23: History of Gaelic Schools; Magnet Fishing Under an Ancient Bridge; Garden Rescue; Making Salt

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Title music 'Wild Mountain Thyme'; a traditional Scottish folk tune, performed by Tara Howley.
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Reidun Schlesinger on harp, a Belgian classically-trained musician plays Fanny Power, attributed to Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).
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Reidun Schlesinger on harp, a Belgian classically-trained musician, playing Blind Mary - attributed to Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).
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Rocio Galena playing The Clergy's Lamentation, traditional Irish folk tune by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).
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@TheScottishIsle 10 месяцев назад

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@canoefor-one1102 11 месяцев назад

I always enjoy Kate's hard working, ever cheerful segments.

@UnplugToRecharge 11 месяцев назад

Amazing how much Kate does! 😮

@blupoppy608 11 месяцев назад

another beautifully well done video, I look forward to all your productions..the more the merrier, thank you xx

@justmeted1969 11 месяцев назад

That look she gives when he says it's gonna be the last toss. I've seen it this side of the pond. Tread lightly, Scott!

@j.ivaneljohnson685 11 месяцев назад

I laughed right out loud on that look, haha!

@shellydunn9710 11 месяцев назад

Thank you Katie for showing us magnet fishing. Looks fun to me.

@judymcgovern8454 6 месяцев назад

Fabulous, loved the old schoolhouse. If walls could talk, thinking back to the day it would have been so cold at times. X

@JuvenileJinx 6 месяцев назад

You should toss the magnet on beaches on your island, around old peers or landings. I bet there is a treasure trove of goodies right under your nose.

@mgrizz2386 11 месяцев назад

My mother always said the devil cannot corner ye in a building without corners......

@rosemarymee Месяц назад

That’s why the church in Bowmore on Islay has no corners.

@kudzumoose3861 11 месяцев назад

Love the pictures of the trees, leaves and bracken! Especially enjoy the musings about the history and purpose of the structures you find. Absolutely fascinating. Look forward to your videos each weekend.

@user3-3204 10 месяцев назад

I loved your comment about teaching them the Bible!

@bonniefrench9884 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful scenery. The orange tree, stone wall, green grass. Awesome. The sea, etc. Stone walls ate such a testimony to skilled know-how and hard work.

@christinehodge3608 7 месяцев назад

Good video again

@camf53 11 месяцев назад

❤ I absolutely love love these videos!

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!!

@KeithHolmes-sx7sy 7 месяцев назад

As well as bird feeders it would also be interesting to put up different types of bird nest boxes (to suit the bird species in the area). Plenty of ideal places around the cottage. Some lovely potential camera shots of the action.

@tot1888 11 месяцев назад

Thank you Scott & Kate for another Amazing Video. Luv the schoolhouse history! I kept thinking-how do you catch fish with a magnet? lol...Beautiful Autumn Colors! thks kath (Scott, take care of that knee)

@cynthiabruns7178 11 месяцев назад

I enjoy the bagpipes, they match the beautiful scenery. Your attempts at magnet fishing remind me of our first try. Here in Buckhorn the canal looks promising…but finds are scarce. The colours are lovely, we had a beautiful fall display this year, afraid most leaves have fallen now and snow mixed with rain is forecast for tomorrow. Look forward to your videos, keep them coming.

@lyndapattison5023 11 месяцев назад

you two are so hard working, love your videos I find them so relaxing

@UnplugToRecharge 11 месяцев назад

The two of them 😂

@ltmltm1 11 месяцев назад

Being from Scotland The tune was one of my dads favourite songs

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

Aye, it's a beautiful one!

@barbarakloise6790 11 месяцев назад

Gorgeous bridge glad they kept it.

@loulaevert-smith1728 11 месяцев назад

How lucky you are to be able to touch and see the past, through your own eyes. Bery interesting walk.....thank you for that! Have an amazing week!!!!!

@hanneliewiese3477 11 месяцев назад

Just magnificent scenery !

@lisasmith7854 11 месяцев назад

I hope you will try the magnet fishing again .

@raydavis6979 9 месяцев назад

Deer are like people: they like shelter in storms, especially against the wind. Thus the trails to the old walls.

@allonesame6467 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful landscaping and walk. Blessings.

@jackiesaylor2487 11 месяцев назад

Kate, I also heard that devils lurk in corners. But I'll bet the corners are rounded because there's less chance of them falling in or out if the stones are cruved it seems like they are more sturdy than a sharp corner.

@aprildixon-ff1bc 11 месяцев назад

Hello from us in Alaska, you, too, are my favorites to watch on RU-vid. Thanks for the vlog:)

@lizstevenson7801 11 месяцев назад

I have watched a few metal detecterist that do rivers and stream edges, also using strainer pans. They always aim for the edge of a curve in the river or stream at often coins get brushed along by stones and gravel with the natural force of the strong water flow. Great colours of Autumn showing on your Island now, that view of the tree boughs all twisting and gnarly look fantastic. Thank you for sharing. 💕🇦🇺

@lorrainemorris527 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely stunning views. Autumn 🍁🍂🌿🍁🍂🍁🍂 is here every thing is going to sleep, and I love the music 🎶🎵🎶 so relaxing .🫶

@MattyO-72 11 месяцев назад

Hello friends ! All the best

@sallystanley4526 10 месяцев назад

Love the magnet fishing 😊

@smgreenartsprivate 6 месяцев назад

If you could rebuild the two structures one could be used to store wood and the other a studio ;)

@nadineveitch5837 11 месяцев назад

It always amazes me in the old buildings just how square they could get those door ways, real craftsmen alright!

@mariarobinson-jh7dm 11 месяцев назад

Another spectacular video. Love the fall colors and the views. I also love the stacked stone walls of the school house. Always amazing how tight the fit between the stone. Master craftsmen.

@lauraautry6992 11 месяцев назад

The colors of the island are so beautiful…enjoy these videos so much 🤗❤️🍁🍁

@luciwilloughby9657 7 месяцев назад

The wind is why they are curved.

@Rbmc2611 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful trees! You have Amazing views.

@rosielee8381 11 месяцев назад

Fabulous autumn colours! I hope you are able to discover the history of the schoolhouse. When I was little I attended an old school in the country and the windows were always high up so the children couldn't look out of them and be distracted from their lessons. We had a stove in the middle of the classroom with a cage round it and in winter we sat round it and fell asleep after lunch.

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

What a sweet memory. 😊

@LC-d5h 11 месяцев назад

Really enjoyed this week's relaxing video you two make things interesting for us all (must be the antique dealers in you )

@The-Highlands 7 месяцев назад

The reason the corners are curved it’s because the arch is the strongest form of architectural structure. Bridges, doors and domes all are part of the geometric shape of the circle that is resting on itself. In order to resist the pressure exerted upon it the majority of the castles have turrets that resemble a circle or half of a circle. It makes them indestructible. Simple

@janisgriffin7278 10 месяцев назад

The many stones could be used to make a lovely rock garden. Portulaca would be a nice easy plant….

@Rbmc2611 11 месяцев назад

Is that Nessie in water behind you digging ? Water break with something’s sticking up! 🧐 I just stated watching and I will go through all. Love it already.❤️

@ritahobbs5256 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful ❤

@paulaharris4667 11 месяцев назад

Enjoyed the video ❤

@timlarcombe9096 11 месяцев назад

I have to say the stair landscaping is way better than I thought it was so I take back my muttered negative comments 👍

@kathleenhoney 10 месяцев назад

I’m always amazed how did they build those bridges?

@whiskeycook3323 11 месяцев назад

The landscaping is looking beautiful. Lots of hard work

@jennifercopley1626 11 месяцев назад

I like the curves as an anti roman statement. And next step of the salt extraction... I've never seen this process.

@rosemarymee Месяц назад

Trouble is that the Celts and Picts were building round houses long before the Romans arrived. Brochs and crannogs were well established in Scotland.

@greenb5716 11 месяцев назад

I wonder what you would find if you drag the magnet around some of the ruins. Maybe some old lost treasure or coins. 🙂

@janinafisher101 11 месяцев назад

Too bad you can't catch fish with a magnet! LOL! Really interesting to see the buildings and pathways and get a bit of the history of the place!

@justmeted1969 11 месяцев назад

Curved walls to make them stronger and more stable?

@rebeccanicoll2550 11 месяцев назад

Glorious autumn colors!❤

@dr62220 11 месяцев назад

amazing who built that school. what children were taught there some might have been our greatgrand parents. stacking stones to making a facility. wouldn't happen now

@pcs2511 11 месяцев назад

Love the pipes. The stone work in these old buildings.Can anyone do that type of work anymore? And the thatch what was that made of?

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

Yes, there are stonemasons who're trained to do that kind of walling. I think perhaps there's more call for them to build boundary walls these days if they're working from scratch, instead of entire houses. But they do repair and rebuild old stone houses. And thatch would have been dependent on the environment at hand; some used heather, some straw, some reed, even sods of turf. Kx

@pcs2511 11 месяцев назад

@@TheScottishIsle Wow that tight stonework is amazing.I take it that there are people who still do thatching if you want it.But I would think maintenance would be expensive and a headache

@dyannejohnson6184 4 месяца назад

Lots of wind on your island…possible wind blowing by will not weaken by wear-on round corners??

@mackers5205 11 месяцев назад

Drone footage and LiDar scan would show so much hidden on the island

@judyholdsworth7096 7 месяцев назад

Some say that stone buildings often have round corners so that carts don’t get caught on them as they pass around them.

@billathighwoods4289 11 месяцев назад

Use the lumber and creat Airbnb from the auld bothy

@diggerdi46 11 месяцев назад

Are any of the ruined buildings you show on the island? Secondly, if you get a boat will you be able to bring it up to the front of the cottage? It would make it far easier to transport things.

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

Not the ones in this video. And, yes, we have a jetty right out front which we're looking forward to using very much! Kx

@obiwankenobi6952 11 месяцев назад

Lovely….. the Landscaping at the Steps is coming along….aren’t there any Scottish bred Roses that could be planted there next to the Steps ? They are very hardy and don’t mind Salty Environments…❤❤

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

That could be nice - we would need to plant them just out of reach of the sheep, but it's do-able! They like the taste of rose...! Kx

@obiwankenobi6952 11 месяцев назад

@@TheScottishIsle Okay…I forgot the sheep…😌😁

@obiwankenobi6952 11 месяцев назад

@@TheScottishIsle just looked it up, the true Scottish Rose is a kind like Wild Rose, very Hardy, the refined Hybrid would be Stanwell Perpetual, a very good Rose..

@sidekickbob7227 11 месяцев назад

No mason, so this are my guesses. Those rounded corners needs less material than a sharp corner. Also you don't need to source stones suited (two vertical sides in 90 degrees) for corners. Less work is often the reason why things are done in certain ways.

@susanross1651 10 месяцев назад

In some ways I find it quite sad to see all the crumbling houses & walls that someone in the past spent an awful lot of time & energy creating. It wasn’t just building them & the energy that took, but the enormous amount of time they must have spent gathering all the stone together in one place.

@charlotteargabright409 10 месяцев назад

Might need a more powerful magnet

@wildflower1335 11 месяцев назад

magnet fishing....vaccinating!

@billathighwoods4289 11 месяцев назад

For the mud, sawdust

@mr.underhill7072 11 месяцев назад

Did the island once have a big population ?

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

Never very large on the island, but the wider community incorporating the mainland coast was bustling! Kx

@katrinagibson6559 8 месяцев назад

Hello katie and scot, i was wondering if you would be permitted to make your own construction of a round house or similar using the material available from broken off stone from the old buildings, as a wee project?

@TheScottishIsle 8 месяцев назад

Those buildings over on the mainland are owned by a neighbour, so probably not. But, we've got lots of wood if we did want to embark on a project like that on the island. I think this year we'll concentrate on the house and smallholding, then think about fun projects like that later. Kx

@katrinagibson6559 8 месяцев назад

@TheScottishIsle oh yes ofcourse you both have a lot of home stuff to do first, and I must have missed the part about those being in the mainland, I thought some of the small constructions were on the Isle with you 🙃

@ThatKraZeeKanuck 11 месяцев назад

So you own the cottage but not the island? Either way it’s so beautiful!

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

We don't own either! Thank you for your interest and for watching! It's certainly beautiful. Kx

@ThatKraZeeKanuck 11 месяцев назад

@@TheScottishIsle wait… you are doing all that work for someone else to benefit… wow they are lucky! Good on you for doing it and loving it all at the same time

@laurastrom9857 11 месяцев назад

Wondering if this is on your island or mainland

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

On the mainland, on the old route to a township over there.

@whiskeycook3323 11 месяцев назад

So, was your island inhabited with a community if there was a schoolhouse

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

It was at one stage, yes - admittedly a small community. But the school house we show here is just over the channel on the mainland. Kx

@whiskeycook3323 11 месяцев назад

@@TheScottishIslethank you. I have shared your videos with family as we have enjoyed every visit we had to Scotland, 6 so far.

@tkaald 11 месяцев назад

I was told reason why new school house is on other side of island is the Lady hated the noise of children.

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

I had heard that about the old schoolhouse, too! Kx

@SpiritualQuest11.11 11 месяцев назад

I love your sharing of info and scenery, but it was just too much jumping back and forth .

@SpiritualQuest11.11 11 месяцев назад

@carolynhoover9444 Yes, starting a story, then mid stream change to another. Don't get me wrong, I love them and their story .

@EmilyBoltz 11 месяцев назад

@@SpiritualQuest11.11I get what you are saying. They start a task and we don’t see the outcome. Luckily it is all beautiful so I try not to worry about a continuous story line 🥰

@TheScottishIsle 11 месяцев назад

How would we fit in a plot twist if we don't keep y'all on yer toes?! 😉