CalMac's smallest ferry to Scotland's most underrated island? Join us on a walk around Kerrera.
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If you are ever in Oban and fancy a trip to the islands, you might end up on Mull, or even push out further to Coll or Tiree. And why not, these are all wonderful island adventures. But don't dismiss Kerrera, the closest island of them all and a place full of surprises! Caledonian MacBrayne's smallest ferry will take you there from Gallanach in little longer than it takes to boil a kettle. And when you get there you'll feel a million miles from the hustle and bustle of the mainland. Kerrera may well be Scotland's most underrated island, I'll be honest and say I'd never even heard of it until a couple of years ago. Now it's one of my favourite places in the whole country.
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Enjoy the video and enjoy my mispronunciation of the name of this wonderful wee island :)
Fantastic video. I've sailed all round this place so many times, but never explored it on foot as you have done. Thanks for the tour.
Remember the rolling "r's" Kerrrrerrra! I was in a Polish bar in Bedford a couple of years ago, and the punters kept saying to me "Say arrr"!😀
On UA-cam, there are many travel clips that try to convey the feeling of "being there" - Steve always has the ability to take you on the journey with him, and discover the location in an informative and friendly manner, that few else can do !
That is extremely kind John, so glad what I try to do is actually working :)
To make Steve's videos even better, I fire up Google Earth and zoom in on where he's trekking. Its great to see exactly where in the world he's visiting.
This was simply sublime. 27 minutes of pure indulgence but without the calories. Thank you so much.
I noticed one thumb's down for this video. I didn't know sheep had access to the Internet but it must have been No.6.
Haha I must respect him for the consistency of his hate towards us :)
"I'm not a number! I'm a free lamb!"
Haha :) and when the farmer sprayed the number on the lamb, the mum was trying to lick it off! Too young for tattoos she said...
*maniacal laughter*
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was going to say that’s why number 6 is so cantankerous🤣 He’s the Prisoner
Pro trick: watch movies at Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.
Steve - from the US - my wife and I SO love your videos of our favorite country, Scotland, and all else. Esp. the fact that you allow the places you visit to declare themselves, versus other UA-camrs, who spend most of their time yapping and self-branding. Alicja is a brilliant and adorable companion. All the best from your fans in New England!
I would love to visit the places you video. I didn't realise that the Scottish islands were so accessible and so beautiful. A photographers paradise I reckon.
My favourite place on earth is Argyll. The colours are so vivid. I love Oban and the west coast islands. Look at that blue sky.
I had not heard of Kerrera before...and a 4 minute ferry ride. Brilliant
I was the same not so long ago Michael!
We have 250+ channels with our TV package but preferred watching this. We have enjoyed at least four family holidays at Gallanach and often considered taking the ferry to Kerrera, now we know what we missed and hope we get another opportunity. Thanks for posting.
Keith that is so kind of you! Thanks very much :)
I've never heard of Kerrera, but I have now. What's more you took me there, and I enjoyed it. How about the little 'farm shop' where you
serve yourself, make an entry of your purchase, put in your money and take your change. I haven't seen that here in Australia for over
fifty years. Once in a tiny service station where I served myself on the honour system, and in little farmer's fruit and vege shop.
I've enjoyed a few of your Scotland videos and shall continue to do so.
Love this one of Kerrera, old McDougall country. If you go back I would love to see more of Gylen Castle. I've read that JMW Turner, the great painter visited the island in 1831 and did a series of 25 sketches of the castle. Gylen captivated him as it has done many others. Thanks for this beautiful and interesting walk.
Went on holiday with my parents to Oban as we often used to (my Mum was in the Services and there for the duration the second War and had many friends there) and one time we took our boat (around 1955), only a wee one with an outboard and circumnavigated the Island (of Kerrera) . The one thing I remember so clearly was seeing the many seals basking on the rocks, still have a photo of them, and my father also pointed out the concrete slips where the boats were hauled up during the War. Thanks again Steve, brings back happy memories. Heck, how much longer to the Ice Creams!?!?
I just discovered you about a month ago, and I'm so happy I did. I'm sitting here outside of Charleston, SC and I was too excited to see your hat! We are going to Scotland for our first time in October, and your videos are making it harder and harder to plan our trip-everything looks so wonderful!
One of the best edited and put together, easy and fun to watch videos exploring sites I have seen. You documented things well... gave perspective... and didn't cut so fast my head was spinning. The moment where you ran down to the rock really changed the perspective on the image in a way that couldn't have been achieved any other way.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
You can almost smell the sunshine and fresh air!
I just didn’t have the time to see these places. I tried to drive from Inverness to Ullapool late one afternoon to get a fish meal. I didn’t make it got half way & went back ,I had just been travelling too far. But these places are part of the reason I like Scotland so much. By the way nice to see your partners close up. A beautiful woman Steve, you are a lucky guy. I am too.
Thanks so much mate! So many places to visit so little time :)
My dad told me about how beautiful the place was. He flew a Mustang for the RAAF (Australia ) in an RAF squadron. They used to train up there, and he loved every second of that part of flying. They harassed some Golfers at St Andrews at a very low height golfers diving for the ground.He travelled a lot with his work during the 70’s & 80’s . Always headed to Scotland for a few days with my Mum (a Londoner) if he could. Mustangs were fast so he covered a lot of Scotland. Did mention Loch Ness amongst other places.
Memories, memories. As a family of 4 we crossed to the island to do the Island circumnavigation walk many years ago (perhaps 1(80 ish). We had to flip a request board to call the ferry, it was just a small launch. Part of a great visit to Scotland, memories that last a lifetime.
What a lovely place, so peaceful and tranquil. The marina on Karrera was a seaplane base during WW2. I'm glad you and Alicija enjoyed your ice cream! 🍦🍦
what a great little island ,and a great day too, takes you away from all the madness for a day, thank you so much for that guys, God bless
Our pleasure Douglas! Thanks for coming along for the adventure :)
@@steve-marsh Aye Steve, typical sunny day in SCOTLAND, I had similar weather on my visit 5years ago. Is it gylen castle??. Nr the lovely t-room. Over FORTY years of exploring BONNIE SCOTLAND have been blessed with good weather, in all seasons, for 95% of the time!!!!.😎👍
Please give us more of this beautiful landscape walking videos! So relaxing.
Thanks and greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
Been to Mull on ferry, then on to Iona and Staffa. Unforgettable!!!
You make awesome vlogs, Steve & partner 👍
That ice cream shop is great.
Honesty & trust.....so it does exist.
What a lovely island.
Great content pal 👌🏴
Thanks so much! Yes, so much more honesty and trust on wee islands like that, and every single person we met was super friendly. A great wee place :)
What a lovely island - thank you for sharing your hike. I really enjoyed this!
Man Steve ur videos are just class love the cal max ferry vids
What a great video. So much info and both of your commentaries really add to the adventure. Your videos are coming on in leaps and bounds and always worth a watch. Great work 👍
Thanks so much Tudor! This was a pleasure to make on such a stunning day!
It's a great trip, we did the same walk in 2010 and love it
Great video - a place I have always wanted to visit while being in Oban.
Another Extremely great video from Steve so no doubt l will join you on the next video, may l say thanks to those who made this great video & what a wonderful video it was
Brilliant, loved every minute of it. Thanks to you both
Cheers for coming along Phil! :)
Lovely stuff, as always, Steve. All the best to you both :)
Thanks so much! And same to you! :)
Another great video, looks like a beautiful place, thanks Steve.
Thanks so much for coming along!
Love the video what a lovely island 🏝 xx
Another great video from you guys. Keep them coming
Thanks so much, this was a fun one to make :)
Another great video Steve, and what a stellar day. You two are great all-seasons ambassadors for Scotland.
Cheers John! 😊
Thanks for introducing this little gem guys. That's this weekends adventure sorted! Keep the videos coming, really enjoy them.
Cheers, glad you enjoy them! :)
Great trip Steve my grandkids have visited there they took bikes and loved it
Oh great idea David! We need bikes for sure !
Thank you Steve and Allicia for letting me join you on your adventures this year. As always lovely video and the snow looks great. Where I live we don't get snow(Southern Hemisphere lol). May you guys have a blessed Christmas and best regards from South Africa🌞
GREAT STUFF, Many thanks
Worth it for the sunset 😎 great videos 👍
What a great island, absolutely beautiful and peaceful....
This is now on my must visit list....
The Farm shop is fantastic, I have never seen a whole shop with the honesty box!!
I know eh?! Island life summed up right there!
Totally inspired by your superior travel videos. Really pleased I've come across you as Scotland is the destination of our next 3 holidays. Thank you
Amazing! I hope you have an awesome time :)
An amazing video! It absolutely made my day. That is such a beautiful place and apparently off the usual tourist routes. Thank you so much.
I have to add that your camera and your camera work are both great. The images just jump out of my screen in vivid colour.
Thanks Heather! The weather really helped with that 😊
Beautiful place! Thanks for sharing Steve! All the best to you and yours...
And to you too Bill! Thanks so much for coming along!
Beautiful absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Her breakfast looked great. Thanks for sharing
Loved it, its now on my to do list for the summer, so many photo opportunities, awesome
Yes it would be a dream for photos! :)
I'm not surprised you have had so many favourable comments. Thank you so much for putting up this delightful video. I have such happy memories of a solitary walk around part of this peaceful island when up staying with relatives living in Oban before they died. Very special.
Thanks for watching Peter! Peaceful is a perfect word to sum up Kerrera! Absolutely love it there and hard to imagine you're only a 4 minute ferry ride from Oban :)
@@steve-marsh again thanks for the reply mate. Hopefully the world and its dog will come to their senses real soon. As always great video.
Top video guys, I enjoyed it. Keep them coming 👍🏻
Cheers Brian! :)
Another nice tour - Always enjoy your videos Steve
Thanks Pete! Appreciated!
A wonderful tour on a stunning day! I can’t believe you missed the amazing tea room near the castle though (just when you were gasping for a drink!); it was right on the main path too... was a couple of years ago that I was there so maybe it wasn’t open when you did your visit.
Cheers Steve! Yeah, it was closed unfortunately :(
I love that tea room, they have such amazing home made food 💚
But they are only open parts of the year.
Brilliant video, thanks for some virtual fresh air! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely filmed vlog Steve, top quality, you struck it lucky with the weather, when its good there is nowhere better. Thanks for sharing :)
Absolutely Mike, cheers! I knew it was going to be dry, but the stunning day caught us a little by surprise!
Good to see you out and about again Steve👍 I shall watch later tonight with a cup of tea in hand😀
Thanks :) UA-cam and tea is my kinda evening as well :)
Steve that really has made my day, i never knew about this island it looks beautiful
Cheers Mark! I was the same not so long ago, great place!
Been past this island far too many times, great to see what it's actually like.
Thanks for the video. Have been several times and covered the whole island wonderful for the memory of times past.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for showing a beautiful place that I had never heard of! I wish I was there to enjoy it
Thanks Jane!
What a lovely walk I’ve shared with you both
Marie - thanks for coming along! :)
It’s just Wonderful this very scenic route you are taking! Just Walking along like soldiers!
Just rewatched this Steve - that sunset right at the end. Wow! Breathtaking.
Another lucky weather day eh!? :)
A place I have never been, to be honest, I never knew you could go there! What a place to live, it would suit me down to the ground, but maybe not in winter.
What a gorgeous place and great video! Looked like a fun hike around the island. I love when you include all of the animals that you come across on your travels. It seemed like a very intimate walk, in that you pass right through private property. I'd guess you would want to speak quietly and go through as gently as possible. It looks to be such a magical place though. The path looked easy to walk, the views were stunning, and that tiny ferry was so charming. That's a place to see for sure. Thanks to both of you for taking us along with you. I enjoyed it so much!
Four minutes? That's quicker than the Woolwich Ferry! I wish we had surroundings like this, too.
Once again, Steve, you've found a fascinating subject for one of your very personal-style "blogs", and thanks for bringing it to us. A breath of the Western Isles while we're still restricted in our travel options.
I remember my first visit to Oban in 1983 when we were taken by the skipper/owner of the "puffer" VIC32 for a day's cruise aboard the PS "Waverley". We sailed down the Gulf past Kerrera and south to pass through the whirlpools of the Corryvreckan between the north end of Jura, and Scarba before returning to Oban..
We returned some years later to take a three day cruise aboard the last of the"traditional" CalMac ferries, "Columba" on her sailings to Colonsay, Mull and Iona, and Tiree and Coll, the year before she was withdrawn in favour of the big Ro-Ro boats. She's been reincarnated as the "Hebridean Princess", received Royal patronage, and her cruises are far more expensive than the modest £70 we paid for our "full board" passage back then!.
I know the Harbour Bar in Oban well, with its extensive range of malt whiskies shelved behind the bar, but I never knew there was a Kerrera ferry!
Wow what a bargain that was Hugh :) those trips sound absolutely magical! I've grown to really like Oban. The first time I visited I was a bit put off just by how busy it was, but now I see why! Have still to try the famous seafood cabin right down beside the CalMac ferries - it has such a great reputation and gives me more excuses to return there soon! Hope all is well with you :)
@@steve-marsh I've just retired after 65 years working. It feels a bit strange, but will give the opportunity to do a bit more exploring for myself as things ease, hopefully,.Though have to go far to match some of the locations you report on! Keep well yourselves.
What a lovely place. Brilliant video.
Cheers Bill!
Fantastic video guys. You're in a different league to the others. Kerrera is a wonderful island and you brought back many memories for me. The last time I was there it was incredibly hot too round the west side. Looking forward to your next vlog.
Thanks so much Julian! Glad to bring back some memories - maybe they have a wee secret microclimate there :)
Absolutely beautiful!
5:41 That's what I sound like every morning when I first see myself in the bathroom mirror. Well, I'm a bit louder.
Haha that made me lol :D
You did an excellent job, going right around the island 👍
"On your mark, get set"...... 😆👌
Haha well spotted 😉
Another great video Steve!! Beautiful scenery
Cheers Peter, it sure is a lovely place (that I had no idea about until last year!)
@@steve-marsh you never know what is on your doorstep until you experience it. Same with me walking the Thames Path, able to see so much beautiful countryside that you don't know is there until you stumble upon it
Steve One of your best so far. Despite being a long time exiled Scot and having been to Oban a number of times even three years ago I did not know of the existence of the Island. You certainly got the weather that day! Regards Crawford
That's great to hear Crawford, thanks so much! We really did get lucky, we expected 'ok' weather, but this was just ridiculous :D
I have just watched this. I want to go on exactly the same routes. It is so beautiful. ✌️🎈
Great film, thoroughly enjoyed it, I'd love to visit there someday.
Cheers Nic! Hope you make it there one day :)
Thanks for introducing this island to me. Looks like a good place to visit.
Thanks for coming along :)
Hey, what a great video! I am going to Oban from London this Sunday for a few days getaway and will definitely take a trip to Kerrera! Your tips are amazing, I will most definitely try to find that little ice cream shop. Safe travels!
Have a fantastic trip Ewelina! I'll try to upload a wee drive through Oban as well in the next few days :)
Looks so beautiful across all the Isles
Such a relaxing and beautiful video to watch. I'd really like to visit Kererra now.
It's a special place Lewis! :)
That was a great video Steve......I really enjoyed this SO much......of course I enjoy them all, but this was right up there with the best! So close to the mainland & yet a world apart....looks like a very peaceful place to live & have a farm. All the little lambs are so cute. I love those family run farms & stands where it's on the honour system also....we have a few of those up near our summer cabin in Maine. Cheers Mate...thanks again!
Cheers Bob! It really is an idyllic place :) But all that's on my mind now is renting your summer cabin in winter! :D
Lovely video Steve. ✋🏻
Can’t get enough of those obscure island destinations
You and me both Norman :)
I think I’ve found a new place to add to my plans for 2022! Thank you so much for going here and filming an amazing video of a truly gorgeous place.
Our travel lists just keep getting bigger eh Stephanie! :)
@@steve-marsh - that they do!
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Been to 5 Islands with you these past 2 nights. Some great views from Kerrera. That ferry looks to be fairly new! and my last one Sunday morning @8am your walk from Corrour.
What a great video, the scenery was pretty mindblowing, oh to live somewhere like that, the peace and quiet would be priceless 👍
Couldn't agree more, We'd move there tomorrow if we could, just stunning! Even if the weather isn't always as kind.
I was born and live in Oban , and I’ve only been to kerrera once . I know how much better life is on the west coast .Great video guys
Wow! Beautiful sunset!
A great docco folks, many thanks for taking us on the journey. We were in Skye 2 years ago.
Greetings from Torquay VicAu
Glad you enjoyed it! All the best to you!
Great video, I used to train the fire crew there, it’s a charming island, and nice to see Karren and Dave have done so much work on the farm. 😊👍🏻
Sounds a very cool job!
Thank you for this lovely video. It brought back memories when I lived in Oban and Kerrera was my island. Have been there many , many times, mostly on bike, or just getting lost on my walks. It was funny when you picked up the hard way to the south. And Gylen castle was just round the corner from Tea garden. Next time take a bike and go to the left from ferry. Cheers for the memories.
Such good advice on the route :) So glad I could bring back happy memories!
Love the video, brought back so many memories of my family holiday there in 1961, the house we stayed in appears @ 13:21, was 3 flats back then and a boat was included in the rental. I remember many visits to the farm to collect eggs, milk and home baked bread. Thanks for sharing your visit.
That is so cool! Thanks for sharing Martin!
I enjoyed the scenery and most of all your cheerful relationship with each other.
Thanks Ellen :)
Another great video and another place I'd love to go. Thanks.
Thanks so much!
What a great video, with a trimendous sunset at the very end, l say well done to the both of you, keep safe till the next time.
Brilliant vlog guys thanks 😁👍👏👏👏
Thanks so much David! Was fun to make this one :)
Thanks for the memories. We walked the south half of the island in 2011. That gave us time to visit the tea garden and the castle. A brilliant day out!
I could so have done with a tea!
AWESOME, THANK YOU
Sunset looks amazing 😮
7:10 "I like that boulder. That's a nice boulder."
Thanks for the video - really enjoyed it! Each one I watch seems better than the last.
Your channel continues to showcase all the wonders Scotland has to offer. I've recently moved to Edinburgh, and as a lover of the Great Outdoors, I'm very keen to get exploring. Keep the videos coming!
Cheers Jacob and welcome to Auld Reekie! (not a day for the outdoors today though eh?!)
What a great day for some island adventure! Guess not that many people know about this place before. Need to head there once places open up
Oh absolutely add it to the list, I love a small island :)
Both of you were brilliant now that was special
Cheers Jim :) It was a great wee trip, exhausted afterwards but so worth it!
You picked a great day for that visit!👍 I have been to several of the Western islands, but not to that one and it's well worth a visit.
New subscriber here. There’s something very calming about the videos steve. Good job squire.
Thanks so much and welcome aboard Benjamin! :)
Really nice video Steve. Lovely part of the country.
Thanks Mike! Magical wee island!
Love it, the sound of the engine is interpreted as "music" by the caption "engine".
Fine lady you have there.
If you walked onto a farm like that around here, you'd be in some kind of trouble. We used to do "honor boxes" for eggs and honey, but not for the last 10 years.
That's it. That's my favourite. Husband just watched it all the way through with me (very unusual, he doesnt usually stay still for so long) and guess where we're going. We wanted to come up to Scotland and his nibs has just declared "were going there". I'm off to sort the campervan out 😀
Haha it's such a magical place, you'll absolutely love it there! And Oban has some great spots for camper vans - just give me a shout if you need more info nearer the time :)
@@steve-marsh Thanks Steve. Will definitely do that, the hands of an expert are always useful 😊👍