Farming seaweed-eating sheep on a remote island in Orkney 

Hello! If you're wondering why you've seen this episode before, it's because I had some audio issues with it so I have re-uploaded. It's new and improved now! :)

Im glad I’ve found your channel. Your care of your parents speaks to the great people they are in raising a son like you. BZ

Your Mother is a top class lass

When I was a child we had all sorts of animals that needed extra care including a rare breed Soay lamb with tight curly brown wool who had a broken leg. I loved him so much. On walks to strengthen his leg, people would ask "what kind of dog is that?" lol.

Hamish I binge watched all your video YESTERDAY….I AM IN ABSOLUTE AMAZEMENT AWE AND ADMIRATION FOR BOTH YOUR PARENTS AND YOU THREE BOYS… SUCH A HARD WORKING DEDICATED TREMENDOUSLY REMARKABLE COUPLE…I am seventy years old and relate to having possibly having to give up on some aspects of my life…HONESTLY I AM ABSOLUTELY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIDEOS AND RORY TOO. MUCH LOVE TO YOUR PARENTS AND ALL OF YOU FROM CALGARY CANADA 🇨🇦

wow, from san portablo here, just found the channel, roughly the same age as your parents, so can empathise with it all, no need fo me to say anything, i think its all been said, but full respect for your Mum, .....and of course your dad. and all your family for helping out there. will keep watching thats for sure, and of course wishing best of everything, ....

Greetings from Poland another beautiful video and your family 's experiences. Thank you very much.

Well worth another view. This series is such a lovely introduction to your parents and life on the island.

i enjoy your videos, thank you for helping your parents, u r a human

Your mother is connected to nature , she is so interesting to listen to . I hope you will continue to be there for her .

This channel was out of left field and has me in tears. You trained your whole life to tell this story and love is palpable in your video. What a intimate revelation to everyone. Thanks for letting us in and will be here for the next.

Her description sounds like a bit of heaven.❤

Your parents have lived a good life 💪👍♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank you RU-vid algorithm New sub

Great as usual Hamish, all the best!

The bird sounds are reminiscent of our swamp sounds in Louisiana ; thanks from old New Orleans 😀 !

Another example of intending to look at just a few minutes of footage and watching the whole thing. I love the pace and the editing plus some of the shot framing (eg the moving tractor tyre in shot) - really nice approach to considering everything that appears on screen. The sound balance is great too, background music not too intrusive. And the quality of the footage is so impressive - please do a small episode on your kit and approach to filming. As a panacea to the hectic life most of us lead your episodes have a true medicinal effect - thank you.

What a magnificent life your parents created for all of you. I would be so thankful if I’d ever have that opportunity. Thank you for sharing it with us and hope that your father doesn’t suffer much to this dreadful disease.

What a life.... just incredible to see you guys.👍

Loved watching it again. And it won't be the last time. What a gem

This is a wonderful story of life in all its glory and somewhat heartbreaking at the same time. Beautiful family, friends and wildlife. Documenting this for us all to see must be amazing and difficult at the same time.

I wish your Mum & Dad and family my best wishes and my few miserable prayers that you will get the consolations and blessings that are so well deserved. The love ever present in these short videos is to be recognised and admired . May our God bless all of you in the uncertain future that you face.

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Again, thank you for sharing your family life with us. It's harsh but unbelievably beautiful and pristine place on our planet. Lots of hugs to all of you from Airdrie, Canada.

I hope you keep making new videos of the happenings on the island and your wonderful family and friends.

What a beautiful video and a beautiful family.

As a Norwegian from the southwest coast of Norway I find the videos about your parents absolutely fascinating. I hope the North Ronaldsay sheep breed will survive. In Norway we almost lost our old sheep breed. If interested you might show your parents this little RU-vid film about our old Norwegian Sheep breed : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1nTvxWbif4g.html

Your mum's last words of the video made my tear up. I live in the US and love all things wool. I once dreamed of having a small spinning flock and read about the Ronaldsay breed and their seaweed eating ability. Thank you for sharing this wonderfully different way of life on a remote island.

Years ago I stayed at the Orkney island and saw the wool of those sheep. I am spinning wool myself and never I had such wonderful wool!! It is truly a wonder special breed. I hope the flock can be saved. I would love to buy a fleece from your wool, is this possible? I love your videos. Can you not keep a cottage for holidays? A kind of working holidays, helping the tasks which needs to be done? Thanks a lot for those videos, they are so precious and wonderful! All the best for your mam and your dad! Greetings from Belgium.

Thankyou for sharing such a wonderful Place . I hope some pne will come along and want to shepherd theise sheep . What a neat breed . Thankyou again .

I stumbled on your account because i was curious about peat harvesting. I have never been happier to stumble upon a channel in my life. Bless you and your lovely family!

Wow that auld fergie was music tae ma ears,hold on for as long as you can guys,cheers fae Pat, 👍🏻👍🏻

Your mum is badass

Looks amazingly peaceful x

i am from NEWFOUNLAND CANADA we were a ENGLAND colony till 1949 we are an island in the atlantic ocean, i lost 2 uncles in the ww2 when my father died i would visit my mother weekly and buy her her dinners,

Hey..i have so much respect fod your parents..ive dreamed of such a life..but with money constraints..its awfully hard and quite disheartening. I'm a trained dementia carer..and can fully understand the difficulties encountered..

Your family are amazing, to live a difficult way of life, but the rewards and achievements obviously outweigh them. Hope the farm will carry on and a future guardian is nearby

hello hamish, i,ve just came accross you video,s a couple of days ago & i,ve watched everyone of them & also enjoyed everyone of them too, & i,ve also watched them more than once. I hope you & your family are all keeping well, esp your parents, their way of life is lovely & long may it continue with help from where-ever they can get help from, & i hope they are doing ok, you are all lovely genuine people, also i would love to be able to buy one of your parents sheepskin rugs, & will look into buying one off your mother,s website if thats possible, as i,m on blood thinner,s i feel the cold esp in winter, & nothing is better than natural wool & items made from wool, to keep you warm, i have some sheep-skins on my sofa, & on the floor & real wollen crocet items also on chair,s & over the sofa etc, i still use an open fire for heating & for 5 bags of coal, which is the amount you need for a month , just to have the fire lit just in the evenings for most days, & it is nearly 150 quid, & then there,s logs to buy aswell on top of that, so when your dad says in one of the videos that burning peat saves a small fortune i understand why, & peat is something i,ve never used, but i know people have used it for generations esp in ireland & place,s that were far away from any coal mining areas or any coal reserve,s which ireland & the isle of man never had any coal reserves. & year.s ago coal was shipped daily from a mine near me, in north west england, but apparently over there coal was far too expensive for a lot of people, because of shipping costs, so they burned peat, which if it throws heat out & its free then why not, i look forward to any new videos that you put up, take care,

😊 wonderful viewing.

What a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing your life & the wonderful lives of your parents. What a gift..

Y'know, I'm a norwegian viking reenacter. There may be a market for such reddish brown colours in our communities as I understand it is the closest thing to viking sheep. White was unheard of or very rare I'm told. I wouldn't be surprised if you've been approached already but I really believe it could become quite something if there is availability and put reenactors are educated to it

Beautiful Hamish

This video is beautifully crafted. Thank you for sharing such an intimate glimpse of you and your parents life.

How fortunate you are to have such capable but poetic parents.

It’s amazing that the sheep adapted to eating seaweed.

I just love this!

thank you for this heartfelt and candid episode, look forward to the next one.best wishes to you and your family and friends.

Absolutely brilliant, I hope someone from the family can take over and help your parents to retire and enjoy the living they have produced.

Hermoso,gracias por compartir

That's the kind of experience I would love to have!

I apologize if you've already discussed this but doesn't the salt content hurt the sheep?

I was expecting to hear (and possibly not comprehend) a very broad Scots accent!

Very interesting and a lovely lifestyle. It's sad that time waits for no one and circumstances will dictate the future of your parents and the island.

❤❤❤ you've Mom & I have a few things in common.

How have your parents improved the fleeces? I can’t imagine.

I’ve been out of poker for a while. Is your mom’s book still coming along.

Hamish i would appreciate a way to buy directly (from the US) or a way to authenticate that I am buying from this couple or where my purchase would benefit them. Compelling.. Yes. Riveting.. Yes. Action? Yes please but how?

hamish why should it be a final chapter ? why cant we get a bunch of like minded souls to move to the island and make a go of it !! i used to visit my gran and grand-dad on ( Owey Island, which lies just a short distance off Cruit Island near Kincasslagh in west County Donegal, although uninhabited for much of the year, having no permanent residents, does have some residents during the summer months.) i live and work in dundee now, im 63 this year so still have a few years before i retire. my point is !!! the geo-political instability we are living in right now and the intentions of the world economic forums agenda 21 and 30 plan are stealing our freedoms on a daily basis. can we not get a group of kind-hearted souls and join in a united front of love and peace and kindness and focus on defeating the forces of evil on this planet. i know its deep but itis what it is .!

It will be sad when your parents have to leave Auskerry.Is your family the only inhabitants on the island.Would anyone take on the farm,sheep etc.

Sir can I help me

Why there s no trees in the island? Your people dont like trees?

RRRRRR

youre partner.. so ridiculous. Partner in what? being a man? in life? your soul mate? How about girl friend. how about bride to be? how about just Faye.. what does your partner add to her title? it detracts from it really. its ridiculous.