APOLOGIES FOR SOUND DISCREPANCIES ON THIS VIDEO! We hope you enjoy the video, if you do, please give us a like 👍 You may also enjoy this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/fH-Kq9lrpb3LepM.htmlsi=-TzaoGQfN65nDrRH Em 💜

My eyes are grateful for the blessing that is this incredible content on my screen.

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you 😎 Em 💜

Great scenery Charlie looked really happy running on the beach. Take care ❤

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

He loves the beach, mainly rolling in dead things 🤣 Thanks Wendy, Em 💜

Amazing trip looked awesome 😊

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

It really was a brilliant trip! 😎 Thanks, Em 💜

Hi Em, Gary & Charlie, Loved this episode, it's where we'll be heading, hopefully soon.. It's exactly where Angie's daughter lives Nr Thurso on the NC500.❤

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Yay 😁 what an amazing trip that’ll be! She’s lucky to live there 😎 Try Annie’s bakery, delicious food, although I’m guessing your daughter will know already ☺️ Have a great time & safe travels both. Thanks for the lovely comment. Em 💜🚐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😍

Great video , beautiful scenery , Scotland is our favourite destination in The UK, safe travels 🚐

@vansforthememories

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, it’s ours too 😎 Such varied landscapes 😁 Thanks so much for watching. Em 💜

Gorgeous beach. Jazz is the same. Always rolling in stuff she shouldn’t. Bless him. Hope Charlie is ok. Our little Maya has a heart issue too. Always a bit of a worry. Cake and pies looked incredible. Fabulous scenery. Pleased it wasn’t too busy for you 👍😊

@vansforthememories

4 ай бұрын

They’re little horrors sometimes aren’t they 🤭 Oh really, poor Maya 💕 Charlie has DCM (enlarged heart) he’s on medication to give him as much time as possible ❤️‍🩹 The cakes & pies are fantastic from there 😁 We were gobsmacked at how quiet it was for July. (Good though 😁). Hope you’re all ok? Em 💜 xx

Looks beautiful 😍 love the drone footage. Well done naughty Donald 🤣💜xx

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

It really is beautiful up there Suze 😎 🤣🤣 Haha Donald Is a bit of a rogue 🤭🙈 Thanks, I’ll pass it on to G, cos I just sit & laugh 😂 Hope you & Daisy are feeling better? Em 💜 xx

@tonysutton6559

5 ай бұрын

I suspect that the collision sensors on the drone weren't happy landing on the blue thing. It could have mistaken it for water. I hand launch and catch my drone now as it's the safest way to avoid damaging it.

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Good tip, thank you 😎 Em 🐶

What an action-packed trip along the NC500! 🚐⛰ That beach looks HUGE! Glad you found a camping spot with a signal in the end. Scary that there were so many big tractors on such narrow roads! 🚜 I'd love to visit Annie's Bakery someday - those cakes looked amazing! 😋

@vansforthememories

4 ай бұрын

You really need to go to Annies its amazing, in fact the whole place is just amazing haha! Thank you so much for watching. Em 💜

Loved the video, them Kenco lattes are our favourite 👍🏻

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Hiya, Yeah, it was lovely & saves a few pennies 😎 Thanks for the lovely comment. Em 💜

Spectacular 😁

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

It really is! Thank you for watching, Em 💜

It’s an absolutely stunning place. Surprising that it wasn’t too busy. We did that route in June 22 and it wasn’t too bad then either. Every turn is another wow moment Brilliant that it’s so quiet. Some of them drivers 😃😃

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

It really is & got a lot better too! Did you do it in the car? Yes, you’re right, every turn the landscape doesn’t fail to delight. Thanks so much, Em 💜

@NBNatureTrailvan

5 ай бұрын

@@vansforthememories we did do it in the car. So we couldn’t stop for the best bits. We’ve been a bit reticent to do it in the van cos of the potential for it to be too busy, so it was good to see that it wasn’t bad at all 👍👍👍

Great video,fantastic scenery and lovely to see Charlie enjoying the beach

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Hi Kathy 😁 aww thank you 😊 Charlie loved the little run & mooch on the beach 😄 It’s his favourite thing to do 🤭 Thanks for the lovely comment. Em 💜

Lovely to see Charlie having fun on the beach. Beautiful scenery on the drive to Tongue. It's beautiful around the Kyle of Tongue. I remember us buying Magnums from the shop there and they were rock hard 😂 Moody looking sky with Donald, but it adds to the beauty of the place in my opinion. We loved it at Ceannabeinne beach and so did Nanook. Its on our list to go back to do his ashes, but we didn't overnight as it was too wonky for me and we had no signal whatsoever. There's meant to be an aire around there somewhere near Sango Bay way I think. We overnighted by a church ruin and a golf course past Sango Sands. I agree completely about phone signal incase you end up in an emergency.

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

He loves the beach, usually to find dead things to roll in 🤭 Yes it really is spectacular up there 😍 Will be lovely for you to go back for Nooks journey. I’m glad it’s not just us that like to have some kind of signal 😊 Thanks so much for watching, hope you’re both well. Em 💜 xx

Aww brilliant! Have done Applecross but never NC500. Maybe this summer ❤

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

You’ll have to do it, we’re glad we did 😎 Thanks for watching, not my finest work this video 🤭 Sound issues. Em 💜

@dayvanadventure

5 ай бұрын

@@vansforthememories definitely! Enjoyed the video :)

Amazing scenery, no wonder its popular!

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Mary, it’s amazing scenery. Em 💜

Might have been a lions main jellyfish that, the stingers are still active on jellies when they wash up, most wont do you any damage but id not risk finding out lol 😂 Dunnet bay is a gorgeous spot eh! X OOooooh PIE! Mmmmmm 😂 itching to get back up now! X JP ❤

@vansforthememories

3 ай бұрын

Oh great thanks for that, will definitely know to make sure Charlie doesn’t go near them 😙 Oh us too, seems so long ago since last there ☺️ That pie was delicious 😋 worth the trip for that alone 😂 Thanks for watching 😎 Em 💜 xxx

hi em! what a lovely beach, charlie was just having a romp! i love that you read his signals. ❤ y'all are just so precious. 😭 not a fan of the bridge at 5:40? and loved the view (and the wind, so no apologies on there 😉) at the no drone area. do you enjoy driving ? ever get motion sick? just sort of wondered, "goldilocks." 🤭 have a great weekend! 🛴❤

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Aww thanks Anne 🥰 We can read Charlie like a 📖 book, he’s either sleeping or up to no good 🤭🐶😇 I don’t get car sick as a front seat passenger but I do if I have to sit in the back. 😳 Yes I wasn’t keen on the bridges & causeways. Thanks for the lovely comment, Em 💜

Hi Em, Gary & Charlie Great video as always. Something else to add to our never ending bucket list. Good News!! We finally got Islay back. All good so far. We are currently just outside Crieff. Mike, Bev and Bracken xx

@vansforthememories

4 ай бұрын

Hi Mike, Bev & Bracken 👋 Good to hear from you, was thinking of you only yesterday 😃 I’m so pleased you have your lovely van back in time to enjoy the upcoming spring 😎 Ooh where about are you staying? We like the village of Comrie nr Crieff 😃 Hope you have a great time! Are you out for long? We are eager to get back out in the van 🚐🤭 Enjoy! Em, G & Charlie 💜 xx

@mstphoto99

4 ай бұрын

@@vansforthememories We are at Braidhaugh for a few nights. We'll use this as a base.

@vansforthememories

4 ай бұрын

@@mstphoto99 hope you’re having the best time 😎 Em 💜

Interesting to hear it’s quiet on the roads as you always hear ‘don’t go’ etc ….. will get Jane to try the coffee as she is slowly getting converted from tea … We will at times not have phone signal if stuff at home with the family is settled

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

We didn’t plan to go on the NC500 tbh, it just happened 🤭🙈 and we were expecting it to be crazy, we were quite surprised at how quiet it was. There’s more van coffee solutions coming up 😂 It does save a few pennies 😊 Thanks, Em 💜

Nice. Inspiring as we want to do this at some point. Could be time for Starlink!?

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Would definitely recommend it 😎 No pennies for Starlink unfortunately, maybe one day ☺️ Thanks for the lovely comment. Em 💜

We've been told that many times that the NC500 is too busy that we've avoided it. Maybe it was quiet for you because July is prime midge season. The first time that we took our dogs to France, Shep the border collie, decided to roll on/in a dead fish a Jugon Les Lacs. Even though I stripped down to my boxers and dragged him in the lake to wash him off he still stank to high heaven. When we got back to the Gîte we hosed him down and used fox poo shampoo but it doesn't work with dead fish. There was a massive lavender bush outside so I would get handfuls of that and rub it in. We had to block the stairs at night to stop him trying to get on our bed and even a week later he was still stinking all the way back from Normandy to the Midlands (I also had raging toothache for the 16 hour journey). He's stopped rolling in stuff and and prefers to eat it so we invested £10 in a box muzzle after a 4 figure vets bill after eating toad stools.

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

We hadn’t planned to do the NC500, it was a last minute decision 😊 So We were worried that it would be rammed, but it was quiet as you saw, still vans on it, but nothing like what we expected 😅 The midgies are May-September sometimes a little earlier. They weren’t an issue until Kinlochewe though, they were bad there! You never fail to make us chuckle with your stories Tony 😂 It’s good to know, we’re not the only ones with a naughty dog 🐶🤣 Charlie was poorly after snacking on something off the floor in Windermere in the summer! Would have to be August bank holiday & a vet visit 😱 He’s a scavenger too, won’t eat his own dinner, but happily eat rubbish off the floor! We’ve often thought about a muzzle for this reason too. Soon be time for you to go on your adventures 😎 Have a good week 😁 Em 💜

Sutherland and Caithness where my family originally came from

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

Hi Bob, Oh really? It’s so underrated Up there! Have you visited? Thanks for watching, Em 💜

@bobmckayfreedom

5 ай бұрын

@@vansforthememoriesyeh been up there …loads of McKays there

@bobmckayfreedom

5 ай бұрын

I can trace them way back to 1665 at Melness Sutherland ..my 7th great grand father

@vansforthememories

5 ай бұрын

@@bobmckayfreedom that sounds interesting Bob, were you able to pinpoint a township/village of where they lived?

@bobmckayfreedom

5 ай бұрын

@@vansforthememories Melness and Tongue ….but I’ve not long traced that bit so I think a trip is in order

I was planning to do the NC500 this august but I've been warned and put off my people telling me about the midges in Scotland. People have suggested that because the NC500 route is obviously by the coast the midges might not be able to withstand the breeze. What was your experience with midges on the NC500?? Thank you!

@vansforthememories

Ай бұрын

Hi 👋 We are used to the midgies as we used to live on Skye. But , here’s our experience in the Moho, there is less on the east side of the 500. How bad they are really is depending on weather conditions, if it’s still & humid it’s fairly bad for them. They’re more active early morning & evening & in vegetative areas or beside still waters such as lochs. They’re not as much of an issue on the coast or near the sea, as it tends to be breezy. They are mainly bothersome early morning & evening & after rain if it’s still. You can buy Smidge to put on your skin as a deterrent from them, also midge nets if they’re really problematic. If you’re walking, they tend to not be able to keep up with you, it’s when still that the little horrors will bite. There is some footage in this kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYiW0sOmqtfVfNY.htmlsi=V6eje6phkvl3uyoZ video of ours, of a bad day we had with them. This was the only really bad day we had on our month long tour of the highland in July. In that video there is also some tips on how to manage if they get in your motorhome. It certainly wouldn’t put me off going & I get allergic reactions to their bites & I am immune compromised. Be prepared, read the midge forecast before planning your activities that day & enjoy. If you’re still concerned, there’s usually less of them in September. I hope that helps, happy to answer any other questions you may have, or I have missed. Thanks, Em 💜

Please & with respect, you cannot wild camp in Scotland in a MH/CV. Wild camping in Scotland has a legal definition & specifically excludes motorised activities. This common misconception has caused huge environmental damage in the Highlands & especially since the NC500 was launched by a private company without any consultation with local communities. Please, please don't call parking at the roadside "wild camping" as it is not & if off road, it may be private property & potentially illegal. Safe travels.

@vansforthememories

3 ай бұрын

Hi June, thank you for the comment 😊 I do understand where you are coming from on this 😄 But please be assured, we generally tend to mostly use sites & Aires 😊 You’ll see that from our videos 😊With only the odd night here n there off-grid, when we do “wild/free camp” we always do this with the upmost respect for the local community.😊 We don’t park where there are any “no overnight parking” even if the signs are unofficial, near any houses or gates/access to fields/farms etc. We take all of our rubbish away & we only ever dispose of waste water & our cassette waste on campsite facilities & Aires. We always spend money in the local community too, helping to support local small businesses. Of course, we can only speak for ourselves & we also get annoyed at some of the irresponsible people, who do not respect the area. 😢 Having witnessed the litter in some areas, left by various groups be it, campers, cars, tents & lorries 😡 I can understand your concerns & frustration at the lack of respect shown by some. It’s really upsetting to see. I hope that gives you some reassurance of our own personal situation with regard to the issue & we thank you for your feedback. Best wishes, Em 💜

@junehall2177

3 ай бұрын

@@vansforthememories I appreciate all you say, all I ask is that you refrain from the "wild camping" terminology as this is misleading. It may only be you for the odd night but it is "only the odd night" for hundreds & hundreds of other people so the same places are occupied 365 days of the year & this upsets residents, including myself. I wish you well, I gather from your videos that your were a resident of Skye for some time, Skye is really suffering. It's sad but it is the way it is nowadays. Take care & safe travels.

@vansforthememories

3 ай бұрын

@@junehall2177 Totally understand & we certainly don’t want to add to any of the issues. We are running a few months behind in our editing, so you may still here the odd slip, but going forward out of respect & because you’ve explained it so well, we will of course change the terminology 😊 Yes, many years ago now, but Skye always has a piece of my heart ❤️ and we return frequently & yes we see the issues & it is indeed sad to see 😢 Thank you for sharing your thoughts on it & I hope things improve as time goes on. Do you travel too? Em 💜