We Discover The True Magic Of Scotland 🏴
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- 👋🏼 Welcome to Scotland, a breathtaking country that often finds it's way in to the top 10 lists of "Most Beautiful Country In The World".
Having already explored the vibrant cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, we have been told by many that if we want to start discovering the true magic of Scotland we need to wave those cities goodbye and start exploring further afield. So join us as we take a 2 day road trip around Scotland and start to discover what we have been missing.
Day 1 sees us head to the magnificent city of Stirling to climb The National Wallace Monument, a formidable sight on the Scottish landscape, before paying a visit to the impressive Stirling Castle. We then head to Falkirk to tick off a bucket list item as we take a boat trip on The Falkirk Wheel before ending our day at the iconic Kelpies.
Day 2 sees us head up the east coast of Scotland to the incredible Dunnottar Castle which sits on top of a rocky outcrop in the North Sea before we take some time to explore the beautiful nearby town of Stonehaven. We end our road trip in the Granite City of Aberdeen to explore Aberdeen Old Town which feels like wandering a living museum.
🛜 If you are planning a visit to Scotland, their visitor information pages may help 👉🏻 www.visitscotland.com
National Wallace Monument 👉🏻 www.nationalwallacemonument.com
Stirling Castle 👉🏻 www.historicenvironment.scot/...
The Falkirk Wheel 👉🏻 www.scottishcanals.co.uk/visi...
Dunnottar Castle 👉🏻 www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk
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⭐️VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS⭐️
00:00 Welcome to Scotland
00:21 The National Wallace Monument
05:00 Stirling Castle
08:21 Stirling City Centre
09:59 The Falkirk Wheel
14:47 The Kelpies
17:55 Dunnottar Castle
21:49 Stonehaven
26:50 Old Aberdeen
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Lovey our vlog guys. I'm so proud of my country and to see others seeing it as we do. Thank you
Thank you ☺️
I live in Stonehaven and those metal statues on the boardwalk were our very own Banksy. They began appearing mysteriously just being there the next day. Today the artist is known and local and does great work. I'm originally from Aberdeen but I love it here. It a great wee town.
Oh interesting, we did not know that. Got to live a bit of mystery, especially when it involves quirky little art pieces like that popping up randomly!
get to Glencoe. Spectacular
Just taking down my old shed yesterday and came across an old, old Barr's Irn Bru bottle with the black screw-in stopper . You know the ones with red rubber washer? Actually you are probably lucky enough to be far too young to remember them! Anybody else recall those? I've kept it to show my 10 year old grandson..🙂
I’ve been to all those places end of 2023 & they are all gorgeous - I love Scotland 🏴
A wee trip doon the watter on the Waverley, that's what you need.
The Kelpies are spectacular at night when they are lit by gradually changing coloured lights.
I visited on 2nd January a few years ago and they had a light festival. It was fantastic, interactive light shows and performing artists all around the park. Lots of brilliant family entertainment. ( Freezing though .. scarves, gloves and hats a must! 🤣🤣🏴🏴)
That sounds amazing. Will definitely have to see them lit up at some point… we will bring snow suits 😂
Absolutely amazing guys, Scotland has so much to offer the visitor, something for everyone. Balmoral Castle estate is the place for the Pyramids your looking for, largest one is Prince Albert's at 35 feet tall, and you can tour the castle of course. Great job , so looking forward to the next one 👍
Ah yes Balmoral of course, that makes sense. Thank you for letting us know 👍🏻
Hiya boys ,wow how amazing the kelpis are ,thank you for taking us along ,what a great road trip along the east coast ,the castles ,all the adventures and the falkirk wheel,absolutely amazing!!!!Such a beautiful country.Love it!😍
Oh it is such an incredible country and we are only just starting to scratch the surface of it!
@@JJExtra I'm from Falkirk, You missed the Antonine Wall, Most folk know about Hadrians wall down in England, Romans tried to build one up here, left and went back to England after 20 years, Just a big ditch really, you also missed a tiny little church yard in the centre of town where William Wallace best friend is burried.
Fantastic vlog, love seeing how other people react to my beautiful home that is Scotland, Puff Candy is literally honeycomb, its also called Cinder Toffee. I worked at a nursery in Bridge of Allan (you can see it from the Wallace Monument) and one of the children aged 3 said very proudly they were going to the "Wallace Nonion Mint" so that's what it's called now😂😂
We drove through Bridge of Allan on our way to the monument!
@@JJExtra course you did, honestly you would think i didn't live in Scotland by not thinking you would have went that way😂
When i went up the Wallace Nonion Mint😂😂, I took the shuttle bus, to heck with walking 😂
That's hilarious 😂 aren't kids brilliant 😊
@@sandrapaterson8678 every time im in Stirling or heading past it i say there's the Wallace Nonion Mint 😂😂
I got to the bit where you are saying how you've been super lucky with the weather... 19:32
In Scotland we call it tempting fate.
😂🤣
Just... wonderful. Nice work, boys! Thank you!
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
I agree. They do very engaging videos. Always upbeat.
Loved sharing this with you guys ! - thankyou
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for visiting all my local haunts, Wallace Monument, Stirling Castle, Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies. There's a lot to see outside the cities!
All fantastic places. Where else would you recommend for our next visit?
@@JJExtra In central Scotland, Culross, 17thC village preserved in aspic, Cawdor Japanese garden, a hidden gem near the village of Dollar, and Blackness Castle, near the town of Linlithgow, itself worth a visit with its loch and Royal Palace.
Exactly! It's bad enough that foreign visitors think they've 'done' UK when all they've seen is London. But the same up here when visitors think Edinburgh (which I love dearly) is Scotland.
@@JJExtraBorder Abbeys & Sweetheart Abbey D&G. Arran ,Brodick & Lochranza castles plus distillery 🏴🏴. Bonnie Scotland a land of 1001 hidden gems👍🏴😎
Another fantastic video guys, happy Sunday. Thank you for taking us on another adventure
Glad you enjoyed it and happy Sunday 😊
So wonderful to see you up in the NE! We often feel forgotten about compared to Glasgow and Edinburgh. If you come back to Aberdeen again you must do the Mural tour as we have an annual street art festival with new ones added every year. And then you need to find some butteries to eat!
Oh thanks for the info. We will definitely be back to Aberdeen to do a full video on the city, we didn’t know about the street art festival!
I think you're right that the NE tends to be left out, hence the recent advertising push on television I noticed yesterday for Aberdeen. The borders and Dumfries & Galloway suffer similarly with tourists rattling past in their enthusiam to get to Edinburgh. Glasgow gets forgotten too mind. It's not short of embarrassing stuff (brilliant buildings left to go to ruin, some drunkenness etc). But the Burrell art gallery/museum in Pollok Park (5 minutes on the train from Central) is one the best you'll see and it's free. Back to Aberdeen: I'm guilty of neglecting it for decades so I must put it on my bucket list.
Been there done that! Well worth the walk! Beautiful, and the monument is spectacular. 💙💙
Agreed 👍🏻
@@JJExtraStirling castle 25yrs of investment, has paid dividends. Never heard of Irn bru being called ""juice"", avid fan of the real Bru👍🏴👍
Lovely video Guys... the views of and from the ruined castle were just beautiful! Really good watch 😊
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Great video! Love Old Aberdeen. King's College and its chapel are fabulous. Free to enter the chapel.
It’s quite surreal wandering around it. Feels like a movie set.
Love the positivity in your videos, makes me want to jump in the car and go explore. And yeah, Stirling is the better castle, much more chill and fun to wander round.
That’s amazing, exactly how we want people to feel after watching our videos 😊
Absolutely brilliant lads keep up the good work 👌
Thanks 👍
Just subbed, love your content guys. The things we take for granted up here, yep 4 seasons in one day lol
You two are an absolute treat, great content and super filming, haste ye back!
Thanks Diana ☺️
Brilliant
Another fantastic vlog in Scotland. Certainly gives me inspiration to go there. The Falkirk Wheel looks amazing and would love to try it. Keep up the good work guys.
You should! It’s an incredible country and we’ve only just started to scratch the surface… which means we have plenty of reasons to return!
Falkirk Wheel and Andy Scott's Kelpies make for a great day out. When you are in the area. Try to find one of Falkirk's overlooked gems: Callander House (free) is in a massive park with lakes, kids' play areas. The house itself if French baronial(?) style and houses social history museum and interesting Roman artefacts (the Antonine Wall runs across the bottom of the park! Plus the cafe is beautiful . Magic place that I always have problem's finding even with sat nav! Flew my drone over it last time I was there. Gorgeous
I visited the the National Wallace Monument 10 years ago . I have beautiful memories of this trip🤗Thanks for sharing this with us !
Our pleasure! It is a great place to visit and it far exceeded our expectations!
Thank you both for another great Scotland video😊. The Kelpies are stunning and I hope you do get to visit again at night to see them. You must visit some of our islands too if you come back again! 😊
Glad you’re enjoying the Scotland series. We will definitely be back as we have so much more we want to explore (including those islands of course!)
Cant wait to start watching this! Ive bren checking daily to see if you've posted a new video ❤❤
Hope you enjoyed! New videos every Sunday at 4pm UK time 😊
@@JJExtra LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. Your content is 1000% perfect. Covers everything I'm interested in.. good coffee, good food, scenic, informative, interesting and sharing where loo's are perfection! You inspire me to move from New Zealand and explore your lovely countries. Do you guys work during the week and do your travels on the weekends? What county (is that right?) are you based in? 💘
Watching now and I am very excited to see the National Wallace Monument because I have a postcard of it that was sent to me by you guys! It’s even more impressive on the TV. Thanks guys, you’re awesome 🤩
Glad you noticed that ☺️
👋 from Australia...loved this vlog. I hope to get back to Scotland next year 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really enjoy your videos as well as the dynamic between you two❤
Thank you so much 🤗
Brilliant, funny, fascinating and interesting blog ma laddies! 😄. Really enjoyed all of it - Aberdeen looks so inviting as did Sirling Castle but the hi light for me was the Kelpies! They are just so majestic and beautiful and a magnificent feat of engineering know how!! I googled Kelpies at Night and there are some stunning shots of them on many websites - but seeing them in RL would be just wonderful.
Loved the Falkirk Wheel - an engineering masterpiece 👏🏻👏🏻
The models of ships, boats and figurines was fun - well done for spotting SpongeBob!
And ermmmm Josh’s seals…… 🤔🤫😂😂
Looking forward to next week’s adventure! I predict it will be just as much fun as today’s blog was 🥰
So many amazing things jam packed in to this one, probably one of our favourite videos so glad to hear you enjoyed it. Yeah those seals… think the Irn Bru went to his head 😂
What a great video. It's lovely to see you enjoying Scotland. I'm only a 5 minute walk from the university in Aberdeen so it was fab to see you guys exploring there ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! If we’d have known we’d have popped by for a cuppa 😂
I'm from Argentina so i might be wrong, but when i saw the pyramid, I thought maybe you meant Inveruglas when you said there was a bigger one. It isnt exactly like that but it's by the largest lake in Scotland or even the UK (area-wise)and the view from it (You can enter, it's built as a viewpoint) is great, to be honest the whole A82 is a dream (in spring or summer i would say, i'm not a big friend of snow and sad colors). Anyways, thanks for the vid, i hope to go to Scotland some day, after years loving geography i keep coming back to this country, i need to go before i die ❤️❤️❤️😪😪😪
Guys, really enjoyed your video, and chat.
Glad you enjoyed it
I''m definitely in the camp of "Stirling castle is better than Edinburgh". As you say, the staff are dressed up and in character and enthusiastic. Plus just look at the location of it. Edinburgh castle's location is not bad though sitting as it right above the Princes Street gardens and the exit from the rail tunnel (the best way to arrive in EDinburgh imho). By the way, one of the original concepts of sculptor Andy Scott's Kelpies was for them to be moved up and down by the water but the idea was also to allow visitor access inside them which would have brought too many health and safety issues. Urquhart castle is also a cracker for it's Loch Ness location and interest. Nice video thanks guys.
😂😂😂 - J tickling the statue made me laugh out LOUD, thank you & Gosh, how very beautiful indeed 😊
Glad our sense of humour carries beyond just us 😂
Looking forward to seeing you guys do a tour of the isles.
We will get to the islands, it’s a bucket list for us!
Great video again guys. I'm a Scot and I lived in Stonehaven from 1961 to 1964, so it was a real memory jogger to see the places I used to play like Dunottar Castle, where we would play Jacobites versus the English Redcoat invaders. Back then the castle wasn't considered a tourist venue and there was never anyone there, so we would take a picnic and spend many hours there during the summer holidays. Keep up the fantastic work guys. I'm enjoying all of your videos.
Glad you enjoyed it and it took you on a little trip down memory lane 😊
Did you go to the Antonine Wall, just behind the Falkirk Wheel? It's the best most visible part of what's left of the Roman wall in Scotland
Not this time, we didn’t have time but apparently that canal tunnel goes right under it so …. Not sure that counts 😂
@@JJExtra mayyyyyybe? 😆
Been loving your Scotland videos! I visited the Wallace Monument a couple of months ago with friends who were visiting from Portugal. It was pouring down when we were at the top and it was so windy we could barely stand!! I haven't seen proper puff candy in years, it used to be sold everywhere, I miss it! I also prefer Stirling Castle as well. Hope you'll visit Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. You can do cruises on Loch Lomond from Balloch, Luss, Tarbet and Balmaha, have lunch on Inchmurrin Island (private ferry to and from the island!), visit Luss (a famous conservation village that was featured in a soap opera called High Road for many years), visit the viewpoint and art installation at Inveruglas, Visit so many waterfalls (Falls of Falloch, Grey Mares Tail, Falls of Dochart, Falls of Leny, Bracklinn Falls (the most impressive IMO), Inversnaid Falls and Little Fawn), Go for a sail on Loch Katrine, Drive the Duke's Pass, visit Callander, or Aberfoyle and David Marshall Lodge, or do some of the smaller climbs like Conic Hill, Ben A'an, Gouk Hill or the Dumpling. You can tell I used to work for the tourist board! There's tons to do here and not many youtubers or content creators visit cos they're always just passing through!
Glad you’re enjoying the Scotland videos (still one more to come). Cant imagine the difference at the top of the monument in the pouring rain 😂 thank you for all those amazing suggestions, we will definitely be back to explore more when we can so that will help us plan 😊
I had family in Falleninch farm at one time, it lies just below Stirling castle and less than a mile from it.
Loved this video. Made me proper homesick for Aberdeen and the North East and can't wait to get back to visit family and freinds in September. Now in Jersey and have to admit, some of this wee island do remind me of Scotland. Just not so windy or cold 😂😂.
Ah glad we could bring you a little piece of home before your visit in September. Now Jersey is another place on our bucket list! Any recommendations?
@@JJExtra Wow, wasn't expecting a reply 🤣
Mont Orgueil Castle i think is the better of the two main castles. The other is Elizabeth Castle. Elizabeth is the main one in St Helier and has the addition of "the duck" an amphibious vehicle to get you over to it" But Mont Orgueil or Gorey Castle seems to have more in it.
Hamptonne Country museum is an old farming museum. Is actually quite good. The Underground Hospital built in the second world war by the occupying German soldiers is also pretty interesting. Plenty of German fortifications still kicking about, plenty walks, be it cliffs, beaches, some stunning bays. Great food and drink establishments. La Hougue Bie is a Neolithic ritual site which was in use around 4000-3500 BC.
And they are away to start re-shooting Bergerac. You may not be old enough to remember the original series 🤣🤣
@@JJExtra and to be honest, the entire island is only 9mile by 5 mile so can drive round it relatively quickly. If you need a tour guide, more than welcome.
There's also a quirky Pyramid tomb in the Dean Cemetery on the corner of Ravelston Terrace and Dean Path - by the wall backing onto the National Galleries of Scotland - Modern Two (Dean Gallery) if you are back in Edinburgh at some point.
Stirling is my home city, wish I’d known you guys where here
Sure we will be back as soon as much more to see!
The real irn bru is the 1901 version. The version you were drinking is the aspartame version. Not a patch on the real stuff.
8:37 Another notable pyramid in Scotland in the Prince Albert Cairn overlooking Balmoral Castle. Not what you expect to see on a Scottish hilltop
Ah, that’s exactly the one we were trying to think of!
Sorry for the noise when you was in Stonehaven gentlemen 😂👍🏻
If youz are still up there this week youz can have a wee peek in to the Royal familys summer pad, Balmoral (now open to the public)
We are not unfortunately… which is sad 😞
Balmoral belongs to the people of scotland no such thing as a British monarch . End the monarchy
The guy who did The Kelpies also has made the Dunbar Bear if ever on the A1 heading north/south.
Never heard of that… but we have now! Thanks ☺️
Should go along the coast of the north east along the fishing towns and find the pub where they filmed abit of peaky blinders
There’s another Wallace Monument situated in the Borders near Dryburgh Abbey. It is a statue not a large building like this one but worth visiting. It’s near the River Tweed and the small town of St Boswells and Newtown St Boswells. The Borders has a lot of history and scenery.
We will definitely have to visit the borders, thanks for the suggestions.
@@JJExtra you’ll be surprised by the scenery and I hope you enjoy the visit.
Guys! What's going on? 5 mins in and no coffee!! Mind you, perhaps that is why you could get up there so swiftly, motivated to get done, down and find a cafe to kick start the next part of your day? Ahh! you got some before the withdrawal symptoms hit.
Some years back we visited Aberdeen. I liked the way it sparkled in the sun, especially after rain, but the thing I liked most was that there was a shop selling yesterday's bread.
We did have a cheeky quick coffee in the cafe before leaving the monument, it just wasn’t in the video - worry not 😂
Absolutely love Old Aberdeen!
We didn’t go inside as we only had an hour or so before heading to the airport but we will be back to Aberdeen to spend more time there so will make sure we go in next time.
I've not been for 50-odd years, but I felt your pain, boys, as there never used to be a shuttle bus up to the Wallace Monument - nor any of those nice statues and carvings to keep you entertained on the way, either... And the best in the way of displays were backlit panels that did at least include some primary colours! I also advise foreign visitors to visit Stirling Castle rather than Edinburgh, by the way - great minds and all that, eh?
Sounds like they’ve definitely invested in it over the years which is good. We much preferred Stirling castle, not that we don’t enjoy Edinburgh castle too!
@JJExtra Try Craigmillar Castle next time you're in Edinburgh - which is much more interesting. It's also on a hill, in the South-east of the city.
St Andrews is nice too. Plus argylle coast and the islands. Plus the Cairngorms... Go n visit balmoral estate. Inverness is great.. i could have been your tour guide. 😂
Thanks for the tips! A few of those places are already on our radar for a future visit… St Andrews wasn’t though so thanks ☺️
@@JJExtra it's like mini Edinburgh with the poshness level dialled up to 11
@@JJExtra oh and definitely check out the picture postcard coastline in fife including Elie , Anstruther , pittenweem. Stunning places
Other Pyramid in Scotland is Prince Albert’s Pyramid at Balmoral castle grounds in Aberdeenshire.
a rookie error walking up the hill, when you have all those stairs to climb ;). did you catch the section of Roman wall that runs through Falkirk to be fair the only visible bit is the ditch in the grounds of Callendar House
We’d have missed all those wood carvings if we’d have taken the shuttle (that’s what we are telling ourselves anyway 🤣). We missed the wall but apparently that canal tunnel we went through runs right under it!
Its pronounced "Dun-NOT-tar" Castle by the way ;) emphasis on the Not
Thank you - it’s always a struggle to get pronunciations right 🙈
I love UK, the hate it gets on the internet is annoying!
And deep-fried "Mars Bars."
Still haven’t tried one 🙈
@@JJExtra - a Glasgow must have with "Buckfast Tonic Wine."
Are you guys members of English Heritage? If so, you'll get in to Historic Scotland (e.g., Stirling & Edinburgh Castles) and Welsh Cadw properties for half price in Year 1's membership and for FREE thereafter. Shame you missed out on the Antonine Wall - the Roman Wall that stretches from the Firth of Clyde to the Firth of Forth. Quite awesome (you mentioned the Rough Castle tunnel. Rough Castle is a Roman fort on the wall) and it was only just along the hill when you got to the top.
We are indeed members and don’t worry, we got our free access to both Stirling and Edinburgh castles 😊
@@JJExtra Excellent! 😄
At night they loght up
1:03 Who are you calling Highland cooze?
🐮 😂
Queen Victoria built a pyramid to Albert, if that’s the tomb you mean, it’s up at Balmoral. Thanks to Scotland’s roaming rights you can visit and I think they even sell tickets for Afternoon tea at Balmoral now but I’ve heard they are like gold-dust.
That’s the one! Can imagine that afternoon tea is near impossible to get in to.
Go and see Fyvie castle
Thanks for the suggestion 👍🏻
£1.75.for a can of irn bru. You can get for 60p in scotmid
Tourist attraction prices, they get us every time 😂
@@JJExtra yep lol
Everything is juice in Scotland, unless you live in the parts of Scotland where everything is Ginger
Irn Bru = juice
Cole = juice
Pepsi = juice
Orange juice = juice
Orange Squash = juice
If you want real orange juice you have to ask for fresh orange juice
If you want orange quash you have to ask for diluting juice
We never knew that! Diluting juice… it does kind of make sense 😂
Nice one guys always enjoy your videos 🏴🇬🇧 guy in the kilt was probably American !! As youll notice we only wear them at weddings sometimes
We think he may have been a tour guide. The only Scots we saw wearing kilts were either tour guides or playing the bagpipes on the royal mile 🤣
@@JJExtra more than likely guys keep up the great site … head up the west coast …. May i recommend gairloch
You can shuf yer union jack Scottish never British ya bell end
I can see the Falkirk Wheel from my house. We get a wee bit blasé about it. P.S i have never been of the Falkirk Wheel, shame on me.
Think we can all be like that with things right on our doorstep… a little jealous though 😜
Why do you have the t-shirt with the red hand on it, its just thats that is my family crest and for obvious reasons we do not use it. The crest came about when my clan tried to win some land, we had a row boat race and who ever touched the land first won the land. My guy was loosing so he just cut his hand off (as you do) and threw it at the land so my clan won the land. The Lamont clan is the third most massicard clan in Scotland. My mother is from the MaCdonald clan, the most massicard clan in Scotland. It's no wonder there is a saying that 'Scotland is built on blood and bone.
We can assure you that hand is not the one from your family crest. If you look closely it is the sections of the hand a palmist would use to ‘read your palm’. It is part of the official merchandise range from some of our favourite UA-camrs, Sam & Colby 👍🏻
I'm also from clan Macdonald! ❤
I love your Scotland videos. I like that you know you're in Scotland when you come across an IRN BRU. Saying that, I found some IRN BRU in Guernsey, the most southern part of the UK near enough to France.
We do love an Irn Bru and we can get it in supermarkets here but it’s not as abundant as it is in Scotland… which is a shame.