew you had. Maybe it's a connection to who we were thousands of years ago when all we had was the earth beneath us, the stars above us and the life within us. It will stay with you Lydia. You went there for a reason ❤️
This trip is an absolute dream. It was so beautiful, and you captured its beauty perfectly. Who else here is also trying to get a better look at Lydia's new diamond but the Italian in her(I'm Italian too) she moves her hands when she talks so much I can't get a good look!! LOL ❤❤❤
@jolindley9715 I remember saying exactly the same thing to my cousin, Fraser, on the edge of Lake Tekapo in New Zealand. I think he thought I was a bit weird, but when nature speaks to your soul..... Fraser was born in NZ, but we are both children of Scottish mothers. The landscape in Scotland and NZ is stunning, and there are some similarities.
I’m my opinion this trip beats any vacation to a busy island down south. Thank you Lydia for sharing this trip with us! Just a reminder for us all that there is beauty in every season
Lovely to see some behind the scenes in terms of Aavelle/ your friend Lauren - super refreshing to see that luxury heritage fabrics are still considered despite the price. This trip is seriously some of your best work - it’s up with vlogmas intros/ wedding content! Bravo xx
Oh my the Harris Tweed! I love that you were able to purchase the fabric. Every time you wear that blazer you will be reminded of this magnificent journey. I can’t wait to see how the blazer turns out! Thanks for sharing your trip with us!
I will never be able to visit Scotland so I thank you for taking us along. As someone who lives in a very warm (hot) climate most of the year, I envy those of you who can experience the joy of changing seasons (& all of the beautiful clothes).
I really loved that you shared your trip to Scotland with us! This has been your best yet, in my opinion! I loved your art that you got while there. I am much older now, but started collecting Christmas ornaments from the places that we would travel to the year we got married. I always got something with the 51:59 dated year on it and something that had to do with that place. I have a special tree that I hang them on and every year, its a trip down memory lane for me. I can look at the date year and know when it was that we were there. I have lots of fun memories from them. This was so beautiful!
I love your content any day of the year. But as m a Scotsman living down under, I can’t thank you enough further these vlogs. And I’m so , so glad you loved it.
It's so nice to hear that your are not rushing through the winter season...so many people on youtube are saying they can't wait for spring. Spring will get here in it's own time. It's refreshing that you embraced winter. Your trip looked really wonderful. My husband is from England, but his favorite place in the world is the west coast of Scotland. So nice of you to share your trip!
PMS Symptoms are super common! Ive been tracking my cycle for years and it has helped me tremendously in understanding why im feeling the way im feeling and not being so hard on myself when its literally biology. It has also helped my relationship with my S/O because it explains to him why I am feeling the way I am. Its a huge step in understanding your body that a lot of women dont do! Its so amazing to understand how the body works and being able to explain that based off of the normal fluctuation of hormones with your cycle. I hope it gives you the clarity and understanding you are seeking. Best of luck Lyds!
The way you spoke about the weather was truly beautiful and a lot of food for thought. We don't understand how lucky we are to live in England and experience such weather as we do. Some days we can literally have rain, snow, sun and wind all in one day.
Scotland is magical, the people are so friendly and I so enjoyed this vlog Lydia, and that you had such a wonderful time, I get emotional thinking of my time spent there, it really is a place that is out of this world in terms of scenery. And the fact you are going back speaks volumes about how much it meant to you, I think you and Ali deserve a place there as your heart is already ❤️
These two Scotland vlogs have been truly magical. So well put together and capturing the wonderful Scottish scenery the way you have is exceptional. So peaceful, calming and relaxing to watch. Thank you for sharing your trip with us it is very much appreciated 🥰
Wow I have loved this so much Lydia! I have literally cried with some of today’s content of the views! Thank you so much for sharing how you are feeling around your period, it’s so interesting and it make me feel less alone xx
It truly comes across how special this trip was for you. I am so happy to see you and Ali enjoy the time with no particular commitment except to enjoy the Scottish land.
Hey Lydia and Ali, I love all of your content but my goodness have you filmed some incredibly beautiful content recently. From your Christmas intro to the sheep in the fields on a foggy morning and now to this entire magical trip ( I mean what you've shown us on all platforms not just youtube) it's been by far your best content work to date. Especially after reading Evergreen the beauty of your recent content is just so magical. You can tell you're truely seeking out what brings you joy and it's wonderful to see. Lots of love to you both as always and thankyou for sharing such beautiful moments with us all 💖🥰. Ps Scotland had the same affect on me as it did you. I went in the summer and felt like I'd gone home which is so strange as id never been before but had always known deep within my being that I desperately wanted to visit. Xx
I am originally from N. Ireland, now living in Pennsylvania, USA. My husband and girls lived for 5 years on the west coast of Scotland, and did not go as far North as you did on this trip Lydia.....what an absolute treat to watch this.....I love your wistful and emotional rememberings of a glorious trip, and also Ali's enthusiastic love of nature and wildlife is very endearing. We will be over in the UK in May and plan to visit our lifelong friends in the area we once lived on the west coast.....but I have a yearning now to take some extra days and see some of these places.....it might not be the same without the glorious sparkling frost, but I hope we get to do it. I really resonate with wanting to go into galleries....I find artist's views of local landscapes to be magical. Thank you again for vlogging this trip. x
I thoroughly enjoyed these vlogs of Scotland, and I want to give a special thank you for the lovely music you chose which captured the remote beauty of the isles in winter. Lovely!
Oh Thankyou for sharing this trip Lydia, it was absolutely breath taking. I live in Australia and have not yet been to Scotland. My heritage/ liniage is Scottish and although my family has lived here 200 years, there was a big part of my soul and heart that connected so very much as you shared all of Scotlands beauty. This has definitely sparked a seed to now one day go and explore. This was possibly my favourite 2 videos i've ever watched of yours in 7 years of never missing a vlog. It was so beautiful as well too see you truly so content and happy, it's been so beautiful to watch you truly flourish this last 12/18 months. x
Hello from Arkansas. I wanted to say this new style you're embraceing is amazing. You truly look like the perfect British women. It's so refreshing to see because you look so refreshed. As spring approaches I'm looking forward to garden videos. Have a great Saturday. Sincerely, Jacque
What a beautiful trip!!!! I’m closing out January with my 56th birthday and a healthy year ahead. I’ve finally got onboard with my diet and feeling great. It’s not about weight it’s about health. My copy arrives in Pennsylvania in March and I’m waiting for it to arrive before i download the audible. I want a trip to Scotland and four yards of that amazing fabric!!!! Thanks Lydia!
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your Scotland trip and can see why you loved it so much. It’s been firmly on my wish list for ages - and this video has only sparked my wanderlust further. Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us! ❤️
I took my first trip to the Highlands this last Spring with my brother and sister and it was THE MOST beautiful place I've ever seen. I've spent a lot of time in Ireland thinking nothing could be better than Killarney National Park, but I can now agree that until you see Scotland you haven't lived! Thank you for posting about your trip, it's brought up such wonderful feelings and memories about my trip with my siblings and it's reminded me how at home I felt out there. I can't wait to go back!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful trip with us. Iam proud to say I am Scottish and have stayed all my life in the west coast of Scotland. Sometimes you take your home country for granted and I was so impressed with all the gorgeous scenery in these two vlogs.
Honestly from your Christmas Vlogmas to this trip my heart melted. I have been to Scotland but not the Highlands and it was just breathtaking. I also loved that you are still "Wintering"...i absolutely love January for so many reasons and you confimed how much fun it is. Thank you to you and Ali for taking us along❤🙏❤️
I think it’s great that you are sharing some of your “womanly struggles”😌 I personally am 49 years old and in peri menopause(& have been for a while now😒)…. I just want to be menopausal already & be DONE with it☺️ I am very grateful for the content creators & Doctors on RUclips who have been educating me on what to expect during this life change🙌🏻 We need to embrace all the facts of womanhood… Teen women,Young Adult women,Middle aged women & women who have been around long enough to “Because I Said So”and that’s that😘
I have been in full menopause for 18 years and wouldn't wish it on anyone. It's been a very long nightmare of feeling unwell both physically and emotionally, suffering through every night with hot flushes that drench me every 5 minutes ( I'm not exaggerating )and make me feel as though I'm literally cooking from the inside out.The sheet and blanket is thrown off me in a panic.Then follows cold chills from being soaking wet.It repeats over and over and keeps me awake ALL night. The resulting exhaustion has negatively changed every aspect of my life. I cry at everything and have been suffering from depression the whole time. Anti depressants and counseling have done nothing to help my extreme emotions. I've gone from very slim to very overweight yet I eat a quarter the food I used to. Exercise has had no effect and the impact on my self esteem has been devastating. I've had absolutely no libido for the duration, no matter how hard I try. My marriage has just ended as a result of it all which I'm absolutely and totally devastated about.💔😭😭😭 And I've tried everything possible, both medically and psychologically to combat it, without any success. HRT and black cohosh did help lessen my symptoms but unfortunately I was not allowed to continue on either of them due to break through bleeding which is a medical indicator that it needed to be ceased through fear of other medical repercussions, including a greater risk of breast cancer. I'm hoping mine is an extreme case but sadly I've talked to many others who have suffered just as much and for just as long. I don't mean this horribly but please be careful what you wish for. I'm 60 now and it appears to be still getting worse, not better. My drs have no answers and very little empathy even though they are both ( younger ) women. I pray you don't suffer as I have. It really has ruined my life at this point.😢💗 Xx
@@christinesandarsmontgomery3269 I am so sorry to hear about all you are having to suffer through 💔😣🙏🏻 Thank you for giving me another perspective about “the change of life”. Sending prayers and hugs🙏🏻💕
Does the magic stay when you're up there day in day out? I can imagine it probably does in many ways, but I'm always interested in the thing people say about a trip being different to a life there. I moved to Cornwall and still feel the magic but that said, Scotland is probably the most beautiful place in the world to me. We love it there and will travel up this year again.
@katealison6087 I can say after 18 years here it really does have that magical feeling. This vlog really brought back the memories I've felt when travelling around.
You made the trade, my dear. A small piece of you heart was left behind so that you spirit could be enriched to it's fullest and alll the memories with it. Thank you so much for taking each and every one of us along on the stunning journey. I want very much to go there one day. I adore the sights and sounds of both Ireland and Scotland! Thank you again, dearest Lydia! Your adventures are one of the greatest things I look forward to when watch you channel. I adore all you do. You and Ali have a wonderful life.
My husband and I collect animal art from every trip we go on. Our home is full of it and we love it. Quick tip: write where you bought them on the back and the year, we have so many now it's getting a little confusing to remember where each is from!
You do make me laugh! I love it when you say don’t tell anyone! Your secret is safe with me. I do so enjoy your blogs. Living in Wisconsin, US, it’s lovely to see other countries! Thank you for all the ideas in fashion, health and home decor!
What a beautiful trip lyidia. The scenery was stunning. Love a crisp frosty morning to which added to the beauty of Scotland. Off the scale. Glad you enjoyed so much 🤩🧣🧥🥰
Hello Lydia, loved the road trip and the fact that you went behind the scenes with Harris Tweed. With you supporting local and UK businesses, both big and small but especially the small ones it's great to see the workshops and how it all comes together. I love Scotland and hope you do go ahead with the Spring visit. Best Wishes.
This is probably my favourite vlog ever from Lydia.. really feels like I’m there… I loveee the highlands and it’s just a perfect soothing vlog. Thank you❤
Lydia .. what can I say .. an amazing trip, spectacular scenery, fabulous places to stay & visit & superb videography & content 🥰 I’ve never enjoyed your videos more, this was so special & your best yet .. & I feel that something has stirred within your heart ❤️ What wonderful memories ☺️ Breathtaking & I loved every minute. Thank you 💕
Thank you for taking us along on your beautiful and wonderful visit to Scotland, the land of my family's heritage. I understand completely how you can be so drawn to a place that you get emotional and I also truly understand how you feel about being close to water. I have my own places that I've traveled that have brought that emotion to my heart, mind and spirit and have had trips that completely and emotionally just pour over me. Being close to the water makes me feel close to God. I feel like with each wave I can feel His heartbeat and with each sound I can hear His breath and it touches me to my core. I too collect local artisan's work of the places I've been to and they populate my home with sweet memories everywhere I look. You are building your history and curating it with thoughtful consideration, so your home is becoming the story of you. Very well done. Most people don't see the importance of these things until they are over and then they regret not doing it, not savoring it, not being moved by it and definitely not having physical pieces to remember it. I've enjoyed this tremendously. Thank you.
Your trip brought real nostalgia for me! My hubs and I, last minute, hired a motor home and headed up into the highlands, a few years ago! Like you, I always think of winter sun, but one year we decided to have a change. I’ll never forget turning a corner and bursting into tears at the sheer beauty of the view, with a rainbow cast across it! Your vlogs brought back the most wonderful memories, I’m glad you got to experience the wonder!!!! ❤
I love how much you love the simple things in life! I do too! One of your best vlogs ever! So wholesome! As a child my parents would take me and my siblings to the outer Hebrides! I can’t wait to take my children xxx
its strange that I and many others will fly without thought from the uk to the other side of the world to the Maldives or Mexico , which took 14hrs plus yet we think twice to go 11 hrs in our own country , I think we all do it . We went on a Scottish road trip up to Edinburgh and the isle of Arran , Aviemore skiing in the Cairngorms and it was as amazing as any other place , we saw wild deer at the side of the road !!
My gentleman friend bought 5 Harris Tweed jackets over 40yrs ago on a trip there. I wear them now. They’re barely showing signs of time & I get compliments every time I leave the house in one.
These videos are such a joy to watch...your love for nature is everything ....these are the things that make us rich....i live in ireland and the scenery here is also amazing.....im so glad i found you all those years ago Lydia ...you bring me so much pleasure...your such a beautiful girl inside and out .....thabk you x
I absolutely loved this vlog ❤️ I also want to thank you for sharing the struggles you’re having with your cycle. I’ve felt so alone in managing my own symptoms, and I think it’s not talked about enough. I hope you start to feel better soon! ❤️
LOOK how the thatched roofs have rocks anchoring them!!!!! How rustic and GORGEOUS!!! Another time/another place - transported into a past life… I have flashback of “Outlander”!!!!
Thank you for this video, I wanted to visit this part of Scotland for years and your experience and stories made me book this trip too. Love your content Lydia, please show more parts of Great Britain, I love it :)
So beautiful thanks for sharing with us!!🩷 I laughed out loud when you showed us the water bottles you took from the places you stayed!! You’re so funny and fun!! I love it!!
I really enjoyed watching you enjoy the islands I grew up in. My father was from Harris. My mother from Lewis. I return every year . I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Your trip looked so magical! Thanks for sharing it with us ❤ I can’t tell if you have had an engagement ring upgrade, but either way it’s absolutely beautiful 😍
Lydia, I used to have menstrual pain and it improved considerably after having three children however, after I was done having kids, I had a uterine ablation, recommendation by my gynecologist. It was life-changing. No more headaches no more pains down my leg and no more cramps and no more periods!! so once you decide, you do not wish to have children or you were done having children, I would highly highly recommend this procedure. It is an easy outpatient procedure.❤ meanwhile, you can take an NSAID a couple two or three days before your cycle is supposed to come. If you wait until the symptoms begin, it is worthless taking it because it needs to build up in your system to be effective. Good luck!❤
I loved the vlog! Scotland is my dream trip. The beauty is something else. I hope that Ali can do a video of the drone and nature footage. I would happily watch it with accompanied lovely music ❤ I am also looking forward to seeing what you do with the Harris tweed. You're style is so inspiring. It is nice to see how you packed simple chic clothing. It will never get old to watch. Thanks again
So enjoyed the 2 Scotland videos, thank you. I am wishing our Australian summer away to wear my winter clothes now…you are always so stylish and polished…
As a sidenote, it’s great that you’re tracking your health. If you’re not feeling the best you can. I have an autoimmune disease, actually three. It took 11 years to find out I had the first one. Keep at it and good for you for sharing, because so many people suffer in silence.
What a wonderful unforgettable trip for you all. So glad to see part 2 and it was stunning. So good you and Ali got to spend time with your friends. Great memories for you all. Would love to see some drone footage maybe. X
My partner and I moved from England ( Shropshire for me, and Leeds for him) 6 years ago to live in Scotland. Although we have to be within cummutable distance from Glasgows West end due to my partners work, we just love having the Scottish countryside on our doorstep. It really is beautiful, unlike any other. I thought Shropshire and Yorkshire were beautiful, but Scotland is something else! We are planning a trip up north soon so thank you for the Inspo.
I traveled the NC500 route in Scotland last year and I can fully relate to how you felt about this trip. Having traveled the world this is still the place I want to go back to the most. So special.
This was amazing, please go back in the summer!!!! you need to explore around Glencoe more and Skye too. I'm so glad I found your channel a few months ago. :)
OMG what a great trip! I used to travel with a backpack many many years ago. I know road-trips (in a car or even in public transport) are the best. Scotland seems so magical & beyond beautiful. These are your best videos ever, and I have seen all of them. Yes, all of them. And these two are my favorites. The best memories are mostly made of the simples occasions & people.
I’ve been watching on and off for a few years and honestly, this is some of your best content. It’s not just the general sort of vlog content that everyone does, it’s genuinely interesting! I stopped doing what I was doing to actively watch ❤️
@@leilariley936 by that logic, no one would be able to do anything. If someone goes on holiday, do they have to give credit to whoever went before them?
Your trip in Scotland is one of my favorites you have done lydia!!! Its beautiful there its def one of my bucket list places to go!! Also ali i am hsre for those drone shots man i bet they were breathetaking!!!
I was going to comment on the last video and had to now comment half way through this one, where Lydia is debriefing about the trip, and where she said she was emotional. I then got emotional myself. I visited Bonnie Scotland, West Highlands often as a child with my mum, dad and sister. We used to stay by the Lochs, explore, play and go fishing. But I remember (and still do my family) me saying, as an 8 year old little girl, "I could die here". Now that may sound dark but even then I must have realised there was something magical, spiritual, peaceful and I guess heaven like. I think it feels like you have met your maker. You do get emotional...for all the right reasons. I have loved you documenting this Lydia. Driving north through beautiful Lancashire, Cumbria and into Scotland showcases our beautiful islands and reminds us of something greater than ourselves. It reminds us humanity and our spiritual self that we so need today in this world. If you can, take a road trip to the west Highlands and fall in love ❤
Ugh this! You honestly have communicated what I felt when I was there. A sense of “this is where I come when I’m ready for peace” 🤍
Absolutely Lydia. It stirs the soul, something bigger, yet holding and safe in equal measures. It's like you've gone back to your inner self, a belonging, a yearning you never knew you had. Maybe it's a connection to who we were thousands of years ago when all we had was the earth beneath us, the stars above us and the life within us. It will stay with you Lydia. You went there for a reason ❤️
This trip is an absolute dream. It was so beautiful, and you captured its beauty perfectly.
Who else here is also trying to get a better look at Lydia's new diamond but the Italian in her(I'm Italian too) she moves her hands when she talks so much I can't get a good look!! LOL ❤❤❤
@lydiamillen it's Norway for me x
@jolindley9715 I remember saying exactly the same thing to my cousin, Fraser, on the edge of Lake Tekapo in New Zealand. I think he thought I was a bit weird, but when nature speaks to your soul..... Fraser was born in NZ, but we are both children of Scottish mothers. The landscape in Scotland and NZ is stunning, and there are some similarities.
I’m my opinion this trip beats any vacation to a busy island down south. Thank you Lydia for sharing this trip with us! Just a reminder for us all that there is beauty in every season
Edinburgh is now the same as London can’t move for tourists.
This is amazing i think these 2 vlogs of Scotland are the best you.ve ever done
Totally agree!!! ❤
I agree. I thoroughly enjoyed them. I felt like I was there. Thank you so much @lydiamillen.
Lovely to see some behind the scenes in terms of Aavelle/ your friend Lauren - super refreshing to see that luxury heritage fabrics are still considered despite the price. This trip is seriously some of your best work - it’s up with vlogmas intros/ wedding content! Bravo xx
This means everything 🤍
Oh my the Harris Tweed! I love that you were able to purchase the fabric. Every time you wear that blazer you will be reminded of this magnificent journey. I can’t wait to see how the blazer turns out! Thanks for sharing your trip with us!
I will never be able to visit Scotland so I thank you for taking us along. As someone who lives in a very warm (hot) climate most of the year, I envy those of you who can experience the joy of changing seasons (& all of the beautiful clothes).
I really loved that you shared your trip to Scotland with us! This has been your best yet, in my opinion! I loved your art that you got while there. I am much older now, but started collecting Christmas ornaments from the places that we would travel to the year we got married. I always got something with the 51:59 dated year on it and something that had to do with that place. I have a special tree that I hang them on and every year, its a trip down memory lane for me. I can look at the date year and know when it was that we were there. I have lots of fun memories from them. This was so beautiful!
I love your content any day of the year. But as m a Scotsman living down under, I can’t thank you enough further these vlogs. And I’m so , so glad you loved it.
Lydia you probably won’t see this but Donald is our family for
Harris! My mums cousin! Couldn’t be more proud he’s on your video!!!! ❤
I loved listening to Donald his mother tongue was beautiful to listen too .❤️
It's so nice to hear that your are not rushing through the winter season...so many people on youtube are saying they can't wait for spring. Spring will get here in it's own time. It's refreshing that you embraced winter. Your trip looked really wonderful. My husband is from England, but his favorite place in the world is the west coast of Scotland. So nice of you to share your trip!
PMS Symptoms are super common! Ive been tracking my cycle for years and it has helped me tremendously in understanding why im feeling the way im feeling and not being so hard on myself when its literally biology. It has also helped my relationship with my S/O because it explains to him why I am feeling the way I am. Its a huge step in understanding your body that a lot of women dont do! Its so amazing to understand how the body works and being able to explain that based off of the normal fluctuation of hormones with your cycle. I hope it gives you the clarity and understanding you are seeking. Best of luck Lyds!
It goes up on your wall, it’s like a souvenir, and more importantly support a local artist! Or artist. What a fabulous idea and what a wonderful trip.
So glad you enjoyed our country it is truly beautiful this was an amazing vlog that showed it at its best Haste Ye Back 🏴
The way you spoke about the weather was truly beautiful and a lot of food for thought. We don't understand how lucky we are to live in England and experience such weather as we do. Some days we can literally have rain, snow, sun and wind all in one day.
Scotland is magical, the people are so friendly and I so enjoyed this vlog Lydia, and that you had such a wonderful time, I get emotional thinking of my time spent there, it really is a place that is out of this world in terms of scenery.
And the fact you are going back speaks volumes about how much it meant to you, I think you and Ali deserve a place there as your heart is already ❤️
These two Scotland vlogs have been truly magical. So well put together and capturing the wonderful Scottish scenery the way you have is exceptional.
So peaceful, calming and relaxing to watch. Thank you for sharing your trip with us it is very much appreciated 🥰
This literally warmed my heart ❤ thank you for taking us along on your beautiful trip 😊
Wow I have loved this so much Lydia!
I have literally cried with some of today’s content of the views!
Thank you so much for sharing how you are feeling around your period, it’s so interesting and it make me feel less alone xx
It truly comes across how special this trip was for you. I am so happy to see you and Ali enjoy the time with no particular commitment except to enjoy the Scottish land.
Hey Lydia and Ali, I love all of your content but my goodness have you filmed some incredibly beautiful content recently. From your Christmas intro to the sheep in the fields on a foggy morning and now to this entire magical trip ( I mean what you've shown us on all platforms not just youtube) it's been by far your best content work to date. Especially after reading Evergreen the beauty of your recent content is just so magical. You can tell you're truely seeking out what brings you joy and it's wonderful to see. Lots of love to you both as always and thankyou for sharing such beautiful moments with us all 💖🥰. Ps Scotland had the same affect on me as it did you. I went in the summer and felt like I'd gone home which is so strange as id never been before but had always known deep within my being that I desperately wanted to visit. Xx
Thankyou for showing us your trip, the scenery was beautiful.
How fascinating! All these places you’ve shown are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing your blessings Lydia & Ali! You guys are the best!😊🌻
Best vlog ever. Loved this and so pleased you bought some Harris Tweed. What a legend Donald was ❤
Thank you, Lydia, for sharing your trip with us. Truly a dream come true!
So glad you came and visited my homeland and enjoyed it so much, you captured it magnificently ❤
I am originally from N. Ireland, now living in Pennsylvania, USA. My husband and girls lived for 5 years on the west coast of Scotland, and did not go as far North as you did on this trip Lydia.....what an absolute treat to watch this.....I love your wistful and emotional rememberings of a glorious trip, and also Ali's enthusiastic love of nature and wildlife is very endearing. We will be over in the UK in May and plan to visit our lifelong friends in the area we once lived on the west coast.....but I have a yearning now to take some extra days and see some of these places.....it might not be the same without the glorious sparkling frost, but I hope we get to do it. I really resonate with wanting to go into galleries....I find artist's views of local landscapes to be magical. Thank you again for vlogging this trip. x
I thoroughly enjoyed these vlogs of Scotland, and I want to give a special thank you for the lovely music you chose which captured the remote beauty of the isles in winter. Lovely!
Lydia, you bring me to places I would never see in my lifetime!!!! thanks so much.
Oh Thankyou for sharing this trip Lydia, it was absolutely breath taking. I live in Australia and have not yet been to Scotland. My heritage/ liniage is Scottish and although my family has lived here 200 years, there was a big part of my soul and heart that connected so very much as you shared all of Scotlands beauty. This has definitely sparked a seed to now one day go and explore. This was possibly my favourite 2 videos i've ever watched of yours in 7 years of never missing a vlog. It was so beautiful as well too see you truly so content and happy, it's been so beautiful to watch you truly flourish this last 12/18 months. x
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE !!! 🇦🇺
Okay but I love her cardigan ! Excuse me but that looks scrumptious, a cloud hug wrapped around you whilst looking so incredibly chic!
Hello from Arkansas. I wanted to say this new style you're embraceing is amazing. You truly look like the perfect British women. It's so refreshing to see because you look so refreshed. As spring approaches I'm looking forward to garden videos. Have a great Saturday.
Sincerely,
Jacque
Scotland suits you Lydia! It's a place that never leaves your heart. It's hard to explain
wow wow wow - this scenery is my jam - beautiful and isolated and unique and sky in skye. magical!
Oh my, what an INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUl video.....thank you so much for sharing! Have a beautiful day Lydia!
What a beautiful trip!!!! I’m closing out January with my 56th birthday and a healthy year ahead. I’ve finally got onboard with my diet and feeling great. It’s not about weight it’s about health. My copy arrives in Pennsylvania in March and I’m waiting for it to arrive before i download the audible. I want a trip to Scotland and four yards of that amazing fabric!!!! Thanks Lydia!
I remember going to Vancouver and all I could think is "this place speaks to my soul" - it is an unexplainable energetic harmonics
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your Scotland trip and can see why you loved it so much. It’s been firmly on my wish list for ages - and this video has only sparked my wanderlust further. Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us! ❤️
I took my first trip to the Highlands this last Spring with my brother and sister and it was THE MOST beautiful place I've ever seen. I've spent a lot of time in Ireland thinking nothing could be better than Killarney National Park, but I can now agree that until you see Scotland you haven't lived! Thank you for posting about your trip, it's brought up such wonderful feelings and memories about my trip with my siblings and it's reminded me how at home I felt out there. I can't wait to go back!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful trip with us. Iam proud to say I am Scottish and have stayed all my life in the west coast of Scotland. Sometimes you take your home country for granted and I was so impressed with all the gorgeous scenery in these two vlogs.
Honestly from your Christmas Vlogmas to this trip my heart melted. I have been to Scotland but not the Highlands and it was just breathtaking. I also loved that you are still "Wintering"...i absolutely love January for so many reasons and you confimed how much fun it is. Thank you to you and Ali for taking us along❤🙏❤️
Hi Lydia what an absolutely beautiful trip to Scotland, made me all emotional. 🏴
Glad you enjoyed our wee gem of a country. There’s still so much to discover, even in the places you’ve already been. Haste ye back
Oh yes! We are already planning the next road trip I can’t wait. Shetland is next x
Oh yes! We are already planning the next road trip I can’t wait. Shetland is next x
@@lydiamillendo you watch the tv show?
The island trips are lovely but this was so much more interesting and rugged beauty 🥰
I think it’s great that you are sharing some of your “womanly struggles”😌 I personally am 49 years old and in peri menopause(& have been for a while now😒)…. I just want to be menopausal already & be DONE with it☺️
I am very grateful for the content creators & Doctors on RUclips who have been educating me on what to expect during this life change🙌🏻
We need to embrace all the facts of womanhood… Teen women,Young Adult women,Middle aged women & women who have been around long enough to “Because I Said So”and that’s that😘
I have been in full menopause for 18 years and wouldn't wish it on anyone. It's been a very long nightmare of feeling unwell both physically and emotionally, suffering through every night with hot flushes that drench me every 5 minutes ( I'm not exaggerating )and make me feel as though I'm literally cooking from the inside out.The sheet and blanket is thrown off me in a panic.Then follows cold chills from being soaking wet.It repeats over and over and keeps me awake ALL night. The resulting exhaustion has negatively changed every aspect of my life. I cry at everything and have been suffering from depression the whole time. Anti depressants and counseling have done nothing to help my extreme emotions. I've gone from very slim to very overweight yet I eat a quarter the food I used to. Exercise has had no effect and the impact on my self esteem has been devastating. I've had absolutely no libido for the duration, no matter how hard I try. My marriage has just ended as a result of it all which I'm absolutely and totally devastated about.💔😭😭😭 And I've tried everything possible, both medically and psychologically to combat it, without any success. HRT and black cohosh did help lessen my symptoms but unfortunately I was not allowed to continue on either of them due to break through bleeding which is a medical indicator that it needed to be ceased through fear of other medical repercussions, including a greater risk of breast cancer. I'm hoping mine is an extreme case but sadly I've talked to many others who have suffered just as much and for just as long. I don't mean this horribly but please be careful what you wish for. I'm 60 now and it appears to be still getting worse, not better. My drs have no answers and very little empathy even though they are both ( younger ) women. I pray you don't suffer as I have. It really has ruined my life at this point.😢💗 Xx
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I am so sorry to hear about all you are having to suffer through 💔😣🙏🏻
Thank you for giving me another perspective about “the change of life”.
Sending prayers and hugs🙏🏻💕
I live in the highlands and have travelled to all the places you did. So lovely to see you up here enjoying the area
Does the magic stay when you're up there day in day out? I can imagine it probably does in many ways, but I'm always interested in the thing people say about a trip being different to a life there. I moved to Cornwall and still feel the magic but that said, Scotland is probably the most beautiful place in the world to me. We love it there and will travel up this year again.
@katealison6087 I can say after 18 years here it really does have that magical feeling. This vlog really brought back the memories I've felt when travelling around.
You made the trade, my dear. A small piece of you heart was left behind so that you spirit could be enriched to it's fullest and alll the memories with it. Thank you so much for taking each and every one of us along on the stunning journey. I want very much to go there one day. I adore the sights and sounds of both Ireland and Scotland! Thank you again, dearest Lydia! Your adventures are one of the greatest things I look forward to when watch you channel. I adore all you do. You and Ali have a wonderful life.
I've had an awful afternoon of pain at the dentist so I'm so ready to just chill out and watch this xx
Hope you are feeling better soon 🌸
@@rexysmum Thankyou 💓
My husband and I collect animal art from every trip we go on. Our home is full of it and we love it. Quick tip: write where you bought them on the back and the year, we have so many now it's getting a little confusing to remember where each is from!
Thank you so much for sharing your trip to Scotland! This scenery is amazing!!😊❤️
You do make me laugh! I love it when you say don’t tell anyone! Your secret is safe with me. I do so enjoy your blogs. Living in Wisconsin, US, it’s lovely to see other countries! Thank you for all the ideas in fashion, health and home decor!
I absolutely loved everything you shared about this trip, what a magical adventure you had ❤
I'm so glad! 🤍🤍🤍
What a beautiful trip lyidia. The scenery was stunning. Love a crisp frosty morning to which added to the beauty of Scotland. Off the scale. Glad you enjoyed so much 🤩🧣🧥🥰
Such a beautiful and historical country. Thank you for sharing ❤
My favourite video of yours ever, an Australian follower. Scotland is indeed a special place.
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Agree I’m from Sydney 🇦🇺
Hello Lydia, loved the road trip and the fact that you went behind the scenes with Harris Tweed. With you supporting local and UK businesses, both big and small but especially the small ones it's great to see the workshops and how it all comes together. I love Scotland and hope you do go ahead with the Spring visit. Best Wishes.
This is probably my favourite vlog ever from Lydia.. really feels like I’m there… I loveee the highlands and it’s just a perfect soothing vlog. Thank you❤
I could listen to a Scotsman read the phone book and be totally enthralled. Dream trip. Thank you for sharing. Best vlog ever ❤❤
I’m with you there Linda❤
Lydia .. what can I say .. an amazing trip, spectacular scenery, fabulous places to stay & visit & superb videography & content 🥰 I’ve never enjoyed your videos more, this was so special & your best yet .. & I feel that something has stirred within your heart ❤️ What wonderful memories ☺️ Breathtaking & I loved every minute. Thank you 💕
Thank you for taking us along on your beautiful and wonderful visit to Scotland, the land of my family's heritage. I understand completely how you can be so drawn to a place that you get emotional and I also truly understand how you feel about being close to water. I have my own places that I've traveled that have brought that emotion to my heart, mind and spirit and have had trips that completely and emotionally just pour over me. Being close to the water makes me feel close to God. I feel like with each wave I can feel His heartbeat and with each sound I can hear His breath and it touches me to my core. I too collect local artisan's work of the places I've been to and they populate my home with sweet memories everywhere I look. You are building your history and curating it with thoughtful consideration, so your home is becoming the story of you. Very well done. Most people don't see the importance of these things until they are over and then they regret not doing it, not savoring it, not being moved by it and definitely not having physical pieces to remember it. I've enjoyed this tremendously. Thank you.
Your trip brought real nostalgia for me! My hubs and I, last minute, hired a motor home and headed up into the highlands, a few years ago! Like you, I always think of winter sun, but one year we decided to have a change.
I’ll never forget turning a corner and bursting into tears at the sheer beauty of the view, with a rainbow cast across it! Your vlogs brought back the most wonderful memories, I’m glad you got to experience the wonder!!!! ❤
Gorgeous as always. I’ve really enjoyed the Scottish content, 100% added to my UK bucket list. So much to soak up up there!
Absolutely loved this Lydia ! I love Skye, magical & ethereal, I'm so glad both of you shared your visit to Scotland 💕
this content was amazing, next level completely. glad you went
I love how much you love the simple things in life! I do too! One of your best vlogs ever! So wholesome! As a child my parents would take me and my siblings to the outer Hebrides! I can’t wait to take my children xxx
its strange that I and many others will fly without thought from the uk to the other side of the world to the Maldives or Mexico , which took 14hrs plus yet we think twice to go 11 hrs in our own country , I think we all do it . We went on a Scottish road trip up to Edinburgh and the isle of Arran , Aviemore skiing in the Cairngorms and it was as amazing as any other place , we saw wild deer at the side of the road !!
My gentleman friend bought 5 Harris Tweed jackets over 40yrs ago on a trip there. I wear them now. They’re barely showing signs of time & I get compliments every time I leave the house in one.
These videos are such a joy to watch...your love for nature is everything ....these are the things that make us rich....i live in ireland and the scenery here is also amazing.....im so glad i found you all those years ago Lydia ...you bring me so much pleasure...your such a beautiful girl inside and out .....thabk you x
I absolutely loved this vlog ❤️ I also want to thank you for sharing the struggles you’re having with your cycle. I’ve felt so alone in managing my own symptoms, and I think it’s not talked about enough. I hope you start to feel better soon! ❤️
I visited the isle of Skye many years ago and remember every moment to this day. It is a magical place and I am so glad you travelled there Lydia.
LOOK how the thatched roofs have rocks anchoring them!!!!! How rustic and GORGEOUS!!! Another time/another place - transported into a past life… I have flashback of “Outlander”!!!!
Not even half way through and its's gorgeous images, wholesome and warm! More of this type of content, pretty please.
Thank you for this video, I wanted to visit this part of Scotland for years and your experience and stories made me book this trip too. Love your content Lydia, please show more parts of Great Britain, I love it :)
So beautiful thanks for sharing with us!!🩷 I laughed out loud when you showed us the water bottles you took from the places you stayed!! You’re so funny and fun!! I love it!!
Love the Connolly gansey cardigan. It’s wonderful. You’ve just given me my next knitting project. Thank you. 🙏
I really enjoyed watching you enjoy the islands I grew up in. My father was from Harris. My mother from Lewis. I return every year . I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
OMG. have loved your Scottish vlogs. Have watched your first one 3 times already. Will watch again
Scotland really is very beautiful! My family did a road trip there a couple years ago. I would go again.
Your trip looked so magical! Thanks for sharing it with us ❤ I can’t tell if you have had an engagement ring upgrade, but either way it’s absolutely beautiful 😍
Lydia, I used to have menstrual pain and it improved considerably after having three children however, after I was done having kids, I had a uterine ablation, recommendation by my gynecologist. It was life-changing. No more headaches no more pains down my leg and no more cramps and no more periods!! so once you decide, you do not wish to have children or you were done having children, I would highly highly recommend this procedure. It is an easy outpatient procedure.❤ meanwhile, you can take an NSAID a couple two or three days before your cycle is supposed to come. If you wait until the symptoms begin, it is worthless taking it because it needs to build up in your system to be effective. Good luck!❤
The Harris tweed is so special! You could use some of the leftover pieces to make some Christmas ornaments or stockings!
I loved the vlog! Scotland is my dream trip. The beauty is something else. I hope that Ali can do a video of the drone and nature footage. I would happily watch it with accompanied lovely music ❤ I am also looking forward to seeing what you do with the Harris tweed. You're style is so inspiring. It is nice to see how you packed simple chic clothing. It will never get old to watch. Thanks again
The travel inspiration and love of nature and heritage culture in this vlog is contagious… now planning for an inspiring nature holiday for myself 😊❤
So enjoyed the 2 Scotland videos, thank you. I am wishing our Australian summer away to wear my winter clothes now…you are always so stylish and polished…
Loving the Scottish content!!! I'm feeling a Scottish move/renovation could be a fantastic plan!!!
Oh Wow! Lydia, this is an educational, enchanting, & exceptional video. Thank you so much for this beautiful content!
As a sidenote, it’s great that you’re tracking your health. If you’re not feeling the best you can. I have an autoimmune disease, actually three. It took 11 years to find out I had the first one. Keep at it and good for you for sharing, because so many people suffer in silence.
You smashed it on the making of your Scottish vlog! And perfect timing as it is Robbie Burns Day …Cheers to you and Ali 🥃
What a wonderful unforgettable trip for you all. So glad to see part 2 and it was stunning. So good you and Ali got to spend time with your friends. Great memories for you all. Would love to see some drone footage maybe. X
Thank you for taking us along on this trip!
My partner and I moved from England ( Shropshire for me, and Leeds for him) 6 years ago to live in Scotland. Although we have to be within cummutable distance from Glasgows West end due to my partners work, we just love having the Scottish countryside on our doorstep. It really is beautiful, unlike any other. I thought Shropshire and Yorkshire were beautiful, but Scotland is something else! We are planning a trip up north soon so thank you for the Inspo.
I traveled the NC500 route in Scotland last year and I can fully relate to how you felt about this trip. Having traveled the world this is still the place I want to go back to the most. So special.
This was amazing, please go back in the summer!!!! you need to explore around Glencoe more and Skye too. I'm so glad I found your channel a few months ago. :)
I think travelVlogs combined with fashion/your outfits might be the new future of your channel
It’s been many moons since I visited Scotland. So magical.
Such a lovely continuation of your beautiful trip. Stunning!
We really do have a beautifull wee country, glad you enjoyed your visit. If you do come back visit orkney xx
OMG what a great trip!
I used to travel with a backpack many many years ago. I know road-trips (in a car or even in public transport) are the best. Scotland seems so magical & beyond beautiful. These are your best videos ever, and I have seen all of them. Yes, all of them. And these two are my favorites.
The best memories are mostly made of the simples occasions & people.
I’ve been watching on and off for a few years and honestly, this is some of your best content. It’s not just the general sort of vlog content that everyone does, it’s genuinely interesting! I stopped doing what I was doing to actively watch ❤️
Believe me;others have done it;that's the reason;she's actually doing it;the thing is:she never ever gives another blogger credit for anything!!
@@leilariley936 by that logic, no one would be able to do anything. If someone goes on holiday, do they have to give credit to whoever went before them?
@@Laurensxbeautyexactly 👏👏👏🌸
I felt the same in Scotland, like coming home after many years away despite never visiting before…it is a place like no other.
Your trip in Scotland is one of my favorites you have done lydia!!! Its beautiful there its def one of my bucket list places to go!! Also ali i am hsre for those drone shots man i bet they were breathetaking!!!
I buy artisan plates from every place I've lived or been on holiday, have quite a good collection now.