Two Days Exploring Scotland - Castles, Food & Rural Aberdeenshire • Scotland Vlogs
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- Escape to Scotland with us! We’re exploring Aberdeenshire - visiting Scottish castles, eating lots of ice cream and discovering Scottish legends as we meet up with friends and family in this beautiful country.
This Little Wonderful Life is where I share vlogs about our daily family life, home organising and adventures living in the south east of the UK. Just a normal family of four, in an average house, living a normal life. Making the best of this little wonderful life we have.
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It was wonderful to come on holiday with you and your family Ali. Next time you go to Scotland I’m going to sneak into your boot and come with you!
So lovely!! All of it!! You are a very talented photographer/videographer!! I especially liked the flower closeups and the “lichen”. I World so like to visit the castles and gardens. Excited to see who you find down in Yorkshire!!!
Thank you so much Evelyn 😃🥰
I've loved all your scottish vlogs....so nice to see all the places you've visited..enjoy your last day and thanks again for taking us with you....(I'm out of action with an extremely painful back) so it's brought me some much needed distraction...thanks again...x x x 😀
Oh no! Get well soon 😘
@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife 😘
Thank you for taking us with you on your holiday.
Re-Watching in June 2023 and so enjoying the delightful content and peaceful scenery😊😊
Thanks for taking us on your vacation to Scotland! Very beautiful place!
Thank you for including us on your vacation
Thank you so much for watching Ursula xx
Loved every minute of these vlogs , thankyou family !!!
Such a wonderful restful vacation. Beautiful area and lovely castles. I love the gardens.
Very elegant video. I loved the photography and the music choices. How nice that you all had such a lovely vacation.
That’s so nice of you to say Miriam, thank you so much for watching 😘
Looks like a lovely time.
lovely - thank you!
Thank you for such a beautiful video made me feel like l had gone up to Scotland on holiday myself and not having been stuck in the house self isolating for the last year and a half l loved the scenery and the green of the fields and trees and how l would have loved your jammie Dodger ice cream just the thought of it makes my mouth water love to all bless you for your hard work in taking the time to share parts of your life with us all l for one really appreciate it🍷🍷☕🍰🍒🌷🌷🌼🌼🍓🌞⭐♥️♥️♥️🌿🌿
Thank you so much, I’m so glad you enjoyed the armchair travels😘 The jammy dodger ice cream really was incredible 😋
Thank you Ali for sharing your holiday with us. It was so relaxing to watch and the house and scenery were beautiful. 💕💕
Such a beautiful trip! Love all the nature sounds.
Tks for including us in your travels. I was to travel to Europe in September but was canceled but nice to go on yours. It's a lovely place.
I hope you get to rebook soon and enjoy your Europe holiday xx
Lovely look at Scotland again and your wonderful family holiday. Your featherweight (I think that's correct?!?) cardigan looks great!
Yes the Featherweight was perfect for a Scottish summer 😅 I need to make another one as I love it so much I’ve been living in it 😃
You and your family are a delight! Thank you for sharing your holiday with us. I am from the US and I love seeing the scenery and the landscape in your videos. You do a beautiful job putting your Vlogs together. The Scotland Vlogs have been very enjoyable.
That is so kind! Thank you Denise 🥰😘
I think it's not until you see your country through another's eyes that you appreciate where you live. Although I'm central Scotland and it's not quite as pretty. The house was AMAZING!!! Ideal for a getaway! I'd be hard pushed to leave that house and garden!
It was so amazing! And we only found it by pure chance, Dan spotted it over my shoulder when I had discounted it thinking it wasn’t available, but it was! Very lucky find 🏴
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Thanks for sharing your lovely vacation with us!
Always sad to get to the end of a wonderful holiday! Lovely vlog and I really enjoyed watching. We were actually traveling up to Scotland on the weekend that you were coming home! We are home now after a simply wonderful two weeks of walking, great food and relaxation! Will now start saving to get up to that wonderful country and scenery again! X
Like my dad always said - work and saving is what you do between holidays 😄 I always think the same - work and save in order to make memories of good times ❤️
@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife that’s so true! Your Dad was a wise man! XX
Beautiful Scotland
What a beautiful place! Thanks for taking us along.😊
What a great Time!
Lovely view from the castle,,,Wow!
Great weather,too,,
Loving UR crochet Blanket,,,,
The peaceful place is amazing,
Elaine🏡🏡🏡
Thank you Elaine 😘
Lillia’s sweater that you & your mom made looks great! So beautiful!
Thank you so much ! 😘
Lynn here on Hubby's phone mines playing up 😏, What a lovely place to take your children too 🤗, such a lovely place to have family from , I've so enjoyed watching this video , were now thinking of taking a trip to Scotland , although we couldn't stay at that place , because I need disabled access , so it might be hard for us to find somewhere 🤔, I suffer from Anxiety too and and that place looks so so relaxing , just hope we can find the. right place to stay , have you any ideas on disabled accomodations ? Thanks Ali x
After such a turbulent week, for so many reasons, how nice to see you all enjoying your last days in Scotland. Such lovely sights and sounds. Happy you had a good trip. Safe trip home you loverly lot!!! Til the next time!!!
Thank you so much Marilyn, and I hope this week is calmer for you xx
Lovely vlog again Ali, feel like have had a little day out just watching. Thank you
The gardens and scenery are stunningly beautiful, thanks for sharing your Holliday with us🦘
A lovely trip. Beautiful countryside and scenery. I'd love to be able to tour some castles. Maybe one day.
The view from the balcony(if that's what it's called) of the first castle..I'd love to have that lawn and the trees for my yard, though I wouldn't want to have to be the one keeping the lawn groomed 😄
😅 this is exactly the kind of thing I always say! It’s lovely but I wouldn’t want to mow it/dust it/clean all the bathrooms etc 😄
I have thoroughly enjoyed your vacation vlog. Beautiful scenery and that B&B " to die for".
Thanks for the fab vacation in Scotland. Last time I was there was in 1999 with my mother for a two week tour of liads of places she had always wanted to visit. Little did I know then that
tge trip would be our last one together before her dementia made those type of outings impossible. Happy memores . . . . Tgank you. Salam wa sa’aadah
Lovely memories of your mother Linda ❤️
Thank you so much for sharing your lovely holiday. There’s no place like home but I bet it felt emotional leaving that beautiful place 🌳🌳🌳🍄🍄
It was hard to leave, it’s the open skies I miss the most - you can see what the weather is going to be by looking over the hills to see what’s coming, nothing like it ❤️
Thanks for taking us on your Scottish vacation. 🙂 So much fun. Glad you finally got to see the castle. Looking forward to the next part of your journey. ~Colleen
Thank you Colleen 😘
Thanks for taking the time to share Scotland with us! I do have to say as we are all sweating in Kansas the coat made me 😊! Kansas heat= NOPE! Can’t wait for the next vlog!❤️
Loved being about to go on vacation with you! Loma and I can't wait to start traveling overseas. Scotland is definitely on our list of places to visit.
Thanks Echo! I hope you make it to Scotland to visit one day 🏴
I've loved your vacation vlogs! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Debbie xx
Oh my goodness! We are just back from a week in Aberdeenshire too! I haven’t watched your other vlogs yet but looks like we visited the same places. 😁Your footage of Borsalino game me quite a start as that sure looks like my car in the car park and we did eat there last Monday. It’s one of our favourite restaurants to go to when we visit. We were quite fortunate with the weather too. I’m off to watch your others now...🥰
Aw! Would have been so amazing if we had been there at the same time! We were there on Friday 13th (even though the vlog was released on a Monday) though, I had pasta and it was SO delicious! 😋
@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife yes their pasta is always delicious. I had the Special that day, which was Lobster ravioli with prawns. It was amazing. 👌🏻
Thank you so much ,if loved all the video's, I would love to go their one day, can't wait fo r the next one 🤗x
Thank you Amanda xx
So beautiful thank you so much Ali and fam for sharing your holiday adventures with us all... looking forward to the next video 🙋🏻♀️💞💐
Another fantastic vlog, Ali! Your vacation certainly was wonderful. So nice you got to see and do so much in such a beautiful area. I can't wait to see the rest of your vacation vlog. Thanks so much for sharing!
Looks like you had an amazing time! We've had Labyrinth for years and it's one of our absolute favourites 🙂
It so good! You’ve probably told me about it before too 😄 Definitely in my Amazon basket in time for Christmas board games!
@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife hoorah for Labyrinth!
Love, love, love your Scotland-vlogs❤️ You are becoming/are a professional filmer, can't wait for the
"drone-effect" 😊👋
That is so kind of you Kee, thank you 🥰
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed following your holiday, made me quite homesick really - Scotland feels a lot like home. Thanks for sharing 🥰
Aw thank you Leanne! I can imagine you have a strong connection having lived there , trained there and having a job so connected to Scotland 🏴
Delightful, makes me want to secure a ticket immediately ❤️
The last day is always tinged with a bit of sadness that the vacation is nearly over.
A drone would be fun. The laws here around them are such that there aren't a lot of places that you are legally allowed to operate one. I do love "Kevin" that Dan uses on his walks in the Moors/Dales.
Thank you so much! Yea same here - there are rules about where you can fly them, my cousin talked me through it and I felt a lot more confident about it though, hoping we can get one soon! 😃
Thanks for taking us along on your holiday in Scotland; it was absolutely delightful; feels a bit like I’ve been on holiday too! I’ve always known that many of my ancestors were from the British Isles but a DNA test shows I’m 49% Scottish; discovered a lot of interesting family history dating back to the 1500’s.
Wow that sounds so fascinating Lynne! 🏴 Any lairds in the family?!
Beautiful vlog. Thank you for taking us along. I too love that highland coo!
Me too, I think I need one.... 🐮
You look wonderful Alli, Scotland really agreed with you! Thank you for sharing, it looks idyllic..
Aw! Thank you so much Andrea! Maybe I it’s living in a big beautiful house that agrees with me 😄
Watching and envious of the gorgeous countryside, and your jackets! As I sit here sweltering thinking oh yes I vaguely remember what they are for..... By the end of September we will have the stove on and jackets will be back! You all look well rested and happy, a family holiday is so necessary! We are hoping to get away for a week as a couple but the numbers here are going up again, so...... booked but wavering!
Not long until jacket weather Vicky! I really hope you manage to get away for a break too, it has been a long hard year xx 😘
Loving this!
What a wonderful scenic video to watch to begin my day - thanks Ali! Excited to see who pops up in the next one. I am thinking Tales from...
Aha! A good guess but no! Although I have had the pleasure of spending a day with our friend in Cuckooland previously and she is utterly delightful! ❤️
Hiya Ali,
Glad to hear you had a lovely holiday in Aberdeenshire. Pity it didn't stretch to you all getting a visit to Brew dog HQ in Ellon but thats for another trip😉😉.
I have a feeling the ornaments and possibly a lot of the furnishing might have come from Anderson of Inverurie. A place thats worth a visit too.
Haste ye back Ali xxx❤❤❤
Ssssh, Dan will hear you 😅 We actually went to Brew Dog HQ when we were up in 2019 and Dan had tickets for the shareholders meeting last Easter (obviously cancelled) It was a shame not to visit again 🍻 I shall have to visit that shop when we are next up!! 😃
@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife give me a shout when you do Ali😊. Claire also has an online shop on the web. Cookston crafts. Xxx
Ps. We also have some shares 😉❤
@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife keep it quiet from Dan but Brew Dog bought the Jacks tools building next to them so have a big new HQ!!! They are all along that wee road now and another place you've got to try is Meat Monsters. He does slow cooked brisket ribs chicken ect in big smoke Bbq. Look them up too 😁😁😁❤❤❤
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LOLOL! I love that you are trying to keep up in suspense about who you are going to visit in West Yorkshire. I know who! I'm super glad you had a wonderful vacation in Scotland. It all looks so gorgeous. I really wish I could visit.
😄 thanks Deb! 😘
You have the most amazing vlogs and adventures! Beautiful scenery and still photos ❤️❤️❤️❤️ The very first is my favorite! I always look forward to each one.Thank you ! 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thank you so much! 😘
enjoyed the vlog x
Thank you Carol 😘
Such beauty. Your vlogs are quite enjoyable and you have quite the skill in camera work -- a drone would be amazing. perhaps your Yorkshire friends might help with that. 😉 Looking forward to it. Stay well and safe and thanks again for the lovely sharing.
I think they know a thing or two about drones you are quite right 😉
Beautiful scenery and loved the video. This is my first time watching you. New subscriber here from across the pond! As far as the silver horsehead, places like TJMaxx (TKMaxx in England), Homegoods, and Marshall's sell stuff like that here in the states. It may be the same there. Happy travels!
Thank you so much! 😘
Dope video(:
Loved the music, plants and landscapes. Thanks for sharing! Greetings from boiling-hot and Covid crazed Israel!
Waving to Israel and Hope you’re stay safe (and cool) 😘
I've enjoyed watching your holiday vlogs in Scotland. My homeland. Never been to Aberdeenshire for a holiday though but after watching your vlog I do fancy it! Look forward to your next vlog. 🙂
Glad that you are enjoying your vacation and love that you are sharing it with us! Always love seeing sheep and how great was it that the cottage had a washing machine...Sheep = Dope Sheep Poop = Nope
😅 haha! Sheep poo is definitely not dope! Thank you Shwenia xx
These have been so enjoyable! Wonderful memories to document and so nice to share with us! Nice teaser - bet it’s Kay and Dan you’re seeing in West Yorkshire 😀
Maaaaaaaaybeeeee 😉😃
That was really wonderful, Scotland is beautiful. Glad you had such a good time!💚
Really enjoying your holiday vlogs Ali. My 8 year old daughter thinks that Phoebe is hilarious, she's a little RUclips star in the making! ☆
I'm on holiday at the moment in Northumberland so have just watched this episode and enjoyed a glass of fizz, whilst crocheting. Looking forward to your next vlog (I live in West Yorkshire and love Hebden Bridge! ♡)
Helen x
PS I've just ordered one of your enamel badges to show my support for your channels 😀
Aw Helen!! Thank you so much! That’ll get sent off to right away 🤗 I’m just finishing editing the last vlog where we visit Hebden Bridge, we had a lot of fun there 😃
Loved every moment of Scotland vlogs & Hebden Bridge is near my neck of the woods where I was born & funnily enough was there Friday 20th of August on my trip North to visit family ( long time in the waiting ) 17 covid months 😤
Look forward to seeing your vlog
We had picnic up on Widdop Moor over looking the reservoir while sheep grazed contentedly the only dry sunny day of my week 🥶 so I hope the weather was kind to you
Thank you for fabulous vlogs 💙❤️💕
This was so beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us! I am totally using your packing crate idea next time, and I’ve already downloaded a recipe for Scotch rolls. I always learn so much from your vlogs. 💜
what a beautiful scotland vlogs you have made. it makes me feel homesick to go back to it one day. As a teenager I went once to edingburg glascow and hull and the scottish highlands. it was then in the context of an integration holiday between people with disabilities. we were logging at the university of edingburg at the time. I was already an avid knitter then and we visited a wool factory and of course a wool shop with Shetland wool. I knitted a sweater with it, but I don't remember where it went. one day i want to go back to scotland the landscape and nature attract me very much. were fun vlogs with a touch of childhood sentiment for me ;)
This is so lovely to hear Ria, I’m glad it brought back happy memories xx
It's been lovely travelling along with you to Scotland. That house looks amazing. It reminds me a bit of a holiday house we stayed in near Rouen in France a few years back. Looking forward to the Yorkshire bonus episode 😊
Thank you so much Elaine! 😘
Great to see you had a ball in my home country. Although I live in Cruden Bay, I actually was brought up in Peter Culter from a baby and only left Culter when I was married. It’s a lovely village and the Borsalino is a fab restaurant and the owner Is a lovely man ( Franco) Did you manage up to see your sister in Balmedie this trip? X
It was delicious! Such a lovely restaurant :) We stayed in Balmedie in 2019 and we loved it there, my sister doesn’t live there though (she’s in Birmingham) ☺️ but my aunt and uncle are in Cove xx
Beautiful scenery and the castle’s look wonderful so pleased you finally managed to get in it lol persistence pays off! Safe travels love and hugs xx
Haha, finally - third time lucky! 🏰
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Scotland vacation vlogs = dope!! I have really enjoyed them and now feel the call of Scotland. Quick question, is the word nope regularly used in British English? I say it along with yep having grown up in Southern California, while my husband from New York found those words questionable, but after years and years of marriage, he now uses them too. I am a good influencer apparently...Sending love from Oregon, Valerie.
Thank you so much Valerie! Yes we use nope and yep a lot, at least where we are in the south east of England anyway. Although dope not so much 😄
My Dad who was from Aberdeen, loved his butteries, but he would open them up, adding butter and some bacon! As if they weren't buttery and salty enough 😂 Enjoyed your Scotland videos, I live in Fife and work in Dundee, I love going up to the North of Scotland 🏔️
ROWIES
@@keithlordofalbascotland3371 you're right, rowies! My Dad would be shaking his head at me 🤣
Now my granny, who was from Perth, called them butteries, but my mum who grew up in Fife before moving to Aberdeen calls them rowies. Either way they’re delicious 😄 And yes I remember my granny adding more butter 😅
The silver horse bead reminds me of the Kewpies next to the motorway north of Edinburgh - perhaps near Stirling? Don’t quite recall the location but they are massive!
Damn autocorrect. I think that’s supposed to be Kelpies not Kewpies.
Yes!!! I said the same thing to Dan! We’ve never made the detour to see them but my uncle keeps telling us to 🐴
Thank you - have so enjoyed these Scotland highlights.
By the way, what was the game you were playing at the end of the video?
Thank you so much Sheri! We were playing a board game called Labyrinth, which was available in the cottage and was brilliant! We’re going to buy our own to have at home xx
@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife Thank you
Love how you've got a quilted jacket on to eat your buttery outside. Yes....summer in Aberdeenshire! My neck of the woods. Glad you enjoyed your hols here! :) Xx
You live in a beautiful part of the world Tina! It was a wonderful place to spend a week after this past year 🏴❤️
@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife We do feel blessed to live here. So glad you got a chance to come and relax for a while. ❤️
I love Scotland.
Was surprised you take your own duvet on holiday…but what d’you do if/when you fly abroad?
Don’t laugh but I just take the duvet cover and a spare sheet just in case 😄
Wow, it looks like you have all had a wonderful time, the scenery is stunning and those Perkins sound delicious, so pleased you had time to relax and unwind in peace and quiet (except the sheep of course!) x
Thanks so much Dominique 😘
I love those im new to this channel love your other channel too would you book this cottage again
Definitely would! We loved it, very lucky to have found it 😃
The giant heads are screaming TK Maxx to me.
Might have to pay a visit to my local one! Although I’m not sure I have room for giant heads :(
I've lived in Aberdeenshire all my life (58 yrs) and within a few short miles of Castle Fraser so I recognised all the roads that you were on. A wee tip for you, Peterculter is pronounced Petercooter and as you'll likely know in the NE we speak Doric (not Scots), a dialect to this area which sadly seems to be dying off. As you said it's an area full of history and looks beautiful especially when you have a park of sheep outside your window. Oh and the ice cream shop Fit's the Scoop translated means What's the Scoop. I did consider typing this in doric but thought you might struggle to understand. Glad you enjoyed your time in the area.
Thanks for the tip - one that my mum frequently reminds me and my English brain always forgets 😅 Yes I’m pretty good (but not great) with Doric but I definitely wouldn’t understand a whole comment, but it would be so fun to read! My grandmother spoke it, my uncle does now, my mum grew up with both Scots and Doric so she will love the book ☺️ You live in a beautiful place that is so full of childhood memories for me ❤️
'Culter' is pronounced 'Cooter'🤣
So my mum keeps telling me and I insist on getting wrong 😂