VANLIFE Lewis and Harris - the BEST day of my life!

This week's video is sponsored by Fiverr. What is happening guys, we are Craig and Amy and you are watching Cairn Gorms. And this week we're exploring the incredibly sunny, the incredibly beautiful Lewis and Harris. Scotland has been a dream trip so far. We've driven the loop of the NC500, visited Aberdeen and the stunning Cairn Gorms and we also explored the gorgeous Isle of Skye. It's been a mixture of extreme excitement, soaking up the culture, wild swimming, we've been blown away by the sights and by the wind and we've experienced it all on the road in our bus named Custers. But it hasn't all been smooth sailing. But what it has been is a proper adventure. When we came to Scotland we had already agreed that if we were going to see it, we wanted to see it properly. So this week we decided to hop on a boat, head over to Lewis and Harris and have our first taste of the Outer Hebrides. How are we doing driver? I'm okay. You'll be fine babes. I'm just going to do an eenie meenie miney moe on an anxiety tablet. My anxiety is through the roof right now. So we're about to get the boat. So we're in Uig at the minute which is like the furthest you can drive to get the shortest amount of boat time. Because obviously I get really travel sick so I'm just not feeling great. Love your wig babes. Oh yeah, Harriet has come back out to play. I've never worn a straight. She looks great. Thanks. Nice fleece. Where did you get that from? Yeah, this is a friend's. He doesn't like shaving his clothes even though he wears mine all the time. So the boat's going to take an hour and 40 and I just feel like I'm going to die on it. You're going to shake yourself nice. All right, see you on the flip side because he's drowsy so he might have to carry me. I took a pill in custard to show Greggy I was good. I know, these are actually, these are sent to us by one of our followers. So it could well be ecstasy. All right, so listen to me now okay. When we get on there. Take your seat please. You find me a spot on the floor in the corner and you get me a sick bag okay. You'll be fine. That's the plan of action okay. Although Amy was pretty nervous, we were both very excited to take custard on her first ever boat trip. We just couldn't wait to be headed to a new island to explore and it almost felt like we were going on holiday. I'm buzzing for this. I can't wait. Some people say you can spot dolphins and whales off the boat. So fingers crossed. Oh really? Get out on the deck here. It'd be better for you out there anyway. Better for me to spew over the boat than on the boat ice foam. You can feed the seals then. Here we go. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard this Caledonian McBrain vessel. The boat was easy. It was a calm and relaxing trip with no signs of travel sick Tracy, thank God. It cost us £60 one way and even though we spent most of the time freezing our butts off on the top deck, we got to relax, watch the open waters and anticipate what the next few days would bring. There she is. Travel sick Tracy hasn't shown up today which is great news. So I'm ready for the dolphins and the whales to come whenever you're ready while I'm not spewing. Would be great for you to turn up now. We've got a front row seat to the ocean, look at this. Come on wiggle your feet. Hahaha. Although it's called Lewis and Harris, it's actually just one island. It has over 4,000 freshwater locks and a few years ago it was named by the Guinness Book of Records as the windiest place in the UK and we were about to feel its wrath. Okay we've made it and we've got a wicked little park up right on the beach. So far so good, we haven't had any hassle. A lot of people like smiling and waving so. It's a big green bus though isn't it? Big green bus, big green tested bus. So we don't know what, we don't know where we are. We've chosen the first park for a night spot on the app that we can find. It does have a you should pay x amount for staying the night on a little stick board thing over there but somebody's crossed it out very angrily so I'm not sure what to do about that. It's the West Harris Trust though so it's like an official park up which is really cool. Yeah it's really cool so yeah there's not much happening. I feel like my travel sickness habits are still kicking in. You did well babe. I'm gonna go for a nap, that's great. So dinner and bed then and we'll catch you in the a.m. So this is where we slept last night. We're right on this mad little beach lock, I don't know how you would describe it. But the tide comes all the way up to there, it rushes in. When we woke up this morning there was like five sheep stranded on this little island because they'd gone over there when the tide was out and then the tide came in and they were stuck, bless them. Mad spot, we had a little bit of sunshine just now so we're gonna head to a beach. Hopefully the sun's gonna come out for us but we're just gonna have a wicked time. Here she is enjoying a little banana by herself. I don't usually eat bananas but I'm trying not to eat cakes for breakfast and trying not to be such a fat bap anymore in the mornings. Well it's crazy because like it's so windy and dark so soon and cold outside. I ain't getting out there for a run, I ain't getting out there to do any kind of exercise. Not that I would anyway but this is more of an excuse you know. So I'm making us some coffees. The first beach right Craig? Right. Is supposed to be one of the best beaches in the world. Oh baby! I mean how many countries can say that really? It's called Luskentire Beach and apparently it's got white sands and white wild horses. Oh my god that sounds like a dream. I know. So uh that's the first stop. Let's just get some coffee to keep our bellies warm. How about some whiskey in that coffee love eh? So so far thank you so much for all the recommendations for Craig. Well thank you but not thank you because we're going to be bankrupt very soon but he's got the monkey shoulder, he's had that for about two days. Smashed you lad, don't worry about me. And then the Glenn Fidich, the number 12, age 12 years. So apparently the car park only holds 12 cars so make sure you're here early. Not a problem in November. Thank you kind sir. You're welcome. Don't just do it for the vlog. Oh look at that big piece by there. Oh she's lovely she is. I've got my swimmers on because I don't know about you but I'm going for a swim mate. Oh I just... I'm a wild swimmer mate. I'm a wild guy. They call me wild Willie. You've got a new bag yeah? You're an influencer yeah? I've got a new bag. They didn't pay you to talk about it on the channel so keep walking. There's a dog that's come down here so let's go. Look at the backdrop. Look at that north, northern Harris mountain in the backdrop. Did you just google that? No, no. That's incredible. Look at the state of it. Gorgeous. Oh wow look at this. Look at the colour of the sun. Could be Australia. Do you know what I mean? This is Scotland. God it was as if he knew we were coming. There's a seal and he is so close. Like if you went in there now Craig you could swim with him if he didn't chomp you. Oh I love it. I think I was gonna go for a swim but it looks like there's rain coming and Amy doesn't want to get wet so... Oh is this excuse time? Oh no. Also I don't want to get eaten by a seal. Oh the seal disappeared like so fast before we could even get any footage of him but he was gorgeous and he had a lovely round head. A bit like you. A bit like myself. This place is gorgeous though. It really is like magic. So clean and so peaceful. The colours are just outstanding. I could live here. The scary thing about Scotland is because the landscape is so vast you can see the rain come in so you can see it like approaching in the distance and it's like I'm coming for you mate whereas... I'm like how long have we got Craig? And he's like oh ETA six minutes. We've got to be quick. Six minutes. But yeah it's quite rare to have a beach with like such a mountainous backdrop and it's yeah it is so beautiful and it's so peaceful here as well and I can imagine when the tide is right up and the sun comes out it would just look incredible. We left our coffee cups down there. Rock, paper, scissors to see who gets them. Three, two, one. You lose. You can't bloody cheat like that. Go. Three, two, one. Go. Best of three. Till I climb. Best of three. The next stop on our itinerary was the Golden Road. This road shows Harris's most spectacular scenery via its single track road, mini fjords and raw backdrop. This is a road like no other that I've ever seen. It's incredible. It looks like we're just plodding along on the top of Mars. Just a beautifully little clean-cut road in the centre of another planet basically with little puff cloud balls of sheep just like stuck in the sides of most of the cliffs. There's like sheer drops off the side of the road straight into a beautiful lock that I would just love to just get out and just plop into. Everything like the colours and everything at this time of the year is just gorgeous. Mental. The roads are because they're really narrow and it's like really up and down but it's just like, yeah, I've never been anywhere before that looks like this at all. Tonight's menu we've got some Blue Dragon Pad Thai. If you've ever seen these kits, I tell you what, the ramen version of this. Baby. I'm in my pants, Craig. Don't show people I'm in my pants. It turned out to be a super rainy horrible evening so we found the park up on a hill. I'm gonna cook some dinner and we're gonna watch a film. How about that? Sounds lovely. You're a spoilt cow, aren't you? It's so cosy in this bus though. Now it's becoming like winter winter. We've always got the heater on. Cheap Chinese diesel heater. Works for us. Works a treat. So yeah, it's just it's lovely and it's so dark so early. So four o'clock we're like righto time for bed basically. It's too too dark to film. So yeah, tomorrow though it's supposed to not be raining. It's supposed to not be... You're still talking. I'm trying to cook dinner for you. Let me crack on. Feels like we're in Thailand. And you've got the nuts on the top as well. You're so creative, hon. Well it came in a pack like that. I am quite creative though. Okay. Before we carry on with the video we'd like to take a minute to thank this week's sponsor Fiverr. Fiverr is an online marketplace for freelance services. 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No I've got a really good feeling today. The sun's out. It's gonna be a bloody meltdown. So about six miles away from the beach we slept in a really cool spot. We were up on a mountain but the wind was so mental that we had to move. We found a nice little hidden corner. What's that then? It's a big castle. That's what Scotland does best really isn't it? It's like castles. I feel like we're not supposed to be here. No I don't think we're in the right place either. This is the road to... this is the right way to... Is it? Hushanish. It does say private garden though. We'd only really witnessed Highland cows from a distance. And Amy was so desperate to see them that we actually paid for a cow safari to go and see them behind the fence. But it had always been on her bucket list to see the cows roaming the streets freely and be close enough so that she could hug one. If it would let her. Would this be the day? Yes we've done it! Oh sorry lad. You know you're just not as cool like I can see you back in Wales. No offence or nothing. You're still gorgeous. There's poo on the road. Keep your eyes peeled Craig. It is! It's Highland cows. Brilliant. And there's sheep just roaming free as well. Aww it's giving me love. What do you want to do? Do you want to park my here? Yeah park! Park it up. They're right there. There's flipping there's 20 of them. Their hordes are massive. Oh I really am. I'm such a kid. I know I am. I just they're so amazing to look at and obviously very niche to Scotland. So watch your poo. This is my dream. I've always wanted to see this. I had a dream. You know like I wanted to see camels in Mongolia. Look at their faces. Good morning girls and boys. They're incredible. They're absolutely incredible. Traffic jam in the Highlands. Let the boat man through. So funny. They're all showering on him as well. Gil. Yeah. Yeah he's showing off. Just walking down the road in Scotland. Today was the day. Amy was in her element. She told me later that her face hurt from smiling so much. Oh bless her. Okay I've decided Craig this one's my favourite. She's gorgeous and she came right up to me and touched my hand. I'm gonna call her moonshine. How about that? Hey that's a good one. See what I did? See what I did there? Get a picture of me by you so I can send it to my mum and dad. So here we are. There's actually a parker which is it's like a mini campsite. There's electrical hookups. So we're parked up with custard here and there's a donation box over there to put your money in. And these are our neighbours. They've all come down from up on the hill. Amy's absolutely loving life. First day of my life. And they're all just so docile. Like not that I'm like forcing myself upon them. I just um when you walk past they're just like chewing and just so calm. They don't even mind. Apart from that white one. He's a terror. I was taking photos and he ran at me and I was like oh. We were supposed to do loads today but we've been here for hours. Just watching them and taking photos and oh it's just incredible. Just amazing. You love it. This is one of my favourite places on the earth. Craig. Definitely. Yeah this is one hell of a spot. Like the views out to sea are incredible. You can see all the little bays of beaches as well. You can walk over and like over the hill there's another bay as well. What an incredible place man. It's so beautiful. So so beautiful. We were so flipping excited by the cows that we completely forgot about the beach just up ahead. We told ourselves we'd visit tomorrow. Little did we know the next day it was going to be a proper thunderstorm. Toilet duties call again. The worst day for it is outside and it's literally like a storm. Yeah. But this place is so cool. You've got everything you need and you just like put your money in a little envelope. A little donation box yeah. I ain't going out there. Just past where we stayed last night there was like five hookups. It isn't a real campsite. You just get there first come first serve and obviously nobody's here. So you pay your little donation into a box and then just down the road next to the car park for the actual hishinishini beach is like a great waste disposal. The toilet disposal and fresh water. I was going to wear this fleece today but I thought it's a bit loud ain't. It's a bit loud. Just sit yourself down that's a bit loud. This is a holiday hat so I'm feeling like if I wear it maybe maybe the sun will come out. Maybe because we're going to a beach next so brilliant weather for a brilliant weather. All right Clive. Wet and wild out there. And we're right by the beach as well. Obviously we were going to go down this morning but it's just too wet but it looks insane. So Craig's realized that there's some kind of meter in there that you pay like three pounds. So he's doing that because we're good tourists you know. We're responsible. Craig smashed Greg's off when he took his surfboard out. We've got to go back on. That's our favorite one it's moonshine everyone. Moonshine. Oh stop the bus. She's wagging her tail. Oh bless her she notices us. Moonshine. Oh there you go. Hello. Little girl. I mean I'd offer you in but I just don't think you'd fit. It's not because you're wet or anything. It's just the sheer size of her you know. I think she might be pregnant. She's huge. You reckon? Yeah look at her belly. Let's just say ta-ra to them all because they're all making their way up after their breakfast. Oh look at them baby. Oh sneaky. Excuse me ladies and gentlemen. That's it pull in. Thanks very much. Watch your little bum there. Oh nice one nice one. All right guys we'll see you later. I love you. As we were driving down the road we spotted two dogs that looked a bit lost and a bit wet running down the road. One legged it and one got in on my orders. I'm pretty sure they're farm dogs. Yeah but they were on the side of the road and he's freezing. He just ran out in front of the bus so. I think he's running back. The house must be there now. Okay go on back then. Well I don't know what to do. I'm not letting him go. Keep him in and drive down babe. He's happy to be here and I'm. Right sit sit. Good boy. Good boy sit there. He just yelled. Are you wet Nicole? Okay so we think we found their house. I think her name's Gib. Gib Gib. Is that you? Is that your name? Is that your house? So Amy's gone to knock the door to see if there's anybody there. What's your plan? All right so we found a neighbor who knew Gib the dog. So she's taking her in with the lead and she's going to call the owner to pick her up. Honestly like I couldn't leave her blessed. She was freezing and so lovely. She was so cute. So friendly. We had a little photo shoot in here whilst you were gone. Honestly the amount of dogs like this year alone that I've picked up off the street, put in the car and then had to battle with my own dog at home to try and get them in. Oh I just. She's like her own dog rescue team. I'm like they'll find their way home. They're not stupid. They go in the opposite way Craig. So I'm glad we took them. So we've parked up and we've come down for a look but the weather is so horrible. It is. We're not playing ball today. But I can imagine when that wind, the rain stops. It's stunning here. But yeah I think we're going to sleep somewhere tonight and then maybe come back tomorrow and try and sleep. Yeah maybe. Tonight Matthew we are having some leek and garlic mashed potato. Oh sugar. With vegan haggis, broccoli and gravy. It was butternut squash which was taking too long in the oven. Watch this. This looks sensational Craig. Blocking the light there. Oh I'm blocking the light. So what exactly for the people at home that don't know what haggis is. I couldn't tell you. You know it. It tastes great but I couldn't tell you what it is. But isn't it cooked like traditionally in the stomach of a lamb? Oh we don't eat it like that. But that is traditional haggis. About to eat my dinner here babes. Watch out guys let's get a shot of gravy man. Get a shot of that. Get that in slow-mo. Go on. That's bloody Marcus and Spencer's Christmas shift that is. Draped over some brown gravy granules with some hot water. Straight from the holding tank. You don't sound well at all. Do you want to have a little picture next to the dinner that you made? Shall I take one? That's a good idea. Oh that was really nice. You look really good. Brain that one. Well done. No problem. Should be proud of this. Uh how long then? It's done. Are you gonna say grace or am I? I must say. How's the mash gonna blow your head off? Haggis. Vegan haggis. Oh my days. Super flavoursome innit? That's what I do love. You didn't make it. You just took it to the oven. It was prepped to perfection. Oh that's really good. And that is it for this week's video. We are going to be staying here for another week. So next week's going to be another Lewis and Harris special. Yeah there was too much to do in a week. Even though well particularly because the weather was bad. But um yeah there's so much to do we decided to space it out over two weeks. So yeah another week here and then back onto the NC500 for like around Christmas time. I'm excited. We're also battling the weather so that's part of it as well. So uh thanks for watching. Thanks for tuning in and we'll see you next week. One, two, three, bye!