Exploring Orkney

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2 жыл бұрын

Get the EP here:
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Part 2 here:
• Exploring Orkney Part 2
Our trip to & around Orkney with some wonderful glimpses of the Islands but some challenging journeys with it
Link to the fantastic airbnb we stayed in:
www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/292542...

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@lucieherrick6934 2 жыл бұрын

Love your honesty. Too many KZfaqrs make everything sound so perfect and wonderful. They are talking about how wonderful something taste before it even hits their tastebuds. Appreciate you keeping it real

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

thks!

@sonant888 Жыл бұрын

SO sarcastic!! 😅😅😂😂😂 subscribed

@GreatCityAttractions 4 ай бұрын

An interesting video - well done.

@simongray6452 Жыл бұрын

I have lived just outside Thurso for the past 10 years, having come up here from NW England. Bravo! You highlight what most 'incomers' grumble about - the locals just tell you to go home if you don't like it (yes, there is a strong SNP presence here - I know, in 2023!). I think the dire infrastructure and attitude is a tactic to deter people from wanting to move up here. Despite all that, I have a place to call home, I am left to my own devices and there are amazing opportunities for absorbing the spirit of the place both here on the mainland and Orkney - once you know how to negotiate the hurdles and avoid the traps 🙊

@seandangercampbell 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I love that shot at 4:21! Hoy from the sea and the cathedral of St. Magnus (love those doors!) are equally delicious. I love the Scottish apocalypse shot at 12:28! Ha ha! And I did in fact mutter to myself “there can be only one” during the Ring of Brodgar footage.

@tommyg0o 2 жыл бұрын

Well done for surviving through those trials of the journey to Orkney dude. Hearing the place name Scrabster made your experience very visceral to me. Looking forward to Part 2!!

@rachaelstanley7986 Жыл бұрын

Just fly to Kirkwall, it doesn't cost much more when you factor in breaking your journey in Inverness overnight. Good planning overcomes those niggles. I was going to do that route from North Wales (god love me) but decided to fly just weeks before going. It was end of August 2022 and the weather was amazing. I even got sunburnt.

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

I must admit i have a bad habbit of getting caught up on a low face value ticket (like a flight into inverness for >£30) but dont consider the total cost when youve added all the steps Probs will just fly to kirkwall next time

@user-xq6se9uc1g 9 ай бұрын

I am not Scottish but I love both Inverness and Orkney. I go most years.

@MichaelLoda 2 жыл бұрын

Orkney is beautiful 😍 great music too!

@heather333 Жыл бұрын

I'll be travelling by Pentland Ferries from Gill's Bay.

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

yh i had my eye on them, thats probably what we'll do next time

@suzcluez 2 жыл бұрын

... "Slug Mardi Gras"....!!! 😃😆 now i must repeat the episode from there, where i lost my mind😁

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

felt genuinely bad bout the death toll, but i swear, there was scarcely a vacant square foot you could step around them 😣it was grim ❇❇❇

@FusionJunkieBabyyy Жыл бұрын

Can highly recomend Pentland Ferries instead of the Northlink connection

@stevenr2463 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are brilliant! Im from Guernsey and you made a video about Guernsey a few years ago - I can confirm practically everything you had to say about it. Spent a lot of time on Greek islands over the years - same applies.

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

Thks mate!

@auntiewin1134 Жыл бұрын

If you don't have a car "Jogferry" in the summer will bus you directly from Inverness to Kirlwall via the John O Groats to Burwick ferry..

@kieranhenn793 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Stunning!

@smalladventures9021 2 жыл бұрын

Why haven't I been to Orkney yet?! Looks stunning. Loved your commentary as usual...I sometimes think that the complicated lengths you have to go to to visit these places makes them even more special (or maybe I just tell myself that)!

@margaretreynolds4394 Жыл бұрын

One little mistake. The gateway to the highlands is Stirling which sits on the river Forth. I've never been to Orkney but we plan to hear up there this spring. You are right the sun helps you enjoy your trips in Scotland. But I'd say pack for all weather and include wellies.

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

interesting, there were definitely several shop fronts in Inverness claiming it as 'the gateway to the highlands' guess there's probs a few places vying for that title

@bulliblue Жыл бұрын

perth

@lauriest.germain6448 2 жыл бұрын

your comments in the first minute got me to subscribe!

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

awesome! I was worried i sounded a bit defensive - but i will make a note to be even more defensive in the future!!!

@lauriest.germain6448 2 жыл бұрын

@@ForestArchaicCollective 😅

@seandangercampbell 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, bad luck with that pharisee ferry lady, but glad to hear you bumped into a couple of samaritans soon after. I wonder if there’s a commission-scheme between the ferry and the local inns.

@susanyoung2427 Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry you missed your connection on the Northlink Ferry. However, you also missed out on a wonderful part of Scotland. I also took the train from Inverness to Thurso. One of the train conductors arranged for a cab to meet at the station. Thurso Cab is awesome. The driver offered to be my tour guide. I was going to the Castle Mey. Wonderful to see and has a great cafe. We went to the Queen Mother’s church, saw the stacks at Dunnet Head with the stacks and John O’Groates. Stopped at a beach and watched the seals and saw Duncanby’s Head. We also managed to drive to Wick. I even spent a little time in the bar at the North Sands Hotel talking with locals. My B&B was very nice. It’s a wonderful remote part of Scotland with great people. I learned while I was there that you can arrange a rental car in Inverness to meet you. If I ever have a chance to travel there again I’d be tempted to drive. The roads are great. I’m sorry again about the ferry. That was terrible.

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

Yes! In fact was lucky enough this summer to do [some of] the highland 500 in a mates campervan 🏞 & yes got to see Caithness properly & go Broch hunting - absolutely loved it!

@auntiewin1134 Жыл бұрын

Judith Glue is where to go for coffee in Kirkwall

@gyandajung4273 2 жыл бұрын

The way you tell the story of the missed boat is just gorgeous :-)

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

😆😆 glad you enjoyed it! no shock - was not fun to experience at the time Maybe - its all that Golden Hour footage from Thurso bay running in the background, feel like i could describe my dental surgery in depth but with that playing in the background everything seems serene 😅

@auntiewin1134 Жыл бұрын

The level of stress you were driven to by connections that just don't connect finally brought me to flee Orkney last summer without finishing my bucket list

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

And its sad because it wouldnt take much just to triangulate the train/bus/ferry and make it just a bit more user-friendly. Its not billion dollar stuff by any means, just a couple shuttle buses, a few more ferry sailings To underline - full sympathy for all the residents who have to navigate this just for the relatively simple goal of: mainland & back

@IanSmithFotografi Жыл бұрын

Great film.. well documented and a story well told

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

thks! :)

@pclady95 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your honesty! I prefer honest when I plan travel.

@pclady95 Жыл бұрын

Any grocery stores to get something to eat when restaurants are closed? When I visited Scotland (Glasgow, Mull, and Bonnyrigg) in September (15 days), I was happy with getting a sandwich (or something to make one) from a small non-commercial grocery (Mull), as well as Aldi and Lidl on the mainland. I was also able to get wine at these establishments (it's better by the bottle!).

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

@@pclady95 thanku :) As far as groceries it depends where you are, Kirkwall has everything youd expect, a big tescos on the edge of town, a smaller co-op in the middle & others, Stromness has a modestly-large co-op Outside of those towns its either smaller rural stores or on the smaller islands it can be pretty limited

@kevinrobinson7408 Жыл бұрын

ferri sounds cheeky

@tarrynharris373 Жыл бұрын

You missed the most direct route from scottiah mainland to orkney. Should have taken the Aberdeen to Kirkwall ferry. The best way to go as a tourist and local unless you want to take a more scenic route through the highlands.

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough thats what we're doing this summer when we're heading back Hitting Shetland as well :)

@DGKED-td7mf Жыл бұрын

Your commentary made me laugh. Thanks

@MassiveHorses 2 жыл бұрын

Really great cow content in this video

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

those cows were in the field just out front of the airbnb & they would huddle towards us everytime we passed like journalists to a filmstar,

@user-xq6se9uc1g 9 ай бұрын

It's just a very short walk from Thurso to Scrabster. It isn't a problem.

@ForestArchaicCollective 9 ай бұрын

I mean, im never usually adverse to a 45 min walk (or 2hr walk for that matter) its just when youre on the clock & idk its just a weird unforced error that for the sake of 2 miles of track or even a shuttle bus service that 2 major transport networks come so close to linking up ...then stop short

@donnakantaris2287 9 ай бұрын

I have lived in Stromness for the last five years, (emigre from Brighton). I don't recognise your 'meh' description of the fascinating and picturesque place I am now proud to call home. Don't compare it to chocolate box pretty villages in the south of England, they are hundreds of miles apart with a different climate. Orkney has Viking strength and endurance in its bones and the scenery and towns reflect that. Yes, the pebbledash isnt pretty but hey it wasn't put there for tourists but because maintaining stone buildings in a wild climate isn't cheap and Orcadians are used to pragmatic solutions. Think about the whole picture before making shallow judgments.

@mondomacabromajor5731 2 жыл бұрын

Good video... Yes, travelling in these remote, lower populated areas is very aggravating - you almost have to allow a full days notice to prepare for the slow, tedious buses, trains and ferry's ...

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

I am still baffled that whoever laid the train tracks to Thurso stopped just a couple of miles short of the ferry just the ability to step off the train onto the ferry would make so much difference, even just a couple of shuttle buses a day? just something

@mondomacabromajor5731 2 жыл бұрын

@@ForestArchaicCollective There is a poem that goes: "This bloody town's a bloody cuss No bloody trains, no bloody bus, And no one cares for bloody us, In bloody Orkney." It could be really tourist friendly, but a lot of locals just want it to be kept in solitude, and thanks to oil money and price gouging by airlines - it costs you an arm and a leg to get there - sorry, a bloody arm and leg!!!

@jordansyoutube2139 2 ай бұрын

After working all over the uk everywhere just looks the same

@Neilhuny 2 жыл бұрын

I have friends that live along the north coast (midway between Thurso and Cape Wrath) so have been going up there frequently for decades. I've looked at getting the ferry over to the Orkneys many times but it is prohibitively expensive, so I have never done it. Seeing your experience with the ferry does nothing to change my mind. I bet you get attacked for this video anyway, although it was a very reasonable description of your journey there! I suspect a great many people either work in the oil business so can afford the costs, or are happy to pay to miss out the ground version of the Thurso to Inverness journey. I wonder if many Orcadians fly directly to Aberdeen, Glasgow or Edinburgh? Manchester? London? No, I haven't checked scheduled flights, people, to see if any of that is possible. I'd like to decide on a whim to spend 3 to 5 days over there without having my bank account emptied before I get that short distance across the water. I bet many hundreds of tourists on the North Coast 500 would do the same each week in the summer.

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

yeah i was surprised that what i assumed was the main thoroughfare to & from the island was a headache to navigate I mean full sympathy for the Orkadians :( its rough on them whichever option you take either in cost or time (or both if you want to take a car on the ferry) the rail lines stopping in Thurso just 2 miles short of the ferry terminal is strange - having it all joined up to the Scottish rail network seems like an open goal

@vegvisirphotography5632 2 жыл бұрын

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@Bill-wd5uj 2 жыл бұрын

What was the name of or the link to the B&B that you stayed at on on Orkney?

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

whoops - forgot to add that to the description, it's there now, its called the Leverets - its on Airbnb

@libinachankunju7580 Жыл бұрын

really love and respect your honesty.... What is your opinion about visiting Orkney in early November this year..... to be precise next week....

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

do it! Though just be aware that because of how far up the northern hemisphere you are your hours of daylight are going to be limited

@libinachankunju7580 Жыл бұрын

@@ForestArchaicCollective thanks for the kind response

@rachelhenderson2688 4 ай бұрын

Take lots of warm clothes and a substantial waterproof coat!

@seandangercampbell 2 жыл бұрын

“Not the best strategy for evangelism”, ha ha! I like the idea of a church district, though perhaps not a brutalist architecture district. I think Inverness looks lovely on the whole.

@kevinrobinson7408 Жыл бұрын

interesting name for ur chanel

@MrRadiorobot Жыл бұрын

If you had pleaded with the ticket office in a Scottish accent you would have been fine.

@ForestArchaicCollective 2 жыл бұрын

watch the part 2! 👇👇 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5uietJ6tZ6XeZc.html

@sonant888 Жыл бұрын

What’s the cute furry animal jumping on the cliff at 9:09?

@ForestArchaicCollective Жыл бұрын

if you mean 19:09 ? (was scanning the distant cliffs of Hoy at 9:09 thinking you must have the eyes of a kestrel to see a furry animal in that wide shot) Freeze frame 19:09 - appears to be a rabbit

@sonant888 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Oops. 19:09. Thanks!