Tom Knight, John Dunn and JSM told us to go to Orkney, so we did! Viewers' Choice Episode One :)
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2021
- We had a few days off together and put out the question on the RUclips Community page for ideas of where to go and boy did some incredible suggestions come back! I get the feeling we'll be working through that list forever, but here is episode one :) Many thanks to Tom, John and JSM for the inspiration.
Alicja has never been to Orkney before and I've only been there briefly. We made our choice at the last minute and to be honest more than anything we were following the weather - typically for when you put in for time off work the dark clouds appear, but we did alright!
Please bear in mind, this video was filmed during our holiday, so we weren't really focussed too much on a narrative, so it's more just clips of our time there, but of course I hope you still enjoy what I've been able to pull together in the edit. If nothing else it'll give you an impression of this wonderful group of islands off the northern tip of the mainland.
We travelled by ferry via Northlink's Scrabster - Stromness route. This was the cheapest option for going with the van (which is also our accommodation), but did involve a longggg drive to get to the top of the mainland first! There is a ferry from Aberdeen too, but we couldn't afford it. This ferry journey was around £200 return including van, so that was our only big expense to make the trip.
Music features a little more on this video that I would like, but unfortunately that was down to the fierce wind blowing almost constantly over the islands!
Enjoy the video.
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Hi folks, this is a bit of a different format today. Windy weather and the fact it was more holiday than filming trip left me little to work with editing the video, but this is what I managed to pull together from my dodgy clips, I really hope you still enjoy it! You deserved a video of some sort this week so this is it :D
You should head up to Shetland next, it is lovely weather at the moment
Steve your videos are a joy to watch, thank you for the upload!
Wow Steve, you really stepped up the editing with this video and it was fantastic. Best yet my friend 👍
Postcards being dropped in the post at 17:42, very much a dying art form and I love sending and getting them from friends while they are traveling. It let's me know they thought enough to actually write a note while they are away and purchased a stamp to send me something. It is so much more personal than a text! A very classy act you two. Send me one in the Colonies next! ;-)
Beautifully done; and thank you both.
Hi Steve, I've currently going through a really tough patch in my life and Your videos are a real pick me up. This video however has blown me away! Great stuff.
Hope it gets better for you 😊
I send you good wishes!
I'm so glad the videos help in a very small way, but more importantly, I send you my best wishes and hope you get through it soon!
@@steve-marsh Thanks Steve, it's been a torrid 12 months. Honestly, I love your videos, they have such a calming tone and you guys really do visit some beautiful locations. Keep up the good work.
Sorry you are going through a tough time. Just say to yourself “ this too will pass)” I don’t know how old you are, but when I am feeling down I watch RUclips , “ good old british childhood” and “ yesteryears” . They remind us of all the good times we had as a child . It helped me, because I lost my dear husband 🌹🇨🇦
Absolutely wonderful. Brought back FEW MEMORIES TO ME. Thank you
An honesty box with a card machine , that's just nuts !
well its not free
I’m on Harris and we’ve found one you just scan and pa by PayPal 👍
@@volvot5boy Mark, just the person I want to talk to. You live on Harris? Is there anyway I can get to Harris distillery from Isle of Skye and back again the same day in October? I looked at the Ferry Winter timetable from last year and there doesn't seem to be any ferries going there from Skye and back on the same day. Is this true? Are there other ferries I could take back to the mainland?
@@RebMordechaiReviews sorry I don’t live on Harris. The only way would be from Uig on Skye to Tarbert on Harris.
@@volvot5boy There doesn't seem to be a ferry going to Harris and coming back on the same day.
Thank you Steve. I am a retired tour coach driver and my favourite tours were to Orkney and Shetland. This video brought back many memories.
Wow what a pleasure it must've been to bring these wonderful islands to so many people! All the best to you John :)
The honesty box made me proud to be a Scot. I've always believed that Scots have the strongest moral fibre and find myself constantly surprised and disappointed by the lack of such in others. Scotland forever
Vacations in the UK as a kid, the sound of summer was windshield wipers. Thanks for this tour, a real pleasure to see Orkney.
Glad you liked it Norman, thanks!
Although the weather was a bit “dreich” I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, why would u want to holiday anywhere but Scotland! Been looking forward to the new video Steve! Class as always 🏴🏴
Totally Arron! We are hardy folk, we can handle any weather with a smile :)
Ach às deidh an uisge thig an èadhar air a nighe gu breagha.
Absolutely, was that Gretna Retail Park perchance ?
These walks are so much better than documentaries, We have your personal stamp and humour. Looking forward to the next one.
Really appreciate that, thanks! They can be tricky to film and edit, so comments like this make all the difference :)
Ok so you convinced us… we’ll be visiting Orkneys in 2024 😁 can’t wait! 😊
Always wanted to visit Orkney. Thanks to you both for taking us along!
What a stunning place and despite your comment, you've managed to capture the beautyof the place, in all its glory. Love your travel vlogs 💛
Thanks Kev, yeah I was nervous about putting this one out because it was a struggle to make :) So really appreciate the comment!
Who wouldn't want to be a member of the Twatt church! 🙂
Another lovely video, thanks.
YES! Imagine it! I'd be there singing every Sunday :)
That was fabulous Steve! I've never seen so much of Orkney before, and weren't you lucky with the weather? The beaches and the cliff formations were stunning. Thank you for taking us on a great trip!
Oh Sue thanks so much for coming along on our adventure, it was magical! Our search area for a place to live has just expanded :)
Wow, absolutely loved that. What a place!
Fun fact: 10-15 years ago on Top Gear, Hammond and May posted a letter on the Scilly Isles just off Cornwall addressed to your dream house in Orkney. Their challenge was to drive up there before the letter does. :)
No way! I need to try track down that video - I had no idea Zanzibar was famous :)
@@steve-marsh If you're on BBC iPlayer, it's on there. Top Gear, Series 13, Episode 4. :)
One of those places that you don't want to leave?
Hi Steve, I am watching your old video from a few years ago. I am relaxing in my bed late at night with the wife and we are fully enjoying the videos. Definitely hooked. Thank you Steve and your lovely lady too. Greetings from Milton Keynes. 🇬🇧🧡
Been there, loved it, i want to go back especially after this video. We sat and watched the tide come in at the bay of birsey . Magical
Good weather for the orkneys
Lovely place orkneys and thanks Steve and alicja
Excellent a great way to spend lunch
Cheers Davy!
Wow, what an amazing place!!
That is the kind of place I would LOVE to live in, it's so beautiful.
Fabulous video! I don't know why have missed this until now. It's many years since I was in Orkney. My wife and I (and our then one toddler) flew down from Shetland one time for a weekend. The weather turned bad, so the only way back was on the cargo ferry (pre roll-on-roll off). They could take 12 passengers -- and our son was the 13th! We had a small cabin on this small, unstabilised boat and rolled all night from Kirkwall to Lerwick. The motion was especially bad as we crossed the Sumburgh Roost, the tide race at the south end of Shetland. Orkney and Shetland have many similarities, but also significant differences. By the way, I love the Italian chapel - and amazing work of art by the Italian prisoners of war.
Can't believe I'm only finding this awesome video now...Loved every second...We visited back in May 2022 and had glorious weather for the whole week....Living in the Isle of Man it was a bit of a jaunt first flight to gatwick then flight to Inverness, hire car stop overnight for the fantastic drive to Gills Bay for the boat to St Margarets Hope. We stayed on South Ronaldsy as our friend lives there, in fact I spotted her house as you were on the beach searching for pottery sherds......Great memories.....You are so right about the amazing roads and honesty boxes......It's another world.
Another wow video! I love walking along with you guys. I love the ferries. I love the history and the honesty boxes and the cats and and and...! Thank you!
14:45 - Literally gasped at that sunset on the cliffs. I want to go! Longer than a 6 hour drive from Texas, though.
Kraken my favourite rum at present in Cardiff 😊
Totally stunning is Orkney! Now i wanna go!
Thanks for taking us along, Steve. Great trip suggestion, and well covered.
Glad you enjoyed it! Was a tricky one to film, but what a place!
@@steve-marshYou both did a great job 👍 Have always wanted to see the Ring of Brodgar, and Skara Brae. One day. One day. And an honesty box with a card machine. Awesome!
Great format. Keep it going. Do visit Lismore. It's quiet, but a lovely wee island, oft overlooked.
Stay safe, both. Ian
WOW what a wonderful holiday you had xxxx Thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks Sue :)
Wow another beautiful journey with Alicja. The cats were precious and I love the Honesty box. I have noticed those in other videos of yours. So much fun 🤗🤗
Editing a couple of videos with Alicja right now :)
Steve and Ancja. Thank you. Brilliant
Thank you! 😊
Great ! And I'm now a envious german !
Thanks Gabi :) Talking of Germany, it's high on my list to visit some German Islands - they kinda go under the radar here and most people don't even know about them, but they are high on my list!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful post. It is illuminating.
Super stylish tour of Orkney. Thank you. Awesome job.
Our pleasure, so glad you enjoyed it! :)
Thank you for your showing us your trip to Orkney. It’s good to know you need several days to do it justice.
Oh could easily spend a couple of weeks there, especially with the island hopping opportunities by boat and plane!
An amazing journey! Thank you.
You really feel like your right there with you both great filming ❤
hi, Thanks for the video,,i feel like i am there with you both,,looking forward to more videos,,great work..
A camper van without beer!
You two my office now.
Love you from Loutraki Greece
Unforgivable!
Steve and Alicja, I think this is one of the best vlogs you’ve put together, the music and editing was I point !! ( my favourite anyway!) and that’s saying something!! Keep it up guys !! Look forward to the next !!!
Thanks so much Dean - really appreciate it as it was touch n go for a while, couldn't work out how to pull it all together until the last moment! :)
That was a grand look of Orkney you certainly enjoyed it the weather was good
Back there this weekend :)
That was a really interesting video of a unique set of isles. Thanks for sharing.
Really stunning views. Thanks.
The accent from the guy who made that announcement at the end sounded like a Welshman who has lived in Scotland for a while.
There are two distilleries on the Orkneys. The famous (some would say infamous) Highland Park where 80% of the price of the whisky goes on fancy marketing and packaging. Then there is the little, almost unheard of distillery, Scapa, which is terribly neglected by its parent company. Scapa, a distillery capable of producing the most wonderful spirit at 14 or 16 years old, is reduced to selling underaged whisky on the cheap by an owner who couldn't care less about this grand old distillery.
You have wet my appetite. I'd really like to visit Orkney now.
Great video and lovely music. 👍💜😍
You probably won’t see this comment as I am a very recent subscriber to your excellent channel. I’ve longed to go to Orkney ever since a couple of very close friends went there and raved about it afterwards. I’m now 63 but haven’t given up hope of getting there one day, and your excellent video provides even more incentive for me to do so.
Can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos! Definitely got to get to Orkney. Thank you.
This made me feel so happy.
Beautiful place, great to see you both exploring, plus one splendidly named church 🙃👍
Haha yes! :) Cheers!
Maybe the best yet. Thank you for sharing.
Wow, thank you Doris! Thanks for coming along :)
Great video! We visited Orkney in October last year and had a great time, despite our 3 day visit being shortened to a 1 day visit by ferry cancellations due to incoming rough seas. (We had to get off of Orkney or else miss our flight back to the USA.) You showed some locations we wanted to visit but didn’t have time for. I would recommend the Yesnaby cliffs just south of Skara Brae. Very scenic with water crashing against the cliffs. One Orkney resident we talked with mentioned the very low crime rate on the islands, so I wasn’t too surprised to see the honesty box with the card machine. Again, great video!
Fab footage guys 👌👍🏴
Thanks so much!
Thank you for making the place I grew up look just as awesome as I know it is. Wonderful video 🙏, as are all of them. 🤜🤛❣️🙌
Thanks so much!
Once again a great video, to a place I've never been to and due to my age will never see, thank you so very much.
Fabulous 👌 Thank you😊 Definitely on our to do list. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just perfect ! I need to go back.
Best RUclips channel for me.
I watch a lot of documentaries about ancient places and for some reason one of the shots looking down the street, at about 17:03 reminds me so much of the way the buildings of Akrotiri, Santorini would have looked (it's in ruins now) when it was a village still in use. Both are little towns on islands, but in very different parts of the world! I've heard archaeologists ponder why the windows were so low, and wondering if the streets had been built up higher at some time. I think they should look at other places like this that show it's a particular style of building. Maybe the people of Orkney know why they're built that way!
Hi I lived in Orkney for a long time so it was nice to see again! Love your videos.
The scenery was, as usual, stunning! I loved the collection of sea pottery, I can picture it done up as a wall hanging or something. So much history, that was unbelievable!
Thanks Michele! I'm sure Alicja will do her magic on the pottery and make something very cool :) There's SOOO much to see on Orkney, many trips back required!
Un-freaking-believable!!! @11:00 A very well stocked sweets & treats stand out in the middle of no where, and it has a POS card reader that worked! AMAZING! Steve, how do you always find these sweets stands in the most incredibly remote places? Well ... and fish & chip stands!
My ancestors on my father side are from the township of Rendall way back in time
Hey Robert, maybe some of that land up there is yours!
@@steve-marsh Thank you these videos make me miss Scotland my father was born in Dundee and passed away in Broughty Ferry
@@steve-marshIf I had someone to research it for me I would give them half the value. Just keep bringing your great videos
Looks stunning. RUclips has done so much for tourism in the UK, unearthed by the pandemic. So much to see and enjoy on our wonderful archipelago.
Great video both. I look forward to watching more.
Thanks so much for coming along on our journeys :)
I may well have ancestral roots in Orkney. Thanks for the video.
Get up there and claim some land Russell!
Good choice, no, great choice. This might just be your best one yet. Loved the drive up north, Scotland with mist and rain feels like home😁.
Actually got goosebumps watching this one, if I was ever to flit back to Scotland I would really like to live on Orkney. Such a wonderful place and I haven't even been on Orkney but th history of the place is very special even for Scotland.
Look forward to your next adventure.👍🏴🇳🇱
Cheers Michael! I'd flit there in a second! :) All the best to you
@@steve-marsh watching it again with the wife did you know your dream home was on Top Gear!!!
So beautiful!
You know how to make us all jealous. Thats now a desired destination on my bucket list.
I'll try to always have a beer tucked away for emergencies. I retired yesterday so hopefully time will allow now.
Oh Gavin I hope retirement brings you plenty nice trips like this one, and you can stay longer than we did - SO much to see here! All the best!
Brought back wonderful memories of our visit to Orkney in 2019, what a great Viewers choice.
So glad Annette! Thank you!
I love Orkney. The Stromness Ferry my favourite way of going. Last time my sister and I rented a house at Stenness right in the middle of the strenness brodgar and mase howe triangle. Shopping week, the gala week is a great time to visit
Been rewatching some of the older videos as I recover from oral surgery. I now have Orkney on my bucket list (returning to see cousins in Ayr and Ardrossan first). Earlier this year, through Ancestors DNA I found that the Stewart side of my family are direct descendants of James V (the bastard side lol). My 10th Great Grandfather was Sir James Graemsay Stewart of Orkney, his father James Stewart (Mary Queen of Scots half brother) and grandfather James V. I wish my Dad had lived to know all this through DNA but yes historically I find it fascinating. thanks for listening. More heritage to uncover!
Hope the recovery is going well! Hey, maybe you own half of Orkney, definitely sounds like it'll be worth a visit! :)
Absolutely stunning
Outstanding! Love the honesty box with card machine.
We spent the summer in Orkney in the late 70s when i was about 6. Back then we could run around inside Skara Brae; I'm sure you wouldn't be able to now!
Also, I don't know if you remember Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland, but I can't see the Ring of Brodgar now without picturing him dancing round it naked! 🙈😂
Look forward to every new video Steve, I'm a Scot living "down south" and you are both doing an excellent job showing me my homeland..."czesc" to Alicia
Cześć Thomas! Thank You for such a lovely comment, it makes us super happy and motivated when people enjoy Steve’s videos! Please take care🍀
Cheers Thomas! It's a pleasure to keep bringing you videos of home :)
@@alicja4139 you need to tell us viewers more about yourself I’m sure everyone would enjoy it.
@SteveMarsh That is a georgous place,, I realy envy your energy on these walks. I wouldn'y get up to that lighthouse if it was to save my life. The stunning views though.😍😍
Great place Orkney , I travelled there from Aberdeen to Kirkwall a great trip , had three days of lovely weather and three days of 50 mph wind and rain ! when they have a storm they certainly have one ! , I shall go again one day though check the weather carefully next time .😊
I have to go now. I must just do it. Can't wait. You have inspired my husband and I to just go. My husband is sorting out Norway but I want to go to Orkney.
Been to the orkneys twice!! great experience!! apart from the horrible boat, that sea was rough the 4 times i crossed it!!!
Wonderful and evoked so many memories for me. I have been to Orkney four times and explored everywhere from South Ronaldsay and Hoy to Rousay, Sanday, Eday, Westray and Papay. And, I have made it to North Ronaldsay too. I still have much to cover.
If you liked Skara Brae and the isle of Birsay go to Rousay where there are two sites to visit, Westray for Noltland Castle and the lighthouse headland walk, and for ultimate tranquility, Knap of Howar on Papay for the ancient remains and isolated beauty.
I do love Stromness and have camped many nights at the campsite visible from your footage as the ferry is approaching Stromness. My absolute favourite places in Orkney though have to be Rackwick Bay, Hoy and Pierowall, Westray.
Your video has inspired me to return next uear (2024).
Super, thanks. Spent one day on Orkney but did not manage to see everything.
Absolutely Delightful trip Steve... A great place to visit, especially with a Beauty on your arm.... :-))) BUT!!!!!! No beer........ tut tut...Major Failure.... :-))))) xx
Really badly prepared! :) Cheers mate!
Enjoying this.
Another gorgeous video.
Superb!
Looks fab.
Wonderful content from you guys as always, but this trip has made me want to visit later this year. Thanks, and all the best
It's some place Craig! All the best getting up there :)
Well done S & A, Orkney is a great spot. Weather picked up for you too. I noticed you didn't stop at Twatt, no' mind tho'...... the world's full of Twatts! 😏😁😂🤣. Awesome honesty box !!! .....old stone bottle top on the beach- I've had a ton of those out of the water of Leith in the past😎👍
We want to become Twatt residents for sure! Cheers Billy!
SteveMarsh - I'm recommending Kirkcudbright. There's a tidal access, small island off the seashore track at St. Mary's Isle outside of the town. (Google earth) You'll be the only ones there🏕👍....... maybe not now I've called it. 🤔😜. Galloway, Stranraer, Luce Bay etc.... it's all good ⛺️😍
Cracking video 👏👏👏
This was fab, I'm desperate to go to Orkney, Brodgar, Skara Brae and got plenty of info here. I reckon 2 weeks holiday would be perfect. Thank you so much for another lovely video.
Steve, your videos are always great. Thank you very much.
Steve 😊 So glad I came across this video. I have never been to the Orkney Islands, they look stunning! (maybe one day, I'll find my way there) but I think I mentioned not long ago that I had been to the Shetland Islands. A highlight of that trip (in 2018) was a trip down to Sumburgh, from the port town of Lerwick. At Sumburgh I enjoyed a pleasant stroll to the lighthouse, at the southern tip of the Shetlands, where there was also a lovely little cafe looking out to sea, and I had a very nice scone and coffee.
Great video thanks 😮
Love it! 👍🏻👌🏼👏🏻😍🥰🍻
Thanks Steve, on our next trip to Scotland we are going to Orkney Island.
Cheers for the suggestion! :D It's such a magical place and very different in feel from the mainland, so there and Shetland very recommended :)
Brilliant videos always been my dream to tour the islands like you do.keep up the great work
Thanks Steve for showing Orkney, the one of the Islands on my bucket list along Shetlands. Hope to see the shortest scheduled flight one day!
Cheers Robert! :)
Hi Rob, both are worth a long visit, for me it was 6 weeks!!?!. Historical Orkney is the opposite of wild Shetland, especially the coast.
9 years ago my husband took me to Orkney as a grift for my 50th birthday in the October half term we absolutely loved it my favourite place was the Brochure of Gurness brilliant, we stayed at St Margaret’s Hope after a crossing from Gills bay on the Pentelina and stayed at the ruff cottage xx
Oh I love St Margaret's Hope!
Absolutely brilliant video.
Cheers mate!
This was just perfect ! love you guys , you have so much fun together , never stop doing what you're doing , we appreciate you both so much . Thank you .
Paul, thanks so much! What a lovely comment to receive! :)
Wooooooooooooooooooow what a place its very pretty , well done guys for recommending this place 👏
Hi Alicja and Steve Another fantastic video. Weather looked really good. I think what possibly puts people off going there is the forecasts on the BBC always show low temperatures and a lack of sun but your vlog showed complete opposite. One of the best Steve, even more so than the wee island off Oban. All the best Crawford
Our pleasure Crawford! I think the locals are keeping the best secret in the world because the weather always seems good when I'm there :)