LEWIS & HARRIS, It's Wild, Remote and Unforgiving. VAN LIFE UK
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- In today video, we finally set off for Uig on the Isle fo Skye and catch our ferry to Tarbert on the Isle of Lewis and Harris along with our friends Marco & Tina from @HakunaMaPumbaa.
We are planning to spend around two weeks exploring the Isle of Lewis and Harris and it's famous beaches and it's famous historic sites such as the Calanais Standing Stones and Gearannan Blackhouse Village and of course the stunning Luskentyre Beach to name a few.
The outer Hebrides of Lewis and Harris are stunning, but they are wild, remote and unforgiving for vanlife, especially in winter time, but equally totally rewarding.
Rob and Archie
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Hey :) I’m Rob and my dog is called Archie (airedale terrier) and I've been living full time on the road since 2020. This journey began when I left the UK Armed Forces and retired and now spend the rest of my life travelling with the dog while living full time in our self converted van called Shaky. Living the van life enables me to travel, experience and document the beauty of this world and be with my dog 24/7. It's all about the journey, the destination and the adventure.. with good friends along the way! See you on the road soon! 🚐 #vanlife
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So glad I came across your chanel. Brilliant video amd some awesome drone shots. Looking forward to seeing more much love amd safe travels from mik and willow
Hey guys, thank you for being here and for the kind words, we both hope you're well and safe wherever you are in the world! Stay safe!
It gives me immense joy seeing Archie enjoying himself . He's such a happy and lucky lad
Just hope he understands what a good life he actually has!
@Pack The Van And Go I'm sure he does. He looks like he loves his life.
lovely Drone shots !
Thank you 😊
Just catching up on UA-cam mate, but great chat earlier on.
Was good to catch up and hear that you are all good mate! Keep going strong buddy and will see you soon hopefully!
Stunning scenery and the drone footage was amazing 👏 xx
Thank you so much for the kind words! Hope youre well? xx
The Ferry over looked mental , and the drive on the island looked really calming , and the beach and that house, wow, what a place, as you said mate, stunning and tranquil , i didnt see any white lines on the roads so must be super quiet .So much footage to watch, the drone over the beaches, im gonna have to watch again. EPIC mate 👍👍👍
Mate you would love it over there.. if the weather is right, its stunning and peaceful! If the weather don't want to play, then its a right bitch! You need to go visit the island sometime mate! Totally worth it!
Hi Rod and Archie. Thanks for a superb vid. so much fantastic scenery, alas I never went there, certainly missed a gem. Stay safe & warm.
Hi mate, thank you for watching and gal you liked the video and drone footage.. we both hope you're well?
Great video and stunning drone footage. 👏
Thank you 😊
Stunning. I was there many moons ago. Maybe I'll be there again one day 😊
Get that van complete and then a road trip to Lewis & Harris 👍
@@PackTheVanAndGo Aye appen 😁
Hi what fantastic video me and my wife been looking at it that being back lot's off memories. Well we got the boat at Oban to Barra and then to Vatersay what a fantastic place to stay nice white sands blue and green sea. Nuthing like it at all we got there at 8.00pm in May 2005 and in September the best time to go your video as bring back Memories .
HI, so glad that the video can bring back memories, I've watched it myself and already enjoying the memories!
Can I share it please on my Facebook page
@@robertirving5293 yeah of course and thank you for sharing 😊👍
just one small point if you stayed on the Southern side of Tarbert side of you were In Lewis once you cross the bridge on the A859 do you enter in to Harris! otherwise they are known as the Western isles but it is a wonderful place! I know when i was there the locals were passionate as to what part of the island you were on. The round concrete bus stops to the peat stacked on the side of the road dug for use in the winter, to the helicopter re-fuelling points on the side of the roads, I went there in the summer and swam in Taransay sound and was surprised just how clear the waters were for basically swimming in the Atlantic and surprised just how warm the Gulf stream was that pass the Western side of the Island and up around the top of Scotland.
Thank you, hope to get to visit one year in the Summer and experience everything you have just written! Regards Rob
Your smile says it all. Lewis and Harris are incredible places, as are Uist and Barra, all with their own individual characteristics. Amazing video, loved the drone shots. 😊
I have so much footage from Lewis and Harris, I couldn’t fit it all in one video… but it’s all simply stunning and can’t wait to go back again one day x
What a beautiful place on earth. Thank you very much for this wonderful video with the fantastic music selection!
Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching!
Excellent to watch,👍
I was over there in June last year,I don’t have a drone but did get some good pictures,it looks like we have been to the same places (looking forward to seeing next weeks video) it’s amazing to see it from the air,gives the place a whole new feel to the landscape 👍
Happy travels
Atb John 🏴
I bet the island looked a lot different June last year? How did you find the island at that time of year?
The weather was ☀️ spectacular…..the week before we got there 😂
Arrived Saturday evening,stayed at the butt of Lewis the first night,drove all over the place,bosta beach,luskentyre etc ,some stunning sights,the landscape can be out of this world like another planet.
Atb John 🏴
Beautiful there isnt it. What amazed us was just how pristine the roads were compared to our pot holed streets.
Its stunning and we also said the same thing, the roads are so much better than the mainlands for sure, peaceful happy driving and no pot holes! 😂
Fabulous video Rob. Definitely worth putting up with stormy weather to have a glorious sunny day like that. Stunning scenery. Everything awesome on one island. Shame you could not go inside that little house. Looking forward to watching the next episode already 😀 Keep Loving the Adventure Mate
Such a beautiful island.. but if that weather changes, its bloody brutal mate! Glad you liked the video mate and we hope you're well?
@Pack The Van And Go good thanks chilling with a pint , catching up with UA-cam and adding locations to my maps ready for spring 😀
@@PackTheVanAndGo Thank you Rob, I'm well in myself, but had a rough night at sea hauling some berk out of his broken yacht. He's lucky to be alive. I agree with you about Skye (or Shetland) weather. It's a right bu$$er when stormy. Last night I thought of you and your buddies. Take care my friend, Wendi
WOW, so stunning 🥰😍 completely different landscapes from where I used to live on an island, but I just love the feeling of being open to the elements ❤
Thank you again for such an awesome video, and give Archie a huge hug, please 🙏
Yeah such a beautiful and magical place to be! Archie is sending paw hugs back 🐾🐾🐾❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely magical Rob …stunning
Thank you ❤️
Fabulous - we have literally just got back from our dec and January in Scotland and stayed at Luskentyre beach and absolutely loved touring the outer Hebrides! Stunning!
Such a stunning place to explore hey! Need to go back again and spend longer in better weather!
Nice vid mate..it looks beautiful there.. Safe travels to you.! 👍💜
Thanks guys… stay safe on your travels also and hope to see you all soon ❤️
Absolutely fabulous, enjoy.
Thank you 😊
Stayed here 10 year ago we had an amazing time such a beautiful place, amazing beaches
Truly some of the most amazing beaches I have ever seen!
Stunning! Thanks mate ✌🏼❤️
Thank you also 😎👍
Absolutely stunning vlog, Rob - mesmerising ❤️ Lewis and Harris looks quite flat..is this correct? X
HI and thank you for the kind words ❤️ As for Lewis and Harris, the north is quite flat bu the reminder of the island is quite rugged, a mini version of the west coast of Scotland! Hope that helps? x
Another fantastic video
Looks amazing and I particularly like the no music
drone clips
I’ve got to go there
Hi mate, thanks for watching and just had to leave that drone clip running with no music! Just felt right with that landscape 👍
The only thing we missed is the bikini in that video 👙😁
But your edit of that memories is jsut mindblowing. Lovely video - stunning dronefootage and excellent choice of music - we LOVE IT😍😍😍😍
hey guys, what amazing memories we have had from this whole experience! Spending time with you on Lewis and Harris has been the highlight of this winter for sure! Thank you both so much for all you have done for me and Archie and for being the best travel buddies ❤️❤️❤️
It's a beautiful place. We go over to the Outer Hebrides every summer with our dogs. This year we're back on Lewis and Harris and we love it. I hope you enjoyed it.
I bet its so different in the summer with the longer daylight and the summer vibes on those beaches! Hope you all have a wonderful time guys! Rob & Archie
@@PackTheVanAndGo there are certainly more people around but still very quiet by mainland standards. Even at Luskentyre if you go down around 7 or 8 am you can have the place to yourself. If you're still on the islands please feel free to message me and I can give you some places to visit. All the best
@@Angusdane1 thank you that’s very kind of you to offer. I am not on the island anymore, this was all filmed over a month ago.. but I’ll be back again at some stage and will definitely be after advice on more locations
I nearly went there in '92. The ferry could take me when I arrived but couldn't return until the following week. I had to be back at work before then. Thanks for posting your journey, so I can see what I have missed.....quite a lot by the look of it 😀
92, bet the ferry and everything has changed since them days… such an amazing place to visit mate, definitely plan to go again and for longer next time! Hope you’re well this week?
@@PackTheVanAndGo I am better for watching this thanks, what a beautiful amazing place and great drone footage too. This may be one of the places that people will wish they lived in, if all the 15 minute city nonsense arrives. All I will need is a key to unlock the door into the iron age mound and a one way ferry ticket. A man can dream..... can't he?
You have taken the Dream out of my head, and put it on the screen in front of me Rob.....
Tired of window shopping' the Highlands. Going back this year, whether I can afford it or not!
Great footage & background music too!
WOW, thank you so much for the kind words, truly means the world to me and Archie to read! Thank you 😊
Brilliant footage thank you :) Archie gets more freedom than William Wallace...great to see!!!
He’s a very lucky dog for sure 🐾🐾
@@PackTheVanAndGo Maybe your the lucky owner...dogs save our souls...mine has!!!
@@PJ-vj4jb Totally 👍🐾🐾
Beautiful land. Lewis was my Dads favourite place. He even named me after it :) . Good luck, mate .
Wow, how cool is that to be named after the Island.. Can see what it was your fathers favourite place to be, it's truly stunning!
@@PackTheVanAndGo It really is a special place. Enjoy your stay .
@@lth1072 Thank you my friend, stay safe!
@@PackTheVanAndGo Thanks. Same to you and Archie
Ah you found the stone circle 😊. Just as a matter of interest, what's the internet signal like up there?
Its the same as the mainland, good in places and crap in others when it comes to the internet!
Glad you had a good time here, but may I point out a bit of a sore point. Harris and Lewis are always treated as two separate entities. So when you were in Tarbert for example you would just say Harris. We are rightly proud of our individual identities and no self respecting islander would call it Harris and Lewis! I think this is a bit of a new phenomenon, since the use of #’s but I am sure you will agree that our islands are so much more. Moran taing.
Totally understand! Thanks for sharing with my and we both hope you're well. Rob
Spent a few nights at Bosta beach, The iron age house is only open in summer, We might move to Lewis
Lewis and Harris are stunning and can see why people would want to live there for sure!
Are you going to Willow Fields in April mate 🤔
Don't think I will make it mate, but also you never know..
Hi, great drone footage on Bosta, we have just moved to great Bernera, would it be possible for you to send me just the drone footage from Bosta beach with the music you had, thanks
Thank you for watching and glad you liked the drone footage. Unfortunately I won't able to provide you with either the footage or music.. the music is paid for and copyrighted and can only be used by my channel and the footage belongs to myself only. Regards Rob
Where was your first park up? We did Harris and Lewis 2 years ago and going back in May.. our first park up was hushinis. Want to visit Luskintyre thus time too 😊
The first park up is on the road to Luskentyre Beach, as soon as you turn and follow the road to the beach, there are a few community run parking areas along the road, you can't miss them! Have a great time in May when you go back!
Thank you. I absolutely loved Harris and Lewis . This time we will travel southwards and visits the Uists and hopefully the other islands close by. The beaches are just amazing. It’s magical. 😊x
@@janepowell5679 that my plan next time also… head south and Uist and explore more! Enjoy and stay safe x
How did you manage for mobile signal mate 🤔 thinking of going in October for a week 😁
No issues, some places are quite remote and you won’t get a signal, but majority of the time no issues… I have EE sim in my router and Vodafone on my phone…
Love the vlogs. I know where I am going when I get back home to Scotland. One thing is I noticed a guy saying when you were on the ferry that you should have gone to Uist? Any idea why he said that?
Because Uist is equally as stunning if not better! Have a look at some videos of North Usit on UA-cam and it will tell you eventing you need to know !
Many Thanks and safe journeys
Just so ye ken, although Lewis and Harris are the same land mass, they are infact seperate islands. You keep saying both together. You arrived in Tarbert on Harris. Lewis is the northern part. Its not one island called Lewis and Harris
Hi, totally understand that and did know it was two separate places, but as with most people, it'll always just be known as Lewis and Harris, and that is meant with no disrespect to anyone or the islands!
@@PackTheVanAndGo No no. Didn't mean that in a rude way. Just sayin ✌️
@@albanomadarts Totally didn't take it in a rude way, all good my end 👍😊
@Pack The Van And Go I thoroughly enjoyed the video. I love Harris dearly. Did you go to Huisinish? You park at the beach there and there's an amazing hike over to this other beach where you can see two seas meeting each other. There's a kinda natural causeway between Harris and the neighbouring small island, I forget its name, but when the tide comes back up the two sets of waves crash into each other and its stunning. Whitest sand and bluest water. Probs a 45 minute hike across a field and over the hill from Huisinish. We'll worth a visit
Going to visit here in april or may. How much did ferry. Cost?
You'll love it mate, each crossing was around £40 each way 👍
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Thanks buddy, hope you’re well and the van all good?
Given you have been over a lot of Scotland, if you were going to buy a house..... Where would you pick?
Lewis and Harris for sure! I prefer remote over busy
@@PackTheVanAndGo We are the same....
@@PackTheVanAndGo What are the ferry costs for the van?
@@AnomalyResearchersUK think it was around £40 one way 👍
How expense are the ferries
Not expensive, around £40 each way and worth every penny for the service they provide!
First again haha
Legend mate! 😂😂