NC500 - the Highlands and what you need to know
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- #vanlifeuk #nc500 #scotland We travel the Highlands from Tain to Wick in this episode, on the East Coast of Scotland, on our North Coast 500 van life UK road trip
Disaster struck on our NC500 campervan park-up for the night, proving UK Van Life isn't always easy, especially in the far North East of Scotland where Amazon take a week to get there 😅
Also in this video, we eat some Vegan food meals in Dornach, and drink hot chocolate at Cocoa Mountain, where they thankfully have plant-based Milks
And aren't Scottish beaches stunning!!
Before heading off to Big Burn Waterfall in Golspie, followed by the amazing Dunrobin Castle. Then off to Wick (the furthest point on our trip yet)
We love the East Coast of Scotland and thoroughly recommend the whole NC500 Road trip, it should be on everyone's bucket list as the scenery is just spectacular, and the people are wonderful & friendly
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December 23 2022: Your journey is full of beautiful adventures and the ones you could do without like the battery. You both handle the concerns together, how stronger it makes both of you as a couple. Liam you are so incredible to continue to reassure Janine from safety to car parking. Life is what the challenges bridge us stronge. Thank you for sharing your life good and bad and indifferent. You are truly transparent.
Stephanie 🌹 Rose here from, FLORIDA🌴This my be my most favorite video from you🦈
💚💙 thank you
Catching up with you backlog of videos while my leg is broken. Loving the vids
We are here to serve, rest easy ♥️
December 23 2022: Although at times we do need that lift the best is outside into nature. Even today here in Maryland the weather is very nippy but with a few layers and gloves what a treat. Loving your journey that you so openly take us all on. This too gives us I believe when we are shut in a time to feel rejuvinated with your walks. Good for Janine to putting one foot in fromt of the other.
Awesome loving your vlogs & beauty & info.... Scotland here ☝️🎩🙏
❤ Forest bathing. We're doing nc500 so I'm doing my research 😊
Thanks for an enjoyable and beautiful video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Enjoying your videos. Hi from Cape Town
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Catching up on your tour of Scotland whilst you are in India. The Highland are beautiful and I was fortunate to live and work there for a few years.
Wonderful!
You really have made my day,, brilliant vid and very likable couple thanks 🙉😁
Only came across your channel a few days ago and already binged most of your videos up until this point.
You both seem like really nice down to earth people, I'm loving following your adventure so far.
Thanks so much for joining us 💚
We e just moved up here from Essex. We live in Spittal. In between wick and Thurso. We love it
Lucky you 💚
*Happy Trails Guys* Loving Following your travels.. Much love Mx
We love having you join us on the travel, thanks so much for watching and commenting...really means a lot to us x
I’ve just binge watched your Scottish adventure!! I hope you got the charger !! Can’t wait for the next video!!
We love a good binge watch haha! Thanks so much for doing so 💗
Aw loving your videos guys ❤ I'm looking forward to seeing your reaction to the West Coast 😊 and definitely keeping my fingers crossed for the battery!
Thank you Clare, it's pending. Thank you for watching us tackle Scotland 🙏
Another fabulous video, totally agree about getting out in nature, lol you guys you're awesome 👌
Thank you Bev, can't be a bit of nature to cure the blues 💙
Looking forward to the next one, really enjoying these videos. Hope you have better luck with the new charger!
Thank you Emma, these things happen I guess. We will get it all sorted 👍
It is always epic scenery.
Its beautiful up there 😍
Congrats on reaching 10k fam saw your post on the Facebook group that has sharing Sunday
Aw thank you! We are thrilled, and thanks for following and commenting 😀
Great video that scenery is so beautiful.so sorry about your camera hope you managed to get it soughted.the hat looks nice janine take carexx
Thank you, we are persistent so we will.make it work haha
Love you guys so much and you are fast becoming definitely one of my favourite UA-camrs.
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Great fun, Scotland is an amazing place. I’d love you to tour the Lake District!
It's 100% on our list, don't worry 😉
Really enjoying getting the inspo ready for our trip! Hope you get your batteries sorted!
Get our lives sorted you mean 🤣 Glad the videos are helping 👌
Ah yer this travel channel is grt isn't it. Liam and Janine bring good detailed content with regards to the sightseeing and vegan food opportunities ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Happy trails I live in Macduff goodluck on your journey
Thank you 😊
I'm watching your videos back to back, so interesting! 🙌🙌
Thank you, we appreciate that 🙏
Great video guys, hope you get your charger soon. X 🥰
We move forward positively as always, thanks so much for watching 🙏
I am from embo and milk and honey is my cousins shop 😊
We are pleased to have visited and featured it, amazing food!!!
Another great video. Thanks for sharing and promoting the vegan eateries.
Cheers man, always a pleasure
Hope all is well over there mate 👍
@@ThoseHappyDays Saigon is okay. No tourism. Your videos are making me miss the UK, but not the cold.
@@kie1937 yeah, although mate the last 3 days have been 🌞🌞🌞 everyone has gone mad haha
Hi Janine a Electric fan heater may be be better for you in the van Jeannette Smith
Sounds good 👍
Great videos guys evanton is pronounced like heaventon keep up the good work 👍
So no "Van" in it? We must be obsessed with vans or something
@@ThoseHappyDays yeah it has van just the pronounced different from what you says no big deal like 👍👍I’m from fort William nice scenic route to mallaig and morar beach you look over to Skye if yous ever round this way. Videos are great 👌🏴
@@thehighlander4771 thanks for the heads up mate 🥳
You can eat the Gorse flowers. They have a pleasant sweetness to them. Edit: be careful to positively identify it though as I believe there is atleast one, possibly more, that can be mistaken for Gorse. Gorse has thorns. Pretty sure that’s the main identifier. But as with all foraging, don’t take anyone’s word on it (I’m sure you know that anyway), always double check for yourselves.
Good advice, and will take note 👍 Lovely plant though 😀
Fun, fun video. Janine is so right about the restorative value in nature. Walking in nature can change so much. And now I have another new expression, 'cast-off cake.' It was so funny when Liam said that. AND I can't wait to visit Scotland.
Haha it feels like that sometimes doesn't it? "Do you have a Vegan Cake?"
"Yes we have a Vegan and gluten free cake, just to shut everyone up"
In this case though it was bloody fantastic 👏
My wife never been but we will be doing a vanlife trip soon and possibly moving back to the Highlands as I know once she sees that scenery I won't get her back to England lol
You know what Cal, I think you are right haha
Scotland looks beautiful, hope you are making some fond memories along your way, are you planning on visiting Yorkshire at all?
Yorkshire is a definite for this year 😍
Wait til you get to North Wales, its just as stunning 😉 I have lived here a year now, by the sea and mountains, and everyday I can’t believe it, the scenery is just stunning. 🙂 You must stop at The Eating Gorilla cafe. 😉
Oh we will, don't worry! 😍
@@ThoseHappyDays Yeah!! Its near where I live so I get to go often, the food and the owners/staff are lovely. Enjoying seeing your travels. 😉must get to Scotland one day, I’d love to go to the Orkney Islands.
@@wildaboutcooking2594 ooo yes same
Eating Gorilla cafe sounds like a fun and interesting name 😁 also you sound like me. Re I am also a scenery lover😁
We have lots of gorse here in Cornwall too ✨
I was going to say go and see the whaligoe steps but you did go and see them.
We did but they were closed unfortunately
Gorse flower has a flavour very similar to coconut.
Hi guys hope you don't mind me asking who is the artist of your theme tune love itxx
Absolutely stunning. I do envy you both. Enjoy the rest of your trip. x
Thank you Gene, we aren't taking any of it for granted 🙏
Absolute loving follow you guys journey, I hope you manage to get a charger soon. Enjoy the fantastic scenery, I started following you guy initially as a fellow vegan. I worry every time I travel that I can't find vegan options, take care and most of all have a blast.
Thanks Paul, that means a lot. Hope we get to show you lots of vegan food along the way 🥰
Absolutely love these ‘Van Life’ videos. As a fellow UA-cam Creator I even watched all the ads as this is now your full time income so doing my bit to help you guys out. The new hat looks fab on you Janine but defo not on you Liam 😂😂. Stay safe both of you and really looking forward to the next video 🌱🌱✌🏻✌🏻
Hahaha that hat is way more suited to Janine, she won't take it off now. Thanks for watching the ads, you really don't have to, but we appreciate the support 🙌
@@ThoseHappyDays Oh yeah, and also don’t worry to much about having to use your phones for filming. What makes this channel is you guys….honest and real, so the phone videos just make it more real for me 😀😀
@@WestcliffGoPro aw thanks man, that's good feedback for us. We are far from polished haha, but always aiming to up our photography, but without losing the rawness if you know what I mean? 🙏
@@ThoseHappyDays you’ll never lose the rawness with better quality equipment, but these disasters happen so if it’s phone camera for the next few videos then that’s absolutely fine by me. Remember it’s not the destination, but the journey that matters 🌱✌🏻
@@WestcliffGoPro absolutely, totally agree mate. Thanks for that advice 🙌
Honey as far as I know always comes from bee’s so it can’t be vegan. Other wise the landscape is beautiful and the video enjoyable.
Did you visit the Isle of Arran ? Most tourists visit the Isle of Skye, Isle of Mull. While Arran always gets overlooked.
Welcome to the Highlands. Most UK companies don't recognise Highland postcodes as "mainland UK", so point blankly refuse to deliver to Inverness or North of it. Trust me, it's so fecking frustrating.
Also it's mountainous, so obviously you won't always get a phone signal.
It's not like the central belt of Scotland nor populated places in England.
Keep a look out for pot holes ;-)
Enjoy.
Maybe a silly question, but does Janine drive?
She does, but not the van
The North East Coast of Scotland technically is the Tayside, Fife and Grampian area so you're actually in the Highlands which is near the West Coast so you're on the North East Coast of the Highlands which is West of the Grampian area. Great video and food otherwise 👌 Those Happy Days.
Jesus, it'd so complicated up here 😫🤣
Tayside and Fife, what planet are you on?
Where is a tour of their van? Thank you!
You should be able to plug the camera in via USB to. Charge the battery ?
Doesn't work unfortunately, we tried that one
You think this is epic? Come back to Argyll and the west coast going down the Kintyre peninsula. Trust me - it’s beautiful. (I do live here so a bit biased 😂)
West Coast videos pending
We have just left Dornoch! Gutted we didn’t see this before we left, we missed so many little vegan treats in that town! We’re up North now near Thurso, lots planned 😁
Aw yes but you get another chance at Cocoa Mountain in Durness...look out for it and enjoy the journey x
@@ThoseHappyDays ah thank you!! We will keep a look out, we’re enjoying it so much so far 😁❤️
@@hadamsfly so pleased to hear that! You have the weather too hopefully x
@@ThoseHappyDays we have had amazing weather so far, sunburnt and sweaty today! Sorry to see you hit the gloomy weather 🥺
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AWESOME VLOG 😁🚐 Hard to say wot my fave parts of the vlog were as there were many. I like the vegan sandwich and soup for sure. But then again all is do is think about my stomach 😁 hahahahaha. The waterfall was beautiful and you 2 r soooooo ENTERTAINING 😁😁😁😁😁 You peeps are my true inspiration as I also have a travel channel. 😁 I think you work well on content given the vegan friendly places you show and the information you give about distance and sightseeing. Hope u got the new battery and ya got round to having ya vegan curry in the end. Ahhh also I liked the hot choc whooop. I told ya that all I do is think about my stomach. 😁 Looking forward to your next vlog. Keep the sightseeing and the food info coming it's all fab. You make my day.
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Thanks for tuning in Kas, hope all is good in India 💕
@@ThoseHappyDays hey yes all is well in Gokarna where I live thanks. 😁
Some interesting pronunciations of place names. You’re not doing yourself any favours parking overnight where your not meant to.
Sorry but I will subscribe again when you have finished your run around Scotland like everyone else with a campervan or Motorhome
Bad times on the camera, the sea looks picturesque at least. Storage wise might be worth getting some cloud backup (Although depends on Internet access I guess).
Yeah the cloud thing would work but one bar of 4g it would take months to upload haha
@@ThoseHappyDays Deffo have to abuse some WIFI hot spots lol. Always maybe worth checking out Hot UK deals maybe for some bargain external drive options, they are getting fairly cheap these days. (Be careful on brand though, and if you need me to check lemme know. Certain brands have high failure rates).
@@vegansuponhull7946 just bought a 4Tb one...I remember when 500GB was the highest you can get haha
@@ThoseHappyDays I remember 70GB costing around 80 quid and when a PC died once I had to deal with a 1.6GB drive and enough RAM to run either a game or music but so old it couldn't do both.
@@vegansuponhull7946 times have changed massively if you think about it. That £80 then bought you 70GB, now that £80 just bought us 4TB - crazy
Loving the NC500 trip, but I didn't realize you two were vegan' you should mention it more 🙄 😂
Haha I wish that was the first time we heard that 😅