Rocky Explores Scotland! Loose Threads Episode 14

[@kiltedpatriotatheart]

I'm with you Liam. I love Scotland!

[@trugritoutdoors]

Nice seeing this video. My wife and I visited Scotland August 2023. Ready to go back.

[@theologyman]

I definitely want to go to Scotland!

[@pipsheppard6747]

Rocky, you created memories that will never be forgotten by your son. I'm with him: "I love Scotland!" The trade show: I'm glad you included this in the video. What impressed me the most is how you cared about quality and authenticity. Makes me proud to own kilts made by USA Kilts!

[@la_old_salt2241]

Fabulous trip! Thanks for sharing Rocky. God bless, Rob

[@frankmckinley1254]

Thanks for sharing this video with usins.😁👍

[@alexandermay1998]

Talk about the experience of a lifetime for Rocky and his family.

[@MarcelGomesPan]

I love how proud Rocky looks when Liam takes a ”quiet second”. …as he should. Looks like a wonderful trip. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[@masdojo]

💯 such a proud dad moment.

[@fa-q-2]

...Rocky...You look like a happy man !...Congratulations dude, your one of life's winners...

[@TheEggmaniac]

The large shield in Stirling Castle, with the Lion Rampant on it ( 3.31), is the Royal Banner of Scotland, not England. I know it can be a bit confusing. As the laddie says, the unicorn is a symbol of Scotland, this is true, and it is also used in Scottish heraldry. But the Lion Rampant is generally used as the official Scottish banner. Glad you enjoyed your trip to Scotland. There are a lot more are even more striking, in other parts of Scotland. Like on the islands. A bit more off the usual tourist routes though. Haste ye back.

[@USAKiltsOfficial]

The video didn't capture the Lion that Kelly was discussing with Liam (hence the overlay image of the English lion). We know the rampant lion is a symbol of Scotland. :-)

[@MrKandu4u]

I'm so excited that I'm going to Scotland and Ireland this coming fall & am so looking forward to seeing where my relatives set sail from to the colonies in 1654. I loved this video Rocky, especially the excitement and respect exhibited by young Liam, good lad, you have a lot to be proud of there. As a member of Clan MacNaughten, I too will feel like Kelly as I visit our homeland, Castles and culture of my ancestors, I know I won't want to leave. I especially want to visit DUNDERAVE CASTLE on the shore of Loch Fyne. Completed in 1596 by John our 12th Chief and inscribed with the MacNaughten Clan Motto over the front door: "Behold the end. Be not wiser than the highest. I hope in God." Sound advice, and a timeless exhortation to all the Clan.

[@kirsteneasdale5707]

Unfortunately, Dunderave Castle is a private home and is not open to the public. There isn’t a convenient place to stop to view the outside of the castle as it is flanked on one side by Loch Fyne and on the other by a small woodland which is fenced off from the busy A83. U usually try to catch a glimpse of it as I pass on the bus (last time was Wednesday). It is a spectacular tower house which was rebuilt by a businessman and at one point used to be a posh hotel. Keep going West in the A83 and a few miles further on from Dunderave you will come to Inveraray which is a beautiful Georgian planned town next to the Duke of Argyll’s place ‘Inveraray castle’ (which you can visit) and I recommend the George Hotel for food and 18th century atmosphere. I hope you enjoy your time in Argyll.

[@scottsanders6032]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience, Slainte 😉

[@valt8744]

Thanks for taking us along on the trip! So many cool places! Your family is wonderful too.

[@MexieMex]

Looks like a great time was had by all (apart from the lost luggage obviously), You should have popped up to Lewis to see the Callanish Stones or the Ring of Brodgar in the Orkney's though.

[@TerryKeever]

Thanks for taking us along. Loved seeing Liam's experiences and the wonderment through youthful eyes.

[@MrOrvarPrime]

Looked like a fantastic time in Scotland! I hope to go there sometime too!

[@edrohm2736]

Did this near exact tour ten years ago. Bucket list as my grandfather was born and raised just west of Edinburgh, my son was stationed with the Air Force at Mildenhall and I enjoy my Scotch. Rocky, you must get to Islay for 1. Islay Woolen Mill 2. All of the distillery tastings and 3. the wonderful people we met along the way.

[@brianbaldwin6476]

This was just awesome to watch.

[@lddulcimer]

Congrats on the trip. Brings back very fond memories of my trip to Scotland last June. Can't wait to go back again.

[@jamesanderson4946]

Cool! Thanks for posting this.

[@carolrepyneck7300]

This was a great video of a great trip!! Made me want to go back again! I love Scotland too!

[@kiltedpatriotatheart]

Your Stirling Castle experience was our Wallace Monument experience... Except you got a second shot at it. We didn't. We did see the castle, though. Beautiful day, beautiful castle!! And windy. Very windy.

[@timeastwoodbagpiper]

20:00 4000 years old stone. Is that all? That's not so old. I mean it's quite old, but only about as old as Stone Henge. In Wales, as I'm sure in England, Ireland and Scotland too, we have 9000 year old structures. And definitely in Malta (and apparently in Turkey too) they have something older.

[@masdojo]

Such a great video! Thank you for this tour, Rocky. I wish to someday make it to Ireland and Scotland, to see the villages my ancestors came from. Hopefully someday.

[@stevenwaldrop7853]

What an amazing experience. My wife and I plan to go as soon as we can. My mom's ancestors came from Stirling and my dad's from Edinburgh. My wife's clan (Johnstone) were around the border with England until James I sent them to Ireland.

[@joegroves1519]

SO cool that Liam got to go on this trip! So awesome when we can show our kids Historical places!!! Took my kids to Venice, Neuschwannstein, Helsinki, London & MORE! Scotland is NEXT: end of March.

[@Falariun1]

Been to Appin a few times as have friends who live there. Been in the pub a few times as well lol. Glad you enjoyed it. I'm from just outside Glasgow (East Kilbride) but I do love heading up the west coast.

[@dougbuchanan3435]

Bucket list locations

[@highlanderapparel]

They grew up so fast.❤ The Highlander.😊

[@Renaid13]

What a great video of an epic trip! Thanks for sharing your vacation and family with us, Rocky!

[@ronaldmcrae4896]

Was there last May. Eilean Donan was on my bucket list and is owned by a member of my Clan ( not necessarily my close family of course) . The Highlands are breathtaking.

[@OcculiMortis]

Sounds like you guys had such a great time in Scotland. I’m trying to get a guys trip of my buddies to go to Scotland through Scotland History Tours in the next year or so.

[@nq6417]

Fantastic! Look forward to this.

[@nanabutner]

Looks as though you had an amazing trip. So glad your family was able to go with you.

[@stevenwalters3639]

Looks like such a fun trip. By the way Stevie saw Liam and was asking how he ended up on KZbin like he’s a Little Rock star.

[@jeffherdz]

I would love to take my wife to Scotland and visit these very same place. And where her family Clan Stewart (and a few others) is from. Rocky, I was wondering if you felt an ancestorial connection to the battlegrounds or castles that you visited ?

[@paolow1299]

Well done very interesting view of my homeland .

[@scottmasson3336]

Being halted on a road is what my family call 'a lambush'.

[@DougShoeBushcraft]

woods and creeks look like here in & around the White Mts, NH, US

[@kiltedpatriotatheart]

I share Rocky's thoughts about the effect of Outlander. At Culloden, the Fraser grave was roped off because of heavy traffic from Outlander fans. It was annoying and almost insulted. I hadn't seen Outlander yet, but it still hurts, even after watching it...

[@suebecker9972]

I just have 1 question - between the 3 of them how many kilts made the trip?

[@waldemarrohr6386]

Time 00:45 - a very nice picture, but a little weid. Rocky with cream Hose !

[@USAKiltsOfficial]

Those were hand knit and have cabling on them, so we give them a 'pass'. ;-)

[@Time_Lord_Council]

"Because someone lost our luggage. I won't say who British Air-" That's some serious shade. Not undeserved though.

[@slydermartin6008]

Opening Statement....."I don't want to leave". Couldn't have said it better myself! The opposite side of Urquhart Castle on Lochness and a bit closer to Lochend/Dores Is my family connection to Scotland.....The Macbean Clan. Was there in September and have been going to Scotland since the 70's.....and I Still got Goosebumps.