Thanks for another great Video Steve. And for those people watching, I just have to add one thing. As Steve has said before a camera or video cannot possibly capture the truly awe-inspiring beauty of the colour of the beaches, the sea and the size of the mountains besides them. So many beaches on South Harris have views which cannot be described. You HAVE to experience them to understand. There's a small coffee shop/cafe near the southerly point of Harris where you can sit outside at the end of a loch ( if I remember correctly) with mountains rising out from both sides of the loch. It truly is heaven on earth!
A lovely series of videos Steve, thank you. Thanks to Donald John also for giving us an insight into the making of Harris Tweed, with views like this from his workplace I would spend many a happy hour there. I do hope that there are future generations learning so that this beautiful tweed, craft and tradition is kept going on the isle where it belongs. Cheers.
@@madr309 There's one or two little things Donald says which makes me suspect he prefers to speak Gaelic, at least when talking about the tweed and machinery.
I've said it before and I will say it again Scotland has some of the finest views in the world and as diverse as you could wish for, many thanks for taking us along it was pure enjoyment every minute of the journey, until next time stay safe and well, cheers from Oz.
I (a german lass😊) have travelled all around the world. And although the Hawaiian Beaches i've seen where nice, nothing can compare to Luskentyre. That has been the most stunning and beautiful beach i've ever been. I did a trip some years ago from Barra (whith loganair landing on the beach) to the Uists and then to Harris and Lewis. That was the best trip i ever made!!! I visited basicly every place that Steve did in the previous Video. So many memories...❤❤❤
Don’t know if any of you have ever visited arisaig? I went camping there with my friend when I was 20 and I adored it, great bay for fishing, canoeing , just down the road from mallaig , really beautiful
Steve... Yes the Golden Road story is true...I have visited Lewis and Harris every year twice a year for 10 years for 3 week stays each time with my boyfriend whose Mum & family are from Lewis...seen many other Isles and St.Kilda 😍 Love The Outer Hebrides 🌊🌅❤🌄🌊 I used to cry on the ferry home (full grown woman in here 50s 😂)
Great! Thanks for taking us along, I now feel like I have the mental stamina to manage today's 8 hour shift driving buses around Bradford... daydreaming about my next trip to Scotland.
What a beautiful place! That beach is perfect. Lovely to see a master of his craft at work too, what a legend. My Tuesday is all the better for your video. Cheers Steve
What can I say? I was there with you: in the car looking over the dash, the driving noises on different road surfaces, the sun in my face, the sand under my feet, the birds singing, the smell of the Tweed, the gentle waves around my ankles. It always feels like you are talking to ME, I forget about the other thousands of fellow viewers. By the way: what are you planning to celebrate the next milestone? At 30k you wore a kilt and looked smashing. Dancing a reel? Playing the bagpipe? Tossing the caber? Maybe at 200k, gives you time for training 😅
The colour and clarity of the water is just incredible. Brave man having a paddle. Randomly, Greg (as a Canadian postie) is always happy seeing his Royal Mail counterparts in the background of your videos. And enquiring minds want to know what you bought in the charity shop. Lol. Have a great week!
Honestly, you have to see a Western Isles beach on a fine day to believe it! You captured it really well! Loved this series - thanks for transporting me back there 🙏
Hi Steve. The Golden Road is a ridiculously stunning drive, with a fantastic coffee stop at Skoon Gallery, Geocrab. Harris is indeed the jewel of the outer Hebrides. The world’s best beaches. Fabulous to see the Harris Tweed workshop. 👏👏👍😀
Hate this place. Not a tree in sight. Completely turned me off your passion for a dead place. You should include encouraging reforestation instead of the dead silence of nothing.
@@mf19856 Read up on the history and geography of these islands and you will have a better understanding of why there are very few trees. They are far from dead.
@@mf19856 maybe you need to get out a wee bit more, it will help you to clear your head and see that beauty comes in all shapes and forms, even without trees 🤔🤨
@@mf19856 You didn't look very hard then - Lews Castle in Stornoway is surrounded by them, and there are plantations by the main road south to Harris, as well as at various other, more remote locations. I think you may find that the wind and (in South Harris) absence of topsoil does actually frustrate such cultivated - or even natural growth: there are many places the money could be better spent and with much greater results. But you don't have to like it, and if noise and pollution of every sort is your thing - then you''re spoilt for choice elsewhere, I'm sure!
You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. The Outer Hebrides are one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. There are no forests because the climate does not support their growth. The people are lovely and I can’t wait to go back!
The wife & I drove up from portsmouth in an old rover estate 15 odd years ago via Liverpool, sky, uig, took the ferry to lewis, later we drove up to luskentyre beach! After onto Harris! We departed via Stornaway. when getting back to the mainland we headed east over to Dornoch The trip was just amazing!
Great video Steve! It took me back to my young days in 1984 when I toured Lewis and Harris on public transport. Took the train to Inverness, the bus to Ullapool, the ferry to Stornoway, buses around Lewis and Harris then the ferry to Uig, the bus to Kyleakin, the ferry to Kyle and the train back from there. It was a great trip. I remember being on the bus coming from Callanish and the driver flagged down the Tarbert bus so I could get off, run across the road and get on - out in the wilds somewhere near Leurbost. Took a bit of planning in those days - no google maps, internet or mobiles - just timetables, paper maps and a 'Freedom of Scotland' travel pass. Enjoy your Harris Whisky 🥃 Cheers! 😊
That was a wonderful trip and so well filmed and produced. Harris looks unbeatable in that sunshine. The landscape and beaches are so beautiful, I would love to visit again. When I was there in the 70s and 80s I remember seeing small piles of Harris tweed by the roadside outside the crofts. It was awaiting collection and left out in all weathers, I suppose a drenching of rain would do no harm. I never did see it being woven, thanks for showing that. As an Englishman there is nowhere I would be than the Highlands and Islands so thanks for showing them at their very best.
Marvellous scenery and a glorious beach. The visit to the tweed maker was very interesting. Gosh, he must have the strongest legs in Scotland, powering his loom as he does!
loved going with you on that journey to Harris and Lewis from the comfort of my home here in Queensland. The visit to Donald John's workshop was a treat. What an accommodating chap he was. And getting your feet wet at Luskentyre Beach was great. I do the same thing at beaches here. I'm 77 and call it ankle surfing. I didn't get to the Outer Hebrides on my pilgrimage to Scotland, but loved my brief visit to Skye. Thanks for yet another cracking video Steve.
Aye Steve. Spent all my money on whisky..........and I wasted the rest! Loved the Harris tweed bit. Best of Scottish technology from many years ago. And still producing the best cloth in the world. Marvelous!
Wow! Luskintyre beach deffo must get the vote for most beautiful beach in the world. What a setting! The whole island is just amazing. Wonderful video Steve. 😎👍
Steve, I can't help thinking that if you'd been able to go to St. Kilda, we would have missed this fantastic tour--possibly your best to date. I loved every minute of it. And I'm sure that when you finally get to St. Kilda, it will have been worth waiting for. Meanwhile, thanks for this visual feast.
Thanks Steve, two things I took from these videos, driving across Skye to get the ferry, hadn't considered that route. Secondly those beaches, worth the trip for that alone 🚢 👍
Breathtaking! Another world! Fascinating, interesting visiting Harris Tweed. Thanks so much for taking us along and for your delightful sense of humor : =) !!!!
Loved that Steve. You may be right, Harris is probably the most beautiful island, but you’ve not done Arran, Islay & Jura or Mull yet… Great to see you go to the Harris Distillery. The Hearach whisky is the main reason the distillery is there, but you you have to let the spirit mature for years and so a lot of distilleries have turned to gin and vodka to generate cashflow and establish their brand. The Harris gin though is the absolute best. Harris distillery is not the first one in the Hebrides. Abhainn Dearg has been going for about 15 years on the west side of Lewis. Barra will start making whisky shortly too and there is likely to be a new one in the Uists.
Steve that was the very best road trip video I have ever seen The Outer Hebrides an Skye are the most stunning places in the world. Thank you so much for taking me back it was so good, many memories from the same trip I did a few years ago. Hope I can go again soon. Keep up your great work it gives so much pleasure to so many people. THANKS AGAIN
I was fortunate enough to visit this beach as a boy in 1980. Great to see that big tourism hasn't taken over the place and it still looks the same over 40 years later!
Thanks for a stunning 3 part series Steve. Looking forward to your Canadian one next. I can't remember when i came across your channel but I'm so glad I did. Thank you for how down to earth and honest you are with the places you visit. Cheers
The first time we visited our heart skipped a beat .. or that may have been the wind and the sidewards rain .. still it was incredible and we have been back since a few times … what I love about Harris is getting away from the Luskentyre beach and that area and all of a sudden you can have some incredible places all to yourself …
There is also Abhainn Dearg whisky distillery on Lewis which has been there a fair bit longer than Harris distillery. Located on a farm it's a very unique place to visit. We managed to get a bottle of the Hearach batch #1 on release day but as yet remajns unopened! And yes, I always carry emergency swimming shorts with me 😄
The first time I drove to Luskentyre beach, i didnt know of its existence, it was a day like you had, and my jaw dropped the whole way. Been to surfers paradise in oz, Varedero in Cuba, Venice beach , and many others inthe Carribean, but Luskentyre is my No 1
Just watched these three videos of Harris and Lewis. Great stuff. "The battle of Culloden Moor - Just like Montrose on a Saturday night" ... Priceless. And here was me thinking the "Butt of Lewis" was an F1 car seat!??
Steve, I hope you go back to Spain and explore more of the towns/cities in the north like San Sebastian, Bilbao, A Coruna, Oviedo but also the south with Cadiz, Malaga, Almeria, Murcia and Alicante. I really enjoy your calm, laid back style that you use. Many travel vloggers are always looking for the chaos and can be over the top. I am an explorer so just seeing you walk through sometimes mundane streets or neighborhoods is quite relaxing and what I love to do. You never know what you will find around the next corner. Keep up the great work and hopefully see you back in Spain!
Is loved watching the man weaving! I've really enjoyed all of your videos about Scotland. I just took my first trip ever there with my daughter, rented a car and went all kinds of places and had a wonderful time. (Except we're American and driving was terrifying at times😅)Scotland and it's people will stay with me forever.
St.Kilda would have been fantastic Steve but those few nights on Harris must have been the best cancellation you have ever had! I have to see Luskentyre in the flesh as it looks out of this world. BTW, my own favourite beach is Traigh an t-Suidh, the north beach on the tip of Iona as we have had very happy memories there. It's another stunner, although Luskentyre looks even better.
What a great surprise a Steve video popping up on a Tuesday morning ❤. A lovely gentle way to start the day. I must thank you (and Scott) for keeping it real, beautiful scenery and 'ordinary ' hotels, cafes etc. so many tubers show posh extravagant places out of reach of ordinary folks, way beyond what my budget ever was! Thank you once again, looking forward to you Canadian adventures. As an after thought, you could have indulged in a spot of skinny dipping😂😂
Seeing Luskentyre beach again on your video has allowed me to compare it with the beaches on the island of Sanday in Orkney which we've just left today and I reckon Sanday has it by a way as every one of its beaches is absolutely stunning. I have yet to visit a Scottish island that isn't beautiful and we've now visited most of them. A truly amazing country.
That moment of yours reminds me of stopping along the A93 between Perth and Braemar. The silence within the scope of the landscape was deafening and beautiful. We still recall that moment from years ago with the phrase, "the quietest place in the world". Thanks for taking us along to Harris/Lewis Steve!
My mum’s cousin was Harris Tweed weaver in Stornoway in the1950’s, 60’s, 70’s + He was featured on a lot of the promotional material of the time, as they had started using more colour for the new designers of the late 60’s and 70’s.
I first started watching your channel on my laptop before progressing to watching your videos along with my wife on our Smart TV, Steve. This time round, I would certainly recommend the latter with its larger screen, to get the most out of the views of that magnificent landscape that you brilliantly captured in this video. Fair cheered us up given the current inclement weather here in Scotland. Just a pity Alicja missed out on that occasion.
As a fan of Iain Banks, I was delighted to see the home of the Luskentyrians, the (fictional) religious community that forms the centre of his novel "Whit". It helps to expand my understanding of the story. Great video, as ever.
Cheers Steve. I’m bookmarking some of these amazing places you show when I do a road trip up to the Highlands. Luskentyre beach can hold its own to anywhere in the world 👍
Hi Steve, thank you so much for bringing Harris back to us. We were married on Northton beach 5 years ago. We had some of our wedding pictures taken on luskentyre beach, with Taransay in the distance. We've not been back as yet, but you've certainly made us want to go back after seeing your videos 🩵 We've thoroughly enjoyed watching... Looking forward to seeing the Canadian island.... 🤔
What fantastic views of Harris…the beach and its approach road reminded me of Western Ireland (the Links beach) wow!!! I have always loved Scotland (in my heritage) and its rugged landscapes but had no idea of how beautiful Lewis and Harris were…a trip for next year perhaps. Thank you Steve for a wonderful virtual trip !
Luskentyre is also my favourite beach and I spent an August bank holiday on it having a picnic and I shared it with friends and another couple walking their dog. If it was on the mainland or in the Med it would be spoiled. You were probably there at the right time before the midge made an appearance. You did have some great weather and a very calm crossing although that crossing is a lot calmer than the Ullapool route generally.
What a beautiful beach and the water was so clear. Too bad it wasn't a tad warmer. Just watching YOU drive on those very narrow roads gives me anxiety, lol. Another stellar video Steve.
I’ve just read Patrick Grant’s book Less and Donald John is mentioned. It was great to actually see him working and making such a quality product in quality surroundings. What a beautiful place Harris is, thanks for sharing
Favourite beaches on the Outer Hebs - Traigh a Bhaigh (Vatersay east), Vallay (North Uist), West Beach and East Beach Berneray - the East Beach is usually where I camp halfway through my cycle, and it looks over the Harris, simply stunning. It's crazy on the isles, when the wind drops, and 'cos there's not too many birds around certain areas, it's silent - it's why I love cycling them so much. Here's hoping you head to the Uists one day as they are far prettier than Lewis and Harris. Luskentyre is just the clickbait ;) As for DJ, keeping people like him on the islands and keeping the traditional industry alive is so important for our Scottish heritage. Re Harris Distillery - they made their whisky run first, and as that was laid down to mature, and given gin is made in the same type of still, they then made this to fill the gap until the whisky could be bottled and sold.
Can we talk about how CLEAN it is!!! No litter, I noticed lots of trash and recycling bins ❤
I love how you still used your indicators in the car and not another soul on the road , beautiful video!!
Thanks for another great Video Steve. And for those people watching, I just have to add one thing. As Steve has said before a camera or video cannot possibly capture the truly awe-inspiring beauty of the colour of the beaches, the sea and the size of the mountains besides them. So many beaches on South Harris have views which cannot be described. You HAVE to experience them to understand. There's a small coffee shop/cafe near the southerly point of Harris where you can sit outside at the end of a loch ( if I remember correctly) with mountains rising out from both sides of the loch. It truly is heaven on earth!
I always wondered about folks who kept an active car theft alarm going while on a BOAT.
A lovely series of videos Steve, thank you.
Thanks to Donald John also for giving us an insight into the making of Harris Tweed, with views like this from his workplace I would spend many a happy hour there. I do hope that there are future generations learning so that this beautiful tweed, craft and tradition is kept going on the isle where it belongs. Cheers.
I was interested that his accent was noticeably different from Steve's Doric accent. Even a non-Brit like me could hear the difference.
@@madr309 There's one or two little things Donald says which makes me suspect he prefers to speak Gaelic, at least when talking about the tweed and machinery.
I've said it before and I will say it again Scotland has some of the finest views in the world and as diverse as you could wish for, many thanks for taking us along it was pure enjoyment every minute of the journey, until next time stay safe and well, cheers from Oz.
I (a german lass😊) have travelled all around the world. And although the Hawaiian Beaches i've seen where nice, nothing can compare to Luskentyre. That has been the most stunning and beautiful beach i've ever been. I did a trip some years ago from Barra (whith loganair landing on the beach) to the Uists and then to Harris and Lewis. That was the best trip i ever made!!! I visited basicly every place that Steve did in the previous Video. So many memories...❤❤❤
I did the same trip as you. It ranks amongst the best trips ever!!
Don’t know if any of you have ever visited arisaig? I went camping there with my friend when I was 20 and I adored it, great bay for fishing, canoeing , just down the road from mallaig , really beautiful
@@COYBIG1967, i have been in Mallaig some years ago but not in Arisaig. I am now in Edinburgh but will fly home on monday ...😔
Steve... Yes the Golden Road story is true...I have visited Lewis and Harris every year twice a year for 10 years for 3 week stays each time with my boyfriend whose Mum & family are from Lewis...seen many other Isles and St.Kilda 😍 Love The Outer Hebrides 🌊🌅❤🌄🌊 I used to cry on the ferry home (full grown woman in here 50s 😂)
Stunning! Loved the Harris Tweed demo. Great to see.
Lets hope he is passing on his skills
How fascinating it was to see the foot pedal operated loom weaving the Harris tweed. A sports coat made of it would last a lifetime.
Great! Thanks for taking us along, I now feel like I have the mental stamina to manage today's 8 hour shift driving buses around Bradford... daydreaming about my next trip to Scotland.
What a beautiful place! That beach is perfect. Lovely to see a master of his craft at work too, what a legend. My Tuesday is all the better for your video. Cheers Steve
I’m from Canada and your travels soothe my soul
What can I say? I was there with you: in the car looking over the dash, the driving noises on different road surfaces, the sun in my face, the sand under my feet, the birds singing, the smell of the Tweed, the gentle waves around my ankles. It always feels like you are talking to ME, I forget about the other thousands of fellow viewers. By the way: what are you planning to celebrate the next milestone? At 30k you wore a kilt and looked smashing. Dancing a reel? Playing the bagpipe? Tossing the caber? Maybe at 200k, gives you time for training 😅
Haha I've got some planning to do eh!?
The colour and clarity of the water is just incredible. Brave man having a paddle. Randomly, Greg (as a Canadian postie) is always happy seeing his Royal Mail counterparts in the background of your videos. And enquiring minds want to know what you bought in the charity shop. Lol. Have a great week!
You seem like a nice guy, my friend. There's no reason to be lonely. Put yourself out there. People will love your company!
A wee interview with people along the way enhances your skills and adds to it all.
You've taken many hits for the channel (sleepless nights, cold wanders,...), so these are well deserved views!!
Honestly, you have to see a Western Isles beach on a fine day to believe it! You captured it really well! Loved this series - thanks for transporting me back there 🙏
It is always amazing watching a craftsman work. Now you know why the tweed is expensive but will last a lifetime, quality.
Hi Steve. The Golden Road is a ridiculously stunning drive, with a fantastic coffee stop at Skoon Gallery, Geocrab. Harris is indeed the jewel of the outer Hebrides. The world’s best beaches. Fabulous to see the Harris Tweed workshop. 👏👏👍😀
Loved paddle boarding at Luskentyre ❤ made for some pretty epic drone shots 🏄🏼♀️
Wow amazing machinery doing it the old fashioned way
The weather gods were smiling upon you on that beach. Perfect. Thanks for the views.
Approaching that beach was a sharp intake of breath moment.just stunning.the whole Island of Lewis is beautiful.thank you for that.⛴️
Hate this place. Not a tree in sight. Completely turned me off your passion for a dead place. You should include encouraging reforestation instead of the dead silence of nothing.
@@mf19856 Read up on the history and geography of these islands and you will have a better understanding of why there are very few trees. They are far from dead.
@@mf19856 maybe you need to get out a wee bit more, it will help you to clear your head and see that beauty comes in all shapes and forms, even without trees 🤔🤨
@@mf19856 You didn't look very hard then - Lews Castle in Stornoway is surrounded by them, and there are plantations by the main road south to Harris, as well as at various other, more remote locations. I think you may find that the wind and (in South Harris) absence of topsoil does actually frustrate such cultivated - or even natural growth: there are many places the money could be better spent and with much greater results. But you don't have to like it, and if noise and pollution of every sort is your thing - then you''re spoilt for choice elsewhere, I'm sure!
You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. The Outer Hebrides are one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. There are no forests because the climate does not support their growth. The people are lovely and I can’t wait to go back!
The wife & I drove up from portsmouth in an old rover estate 15 odd years ago via Liverpool, sky, uig, took the ferry to lewis, later we drove up to luskentyre beach! After onto Harris! We departed via Stornaway. when getting back to the mainland we headed east over to Dornoch The trip was just amazing!
Just spectacular. The beach, the weather and Steve Marsh …what a winning combination.
Great video Steve! It took me back to my young days in 1984 when I toured Lewis and Harris on public transport. Took the train to Inverness, the bus to Ullapool, the ferry to Stornoway, buses around Lewis and Harris then the ferry to Uig, the bus to Kyleakin, the ferry to Kyle and the train back from there. It was a great trip. I remember being on the bus coming from Callanish and the driver flagged down the Tarbert bus so I could get off, run across the road and get on - out in the wilds somewhere near Leurbost. Took a bit of planning in those days - no google maps, internet or mobiles - just timetables, paper maps and a 'Freedom of Scotland' travel pass. Enjoy your Harris Whisky 🥃 Cheers! 😊
Thanks for sharing :)
Great story. I toured the Highlands that year too. 😉
@@steve-marsh..ste I've just watched yer video before work...God I envy you..
Brilliant
That was a wonderful trip and so well filmed and produced. Harris looks unbeatable in that sunshine. The landscape and beaches are so beautiful, I would love to visit again. When I was there in the 70s and 80s I remember seeing small piles of Harris tweed by the roadside outside the crofts. It was awaiting collection and left out in all weathers, I suppose a drenching of rain would do no harm. I never did see it being woven, thanks for showing that.
As an Englishman there is nowhere I would be than the Highlands and Islands so thanks for showing them at their very best.
Marvellous scenery and a glorious beach. The visit to the tweed maker was very interesting. Gosh, he must have the strongest legs in Scotland, powering his loom as he does!
loved going with you on that journey to Harris and Lewis from the comfort of my home here in Queensland. The visit to Donald John's
workshop was a treat. What an accommodating chap he was. And getting your feet wet at Luskentyre Beach was great. I do the same
thing at beaches here. I'm 77 and call it ankle surfing. I didn't get to the Outer Hebrides on my pilgrimage to Scotland, but loved my
brief visit to Skye. Thanks for yet another cracking video Steve.
Aye Steve. Spent all my money on whisky..........and I wasted the rest! Loved the Harris tweed bit. Best of Scottish technology from many years ago. And still producing the best cloth in the world. Marvelous!
There aren’t many YT videos that get the ‘full screen’ treatment, but yours are always an exception. Just brilliant 😊
Wow! Luskintyre beach deffo must get the vote for most beautiful beach in the world. What a setting! The whole island is just amazing. Wonderful video Steve. 😎👍
Steve, I can't help thinking that if you'd been able to go to St. Kilda, we would have missed this fantastic tour--possibly your best to date. I loved every minute of it. And I'm sure that when you finally get to St. Kilda, it will have been worth waiting for. Meanwhile, thanks for this visual feast.
Even the drive home is stunning - what a trip! Scotland is amazing!
Harris Tweed….who knew, absolutely fabulous…..thanks Steve !
I really loved seeing the Harris Tweed, thanks for including that stop.
Thanks Steve, two things I took from these videos, driving across Skye to get the ferry, hadn't considered that route. Secondly those beaches, worth the trip for that alone 🚢 👍
Breathtaking! Another world! Fascinating, interesting visiting Harris Tweed. Thanks so much for taking us along and for your delightful sense of humor : =) !!!!
Loved that Steve. You may be right, Harris is probably the most beautiful island, but you’ve not done Arran, Islay & Jura or Mull yet…
Great to see you go to the Harris Distillery. The Hearach whisky is the main reason the distillery is there, but you you have to let the spirit mature for years and so a lot of distilleries have turned to gin and vodka to generate cashflow and establish their brand. The Harris gin though is the absolute best. Harris distillery is not the first one in the Hebrides. Abhainn Dearg has been going for about 15 years on the west side of Lewis. Barra will start making whisky shortly too and there is likely to be a new one in the Uists.
Steve that was the very best road trip video I have ever seen
The Outer Hebrides an Skye are the most stunning places in the world. Thank you so much for taking me back it was so good, many memories from the same trip I did a few years ago. Hope I can go again soon.
Keep up your great work it gives so much pleasure to so many people. THANKS AGAIN
Have loved these recent Harris/Lewis videos, Steve. They’ve given me a real hankering to visit that part of the world.
Wow, Scotland is so beautiful and you do a wonderful job of showing us all the breathtaking sights. Thanks!
I was fortunate enough to visit this beach as a boy in 1980. Great to see that big tourism hasn't taken over the place and it still looks the same over 40 years later!
Potholes in Harris too, so much for the golden road.
Great vid.
That beach was gorgeous. My favorite beach that I’ve been to was Key West, Florida USA. I bet the Tweed man had leg muscles hard as rocks.
The sights and sounds of Luskentyre made me emotional. WOW.
Thanks for a stunning 3 part series Steve. Looking forward to your Canadian one next. I can't remember when i came across your channel but I'm so glad I did. Thank you for how down to earth and honest you are with the places you visit. Cheers
My favourite beach on Harris is Huisinis by far! What a reward at the end of the long windy road, and the Highland Cows on the beach is a bonus!
You are a very good ambassador to your beautiful country.👍🏻👍🏻
The first time we visited our heart skipped a beat .. or that may have been the wind and the sidewards rain .. still it was incredible and we have been back since a few times … what I love about Harris is getting away from the Luskentyre beach and that area and all of a sudden you can have some incredible places all to yourself …
Absolutely stunning Steve, your channel will be a boost for the Scottish tourist board...
There is also Abhainn Dearg whisky distillery on Lewis which has been there a fair bit longer than Harris distillery. Located on a farm it's a very unique place to visit.
We managed to get a bottle of the Hearach batch #1 on release day but as yet remajns unopened! And yes, I always carry emergency swimming shorts with me 😄
great coverage the looms superb still watching thanks from oz
Beautiful! Thank You! There is a hymn: "how beautiful Heaven would be!" I would say: Scotland is like a foretaste of Heaven to me!
That was a lovely surprise on a Tuesday in Australia. Thank you for taking us to that so-peaceful part of the world.
Since you asked, Cinnamon Bay, USVI, and the underwater trail. Love your channel and videos... thanks for taking us alone!
Now I know where beautiful Harris tweed comes from. And, that beach!
The first time I drove to Luskentyre beach, i didnt know of its existence, it was a day like you had, and my jaw dropped the whole way. Been to surfers paradise in oz, Varedero in Cuba, Venice beach , and many others inthe Carribean, but Luskentyre is my No 1
Thank you for doing these videos Steve I’m getting to see a lot of places through watching these that I will probably never get to myself
Just watched these three videos of Harris and Lewis. Great stuff.
"The battle of Culloden Moor - Just like Montrose on a Saturday night" ...
Priceless.
And here was me thinking the "Butt of Lewis" was an F1 car seat!??
Steve, I hope you go back to Spain and explore more of the towns/cities in the north like San Sebastian, Bilbao, A Coruna, Oviedo but also the south with Cadiz, Malaga, Almeria, Murcia and Alicante. I really enjoy your calm, laid back style that you use. Many travel vloggers are always looking for the chaos and can be over the top. I am an explorer so just seeing you walk through sometimes mundane streets or neighborhoods is quite relaxing and what I love to do. You never know what you will find around the next corner. Keep up the great work and hopefully see you back in Spain!
Llanes was fantastic!
Is loved watching the man weaving! I've really enjoyed all of your videos about Scotland. I just took my first trip ever there with my daughter, rented a car and went all kinds of places and had a wonderful time. (Except we're American and driving was terrifying at times😅)Scotland and it's people will stay with me forever.
St.Kilda would have been fantastic Steve but those few nights on Harris must have been the best cancellation you have ever had! I have to see Luskentyre in the flesh as it looks out of this world. BTW, my own favourite beach is Traigh an t-Suidh, the north beach on the tip of Iona as we have had very happy memories there. It's another stunner, although Luskentyre looks even better.
Noting these down :)
What a great surprise a Steve video popping up on a Tuesday morning ❤. A lovely gentle way to start the day.
I must thank you (and Scott) for keeping it real, beautiful scenery and 'ordinary ' hotels, cafes etc. so many tubers show posh extravagant places out of reach of ordinary folks, way beyond what my budget ever was!
Thank you once again, looking forward to you Canadian adventures.
As an after thought, you could have indulged in a spot of skinny dipping😂😂
Seeing Luskentyre beach again on your video has allowed me to compare it with the beaches on the island of Sanday in Orkney which we've just left today and I reckon Sanday has it by a way as every one of its beaches is absolutely stunning. I have yet to visit a Scottish island that isn't beautiful and we've now visited most of them. A truly amazing country.
So fortunate with that gorgeous weather. That beach though…my envy knows no bounds 😄
so lucky with the weather. It certainly makes the experience so attractive. Nice ferry too.
Harris definitely has the best beaches in the UK.
I sent pictures home ,people thought I'd gone to the Maldives.
I love the sound of a hattersely loom.
Luskentyre looked busy ! Few years ago was just me and my Springer called Sybil !
It's so peaceful and quiet Steve 🤫 😌
Thanks Steve, for completing your trip for us to see. The Island was beautiful to see and completes your trip.
That moment of yours reminds me of stopping along the A93 between Perth and Braemar. The silence within the scope of the landscape was deafening and beautiful. We still recall that moment from years ago with the phrase, "the quietest place in the world". Thanks for taking us along to Harris/Lewis Steve!
Just as I like it, friendly people, great landscape, clean and tidy (noticed the wheely bin) a good meal along the way.
My mum’s cousin was Harris Tweed weaver in Stornoway in the1950’s, 60’s, 70’s + He was featured on a lot of the promotional material of the time, as they had started using more colour for the new designers of the late 60’s and 70’s.
amazing. beaches, shops, mountains...everything
I first started watching your channel on my laptop before progressing to watching your videos along with my wife on our Smart TV, Steve. This time round, I would certainly recommend the latter with its larger screen, to get the most out of the views of that magnificent landscape that you brilliantly captured in this video. Fair cheered us up given the current inclement weather here in Scotland. Just a pity Alicja missed out on that occasion.
Absolute paradise when the sun shines✨
As a fan of Iain Banks, I was delighted to see the home of the Luskentyrians, the (fictional) religious community that forms the centre of his novel "Whit". It helps to expand my understanding of the story.
Great video, as ever.
Cheers Steve. I’m bookmarking some of these amazing places you show when I do a road trip up to the Highlands. Luskentyre beach can hold its own to anywhere in the world 👍
Hi Steve, thank you so much for bringing Harris back to us. We were married on Northton beach 5 years ago. We had some of our wedding pictures taken on luskentyre beach, with Taransay in the distance. We've not been back as yet, but you've certainly made us want to go back after seeing your videos 🩵
We've thoroughly enjoyed watching... Looking forward to seeing the Canadian island.... 🤔
What fantastic views of Harris…the beach and its approach road reminded me of Western Ireland (the Links beach) wow!!!
I have always loved Scotland (in my heritage) and its rugged landscapes but had no idea of how beautiful Lewis and Harris were…a trip for next year perhaps.
Thank you Steve for a wonderful virtual trip !
Luskentyre is also my favourite beach and I spent an August bank holiday on it having a picnic and I shared it with friends and another couple walking their dog. If it was on the mainland or in the Med it would be spoiled. You were probably there at the right time before the midge made an appearance. You did have some great weather and a very calm crossing although that crossing is a lot calmer than the Ullapool route generally.
What a beautiful beach and the water was so clear. Too bad it wasn't a tad warmer. Just watching YOU drive on those very narrow roads gives me anxiety, lol. Another stellar video Steve.
Just got back from Culloden, Steve - on the Calmac to Harris next year, it's still looking beautiful.
Lucked out with the weather in the end ! We stayed near Callanish, cottage owner was weaving in his shed in the garden, fascinating. Thanks Steve.
I’ve just read Patrick Grant’s book Less and Donald John is mentioned. It was great to actually see him working and making such a quality product in quality surroundings. What a beautiful place Harris is, thanks for sharing
Hi Steve Paul from Kent what a lovely place and the fantastic views Scotland is a lovely place especially the islands take care
Keep your eyes open for the car ramps along the golden road.
Hard to believe that beach is in Scotland! It looks so warm! My favourite is Praia Felix in Ubatuba, Brazil.
Wow absolutely stunning place..so lucky with the weather too😊
Harris is just Wow! The whole island is breathtaking. Wonderful video Steve you've made.
That beach , those skies , what a trip ! Thank you for sharing it with us
Love Harris. Thanks for taking us back there 😊
Favourite beaches on the Outer Hebs - Traigh a Bhaigh (Vatersay east), Vallay (North Uist), West Beach and East Beach Berneray - the East Beach is usually where I camp halfway through my cycle, and it looks over the Harris, simply stunning. It's crazy on the isles, when the wind drops, and 'cos there's not too many birds around certain areas, it's silent - it's why I love cycling them so much. Here's hoping you head to the Uists one day as they are far prettier than Lewis and Harris. Luskentyre is just the clickbait ;) As for DJ, keeping people like him on the islands and keeping the traditional industry alive is so important for our Scottish heritage. Re Harris Distillery - they made their whisky run first, and as that was laid down to mature, and given gin is made in the same type of still, they then made this to fill the gap until the whisky could be bottled and sold.
My favourite beach; Gillam bay, Green Turtle Kay, Abaco, Bahamas. Beautiful in it's own way and MUCH warmer
Thanks for this I must visit Harris it is beautiful beyond words.
Another great trip! Thank you so much. I always enjoy your journeys with all of my heart. Best greetings from Namibia!