If rain is forecast, I never go on gras with my van. You know, I'm a solo traveller and I should stay on the "safe side". But your second park up at the beach was marvellous, too. 👍 Graham, I also perfer these old pile of stones called ruins than modern buildings. 😉I can put my imagination into it and let the walls talk ... Thank you for taking us with you, Gabriela 👋🌝
Thank you Gabriela. What lovely message. You are very brave to do the travelling on your own. Thanks very much for commenting and safe travels. 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️👍 xx
Nice scenery again, shame the places were closed, that always happens to us… if you visit on a day, always the day it is closed! Such is life. Good people are polite and courteous in the passing places, some folks in England are in such a rush. Looks a lovely place still with lovely people and scenery. All the very best, David & Rachel 👍
Thanks for watching both❤️ The pace of life is definitely slower and more polite on the islands. It definitely makes for a more relaxing time! As you say, things are often more rushed in England. Hope you’re both keeping well. We’ve had a busy few weeks with some unexpected personal life stuff and haven’t been able to catch up properly with UA-cam for a while. Hoping things will calm down a bit soon! Enjoy the rest of your bank holiday. Take care ❤️👍😊
I carry snow chains which are good for getting out of wet grassy areas, you helped me with the materials putting my security camera together, hope this helps
Thanks very much I hadn’t thought of that. What an excellent idea. I’ll look into that. That would ease my fears a little bit thanks for watching and commenting. 🐶🐶🐶🧙♂️🚐
So pleased to see the presence of naan bread in this episode 🤣😂🤣 The first park up looked lovely but if I felt anxious about getting stuck I, like you, would have moved to another spot. Thank you for a lovely episode. Take care Gill
What a stunning rainbow perfectly framing the road ahead. I love a rainbow reminds me of the song Somewhere Over The Rainbow 😊😢Think you were very wise to trust your instincts with the first wild camp - you wouldn't have settled. And look at the glorious beach you ended up at! Did wonder whether you managed to get the Kit Kats and the naans 😅🎉love Nicola xx
Hi Nicola, Thank you for watching and commenting❤️ There are certainly lots of rainbows in Scotland and yes that one was very special. My life would not have been worth living without the KitKat and the naan bread for Graham 🤣😉take care.❤️👍😊
I’m with you about that park up. Could have been a bit dodgy on the grass, especially if rain was forecast. Dinner looked good. Glad Graham got his naan bread 😂👍❤️🚐🐶🐶🐶
Wonderful once again. Love these wild places. Reckon that Co Op had the best view of any anywhere!! The Churches are amazing!! If walls could talk! Gosh that park up!! I would have been 50/50 Graham, but Sue would have persuaded me to go I think. But what a place! Incredible. 😍😍😍 In the end a wonderful park up. And a lovely recipe to finish, Ellie. Looking forward to the series on off grid camping. I think the Outer Hebrides is on our list for 2026 🤞🤞🤞🤞
You will love it out there I would think. 😍. That was quite a difficult vlog to put together with so many things not working out yet keeping it positive. Although as I said in the vlog that in retrospect I wish we had been braver in reality the second choice catered far better for walking the dogs. Cliff walking with dogs is questionable 🤣. Thanks for watching and commenting. We are playing the catchup game with watching anybody’s vlogs at the moment. Looking forward to catching yours now. Thanks again guys. Stay safe. 🧙♂️🚐🐶🐶🐶
Another great vlog and what a beautiful place, very serene. I loved your cooking too, going to try making that, looked delicious, also Jazz made me laugh making the noise and she blends in so well with the seaweed. Until next time love to the doggos! xxx
Hi Rachael. Pleased you enjoyed the vlog and thanks for watching ❤️. That cheesy hot pot worked out quite well😉. The Outer Hebrides is such a serene place. We did love being perched on that grassy hill too, but would have found it hard to relax knowing we might get stuck there forever! 🤣. At least we got to see the beautiful view! Jazz certainly had an opinion about it all 😉 Take care and have a good weekend ❤️😊👍
We went to Ardmichael Cemetery but didn’t even attempt to go up the track at the side. We just decided it wasn’t for us and moved on. We looked at a couple of other spots, which also weren’t right, and ended up at the RSPB place, so I’m pleased none of those spots were suitable! 😂
To be honest, Susie, we were spoilt for choice. There were so many to choose from including the RSPB one which was lovely and of course we met some nice people there. 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️ thanks for commenting xx
You drove further than I would on that grass track Graham, I tend to go by Mrs K's facial expression although she was a bit nervous when we started off grid park ups in Europe but did admit it was OK after a couple of nights. Cheers K.
Thanks Karl. Really pleased you are having a great time in Europe and that Mrs K is ok with it. Something I hadn’t thought about but it wouldn’t have been good for the dogs. Nowhere to run etc. cliffs not such a good idea with dogs running lose. Thanks for watching and commenting. When you coming back. 🐶🐶🐶🧙♂️🚐👍
@@Wizardinthewild We came back end of last week as I have a house to renovate for our daughter but hoping to have it finished for late September then we are off again to either Italy or Spain and Portugal.
Another great vlog and I think the animal you saw was a vole. I think park ups are personal Graham, so you did what was right for you. Glad you got your nan bread Graham.
Thanks for that Steve. Couldn’t see a tail so was thinking the same. Yeah the parkup just felt a bit too much. The Naan…. Well I did get a miserly quarter. I suppose I should be thankful 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️
Looked like a pregnant field mouse - but my animal knowledge is limited Wise choice I think - if your worried then you wouldn’t have settled Thanks for sharing the islands look stunning
We definitely would not have proceeded any distance along that rough, uneven, steep and wet track! We thought you were mad to go as far as you did😂 We wondered if Jazz was complaining about sharing her seat and not being able to look out of the window as the blind was down? PS We’d like to see Ellie do some driving. We’re two women and we like to share the driving. We’re always conscious that when one member of a couple does all the driving there’s that chance that if they become incapacitated for any reason that could cause problems and we also know that the only way to get your confidence up is to do more. We are assuming that Graeme is a supportive passenger which makes all the difference in building up one’s confidence. Sending best wishes and thanks for another informative video. We are currently following in your footsteps through the outer Hebrides.
Hi Both. Pleased you are enjoying the series and thanks for watching and commenting ❤️ We probably are a little mad but we used sites for many years ( and still do sometimes) but absolutely love the freedom of being in the middle of nowhere- immersed in nature, even if it is a bit scary sometimes! I used to drive, but a brush with cancer, followed by complications with my vision has meant that I’m not able to now. I do regret that sometimes for exactly the reason you have said. As a result, we always try to have at least minimal phone signal and give our children our what three words location. Must be very reassuring that you both drive. Jazzy shouts wherever she is in the van if she thinks we are stopping ( and yes, that includes traffic lights 🤣) she gets very excited ALL the time! ( she was kept in a pen much of the time before we adopted her) We love her zest for life. She must be at least 15! Take care ❤️😊👍
Thanks for the videos! We love following your travels while we settle in for the evening, have dinner.. as winter closes in, we need our woodburner on. Isn't there a single tree that likes the climate there? Cheers, Cliff
Thank you so much for watching and commenting❤️. So pleased you are enjoying the Vlogs❤️ It sounds very cosy where you are! There are a few pine trees and small forests here and there on the islands but they tend to have been planted deliberately. Generally trees don’t do very well. It’s incredibly windy there and can get very cold and that combination doesn’t enable trees to thrive. The wind is also very salty and that doesn’t help either. Take care ❤️👍😉
Back from an unexpected trip, catching up. Lindsay does not like jazz but I do like to listen to it on my headphones LOL I think we would have stayed put it looked a cracking spot and did not appear to have any spots that had been churned up.
Hope you had a lovely trip. Thank you for watching and commenting❤️If the weather hadn’t been so incredibly wet with more rain forecast we would definitely have stayed there but it was up a very steep hill, plus Merlin only has standard tyres. Think Graham would have stayed. So there’s a challenge for you😉! Look forward to seeing you parked up there for a cup of tea in a vlog when you get to the Outer Hebrides! Take care ❤️😊👍
It's such a beautiful place to be ,as for moving from the grass park up, we would have done the same as you,it's hard to relax knowing you might get stuck as from past experience 😂 Xx
Yes in the end I think we made the right choice. The wind was quite strong that night so it would have been very bumpy up on the high ground. Thanks for watching and commenting Eleanor 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️👍
Hi both It looks like you had a lovely holiday with some smashing weather Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️We will buy some sexy tires for Merlin once we have got the use out of these. It was a pretty steep hill to be fair. Look forward to seeing you parked up there in Athena with a nice cup of tea😉Take care❤️👍😊
Ahhh we’re not “wild” campers… we do prefer a little bit of security I guess (we tried a “wild” the other day and had kids in cars at 11.30 - ended up driving somewhere else until half past midnight!)
Thanks for watching ❤️ Jazz always wants to play out 🤣As soon as the van slows down or stops, she wants to get out and run. For so many years she didn’t really have a voice or much choice about her little life. We reckon she’s making up for it now she’s with us as she’s always shouting and bossing us around🤣. We love her as she’s such a little, (very noisy) character ❤️😊🤣
Hi. Jazz arrived to live with us with her few remaining teeth loose and falling out. They were in a terrible state. We had to have them all removed. But she copes brilliantly and all her infection has gone away. She has the longest tongue ever ( typical Yorkie) always gets her a sympathy vote ❤️😉. Thanks for watching ❤️😊👍
If rain is forecast, I never go on gras with my van. You know, I'm a solo traveller and I should stay on the "safe side". But your second park up at the beach was marvellous, too. 👍
Graham, I also perfer these old pile of stones called ruins than modern buildings. 😉I can put my imagination into it and let the walls talk ...
Thank you for taking us with you, Gabriela 👋🌝
Thank you Gabriela. What lovely message. You are very brave to do the travelling on your own. Thanks very much for commenting and safe travels. 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️👍 xx
Nice scenery again, shame the places were closed, that always happens to us… if you visit on a day, always the day it is closed! Such is life. Good people are polite and courteous in the passing places, some folks in England are in such a rush. Looks a lovely place still with lovely people and scenery. All the very best, David & Rachel 👍
Thanks for watching both❤️ The pace of life is definitely slower and more polite on the islands. It definitely makes for a more relaxing time! As you say, things are often more rushed in England.
Hope you’re both keeping well. We’ve had a busy few weeks with some unexpected personal life stuff and haven’t been able to catch up properly with UA-cam for a while. Hoping things will calm down a bit soon! Enjoy the rest of your bank holiday. Take care ❤️👍😊
I carry snow chains which are good for getting out of wet grassy areas, you helped me with the materials putting my security camera together, hope this helps
Thanks very much I hadn’t thought of that. What an excellent idea. I’ll look into that. That would ease my fears a little bit thanks for watching and commenting. 🐶🐶🐶🧙♂️🚐
So pleased to see the presence of naan bread in this episode 🤣😂🤣 The first park up looked lovely but if I felt anxious about getting stuck I, like you, would have moved to another spot. Thank you for a lovely episode. Take care Gill
But it was only a quarter 😃🤣. Thanks for watching and pleased you enjoyed it. 🧙♂️🚐🐶🐶🐶
Always love seeing the dogs on the beach! X
Yeah they absolutely love it. Knackers them out to 🤣🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️ xx
What a stunning rainbow perfectly framing the road ahead. I love a rainbow reminds me of the song Somewhere Over The Rainbow 😊😢Think you were very wise to trust your instincts with the first wild camp - you wouldn't have settled. And look at the glorious beach you ended up at! Did wonder whether you managed to get the Kit Kats and the naans 😅🎉love Nicola xx
Hi Nicola, Thank you for watching and commenting❤️ There are certainly lots of rainbows in Scotland and yes that one was very special. My life would not have been worth living without the KitKat and the naan bread for Graham 🤣😉take care.❤️👍😊
I’m with you about that park up. Could have been a bit dodgy on the grass, especially if rain was forecast. Dinner looked good. Glad Graham got his naan bread 😂👍❤️🚐🐶🐶🐶
Thanks guys. Glad you enjoyed it. Lots went wrong that day but in the end we had a lovely parkup. Stay safe. 🚐🧙♂️🐶🐶🐶👍
Wonderful once again. Love these wild places.
Reckon that Co Op had the best view of any anywhere!!
The Churches are amazing!! If walls could talk!
Gosh that park up!! I would have been 50/50 Graham, but Sue would have persuaded me to go I think. But what a place! Incredible. 😍😍😍
In the end a wonderful park up.
And a lovely recipe to finish, Ellie.
Looking forward to the series on off grid camping.
I think the Outer Hebrides is on our list for 2026 🤞🤞🤞🤞
You will love it out there I would think. 😍. That was quite a difficult vlog to put together with so many things not working out yet keeping it positive. Although as I said in the vlog that in retrospect I wish we had been braver in reality the second choice catered far better for walking the dogs. Cliff walking with dogs is questionable 🤣. Thanks for watching and commenting. We are playing the catchup game with watching anybody’s vlogs at the moment. Looking forward to catching yours now. Thanks again guys. Stay safe. 🧙♂️🚐🐶🐶🐶
Another great vlog and what a beautiful place, very serene. I loved your cooking too, going to try making that, looked delicious, also Jazz made me laugh making the noise and she blends in so well with the seaweed. Until next time love to the doggos! xxx
Hi Rachael. Pleased you enjoyed the vlog and thanks for watching ❤️. That cheesy hot pot worked out quite well😉. The Outer Hebrides is such a serene place. We did love being perched on that grassy hill too, but would have found it hard to relax knowing we might get stuck there forever! 🤣. At least we got to see the beautiful view! Jazz certainly had an opinion about it all 😉
Take care and have a good weekend ❤️😊👍
@@Wizardinthewild You too! xxx
We went to Ardmichael Cemetery but didn’t even attempt to go up the track at the side. We just decided it wasn’t for us and moved on. We looked at a couple of other spots, which also weren’t right, and ended up at the RSPB place, so I’m pleased none of those spots were suitable! 😂
To be honest, Susie, we were spoilt for choice. There were so many to choose from including the RSPB one which was lovely and of course we met some nice people there. 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️ thanks for commenting xx
You drove further than I would on that grass track Graham, I tend to go by Mrs K's facial expression although she was a bit nervous when we started off grid park ups in Europe but did admit it was OK after a couple of nights. Cheers K.
Thanks Karl. Really pleased you are having a great time in Europe and that Mrs K is ok with it.
Something I hadn’t thought about but it wouldn’t have been good for the dogs. Nowhere to run etc. cliffs not such a good idea with dogs running lose. Thanks for watching and commenting. When you coming back. 🐶🐶🐶🧙♂️🚐👍
@@Wizardinthewild We came back end of last week as I have a house to renovate for our daughter but hoping to have it finished for late September then we are off again to either Italy or Spain and Portugal.
I think you were right not to stop at your original spot but probably worth going back to it in better weather. Xxx
That’s an excellent idea to revisit. Glad you liked the Vlog and thank you very much for commenting. Take care.🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️👍
Another great vlog and I think the animal you saw was a vole. I think park ups are personal Graham, so you did what was right for you. Glad you got your nan bread Graham.
Thanks for that Steve. Couldn’t see a tail so was thinking the same. Yeah the parkup just felt a bit too much. The Naan…. Well I did get a miserly quarter. I suppose I should be thankful 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️
Kit Kat and Naan bread - yum! 💕
It doesn’t sound a good mixture does it next to each other. 🤣 But they were both absolutely delicious thanks for watching and take care. 🐶🐶🐶🧙♂️🚐
Looked like a pregnant field mouse - but my animal knowledge is limited
Wise choice I think - if your worried then you wouldn’t have settled
Thanks for sharing the islands look stunning
I’m impressed! Not only ID’ed the animal but diagnosed the pregnancy. Where was she off to ?
Thanks for watching and commenting guys. 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️
@@Wizardinthewild mainland Scotland on a ferry
We definitely would not have proceeded any distance along that rough, uneven, steep and wet track! We thought you were mad to go as far as you did😂 We wondered if Jazz was complaining about sharing her seat and not being able to look out of the window as the blind was down? PS We’d like to see Ellie do some driving. We’re two women and we like to share the driving. We’re always conscious that when one member of a couple does all the driving there’s that chance that if they become incapacitated for any reason that could cause problems and we also know that the only way to get your confidence up is to do more. We are assuming that Graeme is a supportive passenger which makes all the difference in building up one’s confidence. Sending best wishes and thanks for another informative video. We are currently following in your footsteps through the outer Hebrides.
Hi Both. Pleased you are enjoying the series and thanks for watching and commenting ❤️
We probably are a little mad but we used sites for many years ( and still do sometimes) but absolutely love the freedom of being in the middle of nowhere- immersed in nature, even if it is a bit scary sometimes!
I used to drive, but a brush with cancer, followed by complications with my vision has meant that I’m not able to now. I do regret that sometimes for exactly the reason you have said. As a result, we always try to have at least minimal phone signal and give our children our what three words location. Must be very reassuring that you both drive.
Jazzy shouts wherever she is in the van if she thinks we are stopping ( and yes, that includes traffic lights 🤣) she gets very excited ALL the time! ( she was kept in a pen much of the time before we adopted her) We love her zest for life. She must be at least 15!
Take care ❤️😊👍
Thanks for the videos! We love following your travels while we settle in for the evening, have dinner.. as winter closes in, we need our woodburner on. Isn't there a single tree that likes the climate there? Cheers, Cliff
Thank you so much for watching and commenting❤️.
So pleased you are enjoying the Vlogs❤️
It sounds very cosy where you are!
There are a few pine trees and small forests here and there on the islands but they tend to have been planted deliberately. Generally trees don’t do very well. It’s incredibly windy there and can get very cold and that combination doesn’t enable trees to thrive. The wind is also very salty and that doesn’t help either.
Take care ❤️👍😉
@@Wizardinthewild Oh I see...thanks! Cliff
Back from an unexpected trip, catching up. Lindsay does not like jazz but I do like to listen to it on my headphones LOL I think we would have stayed put it looked a cracking spot and did not appear to have any spots that had been churned up.
Hope you had a lovely trip. Thank you for watching and commenting❤️If the weather hadn’t been so incredibly wet with more rain forecast we would definitely have stayed there but it was up a very steep hill, plus Merlin only has standard tyres. Think Graham would have stayed.
So there’s a challenge for you😉! Look forward to seeing you parked up there for a cup of tea in a vlog when you get to the Outer Hebrides! Take care ❤️😊👍
It's such a beautiful place to be ,as for moving from the grass park up, we would have done the same as you,it's hard to relax knowing you might get stuck as from past experience 😂 Xx
Yes in the end I think we made the right choice. The wind was quite strong that night so it would have been very bumpy up on the high ground. Thanks for watching and commenting Eleanor 🐶🐶🐶🚐🧙♂️👍
Just catching up after the holiday, you need some sexy tyres it will open up some less worrying places, that said the auto box helps loads too.
Hi both It looks like you had a lovely holiday with some smashing weather Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️We will buy some sexy tires for Merlin once we have got the use out of these. It was a pretty steep hill to be fair. Look forward to seeing you parked up there in Athena with a nice cup of tea😉Take care❤️👍😊
Ahhh we’re not “wild” campers… we do prefer a little bit of security I guess (we tried a “wild” the other day and had kids in cars at 11.30 - ended up driving somewhere else until half past midnight!)
Do you think jazz wants to play out!
Thanks for watching ❤️ Jazz always wants to play out 🤣As soon as the van slows down or stops, she wants to get out and run. For so many years she didn’t really have a voice or much choice about her little life. We reckon she’s making up for it now she’s with us as she’s always shouting and bossing us around🤣. We love her as she’s such a little, (very noisy) character ❤️😊🤣
Poor old Jazz. Is there anything wrong with her Mouth/Teeth?
Hi. Jazz arrived to live with us with her few remaining teeth loose and falling out. They were in a terrible state. We had to have them all removed. But she copes brilliantly and all her infection has gone away. She has the longest tongue ever ( typical Yorkie) always gets her a sympathy vote ❤️😉. Thanks for watching ❤️😊👍
I don’t think you should regret it was right at the time.. thanks for the vid 🇦🇺🙏🤍
Thanks Julie. Yeah it was probably the right thing to do. Thanks for commenting and watching. 🐶🐶🐶🧙♂️🚐👍