The Highlands and Lochs of Scotland are beautiful. Went up there 3 times in a row for the hols back when I was in Uni/just graduated with some friends, would love to go back again. Stayed near Loch Ness. Stunning scenery up there.
I’m from Glasgow and I mountain bike in those hills a lot and every time I go through glen coe It makes the hairs on body stand up and brings a tear to your eyes 👀 it’s absolutely stunning
The first mountain you were loving the view of is called Ben Lomond. I can see it from my kitchen and I volunteer with the ranger team on it! I live at the bottom end of Loch Lomond. Loving your vlogs!
Good morning, stumbled across your channel and i love it. I live in Scotland and thank you for falling in love with it. We have some of the most beautiful scenery in the world 🌎 real clean fresh air to wake up too, lochs, mountains, hills and freedom ❤ by the end of yoir journey you will want to move here or come back at some point 😂 take care and enjoy yourselves.
Thank you so much, really appreciate your lovely words. You are absolutely correct, Scotland is the most naturally beautiful country we have ever been. We will definitely be revisiting thats for sure. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment ❤️
It’s actually good for body to do cold water therapy but you need to ease yourself into water and breath technique and once you do it it’s very refreshing afterwards gets all circulation pumping around body too
This is one of my fav videos of yours… I was a 1st time visitor back in Nov & did the reverse journey of this (🚂 bridge, Glencoe, Loch Lomond), such stunning places.
Thank you 🥰 Scotland is SUCH a beautiful country isn't it. We cant wait to return as theres so much more to see 🏴 Did you have good weather in November?
I rented a camper just like this, last year, for my week round Scotland, & to be perfectly honest with you, I didn't enjoy it at all! The bed was comfy enough, & big enough, but the ridiculous amount of cupboards/storage, which took up around 40% of the interior space, really prevented any chances of having any room to move at all..........and I was there on my own!! I can't even imagine how cramped it would be with two people using it!! I'm on the lookout for an MPV, or a big estate car, to have a go at making my own micro-camper.........with NO cupboards! I don't need cupboards, just 'elbow-room'!! 🤣
Heya James! We definitely see what you mean, it was a tight squeeze thats for sure! Also considering Steves 6'3 and Im 5'10 (certainly not petite people). I think also because we have quite a bit of luggage, therefore the process of unpacking and re-packing was a little frustrating at times. We do a van tour showing the interior layout and functionality in our video coming out this Sunday, please let us know what you think!
I live in Scotland and like half hour away from Glasgow many lovely places to see its a lovely place o live in plenty to see plenty history and also food is great in some places too and getting a van is probly best and save on money
Loch Lomond is my backyard. The midgies can be ferocious from May to September, especially close to the water but the wind tends to stop the little buggers from flying. It looks like you were lucky. I'm not sure carrying your stuff in a vehicle is "wild camping" (which I think of as back packing into the landscape ) but you'll definitely get a better feel of the place than staying in a Bed & Breakfast. I've walked the ridges and tops in Glen Coe and surrounding area many times and the views are even more spectacular from up there (on a good day when you're not in mist) but in my opinion the far north west is even better and also a lot quieter so would be my recommendation if you ever return.
Thanks so much! We did have Isle of Skye on our original itinerary, but heard it was ridiculously busy so avoided and headed east. We'll see more of beautiful Scotland when we return 🥰
@@KristyandSteve Yes, Skye can get very busy because it is one of the "bucket list" destinations for visitors. However, head a bit further north into Lochcarron, Torridon and Applecross and it is quieter and equally spectacular. Then travel up to Ullapool and the road up to the top of Scotland and the scenery gets even better.And a lot quieter still. There's a driving route called the North Coast 500 which is a 500 mile circuit right around this area and returns down the east coast and it is a really lovely route. You'll find plenty of reviews of it online. Lots of beaches and coves as well as mountains and some very nice camp sites like the one at Scourie.
A little bit of geologic history something you may not know but the area of glen coe you drove through at 12:13 is home to what is believed to be an ancient Super volcano that last erupted 420 million yrs ago with 300x the force of St. Helen then going extinct creating the scenery we now know and love glad you enjoyed the trip, i would've suggested going to see Plockton village where they have Palm trees thanks to being in the Gulf stream they get nice tropical weather up there
Hi guy's what a view to wake up to and how cute is the campervan 😊, I had a good night's sleep apart from my spine falling in the crevice 😂😂😂, I can see so many funny things happening in the campervan (not being rude) it's going to be a fun adventure and thank you for sharing it with us 😊, I've got so much catching up to do with your older vlogs but I'll get there, stay safe always 🍻🙏
Fricking Awesome U2 🤘 We'll have to pick your brain how to do this in Australia or hire a van, might be fun doing a few weeks in a van up thru GBR area! Be safe 🌎
Hi guys, how did you find the temp in loch ness, i swam in that many years ago, when i was in scotland for two weeks on an army adveture coarse, it was cold back then, it was october when we went in,
Heya Sean! 👋 The water was absolutely freezingggg but so refreshing as it was approx 28degrees outside (we filmed this mid September). We were so blessed to have the most perfect weather for our week in the Highlands ☀️ Thank you for watching!
@@KristyandSteve there was a little cafe and public toilets on one side of the loch, not sure if they still there, this was about 20 years ago when i was working in inverness for a couple of weeks, the corridor to the toilets was full on neon lights with the locness monster. Most scenic toilets i have ever been in lol
@@KristyandSteve The lochness swim we did, was part of a swim test, to prove, our strength of swimming, we had to swim 25m out and back, we could do the the river canoe trip, and canoe surfing, while we were in scotland, we had to climb (well hike) ben nevis in force 9 gale, full pack on as the camping area we stayed at flooded, we did some rock climing and ab sailing, also, not sure which loch it was, one with an island in the middle, we were boated out to the island where we did our 24 hour survival, with just pocho for shelter, great times in scotland, we did hit bad weather second week
Hello! This was filmed the first week of September, we were very lucky to have beautiful weather. Great time to visit Scotland (we were in the UK all of August and it was perfect, maybe 1 or 2 half days of rain) ☀️
Thanks Liz! Yes we were contemplating making one video, but would be about one hour long so decided to break it up into 2 or 3 vlogs so next one will be up next Sunday (sorry 😅) Really appreciate you watching ❤️❤️❤️
Watch PART TWO of our Van Life journey around Scotland here 👉🏽 ua-cam.com/video/lTQXSuPt1fo/v-deo.htmlsi=sBOaCHN8Y40B4WYA
The Highlands and Lochs of Scotland are beautiful. Went up there 3 times in a row for the hols back when I was in Uni/just graduated with some friends, would love to go back again. Stayed near Loch Ness. Stunning scenery up there.
Completely agree! Such beautiful part of Scotland 🥰
I’m from Glasgow and I mountain bike in those hills a lot and every time I go through glen coe It makes the hairs on body stand up and brings a tear to your eyes 👀 it’s absolutely stunning
It really is absolutely stunning isnt it. Such breathtaking landscape
The first mountain you were loving the view of is called Ben Lomond. I can see it from my kitchen and I volunteer with the ranger team on it! I live at the bottom end of Loch Lomond. Loving your vlogs!
Oh what a beautiful place you live in! Absolutely stunning , thank you so much for your kind words ❤️
Your pronunciation of loch lomond left me laughing 😂
Me too once I found out the actual way to pronounce it! 🤣
Another enjoyable vlog guys. Great footage of Scotland.
Thanks you two! Glad you liked it. Are you heading to Scotland with Boomer?
@@KristyandSteve hell yeah. Probably in June for 3 mths. Starting with Shetland again
Awesome! Its the best 😍
Great video guys, very interesting, keep up the good work.
Cheers GJ! 🤗
The first mountain is Ben Lomond 👍🏼
Thank you! 😊
Good morning, stumbled across your channel and i love it. I live in Scotland and thank you for falling in love with it. We have some of the most beautiful scenery in the world 🌎 real clean fresh air to wake up too, lochs, mountains, hills and freedom ❤ by the end of yoir journey you will want to move here or come back at some point 😂 take care and enjoy yourselves.
Thank you so much, really appreciate your lovely words. You are absolutely correct, Scotland is the most naturally beautiful country we have ever been. We will definitely be revisiting thats for sure. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment ❤️
It’s actually good for body to do cold water therapy but you need to ease yourself into water and breath technique and once you do it it’s very refreshing afterwards gets all circulation pumping around body too
You got so so lucky with the weather. But you can’t have all that green without rain unfortunately
You're so right! We were incredibly lucky to have the best weather throughout our entire month in the UK 🙏
Thank you for watching!
This is one of my fav videos of yours… I was a 1st time visitor back in Nov & did the reverse journey of this (🚂 bridge, Glencoe, Loch Lomond), such stunning places.
Thank you 🥰 Scotland is SUCH a beautiful country isn't it. We cant wait to return as theres so much more to see 🏴 Did you have good weather in November?
@@KristyandSteve luckily I did, even though there were storms on the east side of Scotland…no midges either 😆😆
Lake Lomond, Lake Linnhe and Lake Ness with I’m assuming the Lake Ness Monster, interesting?
Loch ye mean ? 🤔👍🏼
@@TinaMul aye ya think, maybe it’s no me that’s fae bonnie Dundee, oh no it is?
I rented a camper just like this, last year, for my week round Scotland, & to be perfectly honest with you, I didn't enjoy it at all!
The bed was comfy enough, & big enough, but the ridiculous amount of cupboards/storage, which took up around 40% of the interior space, really prevented any chances of having any room to move at all..........and I was there on my own!!
I can't even imagine how cramped it would be with two people using it!!
I'm on the lookout for an MPV, or a big estate car, to have a go at making my own micro-camper.........with NO cupboards!
I don't need cupboards, just 'elbow-room'!! 🤣
Heya James! We definitely see what you mean, it was a tight squeeze thats for sure! Also considering Steves 6'3 and Im 5'10 (certainly not petite people). I think also because we have quite a bit of luggage, therefore the process of unpacking and re-packing was a little frustrating at times. We do a van tour showing the interior layout and functionality in our video coming out this Sunday, please let us know what you think!
Ooops! Nearly ended up in Ayrshire (I recognise the junction at 4:58 where you got back on track from heading south to head north again)! 😂
Haha we were so confused 🤪
Asda Govan hahaha how exciting
Haha it was! 🤩
I live in Scotland and like half hour away from Glasgow many lovely places to see its a lovely place o live in plenty to see plenty history and also food is great in some places too and getting a van is probly best and save on money
Loch Lomond is my backyard. The midgies can be ferocious from May to September, especially close to the water but the wind tends to stop the little buggers from flying. It looks like you were lucky.
I'm not sure carrying your stuff in a vehicle is "wild camping" (which I think of as back packing into the landscape ) but you'll definitely get a better feel of the place than staying in a Bed & Breakfast.
I've walked the ridges and tops in Glen Coe and surrounding area many times and the views are even more spectacular from up there (on a good day when you're not in mist) but in my opinion the far north west is even better and also a lot quieter so would be my recommendation if you ever return.
Thanks so much! We did have Isle of Skye on our original itinerary, but heard it was ridiculously busy so avoided and headed east. We'll see more of beautiful Scotland when we return 🥰
@@KristyandSteve Yes, Skye can get very busy because it is one of the "bucket list" destinations for visitors. However, head a bit further north into Lochcarron, Torridon and Applecross and it is quieter and equally spectacular. Then travel up to Ullapool and the road up to the top of Scotland and the scenery gets even better.And a lot quieter still. There's a driving route called the North Coast 500 which is a 500 mile circuit right around this area and returns down the east coast and it is a really lovely route. You'll find plenty of reviews of it online. Lots of beaches and coves as well as mountains and some very nice camp sites like the one at Scourie.
A little bit of geologic history something you may not know but the area of glen coe you drove through at 12:13 is home to what is believed to be an ancient Super volcano that last erupted 420 million yrs ago with 300x the force of St. Helen then going extinct creating the scenery we now know and love glad you enjoyed the trip, i would've suggested going to see Plockton village where they have Palm trees thanks to being in the Gulf stream they get nice tropical weather up there
Thank you so much for this information! We're going to go back now and watch our raw footage for a closer look - greatly appreciated ☺️
ASDA in Govan, just of Junction 24 of the M8?
I work around the corner. Small world!
Correct! 😀
Hi guy's what a view to wake up to and how cute is the campervan 😊, I had a good night's sleep apart from my spine falling in the crevice 😂😂😂, I can see so many funny things happening in the campervan (not being rude) it's going to be a fun adventure and thank you for sharing it with us 😊, I've got so much catching up to do with your older vlogs but I'll get there, stay safe always 🍻🙏
Haha my spine (unfortunately) fit perfectly in the crevice 🤣
Thank you SO much Sean, appreciate your kind words ❤️
i like you to alot and look very forward to watching the rest if your vanlife in scotland
Thank you! ❤️
Govan Asda 👍🏼
Fricking Awesome U2 🤘 We'll have to pick your brain how to do this in Australia or hire a van, might be fun doing a few weeks in a van up thru GBR area! Be safe 🌎
Thanks guys! Doing a van trip around Oz would be unreal, such an adventure!🚐
Don’t worry even us in Scotland miss turn offs a lot too and it does get annoying lol so many turn off in some places too easily to make this mistake
Thank you Catherine 🥰
Loch Ness has more freshwater than all the lakes in England and Wales combined.
Oh wow we didnt know this, thank you! ☺️
Hi guys, how did you find the temp in loch ness, i swam in that many years ago, when i was in scotland for two weeks on an army adveture coarse, it was cold back then, it was october when we went in,
Heya Sean! 👋 The water was absolutely freezingggg but so refreshing as it was approx 28degrees outside (we filmed this mid September). We were so blessed to have the most perfect weather for our week in the Highlands ☀️ Thank you for watching!
@@KristyandSteve there was a little cafe and public toilets on one side of the loch, not sure if they still there, this was about 20 years ago when i was working in inverness for a couple of weeks, the corridor to the toilets was full on neon lights with the locness monster. Most scenic toilets i have ever been in lol
@@KristyandSteve The lochness swim we did, was part of a swim test, to prove, our strength of swimming, we had to swim 25m out and back, we could do the the river canoe trip, and canoe surfing, while we were in scotland, we had to climb (well hike) ben nevis in force 9 gale, full pack on as the camping area we stayed at flooded, we did some rock climing and ab sailing, also, not sure which loch it was, one with an island in the middle, we were boated out to the island where we did our 24 hour survival, with just pocho for shelter, great times in scotland, we did hit bad weather second week
when did you tape this video. in the summer time the weather looks sunny
Hello! This was filmed the first week of September, we were very lucky to have beautiful weather. Great time to visit Scotland (we were in the UK all of August and it was perfect, maybe 1 or 2 half days of rain) ☀️
It’s pronounced Loch Low - Mond = Loch Lomond 👍🏽
Thanks Ellis ☺️
Great video, but not long enough for me. Prefer a longer video maybe 40mins per video. Greetings from the UK
Thanks Liz! Yes we were contemplating making one video, but would be about one hour long so decided to break it up into 2 or 3 vlogs so next one will be up next Sunday (sorry 😅)
Really appreciate you watching ❤️❤️❤️
Loch Lomond is pronounced low and mond (rhymes with pond)
Thanks John! We were chatting to some locals and they thought it was hilarious how we were pronouncing it 🤣 noted for future visits!