Outer Hebrides, "These fabulous islands".

[@caroljustable]

Thank you for this video. My grandmother was born, brought up and buried in Benbecula, the tiny island between north and south Uist islands in the western isles of the outer Hebrides. I only visited this island in my childhood. As I always saw my grandmother in London, after she had followed her english husband there. But she went back to benbecular every year. Amazing to think she grew up among a community of gaelic speaking crofters. I hope to go back one day, visit her grave and all the other graves of her/my MacDonald family and clan. These islands are full of Such beauty, and wonderful people and culture.. thank you again for this video

[@bankieland]

Really pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@johngray8606]

Very wonderful, my homeland. I'm old and living in Argentina with my Argentinian wife. But my heart will always be in Scotland. My house was on Skye. Many thanks for sharing. How anyone can give this " thumbs down" is beyond me. Grateful thanks.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@bankieland]

Thanks John, Glad you enjoyed my film. I have a lot more films on my channel of the whole of Scotland, so I hope you can enjoy them.

[@lyndadentry1833]

Thankyou!! FOR SHAREING THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND WITH ME!! I ENJOYED SO MUCH !!

[@Hugo-cl1jz]

@Jimmy 83 Back for what? In Argentina there is a lot of sun and, in addition, there is the best food in the world!

[@johngray8606]

Hello Voracious Reader, your'e quite right, everybody to their own personal thoughts. My thanks for your reply. Take care in these terrible times, God Bless.👍👍👍

[@mark_graham]

John, I don't know you and you don't know me. But, I wish we could sit next to each other and just talk. I would do all the listening, you would would do all the talking. I could learn so much from you my friend.

[@scottishalwaysdixie1638]

Thank,s for visiting our beautiful Land 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@royfearn4345]

I learnt a lot about the Outer Hebrides and their geography. Thank you.

[@lisatopham4249]

Thankyou for this lovely insightful viewing . Love from Cornwall .

[@irma561]

I returned from the Outer Hebrides 2 weeks ago and I agree that there are wonderful people, beautiful landscape. We visited some places just like you and some others. I came from the Czech Republic, it was an expensive holiday for me, but I do not regret a single pound issued. It was my dream come true. I left my heart in Stornoway and I will definitely do my best to come back someday... excuse my english, i use a translator ☺

[@bankieland]

Glad you enjoyed your holiday.

[@DEEN133]

Great presentation and photography for Scottish Western isles. slow narration focused photography positive to the guide. 😁💂

[@ralphthebrick]

Heaven....Been twice now and hoping to go back in 2018. This place just draws you back. Loved the video, Thank you

[@margaretsmallallan28]

Brings back memories of croft life! Though I was not brought up in the Outer Hebrides, but a wee glen in Lerags near Oban, our livestyles were similar, till the newly fangled electric when I was 11yrs old, the glen road was Tarmacadamed as we called it, and the wee single track road was easier to use! The new fangled telephone was also starting to be common,and a marvel of an invention! The croft house itself, had been built in 1802, and changed little till the end of the 1950's, when a bathroom , two extra bedrooms and an enormous ( to me ) sitting room added! Prior to the bathroom, it was a tinbath in front of the open ingle nook fire place! Later we installed a second hand raeburn, and thought that we were Royalty! We aquired a second hand hot water tank, which the raeburn heated the very hot water to the kitchen and bathroom! Our wee byre was next to the house, and held a bull, John. who served the cows in the glen, a milking cow, Elasaid and a heifer, Eilidh! We had plenty of milk, churned our own butter and white cream cheese! The eggs from the hens and ducks added to the diet as well! There was a few score of Ewes on the hill, and a couple of tups for the lambing season to exist! I forgot to add Bodach the Highland Garron horse, who was used taking feed to the sheep in the winter on the hill, and he too was allowed in the byre in bad winter times, He would have survived outside but he got lonely and would trot in with the cattle, and settle himself in the middle of them! We had some cros, mainly turnip, potatoes and grass for hay, to feed the animals in the winters! but the arable land was poor, and we collected seaweed to use as fertiliser! Once we had the pigs, their droppings were also used in the fields! The old barn was across the yard ( we called it the close.. don't know why/) and a menagerie of creatures lived there, as well as the hay, for the feed! Cats, border collies and pet lambs which we nursed, firstly in the kitchen, with a low side oven of the raeburn being used as an incubator of sorts, and they were there till they got bigger, and could take a full bottle of milk! ( the raeburn small oven door was kept open, as we did not want them cooked alive!!!!! Often the pair of goats also managed on occasions to break in, and settled themselves till the bad weather was over! We used them at the piggery as they were good guard dogs, ( until they escaped and chewed Mrs Darling's husband's combinations!! men's undergarments )!! After that we had 2 geese, but they too were viscious and chased everyone, even those legally there! The collies and cats were fed oatmeal cooked with milk twice a day, and they were good specimens, that was the days before cat and dog cans of food, like today! Memories, memories, alas I'll never see those days again! I have returned to the glen a few times since we left, and was heart-broken, as everthing is geared to the "Towerists" as my old Uncle, who I called, "He, himself" would call them! I left in the late 1960's and by that time he was too old to run a croft, and the severe gale of 21st January 1968, had torn the barn roof clean off and it landed in the side field, like a giant had lifted it and replaced it there! He sold up to a nice young couple who have renovated everything, and are still there 50 years now! It looks lovely and they have done a tremendous amount of work! But me being me, misses the croft and all the areas are filling up with trees, ( good for global warming treatment ) I realise that I am now old myself, and with old age comes memories alas, which I can do nothing else but accept! Even the old kirk and graveyard has suffered the ravages of time, and is different to my memories, but wonderfully is now being looked after and repaired by a group of locals who formed a trust! So time in it's future is assured. "Friends of Kilbride" are on facebook and the web, and more details concerning it can be found, for those interested!...And I must drag myself back to 2020, and accept that, "Time waits for No Man" and the beautiful west coast of Scotland, with it's enchanted Hebridean Islands, forming the Inner and Outer Hebridean Islands, still retain a lot of history, and are able to be accessed on a Calmac Ferry, getting folks away from the stress of the life they live far from these magic shores!......................................old Tich.

[@bankieland]

What a wonderful story, I am glad you enjoyed the film. Stay safe and well.

[@ciora1980]

A beautifully warm description.

[@margaretsmallallan28]

@Mark Hepworth and ciora 1980, thankyou for your replies. The fantastic video brought my childhood to the fore of my memory, and it all came tumbling out, I'm afraid! I live near Edinburgh these days and retired, and all the modern inventions have saved us from the intense hard work, I lived amongst in the 1950's! How I take these for granted. At the touch of a switch, the electric light comes on, hoovers, washing machines, tumble dryers, fridge-freezers, dishwashers, electric cookers, microwave ovens and etc. etc . If a very young Tich was told about them in the 1950's, I'd have considered that the person was totally mad, yet here am I sitting at a computer, with the ability to communicate with others all over the world! I left home at the end of the 1960's to train as a nurse, in Southern Scotland, and was terrified seeing double-decker buses and an underground trains! Things changed, beyond my wildest dreams, and here I sit, in a centrally heated home, double glazed windows, a Sky tv sattelite, telephone, mobile phone, iPad, memory foam mattress on my bed! It is certainly a completely different world, that I now live in, during my later life! I wonder what my great granddaughter will see in her lifetime? Most likely, holidays to another planet perhaps??? Ha-ha! It does not bare thinking about? ........a very old bamboozled Tich.

[@whiteeaglewarrior]

I loved reading your accounts. My fathers name was Stevenson and apparently there were some of them in Outer Hebrides. The crofts are such a connection to the past, a past thats not that far off. Yet many of us yearn for it. Hard but something rewarding. I do miss Harris. Wishing you well

[@lindaking9222]

Beautiful Islands...have always wanted to visit them

[@garychynne1377]

beautiful. unwritten history everywhere.

[@AfricanFlightStar]

Beautifully filmed and narrated, thanks very much for sharing this wonderful part of the world with us all. It’s on my bucket list to visit. Blessings to you & yours 🙏🏻

[@bankieland]

Many thanks!

[@davidross8709]

My mum is from Harris, they are a very kind bunch of people, Gaelic is the native language. Unfortunately in recent years most of the youngsters move to the mainland in search of work. Most of the old people die off and the crofts get bought up by people from south of the border and the old traditions die out. I have been going there for over 40 years now and it doesn't seem as remote as it used to be, but times change, not always for the best, but what can you do. It will always have a special place in my heart.

[@أحمدأحمد-د4ف6ش]

What's the population nowadays in Harris? Would love to visit.

[@davidross8709]

@@أحمدأحمد-د4ف6ش think the population is only around 2000 people

[@deanosanders203]

Thanks! So peaceful and tranquil! Love to visit someday.

[@snakewomangirl]

Lovely narration that gives space for watching the amazing videography.

[@bankieland]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jocky2]

This was so beautifully done, I loved every part of it. Thank you from my heart.

[@bankieland]

Wow, thank you!

[@eileenmacdougall8945]

Thank you for such a lovely video of what is clearly one of Gods jewels.

[@bankieland]

Glad you enjoyed the film.

[@andreabritz4572]

Thank you. So far, I only visited Skye, but I am longing to discover all the islands. Scotland is such a special place.

[@bankieland]

Very very special indeed.

[@lesleylakos2417]

Beautiful memories of when I lived on Lewis, once in Carishader and the other in Great Bernera. You captured the spectacular views and the Peace. Lewis was a Place to be alone but never lonely.The people so hospitable and caring to those who moved there. I will always be appreciative of their welcome and friendship while I was there. Thank You for your very special video x Lesley xx

[@bankieland]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@peterjhillier7659]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful Video shewing possibly the most magical and beautiful Parts of these Lands. I could almost hear Julie Fowlis whilst enjoying those glorious Views, really grand.

[@bankieland]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@markhalliday2397]

Couldn't agree more about Harris, fell in love instantly 😍 once visited, never forgotten

[@kinhelfa]

Kind sir, thank you very much for sharing these stunning images. A Celt from Kernow, with Scottish ancestry (Montrose), I am forever drawn to the Celtic lands. A Lands End to John O'Groats cycle ride and previous ship's visits to many of the mainland and island ports have served only to fuel the desires further. Now a motorhome owner, I very much hope the coming years will result in my wife and I spending many a relaxing hour in these spectacular surroundings. Meur ras, sos (Thank you, friend....in Cornish)

[@longfordboy2538]

What a lovely place How I wish I could visit . Thank you

[@lesleystevenson8369]

Bought back lots of lovely memories of my 15 trips to the islands though not all 15 trips went as far as Vatersay, lovely people, incredibly peaceful and beautiful and i know a part of me is still up there but i doubt I'll ever return so seeing videos such as these are always welcome.

[@bankieland]

Yes it is a place with special values and memories.

[@radiogramgramophonetoons5802]

I worked around that beautiful island in 2005, working on all the ‘water reservoirs’, stayed at the Barra Island hotel (I think it was called that). Worked all over those islands during that summer, including North and South Uist, stayed at the ‘Dark Island Hotel’. Those islands are such a beautiful place to be, I loved it.

[@bankieland]

Sounds great!

[@glesgatruth6844]

Great video just stunning! Made my night .

[@MiyaSamaCo]

So enchanting! I want to visit those islands soon.

[@jasongraves1841]

I went a couple of weeks ago absolutely stunning there is nothing like it in the whole of Scotland the Outer Hebrides has Touch My Heart

[@bankieland]

Yes it is a wonderful place.

[@garethmason9255]

Jason go again why not its been a few years.

[@annem5899]

Cant wait going in april.thank you for this wonderful tour .

[@tdezyn]

I spent two weeks on Colonsay, took the boat from Oban, Quite a stormy sea but fun adventure. They has two golden eagles nesting there. Man, do they fly high. Not a lot on the island as such but as with all Scottish Islands, the open wild simply fills all thirsts. Thank you for your works. I read a negative about the music, I know the piece, it is for meditation, good choice to balance and harmonise to the open wild freedoms.

[@patpowers2154]

Probably the best travel video and informational I have seen, gentle talking, no switch back or fast scrolling with the camera. Hope I can find more.

[@bankieland]

Thanks for your wonderful comment.

[@garethmason9255]

I have been here a few times and it is amazing scenery. Family live there... the sea is so blue it like the Caribean in view... maybe colder though.. I love Scotland and have explored most of Scotland's highlands and this video reflects just how perfect I remember it.

[@bankieland]

I totally agree!

[@gleb202]

Amazing places I dream so much about.

[@marksteen14]

I have visited all of these Islands on my motorbike, Lewis and Harris in 2018, and Barra, Eriskay, Etc in 2019. Breathtaking scenery that you have captured so well in your video. Whenever this lockdown is over I will return.

[@denischarette7972]

I wish you good luck.

[@ChristophersMum]

Ah, just watching this has made me homesick...….I really have to go back.

[@rimasmeleshyus6545]

Great video,many thanks it’s beautiful so much I like it.

[@lindabrand6167]

very informative film. i enjoyed it and will jot down some places to visit when i go in the summer.

[@liskofod8711]

Omg SO BEAUTIFUL Lots of greetings from Greenland /Denmark

[@bankieland]

Thankyou

[@bananasong666]

Fantastic; thank you. We'll be coming over from Uig on June 1 for two days; sleeping near Stornoway. I'm developing an itinerary now, and this certainly helped. Cheers from Ohio!

[@williamhurley8407]

Fabulous video, many thanks.

[@bankieland]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@giacomovitogangitano7859]

These places are enchanting and peaceful.

[@HieronymousLex]

Thanks for the video, I love corners of the world like this. Hopefully I’ll get out of Wisconsin and make it out some day

[@sailingtoatlantisandliveab2455]

This is a beautifully made film, and well spoken.

[@bankieland]

Thank you

[@LarzGustafsson]

I just watched a great documentary on Swedish tv. Alan Cumming visited the Outer Hebrides. Harris, Eriskay, etc. Great stuff. He even met John Maher, Buzzcocks ex-drummer, who lives on one of the islands now.

[@exmoordogman6558]

John Maher takes fantastic photos of old abandoned crofts. Very atmospheric and almost takes you back in time like being in a comfy years ago. There’s a great museum at Cross ( I think) on Lewis where you can see them.

[@WilliamClarkNC]

Thank you for sharing your trip!

[@bankieland]

Thanks for watching!

[@cduffy4925]

Good video, enjoyable 👍🏻

[@tgrushmore]

very enjoyable video. i like the editing and tone of voice

[@jaapkiev]

Thank you very much for this!!!

[@bankieland]

You're very welcome!

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Thank you. Went there last year, drove from the very top to the very bottom of the islands. One of my favourite places in the world. There are two oases of trees on Barra. You missed out the amazing lighthouse at the Butt of Lewis.

[@weekendwet1]

I was in Harris/Lewis a short while ago. Wonderful, peaceful, beautiful places. My home is in the Galloway Forest where there are estimated to be 6 million trees. Strange to me not to see a single tree on the Outer Hebrides. Lots of new houses being built on Harris. It's character is changing.

[@bankieland]

It could be due to gales from the Atlantic?

[@truckertom3323]

Aye, Bonnie Scotland.

[@edwardneilloftheclanmacnei7057]

I've been to the outer Hebrides for holiday it's beautiful there. I never got the chance to visit my clans island Barra as it was a stormy day. I would love to live in the outer Hebrides once I have the money. It's no wonder why the outer Hebrides was a save haven for Scottish pirate's like Ruari the Turbulent back in the old days.

[@noobsandwich4598]

A most painfully beautiful place.

[@oldmanofcotati]

Beautiful. Wish I could visit.

[@bankieland]

You should!

[@oldmanofcotati]

@@bankieland After Covid, I shall.

[@mariapierce2707]

Love your video...and by the way on Tangier Island Virginia one of the biggest names is Crocket.😉

[@marktait2371]

dear maria i live in manakin va and went to school at d.s.f. some my subilings went to school with the crockets from our neighborhood they were probably from tangier or from somewhere down there from the eastern shore dowm there some familys came up here to work at phillip morris or reynolds recently article in r.t.d. the island is slowly eroding to the atlantic and the only doctor who flew into the island recently passed away but gov. northam has said to look into the erosion problem and lack of health care access for the few local folks stiil there

[@mariapierce2707]

@@marktait2371 I hope things work out for them. I remember a time when there were about 800 ppl on the island. Their faith is strong to pull them through the hard times.take care and stay safe!😇

[@mariapierce2707]

@@marktait2371 I'm reading about the Huegunots (French Protestants) now..😇

[@alexandercarder2281]

The Lewis revival is how I first heard of this beautiful Island. I would love to settle on one of these islands with a wife.

[@Liza-sv2sz]

I live in vatersay!! beautiful wee island

[@johnnybarbados4477]

KZbinrs take note: THIS is a lesson in how to do it. Notice the ambient music. It makes the video so much more watchable and relaxing. No need for middle of the road tripe. Great stuff. Up there with Andy Campbell!

[@bankieland]

Thanks for that!

[@blueeyedsoulman]

As close to the arctic ocean as I would like to be. Imagine a place where you have to bring your own bloody trees? Well, here we are.

[@martinbunny29]

My Grandmother Mary Lamont was born at the Carinish Inn on North Uist in June 1867; she emigrated to Victoria, Australia around 1883 (never to return) at about age 16 with her younger sister and no accompanying adult !

[@lyndaoneill6483]

I am a bankie unfortunately living in australia.The Islands are full of beauty and history.I wish I could afford to move back home,I always fancied The Shetlands.

[@bankieland]

Great to hear from fellow Bankie. My wife also lived in Australia and is a Bankie and we eventually got together and have toured our wonderful country. We are both very proud Scots and have travelled and filmed most of it. Unfortunately never made it to Shetland yet. But enjoy my channel and you will see most of your homeland.

[@lyndaoneill6483]

@@bankieland Thank you for replying and for the beautiful films.Will certainly look forward to seeing them.I got over for a holiday in 2017 and we had a brilliant time touring all over.I cried all the way back here,it made me more honesick.Keep up your great wirk.

[@bankieland]

@@lyndaoneill6483 Hope I don't upset you too much with the films from home, but here is a film I done for a friend of mine who is a singer kzbin.info/www/bejne/faWZf3yYeJeaf9E enjoy.

[@charlesnwarren]

Lovely. I'd like to see the place.

[@writeract2]

My dream - always wanted to live there

[@bankieland]

Glad you enjoyed your viewing let us hope one day your dream comes true.

[@writeract2]

@@bankieland With pleasure and by God's grace, I will, honestly that landscape and area is what I dream of living in.

[@thomasnelson7869]

I am from the tristate area here in Tennessee with my blood line in Alabama. I have recently discovered that my ancestors before they were moved to Northern Ireland and then later to the states. My ancestors are from there. Modern Mccrary but had a different spelling centuries ago. Son of Roy was the original translation. A step to the McDonalds.

[@stokepusher5481]

This soundtrack is far out dude!, this feels akin to the transcending experience of viewing a totally awesome sunrise after many hours of bunkering down in a bothy, wi nae sleepy time.

[@benbhoy9641]

Just back from 2 weeks on the outer Hebrides……Beautiful,Stunning Beaches…… Visited all the Islands….All slightly different….. But have to say….South Uist was my favourite. Missing the Islands and people already …… “PARADISE”

[@bankieland]

Indeed, once visited it is in your blood.

[@simonloader4257]

What happened to benbecula sandwiched between north & south uist?

[@jonnysl6560]

BRILLIANCE

[@sharjeelkhan7437]

Beautiful 😍

[@WootTootZoot]

I wish I could go there.

[@PHOTOGRAPHYBYDEREK1]

My ancestors emigrated to Canada from here about 170 years ago.

[@janetmacrae-duff1543]

Derek Hansin if

[@Engelhafen]

Haha when I first visited England I had plans of driving up there like it was easy to get to in a day. Haha

[@bethnotw5143]

I'd love to live here. My Mother's family came from the Hebrides.

[@NeilFH]

Same here! I have family on Skye and in Lewis. My family dates back for a very long time in Lewis, from Bernera and are still there in Shawbost.

[@johngray8606]

Thanks for your kind reply Mark, again take care, God Bless.

[@manolisk7882]

my resspect to the ballet dancer harmony the place and the people

[@Lisa-tp4sf]

Beautiful xx

[@danuk2136]

I was there 2 weeks ago..im hoping to return soon..I already miss it

[@denischarette7972]

I hope you will have the freedom to do so.

[@pauledwards5573]

Loved it

[@bankieland]

Thankyou.

[@trudidolder6122]

Very interesting. I am intrigued by the Hebrides since we studied them in School (Switzerland) I am surprised to NOT see ANY type of Gardening, be it Greenhouses or pots. I would miss Vegetables etc. Could not live without it. Would like to know temps for the different seasons.

[@ABPhotography1]

Great video bankie, you missed the Seilebost viewpoint? - unless I blinked...

[@zapfanzapfan]

The one day it was sunny? ;-) Joke aside, I'd love to visit some day.

[@Temptation666]

I love this. i even love the music. Would love it way more though if you lowered the music it is very distracting for someone with sharp hearing. If I lower it i can not understand what you say 😭

[@johngray8606]

Hello Dippyfish, no my wife "Susana" is pure Latina, her ancestors came from Spain. Her surname is Fernandez, notice the last letter is " Z" , not "S". I know there's significance with this but can't explain it. We have Susana's mum living with us, she's very infirm needs help with everything, she'll be 98 on 28th of this month. The three of us get along very well, so no problem there. Just like everyone else, very restricted because of Covid. Take care and God Bless, John.

[@donwright3427]

That nice place.

[@bankieland]

It was!

[@doyoumind9356]

A long way from the hurly burly of city life 😀😀

[@leereadman9940]

Beautiful

[@jimmcintosh9045]

I got the bus from Glasgow to Oban and then ferry about 8 hours altogether . After staying a few days exploring Barra and Eriskay I decided to treat myself to flying back about £75 single fare. 45 minutes!

[@benohanlon]

What would it be like to live there?

[@jamesfagan7823]

Got to visit ☺

[@bankieland]

You will love the place and the people.

[@AlexExplorer]

Nice Video ! :)

[@johnnicolson467]

2020 the last year Scotland will be part of the UK I must admit I.m looking forward to Independence.

[@bryanbentham5290]

What went wrong? the people were not all brainwashed.

[@whiteeaglewarrior]

Yes as I lived briefly on Harris, Luskentyre beach was a gift from God. Would camp in my car around there. Cannot capture the stunning sight. Planning a road trip back up there to do Uist but will depend on if they let me on the ferry

[@bankieland]

It is a wonderful part of the world.

[@whiteeaglewarrior]

@@bankieland its a paradise for sure

[@leslierindel4610]

Lovely

[@murdomacinnes6176]

As one whos forebares were form Lewis and Skye a'd say well done -- but drop the we dance in the middle just saying

[@billtaylor3747]

just an excellent vid very informative

[@kennethrodmell9006]

(7:12) Compromises or comprises? That said, it looks great and I really want to visit!

[@bankieland]

You should it's beautiful.

[@ronflynn5043]

How are your houses able to withstand the extreme storm force winds that must give you a battering from time to time ??

[@lyria8469]

To be on the beach at Luskintyre would be Heaven! But it don't look like they're doing any surfing.

[@davidmitchell2177]

Beautiful pics. Could I pls use some of these shots for the Barra Christmas carol, Taladh Criosda?

[@bankieland]

Certainly pal enjoy.

[@ritapredella4718]

Lindo 💕💚💕💚💕💚💕

[@mariapierce2707]

love this great narration

[@antoniescargo4158]

Slaapverwekkende video.

[@megataurus7779]

My late father's uncle ronnie was from barra,he was an alcoholic living down in London,any body from barra who knew him ?

[@bankieland]

Wonderful place