Travel and Culture in Caledonia - From Beautiful Islands to Brutalist Buildings, and Painters to Poets - I aim to open your eyes to all that Scotland has to offer. See also my sister channel Travel Obscurer for destinations and experiences further afield - Jonathan Wheeler (Burnt-out lawyer turned passionate film-maker)
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What a great event - it exceeded all my expectations. I think everyone should appreciate the incredible amount of work that Stuart and other members of the committee put into this. Months and months of planning. Thank you to everyone who participated in the film and to Jamie Grant for the great drone footage.
Love mallaig youst to get a ferry boat out to the isle of canna in my younger days to study the sea bird colonies with the boys from drumnadrocht great memories cheers vicars 😊
Love the boat trip you showed from Mallaig to inverie, beautifully done.! Can you tell me what the music is.? I've just started watching your videos, EXCELLENT !!😊
I'm delighted you're enjoying the films! I source the music for the films from a library website called Artlist. I'm afraid I can't remember what the name of that piece of music was. If you enjoy my style of travel film then note that my main RU-vid channel (featuring international destinations) is Travel Obscurer. Lots to see there!
SpendingThree nights in Mallaig in early July. Hoping to visit Eigg and maybe squeeze in a wee jaunt over to Armadale on Skye. Thanks for the short Eigg insight.
You're welcome. Have a great time in Mallaig. There's a film about Mallaig on the channel, as well as trips from Mallaig to Inverie and Muck. The choice of boat trips is so tempting.
Just stumbled across this video, what a breath of fresh air! So beautiful and peaceful. I do hope it doesn't go the same way as all other quiet little villages that suddenly grow and become the opposite of what they used to be. Remote, quiet villages will only attract those who really want to be there and who truly value what they find.
I don't think there's any danger of Inverie growing too large. The challenge has always been for it to remain in existence at all. If you like this film then you should also watch my film about the nearby Isle of Eigg - another uplifting film about a remote community.
In 2004 while home in Edinburgh from Redcliffe Queensland i decided to go up to Mallaig for a few days, when i was at the train station in Glasgow i got talking to a lass from Coolum Queensland which is about 60 miles north of where i live. Anyway we had a talk on the train while heading north .And she said to me she was going to work in the pub at Knoydart for 6 months, she had never poured a beer before but the pub owner said she will learn in a couple of days , she was about 32 and said it was the last time she could work in Scotland. heres hoping the lass had a great time while there . Duncan Pitkeathly.
20 years ago my Fell terrier and I hiked across the peninsula - the day we walked into the village was in torrential rain - walked into the pub there for a quick beer before catching boat back to Malliaig. I seem to remember it was precarious getting on/off the boat with a heavy sack and a dog under my arm. I remember seeing lots of abandoned houses probably part of highland clearances - was a magic place back then - hope the magic has not been lost
It looks lovely indeed. Like it's on the far side of the world. Good thing you indicated that it rains a lot there, with what you've shown on that video, could've easily fooled me. Great job as usual
I`ve lived most of my life in EK and still have great affection for the town; I must agree with another posting on here - South Lanarkshire Council have presided over the town`s decline. My father worked for the development corporation and was involved with building much of the housing and several of the public buildings.
Probably one of the only new towns in Scotland that became a success story. I quite like it there, there are a good number of local amenities and attractions, very friendly people, good services. Reminded me a bit of some of the schemes here in Dundee. People wrongfully tar these towns as being soulless because they lack the history and identity long-established settlements have, but we must remember that all towns start out like this. New towns have also produced a lot of culture. To name a few, Billy Connoly was born in Cumbernuald and former captain of Rangers, Ally McCoist, was from East Kilbride. Rome wasn't built in a day. You make your own history. The Dollan Aqua Centre is my particular favourite. Japanese 'brutalist' architecture resembles more the retro futuristic utopian vision they were going for known as metabolism. The V&A in Dundee (although my feelings on it are mixed) is beautiful in it's design. The concrete panelling combined with the odd shape makes it look like a spaceship has landed on the waterfront. This is the kind of image that British brutalist architects of the '50s and '60s were going for. Most of the time, it doesn't translate from pen to paper. The SKARNE blocks in Whitfield became a crime and poverty-infested nightmare and got demolished within 30 years. A big reason why I think the Aqua Centre and the V&A look so good in comparison to other brutalist buildings is because they still resemble the artistic symmetry of traditional buildings while incorporating modern design and material. That's a big philosophy of Kengo Kuma's work. He makes concrete look as light and gentle as wood through his use of natural design. They aren't just daunting concrete boxes that penetrate the sky like multis. It needs to blend in and resemble natural shapes we see and use. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office looks stunning. That's what a lot of these new towns are missing. Everything looks dull and grey.
Beautiful Mallaig, so proud to have grown up here. Funnily enough my first job was cleaning at the Moorings and one of my last before moving away was as a waitress at The Cornerstone (both with different management at the time) Cannot wait to go back this July to see family <3
Missed my annual trip to Islay last year, so this video smile with a little nostalgia. Such a lovely island. Thanks for the video as well as the one on the ferries. Hopefully my next trip will be on one of the new ones.
I never knew these Elephants could be found in different places in East Kilbride, but here's a fun fact: the public playground just off of Adelaide Road (also visible in the background at 1:17) is known locally as the 'Elephant Park' due to the three stone elephants that are there :)
No sooner had I made this film than the Isle of Cumbrae was sent away to deal with yet another Calmac ferry problem. Never a dull moment on the Scottish ferries!
@@eyescotland I’m English with a Scots mother, now deceased. In 1973 I thought I might live in Scotland. I was well prepared having learned Scots songs and verse, from my melodeon, tin whistle and mouth organ playing Uncle. All of which he played by ear and I think were tunes handed down through generations. In my home town, “Little Scotland,” I’d even gone “guising.” at Halloween, armed with a lengthy and amusing verse, we entertained briefly in peoples’ sitting rooms and were given nuts, oranges, apples sixpences and any other small pieces of cash. Arriving in East Kilbride to live with my cousin, and immediately engaged in the cultural life of the town, pints of heavy with the occasional whisky round when it was half an hour before closing. Supporting Hamilton Accies and alternately the ‘Well in the days of Ian St. John, and evenings quite shamefully, in retrospect, attending Scottish Nationalist dances, where the dancing was traditional. All this fell apart, when I went for job interviews.I was told, “you're the wrong class of person for this job," and I kid you not, “ why don’t you go back to where you come from, there are no jobs for you here.” The following year, I followed my brother to Australia, and have lived happily ever after, as all fairy stories go.
@@user-zo2rj2zi9g I’m now a resident of Australia, but given that my mother was Scots, I spent almost two months of my childhood and early teenage years in Blantyre with my grandmother. The driver of a Seniors bus outing, who had lived much of his life in Blantyre, corrected me, when I spoke of Blantyre, the second syllable rhyming with fire, and also like you, speaking of the Calder. His pronunciation was “Blantur” with the second syllable rhyming with fur, and Cother with the first syllable sounded like “caw” the sound of a crow. I can understand why you should pronounce Calderwood in the way you do.
@@stpeterscooksriver1873 I’m also living in Australia, but not in Sydney as I’m guessing you are? Blantyre and Blantur were pretty interchangeable when I was growing up, heard it pronounced both ways.
Thank you for a wonderful effort, about a place I lived, most of the time, from 11 to 15, when I came to Australia. I went to High School in Glasgow, and I'll always remember how my 'place' was reserved for me on the bus every morning by my fellow travellers. I queued with everyone else for the opening of the Dolan Baths, and I could tell a wee story about the elevator at the Library. Thank you, again, for recalling some of my best years. Charles Craig
Thank you so much. Yes, like D&G itself I think my film is an undiscovered gem. Unfortunately the local tourist agencies didn't want to share it. A bit of a shame when by contrast I can put out a film about Riyadh on my main channel (Travel Obscurer) and get 36k views in the first few weeks. I need some local champions - feel free to share and tell people to watch and subscribe. Thanks again!
I lived in West mains road ,,across from John Campbells garage .My family where one of the 1st families in EK when it was a village and my grandfather and uncles looked after the town clock ..My uncles had all the pigeon lofts beside the train station on Torrance Road ..
Every town has good and bad ,We live in a lovely area but one of the houses in our street was a drug den selling ,murder happened near the metro st .So its happening everywhere and probably going to get worse .Take care
Nice video!!! Ive been trying to see if i can move there!! But im waiting to finish studying medicine in my country. Im really hoping i can live there soon!!
Beautiful Monastery, may the teachings which can be seen visually beautiful, pleasing to hear and learn, may the hidden teachings which are difficult to find be practiced and preserved for eternity. Peaceful Scotland. 🙏🙏🙏💎💎💎
Was lovely to meet you at the Gable and to see your Utube Video in completion . Well done . Im sure if you reach out to Portsoy Photographer Allan Robertson and to Chris Thomson or Mike Ogletree of Cafe Jaques . They would be happy to collaborate with you on your Scotish Utube Chanel . With Tracks like Eberehtel to Allan's Fabulouse Harbour Sea Storm Pictures . Best of luck . Irma 🌊 🎶
