Moving to a small town in Scotland we knew nothing about! Welcome to Montrose, Angus. 

Your girlfriend has a very nice disposition, always cheerful.

I was born in Montrose at Charleton Maternity Hospital. We lived in Christies Lane, moving on the Brechin City and the eventually to Bury in Lancashire where my Dad had been stationed during a small part of the War. This is where he met my Mum. We frequently went there for holidays when I was a kid and up to my twenties. This brings back so many happy memories and your right it hasn't changed too much over the years. Thanks so much for doing this video. It was great to hear and see places I know and remember. I love Montrose and I am proud to be Scottish. I am not well enough to get back now so this video was great. Keep well and safe. James.

I‘m so happy that you featured Bamse in this Video. In early April of 2022 I was planning to visit North Cape in the very north of Norway. When I arrived in Honningsvag, the last village before North Cape (located on 71 degrees north) the road up to North cape was closed due to snow and ⛈️. I traveled 2500 km to get there and the last 30 km were closed😢. But as so often when travelling, the real magic happens when things don‘t go to plan. I discovered a statue of a St. Bernhards Dog in this little village at the end (or beginning) of Europe and wanted to find out more about it. So I learned that there is also another statue of Bamse in Montrose and now you showed it to me. thank you so much, Steve. After learning about Bamse (and visiting the northernmost supermarket in Europe and buying dried cod) I wasn‘t disappointed anymore not to reach North Cape.

I grew up in Edinburgh as a kid, moving to outside Montrose as a teenager. I love visiting both now but for very different reasons. In many ways, I've come to appreciate Montrose more having left it some time ago in search of employment! It's a much overlooked town with stunning scenery just beyond it. You'll no doubt be posting vids of St Cyrus beach in its many moods and stunning sunrises. The wildlife centre overlooking Montrose basin is utterly addictive. Then there's the Angus glens, the Grampians and over to the Cairngorms. It's also surprisingly well connected for a small town. Few of my friends believe me in that you can board a train in Montrose and never get off until London (if that's your thing). The East coast line through Montrose, both north and south as some of the best seascape scenery you can experience from a train. Good luck to you both and enjoy that space.

Excellent, you passed by the Green Park Guest House, where I was brought up until I was 7, with a brief stay above the Lochside Bar as Dad was a Pilot Officer back then in the former RAF base to the north of the Town. I remember the Football club grounds and the original cinema location and swimming where it stood in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Thank you so much. You made this 73-year-old Scot quite homesick.

Hi from Adelaide, South Australia. I’ve just discovered your channel and have been bingeing your Scottish videos. Our 2020 UK trip was postponed and I’ve been taking the time to plan our travels in more detail as we both plan to explore the towns and cities of our Scottish ancestors . Love your blend of history, scenery and services.

Hi Alicija and Steve thanks for all your videos. My wife and I really enjoy all your adventures. We spent a month in Scotland last year and fell in love with the land and people. We spent 18 days this past May and going back in October for another 24 days. We are getting too old to rough it, so we enjoy the variety of B&Bs and inns. We have been re-visiting your videos and taking good notes. This trip will start in Islay to visit our favorite smokey whiskies. Then to Oban working our way north to the west side of the NC500. We plan three days from Kyle to Thurso and then take the ferry to Orkney staying for a few days. Once back on the mainland, work our way south to Inverness and then along the east coast to Aberdeen. Never been to Aberdeen so it will be interesting to explore. We then head south to Edinburgh on the coast road and stop in Montrose to see your lovely town. After three days in Edinburgh, we wind up in Glasgow for our flight back home to California. Again, thanks for your videos and keep up the good work.

Can’t wait for the “5 minute beach walk video” in 6 months to show the contrasting seasons, 60mph north easterly winds and horizontal snow. Good to see they’ve modernised the buses.

In 2018 I joined my brother and his wife in Edinburgh for a trip to Shetland. The train to Aberdeen must have taken us by Montrose. At any rate it was an incredible travel experience that I hope to take again! Thanks for the video!

Thanks Steve, you make it easy to realize just how wonderful Montrose is!! It's a Cool Place, even if it's hot out! I'm from across the pond, Long Island, NY, US but love Scotland. Castles, Whisky, Bag Pipes, what's not to love! Hope to make it there someday. Your videos are Great, I enjoy the bits of humor you put in. Congrats on the move, a good one for sure!

The Minesweeper statue is affectionately known locally as “The Mannie” (we actually have three of them, the very same statue, one by the beach, one in the high street and one by the harbour beside the Bamse Statue)

Some parts of Edinburgh are remarkably rural and quiet, I live 10 minutes from the foot of the pentlands and can go for miles and hardly see a soul, fantastic scenery and well. Then 20 minutes the other way and youre at the high street and can't move for tourists, Brilliant 😄

We've recently found your channel, absolutely love it and have subscribed. If we were fifty years younger we'd be doing all the tripping like you two do. So now we'll live vicariously thru your channe!. Walk on!

So you’ve escaped the city! Good for you both. Montrose looks like a bonny wee town. I’ve travelled past it many times on the train but never stopped to check it out. Think I need to put it on my must do list. Scotland’s East Coast tends to be ignored by many in favour of the West Coast and Highlands. It’s a stunning part of the country and deserves to be more widely known.

my wife and i were looking for a place in scotland for our honeymoon. we stuck a pin in a map and luckily it chose montrose.. we stayed at the george hotel and had the most amazing week. would love to visit again sometime.

Beautiful town. Scots are so lucky honestly.

Steve, what an absolutely brilliant video! In one fell swoop you have put your new home town on many folks’ “to visit” list, so it’s your own fault if those beaches fill up! 😁 Good work! 👍

Oh how exciting for you both - and wonderful for us too because you're going to be able to take us to lots of new places. Though I love Scotland dearly, it's mostly the west coast and the Hebrides whose geography I am familiar with - and I had no idea where Montrose was!! You are so lucky to be able to up sticks. It looks a great place, and you both look so happy. Alicja, I too couldn't hardly breathe outdoors when we had those ridiculous temperatures - the air was such poor quality, I didn't even want to be outside in the shade.

Here in Adelaide, South Australia, no summer is complete without a couple or 3 groups of 3 to 5 days of 40+, occasionally peaking around 45. The 25 you mentioned is more like our spring and autumn. Humidity is low, so it's liveable. Love your work mate. You come across as the good bloke you obviously are.

My hometown! I now live on the West Coast but still go back regularly to visit family. Montrose was a lovely town to grow up in and is a friendly community. Lovely seeing familiar sights. I spent many weekends at Lunan Bay and St.Cyrus beach and often walk to Scurdiness when home. Great video. Thanks for showing Montrose in such a positive light. I recommend Charelton Farm in Hillside for a meal/coffee.

I really enjoy your videos! I’m a yank married to a Scot, I know, and travel all over Scotland. You have made it far easier and more informed for me. I owe you a pint.

Steve, you have no idea how important t this vid was for my plans in Scotland. As you walked by Elephant Rock you also showed an old cemetery. The name If that site is The Chapel of St Skae. Skae is my surname. I became aware of that site since 1998 but never thought I’d visit it. I thought it was too remote. Your Montrose vid showed how accessible it really is. Just returned from Scotland 4/8 and left a wee bit of my Dad’s ashes on that gorgeous spot. Cheers!

That look on Steve’s face at 8:40 - 8:48 after that “zinger” from Alicja. Even with the shades on that look was priceless…😂👍. A fantastic video overall, I’ve been watching your recent videos and now I’m going back through the catalog of vids. Great insight, keep up the good work both of you.

I was born in Montrose in the former CHARLETON MATERNITY HOME. I remember attending the Primary School by the Harbour and living above the Lochside Inn Pub, where my Grandfather was Publican, opposite the old distillery to the north exit of the town. Wonderful childhood memories. I last visited in 2014.

Congratulations on your new home guys! Montrose was a place we did not get on our travels but it looks lovely! Alecia looked like a little kid running on the beach! Will have to do a bit of research on the place looks like WW2 impacted it greatly, can’t imagine how terrifying to be living there then! Will have a Smithwicks in your honor tonight! ❤

Hi Steve, We are fom Berlin on Holidays in Pitlochry. We follow your Videos and like them very very much. Four days bevor we visit beautiful Montrose, a great place to live. Thanks for your Videos and all the best. Christian and Julia

Congrats on the move! I am so happy for you both. It looks like a very nice town.

I think there are 27 pubs in Montrose tried to do them all in one night don’t remember finishing Living in NY for the past 30 years but Montrose will always be home. Visit Mum regularly there

I live in Florida. 25c would be a typical wintertime high here. Congratulations on your new town. I believe village life is superior to big city living. You can always hop a train for a weekend in the city if you miss it. Cheers!

I'm an Australian 🇦🇺 living in Sukhothai, Thailand 🇹🇭. A few years ago we had a heat wave, 40°C or 104°F in the shade for 2 weeks except for one day when it was 43°C or 109°F. We have 3 air conditioners in a one bedroom house. As a child in the 1940s I remember tiger moth aircraft flying overhead in Melbourne Australia. In 1963-64, I was a technical illustrator illustrating spare parts and assembly drawings for Rolls Royce Avon jet engines, used in the Canberra Jet Bombers and Sabre Jet Fighters, by the Royal Australian Airforce. The air museum made me travel back in time. Thanks for the journey.

congratulation's on your move, I think a lot of people have been reevaluating where they live after lockdowns, your new town looks really nice.

From the great white north. (🇨🇦)😊. I live in St Catharines Ontario less than a 30 minute drive to Niagara Falls. On the 6th August the temperature was 39C with a humidex making it feel like 42C. Fortunately today it has dropped to 27C with no humidity. Beautiful town you are now living in, thank you for sharing.

I’m from Glasgow and my grandad owns a house in Montrose , came up every summer of my life, feel a close connection to the town and plan on moving one day. amazing video , really enjoyed it and also learned some stuff I didnt know 👌🏻 . Also I believe is very haunted 😱 place is steeped in history

I just finished your tour of your new hometown Montrose and I had to comment how much I enjoyed it. Your warm narration, fantastic camerawork and impeccable editing make for a truly marvelous video. But above all else, I really love your bits of humor. I always laugh out loud. The topper in this video was the gravestone of the time traveler. Your efforts are truly appreciated. I think you are quite a gem. Thank you!

Congratulations to you both no doubt you will have a better life and a lot more fresh air. It will be excellent and exciting exploring the montrose area. A lovely walking tour and thanks for showing us around Beth and Simon 🙋❤️👍

Living in Manchester, i have heard of Montrose for many years now, but have never actually got to see anything of the town until I came across your excellent video .... very entertaining, and you packed a fair bit in there ..... i'm a big football fan too, and your visit to the Montrose ground was a real bonus, well done!

Also, the Royal Arch was used as a coffee house/meeting rooms by French Mariners in the 1800s, and gifted the plaque to Montrose to put above the facade. It has a lot of Masonic imagery and symbols on it, and is a listed monument. Was very recently restored to its former glory.

My family from both sides are Montrosian. I grew up visuting it in the holidays. So many memories of that place imprinted on my soul You didnt mention the curfew bell and the many amazing closes. I also remember fighter jets roaring past and seeing chinooks flying overhead on the beach. I always picked up beach pebbles, but more recently found out that Montrose is famous for agates.

Lived in Montrose as a kid 1978-1980. Have many happy memories of riding my purple Raleigh Chopper from Borrowfield where we lived down to the beach and all around town, really. I loved playing in those sand dunes. Took my mum back for some nostalgia in May and we did some of the same walk you did. It’s lovely down by the beach and golf course - some beautiful homes and so peaceful. Saw both my old schools: Borrowfield Primary and Montrose Academy. The high street was a bit sad and shabby though - mum was saying there were lots of nice shops when we lived there. Now just charity shops and pound shops mainly. No criticism of Montrose - it’s been the fate of many town centres (you should see the state of Paisley’s where I live now!). You’re right, Greggs was the highlight. We went into the Market Arms for a drink too! My mum was reminiscing of course and told me my wee brother went fishing in Ferryden one day and rode his bike all the way home to Borrowfield because he needed a pee! 😂 I think you made a great choice - over all Montrose is a nice town in a beautiful setting. I remember saying to mum, I could live here again. I hope you’ll both be very happy there. 🙂

Bamse is buried near where you exited the beach by the harbour. I used to live in Montrose, in Ferry St. The castle was where the job centre now is (hence the crenalations) and it was there that Willaim Wallace was made Lord Protector of Scotland!

Hi Steve, First of all welcome to Montrose and I'm sure you'll enjoy living here. I noticed a couple of things while watching your video that I thought I'd mention to you. While you were walking towards the Bamse statue just beside the shopping trolley you passed a brown bench shaped like the bow of a boat. That bench was fabricated and welded by myself and my boss and was made in memory of a local guy who worked at the harbour all his life until he sadly passed away. Also on top of the library building there is a weather vane which was refurbished by my myself and my boss back in 2019 I think it was as part of the library upgrade works. So it was good to watch your video and remind me of the history of this place. Maybe some day you should take a trip up Edzell way to a place called The Rocks of Solitude and then head into Glen Esk and have a walk to Loch Lee. The peace and quiet there is fantastic and excellent scenery too. There's so much I could tell you about Montrose as I'm sure plenty others can tell you too. Oh and I'm a born and bred Gable Endie so if I can help with anything just let me know.

I live near the basin in Montrose it’s lovely

I never knew Montrose had such an active harbour or such a beautiful beach! I hope you get settled in quickly to your new base.

Hi Steve and Alicija I am impressed with this video. .I can see why you moved to Montrose. It gives great coverage and makes it quite inviting. All the best to you both.

Wise move getting out of Edinburgh!

That music you play was between the beech Boys and batman

A toast to you both on your new home town 🥂. It's so pleasant to get away from a city and into a small seaside community especially with the tranquillity and space. Provided there is a chippy and a few pubs 👌👍😃. Look forward to more enjoyable tours from that area of the country. Enjoy it 😇

I'll miss your inspirational videos for places to visit around Edinburgh but looking forward to seeing some new places i can visit in the campervan. Enjoy your new home!

Good move for you both, I always loved spending time in this lovely town, always felt warm and at home there. I had two holidays in my youth at the camping site near the beach. Had a midnight swim in the old swimming pool back in ‘68 which you got a certificate for! Check out the lovely grave yard called something like “Sleepyhollow” just north of the basin at Tayock, there was a caravan site there which I stayed in way back and just happened to walk around the grave yard as a 16 year old. It obviously made an impression on me then - I’m not strange 😂😂 Cheers both 👍

Loved the wee tour and ending bit struck me, as I have great respect for military members (several in family that have passed on). Steve, I dinnae know you had been in the air branch. Relaxing song at the end there too. Cheers from Canada pal!

Congratulations on the move guys! Hope it all comes good! Best for the future 🥳

Montrose is where i grew up about a 15 minutes walk from the beach. I live in Fife now. Thank you so much for your video and good luck in your new life.

Beautiful place,it does Scotland proud. Lovely beach arching it's way into the distance.old buildings crying out to be restored as a hotel os youth hostel,A steam train to bring the past back too life. So much potential and so beautiful aswell.

Thanks for showing us around the place where you live, nice to see your partner

Great Move Steve, I’m originally from Stonehaven, folks living in nearby Johnshaven. So much to explore in and around Montrose. Ideally located for cities, beaches, and nearby Glens (Glen Esk and Glen Clova). I’m still finding little closes in Montrose even after all these years of walking around the town.

A new subcriber here from Australia Steve. Really enjoying your videos, and Alicija has a great smile and outlook on life, I feel like i am a tourist on the journey with you when I watch your videos and I have learned so much about Scotland and other places of the world. I had to laugh when you said it was very hot at 25 degrees in Montrose; where i come from in Ipswich, Queensland, in the summer months it can get as hot as 39 degrees. Keep up your great work Steve, I look forward to more of your very knowledgeable and interesting videos!

Oh, what a lovely village! It's so good to begin a new adventure, in a new place. I am so happy for you both. I believe I would be living on the beach all summer. Do you remember the song, "Running in Circles"? I still play that a lot. Merry Ann from Minnesota

This video started a chain of events that has resulted in me buying the Montrose football shirt. It’s a Hummel classic. Hope you are satisfied! Really love your videos, Sir. Keep them coming. 👍

Hi guys, congrats on the move, looks like a beautiful & relaxing town, I’m assuming the move fits in with your jobs/ employment? Greetings from Adelaide, South Australia, we are having a cold winter averaging 12/13 at the moment, summer however averages in the mid to high 30’s and we normally get bursts of 40+ degree days. Loving your channel, found you this week after being in ISO, keep up the great work, Pete.

I'm from Edinburgh and my grandma was born and bred in Montrose, we took her ashes back to a very old cemetery there a few years back, think I've still got distant relatives there. Never really got a chance to look around so this was a fantastic tour. I've often thought of moving back up north but wouldn't move back to Edinburgh, maybe I'll have a look at Montrose ♥

Regarding the Robert Peel statue, this info is from a couple online sources: The Sir Robert Peel statue (1788-1850) was erected in 1855 to commemorate the political achievements of the former Prime Minister, which included the founding of the first modern police force. (The term 'bobby' is a reference to Robert.) - He initiated and supported the establishment of the Metropolitan Police Force and abolished the tax on food called "Corn Laws". Prime Minister for only one year he died as a result of a riding accident. His statue marks the position of the Burgh Tollbooth demolished in 1835.

Soup and sandwich for a fiver! 😮 That is incredible good value. A soup in a pub down my way in the south east averages six quid! Very enjoyable tour of your new home town. 👏👏👍😎

Excellent, really enjoyed that. We came up from Edinburgh 8 years ago and live near Montrose. Beautiful area to live with lots to see and explore.

My mum and her sisters spent some of their childhood in Gourdon during ww2 and loved to go back their afterwards. Inverbervie, Gourdon and of course Stonehaven always worth a visit as i know you know. The Grampian area is full of castles, and so many lesser known ones like Gight, Glenbuchat, Towie Barclay. I could go on but so many. There is so much to discover in the Angus area as well. Live across the pond but love the history as well as the coast. Love your videos!

Used to go to Montrose links caravan site when I was younger with my folks, loved it! Used to be a sit down cafe in the green pavilion and an amusement arcade just across the road before the road layout was changed up there. Good times! Thanks for the memories Steve!👍😊👏👏👏

Hi Steve and Alicja. Love the video of your new home of Montrose. A lovely place. More please. best wishes to you and Alicja. XX

I always feel I am friends with everybody posting on your videos!!!

Nice video of Montrose, Steve! I was born there and lived there for most of my life, you passed the house in which I grew up in your walk to the beach. I emigrated to NZ but I managed to get back to Montrose on regular basis over the years, I’m now living in Speyside but I’ve not been in Montrose for a few years now so it was great to see your video, especially the areas round by the harbour. Montrose still has one of the best beaches (along with St. Cyrus and Lunan Bay of course) in Scotland. I’ve done a few RU-vid videos myself but nothing compared yours, I mainly concentrate on landscape photography (fergusbrucephotography). Anyway, nice work Steve, if I happen to bump into you in the Market Arms some day (or Paris, or Singapore, or New York, etc, etc…) I’ll but you a pint.

Montrose looks like a well kept town; I wish Ayr was as well kept. We have 'Space' in common with our hometowns now; good for lockdowns!!! I have only been to Montrose once, & that was only the train station because I had to change trains there. But I do remember looking at that huge Montrose Basin which I believe is associated with flocks of birds. Maybe you can film them when you walk around the basin sometime; I would be interested to see that. I am glad that you 2 are pleased with your new hometown.

Fantastic video, as ever Steve. I hope you are still enjoying your Montrose home.

Hey, thanks for letting us know you've moved out of Edinburgh BEFORE we go looking for you to shout us a drink (when we're over next)😉😅🍻 Seriously though, Montrose looks lovely and my cousin's (from Linlithgow) son, daughter in law and granddaughter have just moved to Montrose! Bet you're glad to be away from the festival madness right now, we lived in Auckland for almost 30 years, now in Invercargill and you couldn't pay us to live in a city again. Thanks for showing us around, I hope you're both very happy in your new home town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😊☀️

Steve and Alicja great move close to beach alicja can collect treasures harbor and aircraft light house art and don’t forget 20 pubs 😉it’s 20c there and 99f in New Jersey 😓Take care see you in the winter 😘

They love their drink, both of them. So natural for travelling bloggers!

I've been sick in bed the past few days and have been watching your channel non-stop. I live outside of Chicago, IL USA. Well done! You have made my illness a bit more bearable. Thanks for that.

Lovely video! We moved to Montrose from Leith nearly 2 years ago and are very happy here. Do miss Auld Reekie a bit especially teuchters landing.

Got out just in time for the madness of the fringe! 👏🏻 👏🏻

Welcome to the rose on the coast! Great choice, I’ve been here my whole life, I prefer the small town feeling compared to the big bustling cities that’s for sure.

What a lovely video of the “new town” boy have you two fallen on your feet. Can tell by the ear to ear grins that this is a life changing move. Congrats. Be safe and stay happy. C

Great to see something of Montrose. It was one of the east coast places the train passed through on the way up to Aberdeen in my childhood and to the Shetland ferry when we lived there. So thank so much for giving us a tour. It looks lovely, and I hope you are both happy in your new home.

What a big change from Edinburgh. Lots of Elbow Room there. Love the beach! The best beaches are the clear beaches that nobody else is on, if you can find them. Congratulations for finding your new home. Be well, stay safe, travel lots, love from Yexas.

What a lovely new place to live. What a good choice! Two days ago it was 39 deg C with a heat index of 43 deg C in Nebraska and we're a long way from a beach. 🌞

Love it when changes from Royal to Scottish wild life centre

Montrose town looks so cute and that beach is stunning. Edinburgh will always be there.

I have just found your channel. I came from Gourdon and my husband from Montrose, although I lived in Montrose for several years, before moving to Edinburgh. I loved this as it brought back so many memories. Thank you❤

Alicja has a point there what Alicja said. We thought you were the most famous person in Scotland 😊

There's a love heart drawn on the beach there. I'm affirmative my friend drew that.

Love Montrose and Arbroath, we visited Lunan Bay in 20, berween lockdowns, we stayed in Carnoustie

Great summary of Montrose. The air station is a fabulous place to visit. Hope to see future videos of the Arbroath Cliff Trail between Arbroath and Auchmithie (also kayaking opportunities) and the South Esk Trail between Montrose and Glen Doll. Lots of interesting things to see in the Angus Glens.

You guys made the right choice, what a fantastic place to live, plus it looks like a good jumping off point for more adventures, I'm gonna cry with envy now!

Lovely looking place . must come and have a look if I ever get to leave NZ again. Thanks.

HMS Montrose was an RN minesweeper back in the 1950's, based at RNVR Tay Division in Dundee.

Montrose is a beautiful historic town. Thanks for sharing your new home with us.

Thank you for sharing this lovely walk through your new home town Steve & Alijca. I know what you mean about living in Edinburgh Steve, even more so this time of year. We used to live in the city centre but moved out with years ago ( now in East Lothian). Wishing you both all the very best wishes in your new home xx

I'am an English chap who visited Montrose for a football match 4 years ago.It was a delightful place to visit for a few days.That stretch of coast is really nice and the town and the area is very underated. You have made the right choice. Watchout for the golf balls tho' and if you want sea gulls visit Fraserburgh !! 😄

So, your heat measured by Fahrenheit would be about 72 degrees. We are currently 102 degrees in the Phoenix metro area with higher than normal humidity because of an active monsoon season! So, watching your video helps cool me off besides giving my husband and I extreme wanderlust! Keep ‘‘em coming, Steve! Wishing you happy times in your new home base.

Thank you very much for that wee trip around Montrose. I used to go there to see auntie Mary & Unclle Harry. Lots of nice cafes and charity shops. Lovely place to stay Enjoy

What a lovely video of the town I was born and brought up in, 5 minutes from the beach. I used to walk through the park you started your vlog in to go to school and lived alongside the football ground. Before you got to the end, I was going to ask if you'd found found the Air Station Heritage Centre. They are a great bunch of volunteers down there. You asked about the Royal Arch. Montrose had a lot of Masonic Lodges as well as Eastern Stars back in the day with some (I believe) still in existence. Also, Montrose High Street has unique architecture influenced by the town's connection with Holland. Montrosians were nicknamed Gable Enders/Endies because of this. Enjoy being new Montrosians! 😊

Great video Steve (and Mrs Steve).

Alicja's embarrassedly smile when Steve said "Hello ladies" is epic.😁. Your videos are just pure dead brilliant. Like the dynamic between you two. Much respect. Pure Vida!

In North Central Florida in summer - average 95F/35C. If it rains early afternoon - it's a sauna. In the early evening rain can reduce the temperature to 73F/23C. But it is still muggy but most day a cooling breeze. Your weather is much too cool most days [jacket or coat weather]. LOL