Travel Videos for Andrew MacLeod's Why Slow Down travel Blog
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@annelamont32176 жыл бұрын
Love this beautiful island. So pleased to see people who know their roots, returning and seeing all the places they probably heard of so many times. Hope you enjoyed your trip.
@catm6782 жыл бұрын
I live in America but have been to Lewis because my father was born there, i really miss it it was so beautiful
@TheRealMisterProtocol2 жыл бұрын
For what it's worth, archaeologists residing on Lewis have pretty much demonstrated that the Calanais stones measure the 19.5-year cycle of the moon. Every 19.5 years, for three full moons in a row, the full moon will appear centered in the notch in the hills pointed to by the main avenue of the stones.
@Ddrhl3 жыл бұрын
Watching in 2021 and truly appreciating the history lessons of my husband's ancestry. Thank you!
@bobwerber29842 жыл бұрын
Catherine and Wilhemina are awesome.
@Andrewmmacleod2 жыл бұрын
Sadly they have both now passed.
@olivemd2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your video. Brings back great memories. Two of my sisters and I visited three years ago. There was only one MacDermid left in the area that my ancestors came from. We want to go back for another visit. I do have a MacLeod from Harris as a great, great, great grandmother though.
@fionn11193 жыл бұрын
I liked your enthusiasm....but, please,.... the old houses are BLACKhouses, not BLOCKhouses :) What a great pilgrimage you made, and you really did enjoy it didn't you :) Awesome. My good friend from Australia made a similar journey 4 years ago, and we found the space where his G G G grandfather had lived before leaving for south Australia. It's very moving.
@johnmacleod77893 жыл бұрын
Great story - My father left Isle of Lewis for Australia in 1923.
@ribtickler6 жыл бұрын
One of the best "coming home" clips. Really enjoyed the great scenery you managed to capture.
@joshsmom66623 жыл бұрын
I've fallen in love with this place since reading the wonderful books of Peter May 🥰 Video looks just like his descriptions
@mariapierce27073 жыл бұрын
I've learned the exact name...pebble dash... thank you! your video is informative and well done!
@R_McGeddon1173 жыл бұрын
President Trump's mum Mary Ann MacLeod was also born and brought up on the Isle of Lewis in the village of Tong
@Tierheiler6 жыл бұрын
I love the stories of, did you say Kathrin and Wilomena ?, it's fascinating hearing them talk about their childhood... apart from that the scenery you captured is gorgeous. Thanks for that :-)
@KeithWilliamMacHendry6 жыл бұрын
I love the Isle of Lewis accent, it is so calming, I had a couple of Lewis girlfriends in my youth & their accent is absolutely adorable. However Andrew, I wouldnae thank you for their peaty whisky, give me a Singleton of Speyside any day. Marvellous video Andrew, many thanks. By the way, it's pronounced Galik in Scotia.
@j.l.61233 жыл бұрын
Lewis is my surname. My family came from the Isle of Lewis. Thank you for sharing your history with us.
@chestermosburger31133 жыл бұрын
Carl Lewis- one of the greatest Olympians was born in Stornoway!
@chestermosburger31133 жыл бұрын
Huey Lewis- one of the greatest beat combo leads singers- was conceived in the Callanish (Callanais) stone circle during an ancient druidic ritual
@TheVladgeo6 жыл бұрын
Bravo à vous ! Super aventure 😘😘😘
@lauramacleod99254 жыл бұрын
I come from Ness, up the hill from port beach and my father is from Swainbost :) Really enjoyed watching this video!
@StewartHarding2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff. As someone with the first name Stewart and the middle name Fraser I suspected I've a lot of links to various places in Scotland and indeed the land down under. Great video!
@ronacooper34045 жыл бұрын
Great presentation of Macleod history. I am a descendant of Lewis and Raasay. Have a great time at Clan Macleod gatherings every 4 years on Skye.
@andrewccochrane8052 Жыл бұрын
love the video andrew my mother is a dunvegan macleod but lived her years on the waternish area of sky where i was born staffin we are from a crofting family and if i may offer you a wee suggestion take a trip to the museum of life in kilmuir where you will find plenty of names there only from the local area though ours is a mixed family allthough my father hails from harris but his family originated from the lowlands 400 yrs ago but we still find the cochrane name recorded as a local farmer on skye oh and by the way we wear the more modern dunvegan tartan yellow n black or the ancient cochrane i can wear both
@iain8602 жыл бұрын
In the immoral (sic) words of Pliny th Elder... Sgoinneal 🤣🥰
@markaudley-thewles59202 жыл бұрын
Like your style 👏🙂
@sundialsoft5 жыл бұрын
a very enjoyable video. Being a Scot who owns a kilt (Ferguson) I just have to mention that many tartans date from Victorian times so I don't think it matters which one you choose. I will be going to Lewis & Harris next year in my camper van.
@lewis87533 жыл бұрын
My first name is Lewis so thx for visiting my island
@thomasbernecky20787 жыл бұрын
my MacIver grandparents came from Laxdale on Lewis. They went to Canada, got married and move to Buffalo, NY in the States.
@johnh10016 жыл бұрын
But why would they not have stayed in Canada ? It's a nice country .
@Tmaci7776 жыл бұрын
Interesting, my MacIver grandparents initially moved to Montreal I believe and from there moved to New Jersey
@graham17454 жыл бұрын
‘Muslims, Jews and Collingwood supporters...’. I like it! 🏴😉
@keithdonald74296 жыл бұрын
The yellow is called loud Macleod
@Techfree8156 жыл бұрын
John Hunter and Mary Matheson born on the Isle of Lewis 1880's? then to Winnipeg, Canada, then to North Dakota, USA
@johnh10016 жыл бұрын
This is very funny to see this video . I have the same scarf at home . I bought it in 1981 out in the highlands , a couple of days before the royal wedding .
@potatonate7603 жыл бұрын
This island made Donald Trump just remember that 🇺🇸 🏴
@j.l.61232 жыл бұрын
This island also made me...and I'm not a Trumper. I'm a Lewis. Lol
@384963144 жыл бұрын
My great great grandmother was a MacLeod from Carloway.
@Ronbo7105 жыл бұрын
I *LOVE* the cold and rain and I would be in Heaven here. And you're so right. Covering up beautiful stone structures is pure *EVIL*
@sassulusmagnus4 жыл бұрын
I'd say side with the McLeods who opposed the Sassenach (English). Scotland has more in common with Scandinavia, culturally speaking, than it has with England.
@angusmcangus79144 жыл бұрын
And what about the millions of English and Welsh men and women who are of Viking descent? There’s less difference than you think.
@loganchase81372 жыл бұрын
There's probably more in common with the Irish Gaelic, given the language.
@andrewccochrane8052 Жыл бұрын
you need to research your history on the macleads my friend the jacobytes slaughtered nearly half of my clan macleod on sky because they wouldnt pick up the sword against goverment troops matter of fact thier actions had the exact opposite effect they foght back and dispersed them from the island only time they came back was to hide thier king pretender
@jasonmcguire78464 жыл бұрын
As far as I’m aware, the Scots fought off the Vikings and therefore never paid them “protection” money, apart from settlements on the islands, the mainland kept the Vikings out. The romans never reached the islands “hadrians” wall being built to keep the Scots/Picts at bay, Antonines wall was the furthest the romans ever got but were beaten back rather quickly.
@alicemilne1444 Жыл бұрын
The Vikings did settle in Caithness and a small part of Sutherland. The name Sutherland is actually Norse. It means the "southern land" as seen from Orkney, but they were either driven out or had assimilated with the locals by around the 12th century. The Romans did advance further than Antonine's wall because there are a string of fortlets along the Highland fault line north of the Ochils and stretching up into Angus. Those forts were built during the first Roman invasion of Caledonia around 80 AD. They were reused a couple of hundred years later when Septimus Severus decided to invade Caledonia again around 208 AD. That was a pretty harsh invasion where the Romans tried to commit genocide on the Picts, but fortunately Severus fell ill, retired back down to York and died there. His son was supposed to carry on with the genocide, but then got word that there was unrest in other parts of the empire and returned to Rome. That gave the Picts time to "regenerate". A hundred years later they were raiding down south beyond Hadrian's wall.
@Derbyabc3 жыл бұрын
We love President Trump❤!! I watched this video only because I was looking up his mom. Btw...Im a Scot too and dont take kindly to your bashing President Trump. Other than that your video and family were lovely.
@Whyslowdown3 жыл бұрын
That is your democratic right of course. It is just such a shame that he diminished the US and empowered China as we can no longer rely on the US to be the beacon for democracy. His failure to accept the election result has empowered dictators and made your country a laughing stock - which is sad.
@Derbyabc3 жыл бұрын
@@Whyslowdown Division gets us no where. Search for truth always.
@Whyslowdown3 жыл бұрын
@@Derbyabc I agree. He lost the election. That is the truth. The US is diminished in foreign eyes both because of his presidency and the way he handled the loss. That is also the truth. And China, whose economy has grown 7% in the last year alone, has been the winner from Trump's presidency. That is also the truth. I agree. Search for the truth.
@Derbyabc3 жыл бұрын
@@Whyslowdown Many of us who have mailboxes received multiple mail in ballots. That was a complete sham. The truth will come out and by next election we pray that the process eliminates any possible voting fraud!!!!!!! And we all know his stance on China come on!!!
@Whyslowdown3 жыл бұрын
@@Derbyabc I don't have time for your conspiracy theory rubbish. Please stop following me.
@thanegunn59296 жыл бұрын
My great granddad hailed from Tobson and settled in Canada after WW1
@Angie-fe8yd2 жыл бұрын
Love the tiny beach at Tobson...spent days there kayaking or many a peaceful hour sat there reading and having my evening meal.Nice place to go when Bosta beach is too busy (as it has started to get sometimes in the past few years) I ❤ Lewis 🙂
@betinafperez2 жыл бұрын
Beatiful Scotland...
@ladygardener100 Жыл бұрын
Black houses, the roofs sit on tip of v thick walls. White houses are the kind of thatched cottage style you exoect
@michaelchristian78244 жыл бұрын
i would be proud to be a relative of President Trump.....
@michaelmacluskie60896 жыл бұрын
We on the Isle of Skye used to kick the shit out of any Lewisach or Herrach that used to venture near our dance hall in Portree at a weekend....and I mean really kick their arse holes more than we would an English man....we used to feel a little bit sorry for the English as they resorted to their art of CRYING when the pain got too much.
@johnh10016 жыл бұрын
Hey You ; We here in Toronto, Ontario , Canada have our roots in Scotland . Now , ya dooun't do thaut really do ya ? You fellas sound as if you are prejudice of those of the Lewisach or Herrach families . In the modern world it's not the way . You should be making friends . Some nice girls in those families might fancie you !
@michaelmacluskie60896 жыл бұрын
John H. Your ancestors that come from these barren wind and rain swept islands woke up one morning after weeks of non stop pissing rain and wind and said "FUCK THIS...I AM NOT LIVING ON THESE SHIT ISLANDS ANYMORE" so they all pissed off to another country....but as these Islanders brains were pretty well damaged due to loneliness, boredom and of course the weather they did,nt know any better which is why they ended up in Canada..its a bit of "OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE" ....where most of the year is windswept with rain and wind, snow and freezing cold conditions....and now you lot think that you have the right to down talk the USA President DJ Trump?? Go and talk down your own Arse Hole P.M. of Canada first before insulting other countries. If you really love these Islands as you say you do (Liar) then you would have stayed on them or at least returned and advanced them for the remaining residents and put the Islands on the maps of progress...and not just buying a tourists scarf.
@andrewccochrane8052 Жыл бұрын
first i have heard of that and iam a staffin boy 78 yrs old why would they come all the way across the minch for a dance when they had a perfectly good dance hall in stornaway only rough n tumble place i can remember on a saturday night was in the kyle