I've been devouring your posts for some days now. You have to be the single most positive and appreciative young man I've ever encountered. You find beauty in everything, and I find that to be so amazing. I like to think that as I go through my day that there's this big Scottish lad with his huge white Scottish legs tramping along saying, "Amazing!" "Beautiful!" and "What a view!" over and over again- well, I find it enchanting.
Thank you Gregor for a lovely revisit to one of the 2 walks we did on our holiday in Scotland, so lovely to know I can revisit it again and again with you on your channel.
Scotland is just breathtakingly beautiful. I love your mountain videos but it's so nice to see the sea too. I love the sound of the seagulls. What a great video!
Buddy- your videos never disappoint. This is one of my favourite UA-cam channels. Love your videos and would support your awesome UA-cam channel totally💯🏆 Total respect and applause 👏 💯
sounds like you had a great time ,we are lucky enough to stay in a small Moray village ,and we have walked all over the Moray trail ,It really is a magical place .Looking forward to your next video ,take care Colin
Boy, I really needed a beach vacation and no sand in my shoes or sunburn 😊. What a beautiful and serene coast. Thanks for the trip. Please find more beaches.
Hi Gregor, I'm so glad you've discovered that coast which, as you say, is so absolutely stunning. That eco-village at Findhorn is the real deal as there has been a non-religious eco-community living there for the last 50 years or more - in whose early days, the apparently infertile land produced some miraculously large vegetables and suchlike. I had often wondered how publicly-accessible that forest was - so it's good to know that it is possible to pass behind the military bases at Kinloss, on the seawards side... To be honest, I'm not sure that many dolphins can be seen from the coast, and that they're not more commonly seen from boats travelling along it - as if you think about it, they're not really shallow-water animals. I visited the dolphin centre place by the mouth of the Spey a few years ago, and their attendance there was far from consistent - with maybe a few sightings in a day and then none at all for several weeks. Chanonry Point, just off Fortrose on the Black Isle, has far more frequent visits; so it may be to do with the availability of deep, but still relatively sheltered waters, I'm not sure. The former railway whose bridge you crossed over the River Spey on, was one of three routes that existed between Aberdeen and Inverness, until both this and the inland loop between Keith and Elgin via Dufftown were closed in 1965. Happilly, a little over half of the latter survives as a Preservation Society. With the close proximity of all the towns and villages from Portgordon to Portknockie and beyond, it's quite hard to understand how sucf a railway couldn't be profitable if it still existed or were ever to be re-instated, as the road network is far from adequate for today's traffic levels... I suppose they didn't have a crystal ball mind you. There were separate branch lines from Elgin to Lossiemouth and Hopeman too - although the latter was cut back to Burghead in 1931, and passenger services to Burghead succumbed to the competition of local bus services from Elgin and Forres, in 1943. Findochty is pronounced 'Fin-ECH-tae', by the way - remember, everyone round these parts speaks with the Doric dialect...! I'm not 100% certain if there's a waymarked route as such, but I know it is possible to walk mostly off-road from your endpoint at Cullen, through Portsoy and along to Banff and MacDuff - at the end of a dead-end road from which is the long-closed open-air swimming pools at Tarlair - where there is another rock that is very similar to the Bow-fiddle at Portknockie. (I have actually used the pool when it was still open, during a family holiday in 1976!) There's also some kind of fort ruin just to the east, though I suspect that might involve scrambling up the grassy slope to the cliff-top, which you could follow (as per Right to Roam and Countryside Access Code) eastwards; until you reach Gardenstown (pronounced Game-ray), from where there's a path along the shore to Crovie (Crivvie - which is not accessible by road). Another grassy scramble upwards (or via the farm road at the top of the village) would take you again to the clifftop, and along to Troup Head, and past the naturally-occurring "Hell's Lum'' and the village of Pennan. There's a path heading upwards from the sharpest part of the bend on the only road upwards, from which the clifftop can again be accessed.n Around Pennan Head, this will take you down to Aberdour Bay, from which the path will take you into the villages of Rosemarkie, Sandsend and the town of Fraserburgh ("The Broch".) There is a local bus service running on the road parallel, between MacDuff and Fraserburgh.
What a wonderful trip! I have been really enjoying your videos and love being able to explore Scotland from my home in hot and steamy northern Australia. Keep up the great work and thank you again for sharing your beautiful Scotland.
cracking vid, i grew up in Portessie and Buckie, spent the summers swimming that coatline jumping off the cliffs, surfed all year at Sandend beach, great channel, @ 30:00 mins thats my old house behind you sitting on bench, the last one on street, my sister and her family live there now, funny to see it on youtube ! cheers
Cracking video. We're very blessed with what we have around Forres & down the coast. Inland, we have Blairs Loch, Newtyle Forest & Loch Romach. Futher from there theres the Dava Moor with the Dava Way walking/cycling path to Grantown on Spey. Loch Dallas, Loch Noir & Lochindorb are all up there. Btw in Roseisle woods, you'll have walked straight passed a toilet block with shower & external taps.
It's amazing when you see the Haar envelope coming in. Love this area. Thanks for this 😁 My missus was born in Fochabers. The video was very artistic and thoughtfully done👍🏻Photography etc. Enjoyed that SS
I really like the style of your videos. A nice mix of information and scenery with personal bits about the physicality of the hike as well as sharing your own sense of wonder about wherever you are. You keep making them, I’ll keep watching them!
That was just a great video, beautifully filmed, edited and narrated, and a nice change from the mountains too. I hope you do more coastal walks in the future. Thanks for sharing your joyful spirit with us.
Well, I think we've finally been blessed with sunshine and fair winds in all parts of Scotland, and where better to turn your recording talents than to the Moray coast. Every turn in the trail you bring new glimpses of hidden coves, cliffs, sand dunes, river crossings, and small settlements. Many with harbours began as thriving fishing centres, now all but a ghost of their former prosperity. Hope that seal was rescued. I'm glad you didn't attempt to interfere. Any wild animal in distress can lash out at a would-be rescuer, and seals have teeth!! Best left to the experts. I'm sure there were dolphins aplenty, but sightings are very much luck of the day. Further west at Chanonry Point is rated as a prime tourist location, but I have never failed to see them playing on visits around the entrance of Aberdeen Harbour.😊 Your campsite at Clashach Bay is gem. It is also home to some brilliant geology, well the whole coastline is! have a look at video link below. It's a bit technical, but you'll see exactly what you were camping on. ua-cam.com/video/UTNmzo4n7ko/v-deo.htmlsi=diqTwspqbvUuPJBF
Hi mate, nice change of content for this one, a different type of walk. I've spent quite a few holidays in Aviemore & made the journey up to the Moray coast many times. Findhorn was one of my earliest memories as a kid. Stunning place.
Great video. New subscriber to your channel so playing catch-up. So much of the scenery you show is just like here in Cork in Ireland. With rugged and other types of coastline. You truly live in a beautiful country. Thank you so much for sharing.
What beautiful videos dude👍💯 I will support your channel. Like seeing the lovely scenery {you look so cool wearing shorts too- just wanted to compliment}
There’s usually always a free water spot on route, you just need to change your strategy in flatter / populated areas with less or contaminated water. Scottish Water have free refill sites there’s an online map, a few on your route. Public toilets are also great and appear on most maps. Lossiemouth has a Scottish Water bottle refill station for example. On this hike it’s important to plan them in as stops on route.
As always totally blown away by the wonderfull scottisch landscape , many thanks for share this one with us. Looking forward for your next adventure . Stay safe
Thank you for sharing another wonderful video Excellent channel brilliant content channel is awesome stunning locations beautiful scenery love from Dublin
You certainly see plenty of your own country Gregor. It amazes me here in New Zealand how many people want to go "overseas" and explore some other country, when they've seen bugger all of their own country, especially the places off the main drag, and i presume the same can be said for many Scottish people? Loving your videos mate, keep exploring and making these epic videos
You could have filled up your water bottles at jennys well down the path from portknockie to the beach at cullen. The forest at roseisle inbetween findhorn and burghead is amazing to camp in. Good video!!
Nice vid of our coast but I can't let the pronunciation slip............it's pronounced MURRAY even though it's spelt Moray. And Findochty is Finechty but I think you realised that half way through. What a pedant eh? 😂😂 Great stuff keep up the good work.
The moray coast starts 20 miles to the west. Forres is not even close to the start of this trial, absolute minimum is Fort George as a starting point missed the best parts of the moray coast .
Great Video, what is your name and where are you from, be good to do a video explaining your Kit, Tent, boots ,coat, costs etc ,what you recommend, for hiking and camping, Many Thanks
I've been devouring your posts for some days now. You have to be the single most positive and appreciative young man I've ever encountered. You find beauty in everything, and I find that to be so amazing. I like to think that as I go through my day that there's this big Scottish lad with his huge white Scottish legs tramping along saying, "Amazing!" "Beautiful!" and "What a view!" over and over again- well, I find it enchanting.
Thank you Gregor for a lovely revisit to one of the 2 walks we did on our holiday in Scotland, so lovely to know I can revisit it again and again with you on your channel.
Beautiful coastal trail , Scotland has some great beaches people don’t realise. Thanks for sharing the adventure , top quality production as usual.
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic beautiful Scotland X
Scotland is just breathtakingly beautiful. I love your mountain videos but it's so nice to see the sea too. I love the sound of the seagulls. What a great video!
Buddy- your videos never disappoint. This is one of my favourite UA-cam channels. Love your videos and would support your awesome UA-cam channel totally💯🏆 Total respect and applause 👏 💯
Thanks 🙏
Your support is greatly appreciated😊
sounds like you had a great time ,we are lucky enough to stay in a small Moray village ,and we have walked all over the Moray trail ,It really is a magical place .Looking forward to your next video ,take care Colin
Outstanding hike man, another flawless presentation! Love your content!
Thanks for the support brother. Means a lot to me🙏
I live in Hopeman and you have done the Moray Coast proud. Another fantastic video
Thanks man. Means a lot😊
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen with such fantastic scenery
Well done sir
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it
Boy, I really needed a beach vacation and no sand in my shoes or sunburn 😊. What a beautiful and serene coast. Thanks for the trip. Please find more beaches.
Thanks for the support😊
Absolutely amazing video 📹. Spectacular views. Thanks for sharing. Stay blessed and connected 🙏
Brilliant. Thanks for letting us share your adventure.
Take care and stay safe.
Enjoyed the adventure. Thanks for recording it. The Moray Coast is beautiful.
Thank you, nice guy, to take us with you to explore Scotland more. Nature is amazing!
Great video, what a privilege to be able to explore these landscapes!
What a beautiful adventure
Hi Gregor, I'm so glad you've discovered that coast which, as you say, is so absolutely stunning. That eco-village at Findhorn is the real deal as there has been a non-religious eco-community living there for the last 50 years or more - in whose early days, the apparently infertile land produced some miraculously large vegetables and suchlike. I had often wondered how publicly-accessible that forest was - so it's good to know that it is possible to pass behind the military bases at Kinloss, on the seawards side... To be honest, I'm not sure that many dolphins can be seen from the coast, and that they're not more commonly seen from boats travelling along it - as if you think about it, they're not really shallow-water animals. I visited the dolphin centre place by the mouth of the Spey a few years ago, and their attendance there was far from consistent - with maybe a few sightings in a day and then none at all for several weeks. Chanonry Point, just off Fortrose on the Black Isle, has far more frequent visits; so it may be to do with the availability of deep, but still relatively sheltered waters, I'm not sure. The former railway whose bridge you crossed over the River Spey on, was one of three routes that existed between Aberdeen and Inverness, until both this and the inland loop between Keith and Elgin via Dufftown were closed in 1965. Happilly, a little over half of the latter survives as a Preservation Society. With the close proximity of all the towns and villages from Portgordon to Portknockie and beyond, it's quite hard to understand how sucf a railway couldn't be profitable if it still existed or were ever to be re-instated, as the road network is far from adequate for today's traffic levels... I suppose they didn't have a crystal ball mind you. There were separate branch lines from Elgin to Lossiemouth and Hopeman too - although the latter was cut back to Burghead in 1931, and passenger services to Burghead succumbed to the competition of local bus services from Elgin and Forres, in 1943. Findochty is pronounced 'Fin-ECH-tae', by the way - remember, everyone round these parts speaks with the Doric dialect...!
I'm not 100% certain if there's a waymarked route as such, but I know it is possible to walk mostly off-road from your endpoint at Cullen, through Portsoy and along to Banff and MacDuff - at the end of a dead-end road from which is the long-closed open-air swimming pools at Tarlair - where there is another rock that is very similar to the Bow-fiddle at Portknockie. (I have actually used the pool when it was still open, during a family holiday in 1976!) There's also some kind of fort ruin just to the east, though I suspect that might involve scrambling up the grassy slope to the cliff-top, which you could follow (as per Right to Roam and Countryside Access Code) eastwards; until you reach Gardenstown (pronounced Game-ray), from where there's a path along the shore to Crovie (Crivvie - which is not accessible by road). Another grassy scramble upwards (or via the farm road at the top of the village) would take you again to the clifftop, and along to Troup Head, and past the naturally-occurring "Hell's Lum'' and the village of Pennan. There's a path heading upwards from the sharpest part of the bend on the only road upwards, from which the clifftop can again be accessed.n Around Pennan Head, this will take you down to Aberdour Bay, from which the path will take you into the villages of Rosemarkie, Sandsend and the town of Fraserburgh ("The Broch".) There is a local bus service running on the road parallel, between MacDuff and Fraserburgh.
You been following him closely
? That would explain the bad feeling run away vid
Great film as always. Thanks very much for taking the time and effort to record it for us to enjoy on our television sets, appreciated 👏
No worries, thanks for taking the time to comment. Means a lot🙏
What a wonderful trip! I have been really enjoying your videos and love being able to explore Scotland from my home in hot and steamy northern Australia. Keep up the great work and thank you again for sharing your beautiful Scotland.
Scotland is so beautiful❤.... I wish i could once visit ...
WOW, just can't beat Scotland in the sunshine. What a beautiful walk Gregor. Thanks for posting M8, cheers, John.
Thanks John. Your support means a lot😊
This shot 2:17 where the grass in the wind looks like the ocean...fantastic
Guy your videos are amazing! You have a great eye for catching the right views of your beautiful country. Editing is superb. Keep it up.
Thank you so much mate. This really goes a long way to getting me out on more adventures. Thanks for the support and all the best😊
cracking vid, i grew up in Portessie and Buckie, spent the summers swimming that coatline jumping off the cliffs, surfed all year at Sandend beach, great channel, @ 30:00 mins thats my old house behind you sitting on bench, the last one on street, my sister and her family live there now, funny to see it on youtube ! cheers
Cracking video. We're very blessed with what we have around Forres & down the coast.
Inland, we have Blairs Loch, Newtyle Forest & Loch Romach. Futher from there theres the Dava Moor with the Dava Way walking/cycling path to Grantown on Spey. Loch Dallas, Loch Noir & Lochindorb are all up there.
Btw in Roseisle woods, you'll have walked straight passed a toilet block with shower & external taps.
It's amazing when you see the Haar envelope coming in. Love this area. Thanks for this 😁
My missus was born in Fochabers.
The video was very artistic and thoughtfully done👍🏻Photography etc. Enjoyed that SS
Thanks for the kind words 😊
Hi Gregor. Stunning mate, what a beautiful stretch of coastline. Thanks for taking us along on your journey. All the best mate. 🥾⛰🏕️🏴
Thanks mate. Glad you enjoyed it. All the best😊
I really like the style of your videos. A nice mix of information and scenery with personal bits about the physicality of the hike as well as sharing your own sense of wonder about wherever you are. You keep making them, I’ll keep watching them!
Thanks for the kind words🙏
Great adventure. Thanks for sharing.
That was just a great video, beautifully filmed, edited and narrated, and a nice change from the mountains too. I hope you do more coastal walks in the future. Thanks for sharing your joyful spirit with us.
Will definitely do some more coastal walks, just need the weather to cooperate😂😂
Thanks for the support
Well, I think we've finally been blessed with sunshine and fair winds in all parts of Scotland, and where better to turn your recording talents than to the Moray coast.
Every turn in the trail you bring new glimpses of hidden coves, cliffs, sand dunes, river crossings, and small settlements. Many with harbours began as thriving fishing centres, now all but a ghost of their former prosperity.
Hope that seal was rescued. I'm glad you didn't attempt to interfere. Any wild animal in distress can lash out at a would-be rescuer, and seals have teeth!! Best left to the experts.
I'm sure there were dolphins aplenty, but sightings are very much luck of the day.
Further west at Chanonry Point is rated as a prime tourist location, but I have never failed to see them playing on visits around the entrance of Aberdeen Harbour.😊
Your campsite at Clashach Bay is gem. It is also home to some brilliant geology, well the whole coastline is!
have a look at video link below. It's a bit technical, but you'll see exactly what you were camping on.
ua-cam.com/video/UTNmzo4n7ko/v-deo.htmlsi=diqTwspqbvUuPJBF
One of my favourite camp spots so far. Thanks for the support
Another great video . Keep em coming mate !
Hi mate, nice change of content for this one, a different type of walk. I've spent quite a few holidays in Aviemore & made the journey up to the Moray coast many times. Findhorn was one of my earliest memories as a kid. Stunning place.
Yeh I was surprised by how nice the coast was to be honest. Thanks for the continued support, really means a lot
Welcome to the Moray Riviera 😂. It's a lovely coastline and where I was brought up ( Portgordon) .hope you enjoyed your walk 👍🏻
What an amazing place to grow up. I’m jealous. Thanks for the support mate😊
Loved your trip, keep up the good work, Its good to see all the places in Scotland that most people will never see
Glad you enjoyed it😊
Great video. New subscriber to your channel so playing catch-up. So much of the scenery you show is just like here in Cork in Ireland. With rugged and other types of coastline. You truly live in a beautiful country. Thank you so much for sharing.
8:00 the sound of the wind going through pines is my favorite sound.
Lossiemouth is my home town, lovely to see it in your vid!
I really enjoy this.
What beautiful videos dude👍💯 I will support your channel. Like seeing the lovely scenery {you look so cool wearing shorts too- just wanted to compliment}
There’s usually always a free water spot on route, you just need to change your strategy in flatter / populated areas with less or contaminated water. Scottish Water have free refill sites there’s an online map, a few on your route. Public toilets are also great and appear on most maps. Lossiemouth has a Scottish Water bottle refill station for example. On this hike it’s important to plan them in as stops on route.
Thanks for sharing!
This was wonderful! Thanks for taking us along!
awesome video bro
so relaxing, thank you for sharing these amazing adventures
Hope you have a lot more planned
Just stumbled across your video this morning and have subscribed and liked about four of your adventures ❤ your videos , good luck and all the best 🎉
Thanks for the support, all the best for 2025😊
Brilliant hike along the coast. So much to see. Well done, add a new subscriber
Thanks for the support🙏
Fantastic video, love your adventures
As always totally blown away by the wonderfull scottisch landscape , many thanks for share this one with us. Looking forward for your next adventure . Stay safe
Very interesting. I'm unfamiliar with that part of the world. Thanks for showing it.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thank you for sharing another wonderful video Excellent channel brilliant content channel is awesome stunning locations beautiful scenery love from Dublin
Thanks mate🙏
You certainly see plenty of your own country Gregor.
It amazes me here in New Zealand how many people want to go "overseas" and explore some other country, when they've seen bugger all of their own country, especially the places off the main drag, and i presume the same can be said for many Scottish people?
Loving your videos mate, keep exploring and making these epic videos
Thanks man. The support is much appreciated
Findochty but pronounced Fin ech ty , my home village, thanks for the shout out 😊😊
Yeh I realised that after filming😂😂
I’m not the best with place names and pronunciations
Another great video, thanks for sharing.
You could have filled up your water bottles at jennys well down the path from portknockie to the beach at cullen.
The forest at roseisle inbetween findhorn and burghead is amazing to camp in.
Good video!!
Will keep that in mind for next time. Thanks mate🙏
@@ScottishSummiteer give me a shout and i could tag along if ok with you! I live in elgin.
Hi, I did that trail this time last year and had glorious weather 🙂. No dolphins or seals, but did see basking sharks one day
That would’ve been amazing to see. Such a great trail👍
You're doing a great job with these vlogs.
Thanks mate 😊
Nice to know if this trail. I'm heading over soon to do some hiking and will check this out. Thank you.
No worries mate. Good luck on the trail😊
Enjoyed the film. Might head that way soon!
Great scenery and video. Be fun to see your perspective on hiking in the US South West.
Never been but would be great to see it one day🤞
Great video mate, never even knew these places existed, looked like a great trek! How did you get back? Surely you didn’t walk it all the way back😂
Nah didn’t walk haha, there was a bus back to the start point luckily
That rock looks like an elephant!
Hey what’s your name buddy please? You do such wonderful videos! Will you be doing more like this?
Hi mate, my name is Gregor😊
Plan to do many more like this in the future👍
Nice vid of our coast but I can't let the pronunciation slip............it's pronounced MURRAY even though it's spelt Moray. And Findochty is Finechty but I think you realised that half way through. What a pedant eh? 😂😂 Great stuff keep up the good work.
If moray was meant to be pronounced Murray then why isn't called Murray
@@mrbrownz554 it is on old maps. It's left that way nowadays so we can spot the outsiders and whyte settlers and get the pitchforks out 😂
Wow,that is a joke.Awesome video
The moray coast starts 20 miles to the west. Forres is not even close to the start of this trial, absolute minimum is Fort George as a starting point missed the best parts of the moray coast
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Great Video, what is your name and where are you from, be good to do a video explaining your Kit, Tent, boots ,coat, costs etc ,what you recommend, for hiking and camping, Many Thanks
Thanks for the support mate. My names Gregor. Will definitely do a kit list at some point👍
Woahh something a little different but still super beautiful!! Great video yet again mate, keep going and growing
Thanks brother. Thanks for stoping by🙏