Tiny House to Tiny Home! - Moving Into A Century Old Cottage on the Isle of Skye, Scotland - Ep3
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Willie, Sarah and their pup, Jack Spaniels continue their biggest adventure yet - leaving their suburban life and moving over the sea to 'Live The Skye Life'!
Join us as we unpack our belongings into our new house and explore our new surroundings.
What will we discover lurking in the attic..?
What will Jack make of the beautiful woodland which is now our daily walk?
Will we manage to forage for our supper on the seashore?
Watch to the end to see how we turned this 100 year old cottage from a holiday let to our cosy home!
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No money but great ears… just found #fluereast on Apple Music! I’m on it!
Willie your music carries me, especially in dark times! I’ll catch myself singing #dirtysecretsofscotland & #shewalksshepaints tunes! Never stop making music!
Sarah, where are you from? I'm hearing both south of England and North East? I can't tell ☺️ just curious! I'm from Durham and sometimes you sound like me. I also married a Scottish man and plan to move to Scotland one day 😀❤️ love your video
Lmao have now watched all your videos and I've learned Sarah is from Newcastle ☺️ my partner and I live in Gosforth at the moment but dream of a tiny home in the highlands. We've got world travel on our agenda first. But maybe one day out paths will cross in the highlands.
Oh we got married in October this year at Kirkaldy townhouse so..I feel we are kindred couples even though you don't know us 😂 sorry..I know it's dead creepy.
Love Jack Spaniels...I'm a huge fan of dogs and puns
@@fionaironside3381 Hi Fiona! That’s so funny & strange haha! I don’t blame you for getting confused by my accent - I’m a terrible Geordie 😅 I actually grew up in Gosforth! Even used to work in the Job Bulman in my younger days 🤣 No complaints about moving to Scotland though!
Finding an eagle feather is high honor. I emailed Willie the complete native American meaning. I really like that each time you take from Nature you only take what you need and you state that each time. Mother earth feeds and supports us all. Love your channel. Happy New year to you and your wife and wishing you a wonderful Happy life in Skye.
Hi. Personally I would love to know the meaning too. Would you share it here with us please🙂
Or take this bizarre hex off of them because eagles exist in other places and your beliefs are beautiful, but still your beliefs.
I’m a Scot, born and bred Edinburgh, and I’m loving how you’re showcasing our beautiful country (On all your channels)! Skye is a very magical, special place… it’s so lovely!
I’m really looking forward to following your adventures! Thank you for sharing them with us! 😊🌻x
Watching this is like having a wholesome fruit smoothie (detox for the brain).
Haha - we love this!!
The thought I kept having is, we can romanticize our life wherever we are.
We get to choose to love our life.
Thanks for sharing.
I put same gate up as you,put rylock along inside,to keep dog& chickens in
hi my name is Stephanie I live in Minneapolis Minnesota USA. and i have been watching you guys for awhile now.. I came across your vidio a few months back... and then there was no more. until yesterday and you guys popped up again.. im sure glad I subscribed to you guys .. thank you for sharing your life with the world.. and your videos are beautiful .. I have always wasnt to go to skye.. and your videos make me feel like im right there with you .... have a great day and I hope all is well... your follower Stephanie.
Hi, I’ve just subscribed as I liked the idea of a slow life on Skye, only to realise that my husband has been a subscriber of dirty Secrets ‘ for ages. We’ve been married for more than 30 years now but it reminds me so much of our lives when we were your age, bottle digging, detecting, foraging for mushrooms, fishing etc not to mention our various crafts and hobbies! Good luck with Skye, I love that the weather and scenery is so dramatic and whilst you might not have a shop or a pub, everything that truly matters is right on your doorstep!!
Your paintings are beautiful. The countryside is so lovely.
My husband and I moved into a small house in a small town in the country. So I can say with certainty that you will find room for everything. I love both of your channels well all three now. You bring a bit of fun to my life. Thank you.
We’re getting there. We recently had to go back to Fife and collect the rest of our stuff from my dad’s garage.
We’d just gotten everything in order and threw it all back into disorder again..! Getting back on top of it again though. This moving lark is a bit of fun, eh?!
And thanks - glad we bring you a bit of fun.
2 videos out tonight on the other 2 channels. 🙂
Can’t get over how beautiful it is there! So much to see and explore on your walks.
Your new home is lovely! The wood on the walls is perfect to showcase your collections, without looking 'too busy.'
The scenery is 'to die for.'
What else could you want? The content is dense, the hosts are personable, the landscape is stunning, the adventures are fun, and the accents are charming. My favorite episode is foraging, cooking and eating the mussels.
Mussels. A brook. It’s all so good! ‘You know it’s easy, cause I can do it’? Not so good. You rock, woman! Own it 😊
Ahaha - believe me, I didn’t say that because I’m a girl - it’s because I’m incredibly clumsy 😅🤦♀️
Well, that’s a relief 😉
Absolutely fantastic. I initially subscribed because of the Skye content but I've really loved hearing and seeing more about your individual talents and passions. I wonder if you'd thought about guided walks - whether it's painting, photography, mushrooms, fishing, treasure finding. I love that you were so thoughtful about the fishing and mussels - I think this is educational for others too. Thanks for inviting us into your lives.
Jack Spaniels! That's neat,,,
It’s lovely to see a homely home with all your things rather than the minimalist look. I look forward to seeing more or your adventures.
We have the Creeping Thistle in The U.S. of A. in Pennsylvania. It's found in Rural settings out in the fields and out on rural farmland fields. Sometimes when the HAY gets baled up in the summer a thistle or two ends up in the hay bale. It must have blown seeds on the winds for THOUSANDS of miles and ended up in the U.S.o. A. MANY MANY way too many years ago to arrive from Scotland.
Jack has the best backyard ever....such beautiful landscape. Thanks for taking us along. May 2023 bring you everything you need to continue turing your Skye house into your Skye home ❤
Just order a 1 ton bag of Type 1 hardcore and bring the road/track up to meat the bottom of the gate
This so refreshing to watch. I like the song So with all the negative stuff this is great
My husband and I are from Connecticut, USA and we spent last summer in Scotland. Our cottage was in Alva, near Stirling and we traveled all over. Our time on Skye, hiking and exploring, was magical. Watching your adventures has brought it all back for me. Just lovely. Thank you.
Wow! I’m from Alva originally. We now live in Kinross but plan to move to Skye or similar.
@@kinross24 We stayed at Balquharn Holiday Cottages in Alva for 8 weeks. We absolutely loved it.
watch a second time and enjoyed all the more👍
I knew it would look lovely once you made it your own, it's a real treasure trove 😍 lovely to see people living their best lives, especially the ones drawn to nature like myself. What glorious views! A time lapse of the scenery would be amazing- to see how much it changes through the seasons. Many congratulations on your beautiful home and all the best for 2023 xx
I had to stop the video to comment. Im in New Hampshire USA. Stumbled onto your Pod cast. LOVELY btw. The colors are fantastic. I am plaining to try some fair isle knitting and the shells, rock, moss, sea weed etc are wonderful inspiration for knitting color work. Thank you Sarah, Willie and Jack .
WoW Sarah! Your paintings are so vibrant & detailed that they almost look 3D! Beautiful!
I love the way Jack tips his head from side to side when listening to you. So adorable!
The cottage looks lovely! You’ve put your mark on it! So happy for you both, and of course Jack! I’ve had an English Springer Spaniel, a Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and now I have a Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named - Charlie. I absolutely love spaniels. They melt my heart.
Just joined to your channel Brisbane Australia
Happy New Year! We love the paintings, in fact I think my wife went on to your Etsy shop and bought one whilst we were watching.
With regards to burn ideas, not sure if you ever went to the Ecology Centre or Earthship Fife whilst you were in Kirkcaldy, but it might be worth looking at whether you could put a micro hydro turbine into your burn as they had in the burn at Kinghorn Loch. As you’re reliant on electricity it’s probably worth supplementing it for the occasions storms bring the power lines down.
Nice going. Now fill the place up with kids and share this fabulous adventure with the next generation. They will have an amazing upbringing and enable you to see the place in an entirely different way. Don't worry. You're not ready for kids. No one is. Have kids anyway.
Your music surely does enhance things, Willie! It is so fun watching you 3 settle into your house. I love all the stone walls. And the stream. And the sheep, And the foraging for mussels. And watching you cook them. Happy 2023!!!!!
Can't stop singing 'living the Skye life' and even my wife is humming it now. I'm thinking it's everyone's dream to live there. Keep living the dream, you two are a wonderful couple 💑
Jack is adorable 🤗
Thanks for the upload and lovely to see you three settling in. 😊Regarding the netting on the gate for Jack spaniel… Please be aware it’s the worst for wildlife getting caught in the netting if you can change it for something else I’m sure animals would appreciate it as I bet you will get loads of wildlife around your beautiful cottage. Jacks tail is going to fall off from all that constant wagging, he’s so happy ❤
I’ve done the same on my gate and I’ve never had any problems xx
@@karenmarshall7056 Then you have been very lucky and it happens a lot but I wasn’t replying to you but Willie and Sarah as they live in the rural countryside and have deers, hogs , foxes et el… If you go to wildlife Aid site you can see how many animals get caught in all netting. It was a suggestion considering how much they love animals.
youtube.com/@wildlifeaid
Damn!!!!!! those suitcases though!!! How exciting!!! Defo a story to unravel and be told with those few pieces!!!!!
AAAhhhhh YEAH!!!
You will notice a big big difference in how warm the house feels once you get installation put in the loft... we had a house in Fife,Scotland, surrounded by 3 large vegetable farms and when it was very cold and windy you could really tell inside the house even with the heating on... we had the loft installation done and immediately noticed the difference and how lovely and warm it became.
You have a really beautiful house, and an absolute bargain with all the furniture and wood the seller left behind. Xx
Installation = insulation
You should learn to set fish traps, too cold for me! Well done!
Having the beach at your doorstep is awsome. What a lovely cottage you have.
It’s a beautiful spot that you have! Love the views. It’s the perfect size. 👍🇨🇦
Five years ago I downsized to a house about 1/3rd the size of my old one. I did exactly what you did; got rid of a lot of stuff before the move, then got rid of even more stuff after the move. Five years later and I now have just enough room so that everything has its place.
Love your videos and so glad to be one of your earliest subscribers.
That’s great to hear! We actually found it really satisfying to get rid of all the things we didn’t want or need and it’s going to be so much easier to keep clean 😅
@@livingtheskyelife looking good you just need a dishwasher now
@@livingtheskyelife the shower isolation cord will be that short as you are supposed to keep them on all the time now when they install a shower they cut the Cords off because they can break/jam
Thank you for sharing your lovely home. I WAS wondering where your wee bottles were Sarah. The cut down bottles turned into glasses are wonderful.
I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying your videos - they are wonderful !!! The cottage seems so cozy and the surrounding land is heaven on earth. Oh and what a great idea using the old bottles as drinking glasses . I've never seen that before and it's so cool. Can't wait til the next video !!!
Love you guys, love your corner of shame! Most of my house is the corner of shame! I live with my black rescue greyhound Madge - she is tidy, and elegant, I am not! It looks like you are settling in well in your new home, and Jack Spaniels is just loving his life with you both there! He is so sweet, and listens to your every word. What a wonderful natural life you are living, and that scenery all around you is breathtaking. Thanks for taking us with you on your journey. Hugs and Blessings to the three of you from Devon, England. xxx
I'm really glad to know your internet connections are working well. I've really enjoyed watching you get settled in to your new place. I'd give my eyeteeth to be able to do something like that! Just a thought about your kitchen set-up, Willy . . . move your cutting board, knives, and spatulas, etc. closer to where you do your prep cooking. Also, place your wooden spoons, whisks, ladles, etc. that you'd use to actually cook with closest to the stove. Keep a salt pot (a nice squat bottle would be perfect there) right next to the cooker. Oils, herbs & spices within arms reach and your culinary life will improve significantly.
You three are truly inspirational. And very funny. I love Jack's little head quirk every time one of you talk to him.
A teeny bit of advice would be to have a few changes of the muscles water (from their water source) and rest them over night and the next morning with a few water changes. it gets rid of the grit ☺️ xx Thank you for the amazing videos you’re both bringing. ❤
Yes mussels need a few changes of water , rest in-between for them to release the grit.
Mussels... not muscles
A hand full of
l of porridge oats whit ths helps plump them jp
I agree, we used to do the same with cockles. Leave them to soak and they clean themselves……leave them outside though as they can really squirt the water a good distance.
I think the shower cord is so short as you don't actually need to isolate the shower every time you're done using it. I thought you did but after we kept breaking those switches I learnt they're meant for the times you need to cut power for maintenance and not as an extra daily on off switch.
Thanks! We were following the instructions from the previous owner, but will start leaving it on now 😊
Fantastic....would be great to see more foraging and fishing 👍
My husband and I are LOVING this channel !
I told him I would like a place on Easdale.....he is convinced we would end up poisoning ourselves from eating the wrong mushrooms...lol 🤣🤣.
I would convert the Byre into a small seasonal rental cottage...be it that Skye is THE place to be !!
You’ve been working hard to make the place homey, and it looks great! Gorgeous views!
So enjoying your adventures in your new home. - Skye and your cute cottage. I am really looking forward to your future adventures, from home improvement (and all that entails!) to your hobbies/advocations/vocations in your new surroundings. Wait till spring! You have a lovely little creek. And your surroundings! Oh my.
Hello both, you are so lucky to be living on sky , I’m very envious .
Have fun , I look forward to more vids from sky .
29:42 Where you are standing looking toward the cottage is stunning and would look lovely as a painting.
Once you have sorted the barn out, you could maybe convert the loft into a bedroom, giving you more space downstairs , also that garden is crying out for a greenhouse and veg patch, your home is soo lovely , the views alone are worth it , sending hugs to sweet little Jack, great vid
Omg check u 2 oot!!!! 3....how long ago... So much has changed brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻❤
❤your art work cute house living way out & away from everyone awesome enjoy
In your little studio it is now difficould to open the window. I would put the desk to the right wall near the window. So the natural light would come better to your hand.
Makes my heart glad to watch your videos such a beautiful place to live . I love Sarah’s tiny bottles collection ❤
I found your channel today and began at Ep 1! You are living the life I would have loved to live! Congrats and enjoy your life!
Hi guys just wanted to say what an amazing job you've done so far making your little cottage feel so homely , it looks very warm and inviting. The scenery is truly stunning and to find fresh mussels for Lunch on your own doorstep is such a treat. ( more recipes please ) from your foraging trips . The Eagle feather so rare what a find . And just love your art work especially the cow . Checking out both your other channels now so looks like I'm going to be busy catching up on all your videos for some time . From a very cold wet and windy Wales in my tiny cottage to yours in beautiful skye wishing you all the very best guy's and lot's more magical moments to come . Thanks for sharing with us . Living the dream definitely. Sending much Love and a big hug to Jack your fur baby ( he seems to have settled in nicely all ready ) xxx
First time i see your channel thank you very beautifull view great channel love from london uk
Thank you for sharing your lovely new home and surroundings with us. I’m so happy for you 😊
Love the videos and was very excited to hear Eve the postmistress mentioned! Eve's Mum is one of my oldest friends, I've known Eve since she was born!
Great stuff - thanks for taking the time to film, edit and put this out for us. A busy enough time as it is moving - appreciated 🏴👌🏻🍺
A while back I stumbled on a photograph claiming to be of the mountains in Skye from a drone. I recall poo-pooing it as a manufactured image.
I while later I saw the same but different image and found it WAS indeed Skye !!!
That is how amazing the landscape is there !!
Great to add you folks to my list of 'ready to catch up' sites.
Happy new year folks! Thank you for taking us with you along your journey!
I don't know which is more magical, the landscape or the quality of light there. I swoon just seeing it on video.
I was an English transplant and lived on the Isle of Arran in the 80's
Love Scotland and the Scots
I have an idea for you!
My dad and I ,used to do long lining in Morecambe bay
Perfect for flat fish
Take a 100' of line, iron stakes, a leader every 18", with a hook and bait, cover with sand at low tide, tide comes in, goes out, go and retrieve your 🐟fish!
It's fun
You guys lower our blood pressure
Keep it up 😉
Your new cottage is just so cute, you are really blessed living in such a beautiful place. The country side is so beautiful with the running creek and water falls. May the New Year bring you peace and joy and keep you healthy and happy!
Enjoy your show, as I am almost an old woman, enjoy seeing Scotland as if I am there. Thank you both.
I love the suitcases and mirror left in the attic. This is an amazing place you have moved to! So cool that you have internet now.
love the content guys beautiful home you have a wee recommendation when foraging mussels that you soak in salted water 1 part salt to 3 part water to let them purge the impurities out . if you like but it is advised. look forward to more great content and you guys are very lucky sky is so beautiful 🏴
Love your video your walks and your cottage everything is so lovely.
We have always lived remotely in Western Australia, and now we live down on the south coast, where we thought we’d have good internet for the first time in our lives… but no. Then, we got Starlink. It’s a game changer! We love it!
Happy New Year from BC, Canada Thanks for sharing all the beauty. Love the music.
Thanks! Happy new year! 🎉
@@livingtheskyelife love the paintings as well.
Wow! 92K views in 12 Days. Goes to show ,Folks love to watch a small piece of Heaven. Great vid , keep them coming.
Genuinely glad that youtube recommended your first video, I'm loving this series so far! Glad you're settling in well, so lucky to live there!! Hope you had a good Christmas and happy new year!!
Jack spaniels is 100% living his best pups life and you's look so at home in a short space of time. Seems like the trade from kirkcaldy to Sky has really been worth it 👌 😁
Happy New Year from Ontario, Canada! Love your videos of Skye and your beautiful cottage.
My precious couple. Loving you from Maine.. Sweetest loves!!
I love your channel, I love renovations, gardening, you're art is absolutely breathtaking, they look like snapshots not painted pictures. I must say I feel there's hope in the world for young people if more young people were as brave and brought their talents out like both of you have. I can't wait to see the progress as you go along. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS when I went to Scotland I had my husband drive me all the way up to the aisle of sky breathtaking!
I love when people recycle and 're use items we do the same all the time safe from the landfill is my favourite activity lol
Love your vlogs. New subscriber here, and I really found your channel so refreshingly real and down to earth. Please post more and often. Best from Canada.
Recently found you guys. I love Scotland, especially the western islands. I know there must be challenges living where you are, but what a fantastic piece of this country. I find your videos very down to earth and enjoyable. Looking forward to getting catching up with the rest of them.
Your home is just so beautiful and peaceful. What amazing views. So jealous of your home and lifestyle. I'm impressed.
Enjoyed the scenery, the music and the sweet people- thank you!!
Absolutely loved your latest video! So beautiful, peaceful, love how close you are to the water and your village. Jack Spaniels is a lovely dog. Much love from Ontario Canada.
Me too, I loved it. (And I am from CA as well!)
My father left when I was 5 years old. I found him again when I was 41. I'm English but have always felt a longing for Scotland. It turned out he is from Arbroath and lives there now. I'm very jealous of your new life and wish you all the best. I would love to give up my busy lifestyle for a cottage in the Highlands.
Thank you for sharing with us you live in a beautiful part of Scotland. Wishing you both a very happy and prosperous new year x
Stellar photography and music.
Thank you for inviting us into your lives.
I went to Skye a few years ago ,beautiful. Love your channel x happy New year
The wee Pearl will fit nicely in one of Sarah’s wee bottles 😊
And that’s exactly where it went!! Just need a few more to display with it 😊
Happy New Year Willie, Sarah and Jack Spaniels. What an amazing place to be, i absolutely love watching and i'm so excited to be able to follow you on your adventures and to be able to see the wonderful places you visit that i didn't know even know existed. Looking forward to seeing more .
Loving the Starskey cardigan, Willie.
It’s quite similar to a Starskey, I must say… but it’s actually the one from the Big Lebowski - made by Pendleton, USA.
So beautiful is our land. Well done guys 🏴❤️
Tea or soup , nothing better 😂👍🏼😍
How beautiful!
It really is! We can’t believe it 😅
Beautiful! The rule of thumb with the Eastern Woodland Native American tribes is to harvest no more than 1/3 of what you find. That allows some for another who also has need of it as well as enough to insure it comes back healthy the next year. Every person who comes upon it will get less but that’s the fortune of finding it first. There is always a point where there is no longer enough to harvest and still insure it comes back healthy the next year and that line moves depending on what it is and where it is. You will figure out when to stop as you are there longer. If you are the only persons who would ever harvest from a spot (not sure that is possible unless you plant it yourself in your yard), I would probably harvest between 1/2 and 1/3 until you know it better. This is all about wild harvesting. When you grow things from seed and the plant can not return without more seed then that is outside of what I am talking about. You certainly don’t have to follow that rule, you are in Scotland, after all. But I have yet to hear anything better that builds in sustainability. Just FYI
I was just catching up on your Skye videos, they are pretty darn good by the way. I can't believe it's just been over a month already and you have close to 24,000 subscribers. You all deserve it, it's more work than most know to put out good videos, and you also make your own music on top of that! If I made my own music UA-cam would shut me down!😂
Thanks - the views and subs have completely taken us by surprise!
And you’re right - you pretty much have no time off - especially when starting a new channel.
We aim to take Sundays off, but honestly, even that rarely happens. We love it, but it’s HARD work!
It’s always nice when viewers realise the level of work that goes in - thanks for noticing that. 🙂
Beautiful slice of heaven, enjoyable viewing