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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Maggi Young on September 18, 2015, 04:55:57 PM

Title: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: Maggi Young on September 18, 2015, 04:55:57 PM: Some SRGC members (http://www.croftgardencottage.co.uk/) in the western Scottish Islands have shared this video on social media and I could not resisit sharing it here too... it is by ToddWellFilms and called "Summer in the Outer Hebrides" - hope you enjoy it...

https://vimeo.com/72256295 (https://vimeo.com/72256295)

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Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: Martinr on September 18, 2015, 05:48:23 PM: Beautiful, I need to go back
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: Maggi Young on September 18, 2015, 05:49:50 PM: To my great shame, Martin, I have never been at all :o :-[ :-[
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: johnw on September 18, 2015, 05:58:28 PM: Not hard to feel a connection to that familiar landscape, next time it's on the agenda. Found one good Nova Scotia film on that site which I will post elsewhere.

john - +27c & sunny
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: Uli Lessnow on September 18, 2015, 06:40:08 PM: We have not been there but many parts remind me of Harris and Lewis where we stayed
last year in September/October. Is it great to live there. For our holdays it was fantastic.
We hope to see the other Isles too.
Uli
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: Gabriela on September 18, 2015, 09:16:45 PM: Quote from: Maggi Young on September 18, 2015, 04:55:57 PM
Some SRGC members (http://www.croftgardencottage.co.uk/) in the western Scottish Islands have shared this video on social media and I could not resisit sharing it here too... it is by ToddWellFilms and called "Summer in the Outer Hebrides" - hope you enjoy it...

https://vimeo.com/72256295 (https://vimeo.com/72256295)

Sorry, vimeo doesn't seem to open direct here, so click the link

Beautiful landscapes! Thanks for sharing. Computer-chair traveling at its best ;)
Gabriela
Onatrio, zone 5, Canada
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: Maggi Young on September 18, 2015, 09:37:10 PM: I must admit, Gabriela, I think armchair travelling does have great advantages ;D
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: Gabriela on September 19, 2015, 02:03:11 PM: It certainly has Maggi! I keep hope that teleportation will get in used shortly :D but until then...
Gabriela
Ontario, zone 5, Canada
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: astragalus on September 20, 2015, 01:24:51 AM: Thanks for the video, Maggi, it's magical.
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: ian mcdonald on September 25, 2015, 10:54:36 PM: Spoiled for choice in the west? It reminded me of the time (in the 60s) (not the quality)when I had my first cine camera. It was clockwork. I decided to film the sunset on the far north west. I gave up at 1.00am as it was still setting.
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: Matt T on September 25, 2015, 11:06:17 PM: And started rising again not long after that? ;D
Title: Re: Scotland's Western Isles
Post by: ian mcdonald on September 26, 2015, 11:14:55 AM: Thats it Matt. I hope you don,t get "The Sea For Breakfast" this winter, as in the book by Lillian Beckwith.