As the use of Gary's car enabled you to show us so many extra views I would like to thank him as well. The wreckage was fascinating to see. Just imagine the work entailed in fixing all those planks to the hull with treenails. Thank you for another great video.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Honestly without that car I'd have been struggling!

@Colin32269

4 ай бұрын

Gary is a champion ,thanks for another great video Steve.Am headed home to Scotland in June for afew weeks after 40 years away!!! Canny wait❤

@grahamhamilton8872

4 ай бұрын

Brilliant vlog as ever,brought back lots of great memories of Sanday from our visit last year,fell in love with the place and was so happy to see all the places we visited, there is so much more to see and explore, lovely island lovely people, thanks for sharing your experiences.

@garrygreen3210

4 ай бұрын

Outstanding Steve lad, what a superb video. Thanks for bringing us along, and thanks to my single r namesake for the car loan!

@shelaghrobertson8286

4 ай бұрын

@@Colin32269 wow! 40 years . . . Mind you my cousin emigrated with his family, (age 3 yrs) in 1969 to NZ and is coming back for the first time next month!

Scottish tourism should be in on these trips. You present Scotland so well, the friendly North and Islands, definitely a life time of exploring available.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Hey thanks so much!

@kieronheath4813

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely spot-on David Wilson - I certainly agree with your sentiments... 👋

@JayJourneys_1

2 ай бұрын

​@@steve-marshIs faroe island part of UK can you travel there without passport or has stupid Denmark took over the island

Your level of wanderlust is only matched by the respectful way that you travel and interact with others along the way. So enjoyable, educational, and inspiring! Thanks, Steve.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

I really appreciate this!

@thekeeper7885

4 ай бұрын

brilliant Steve when yer said I've got sick bags.... just incase eh@@steve-marsh

@Blackadder75

4 ай бұрын

@@steve-marsh you deserve all the praise... the way you spotted and filmed that orange cat was priceless

I am impressed by Gary for letting you borrow his car. I think you did him proud.

Thank you Gary for making part of this possible! Another great video! Your passion for discovering new places around Scotland really shines through.

Someone lending you their car is taking Scottish Hospitality to next level! Fair play to him! Fantastic vid, Steve. Sanday looked incredible!

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Absolute legend!

A different world up there Steve, no pressures or stress and people like "just take my car" Gary... Wonderfull last minute choice of a trip...more please.!!!!

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

So true mate!

@JohnnyDanger36963

4 ай бұрын

​​​@@steve-marshsinclair= St Clair= merovingians(?)= bloodlines to the raphiem,Sinclairs are a separate human species .info from Gary wayne genesis 6 conspiracy.

GARY is the man!! What a kind gesture to make your time on the island so easy. Love that big kitty too.

I live on Sanday ,think I might have seen you filming the Burnt Mound info board . Glad you got to see the shipwreck and other sights . And Good of Gary to lend you his car , most folks here are happy to help .

This island is the most beautiful in the world! Tanks to you and Gary for this adventure. Ciao from Como Italy🇮🇹

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

I'd have to agree! :)

@JohnnyDanger36963

4 ай бұрын

hows that lake monster?

I saw Gary's message about lending you his car... that was so so generous of him !! I'm glad you found the timbers, rather special I'm also impressed by Sanday, so many maps, picnic benches etc etc, well done Sanday

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Yeah Sanday really is a gem of an island!

What a great trip! It was worth the effort to be able to touch that historic piece of wood. I hope it is preserved and researched. Gary is a hero for helping out, thanks to both of you.

I love these Scottish places with old Norse names. You can really tell the viking influence on the language. As a Norwegian they make sense to me. Like the island Sandøy. Øy is "island" in Norwegian. 😀

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Ahhh thank you for this awesome wee fact!

@sjokomelk

4 ай бұрын

@@steve-marshIt is the same for your pronunciation of "house" as "hoos". In Norwegian it is "hus". So you sound just like us. 😉

@kimpetersen358

4 ай бұрын

And Sandoy in Faroese 😁

@jonathanfinan722

4 ай бұрын

And toft. I'm from West Yorkshire where toft is both a suffix and affix . Off the top of my head I remember a mine called Toftshaw Pit. Over in Leeds there was the Burmantoft Pottery.

@alasdairmackenzie905

4 ай бұрын

Many of the Islands of the Hebrides end with the suffix "ay", as in Mingulay, Vatersay etc. I believe that this is old Norse for Island from Viking times.

The windswept island was gorgeous. The rainbow was extra special. But when you ended up at the wooden wreck I was overjoyed for you! Thanks for sharing with this armchair traveler living in Dayton, Ohio.

Gary's my new hero. And the clouds mate ... like a Turner painting.

Man alive Steve, I so love watching your adventures! Your face on the boat home with the dog barking made me laugh sooo much! You are an absolute treasure.....

What a beautiful island give me a bacon butty and a flask of tea and i would enjoy sitting on oneof those beaches for a few hours.so peacefull.thank you Steve.⛴️

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

That's all you need :)

So glad you found the wreckage of the old ship! And God bless Gary for the use of his car! That's the northern isles for you.

Im sitting here watching the video at 8 a.m. march 2nd. Been snowing here for 2 days and will continue for a couple more days. Will end up with about 20 cm. Thanks for starting my day with a smile.

@isking1715

4 ай бұрын

Same here, been snowing for a few hrs and may reach 1mm but we'll make a big fuss about it. 😂😂😂😂

Kettletoft Harbour - don't you just admire the way all these small harbours are so beautifully constructed with dressed stone blocks? Good man, Gary, for lending you his car to let you (and us) see so much more of Sanday than expected. The wreck of the wooden hull gave me goosebumps, just to imagine it's history. Happy you had the comfort of a bunk on the return journey!

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Yeah without Gary's help, I doubt I'd have made it to many of these places :)

What a Journey! And here I am, Orcadian and proud, an 85 minute ferry away, and I have not yet gone to see it. To my knowlege the plan is for it to be brought up from the shore and preserved then put in the heritage centre. The beach it washed up on is called Tresness, regarded as one of Orkney's finest beaches, which is saying something! A lifetime of exploration would be an understatement for Orkney, and I look forward to the next time you make the trip, as there are many more islands to be explored, no pressure of course!

@scot60

4 ай бұрын

I hope they do preserve it. Imagine a ship from 400-500 years ago! Amazing.

@kudzumoose3861

4 ай бұрын

Hey, Orcadian, do you have any more idea what that remnant was? Part of deck or side of boat? I hadn’t heard anything about it in the States but it is exciting.

@aiden3170

4 ай бұрын

Not much is known yet I'm afraid, but it's thought to be the hull of an English-built ship, possibly from as far back as the 1700s. We have some archaeologists coming up from England soon who will hopefully be able to give us more answers.

@kudzumoose3861

4 ай бұрын

@@aiden3170 That's really exciting. I'm hoping to read more about it as they investigate. I'll be trying to follow up on it. Love history. Thank you for responding.

nice one, massive shoutout to Gary letting you use his car

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Well said!

What a way to start the day,watching one of your vids.. thanks Steve

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Have a great weekend!

I foolishly voted for more snow on your recent poll. This video was absolutely brilliant. The beaches, the cloud formations, the rainbows, the hospitality of the people, the ferry journeys! All of it makes me want to go!

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Sorry for making you wait for more snow :D

@dalesheehan2546

4 ай бұрын

No apology necessary. I have to be protected from myself sometimes. 😂 Just loving the videos

Thankyou steve for this amazing video. HOW BEAUTIFUL IS SANDAY. and so enhanced by the quietness and isolation of not many folk around. It was breath takingly stunning. Thankyou to gary for his kindness and the ship wrecks were interesting. We have many beutiful areas to explore in the uk . I will never get to sanday but through your trip in my mind i have. by the way i am 66. Thank you steve once again

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming with me on this trip and hopefully many more Vanessa!

Aww that orange cat!

I loved that old section of hull. There's a special feeling attached to touching something so old. In fact, touch alone can be special. I remember feeling a huge compulsion to touch the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Lovely video, as always, Steve. And a huge round of applause to Gary for lending you his car.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

I am exactly the same!

I remember reading that very same news story, and as I did so, I immediately thought of you and just knew that you wouldn’t be able to resist making that trip to Sanday! I’m glad that you found what you were looking for, thanks to the lady you met. Thanks also to Gary. What a super nice gesture that was, and like you say, it tells you everything you need to know about the inhabitants of the island.

“It’s all about the journey” Thanks for this @SteveMarsh. Excellent video.

Big respect to Gary 👍🏻 what a lovely gesture 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

A epic trip Steve. The cat looked adorable and I do hope they preserve the old shipwreck. Thanks Steve

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

I invited the cat to come with me, but he had stuff to do

@michaelsaayman2802

4 ай бұрын

@@steve-marsh 🤣

Now that was certainly quite the adventure! Isn't it amazing how people can be so kind...kindness goes a long way in the world for sure! Such a great discovery with the wreckage! Not sure if this is the same one that has been on the news here in Nova Scotia, Canada or not, but it seems there were going to be efforts made in salvaging it? Pretty amazing history there!

Another great video , Steve. Thanks to Gary for Steve's transport. Greetings from Australia.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Richard mate!

The first thing I do upon awakening on Saturday mornings is to look for a new video from you, Steve. (I'm six hours behind you.) Yet another great video -- you never disappoint. I especially appreciate how you look beyond the obvious. If only those timbers could talk... Aside from the shipwreck, I am thinking that the next greatest contributor to this video, Gary, by his generosity and modesty (apparently declining to appear on screen) is a great representative for the people of Sanday. Generous people, quiet and beautiful landscape, unused locks... what a wonderful place in which to live. Thanks, once again, for sharing.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Hey thanks so much!

@carrieboultby7516

3 ай бұрын

Ah, so it's every Saturday? I will have to try to keep up with that. I was smiling the whole way through this

@BobG127

3 ай бұрын

@@carrieboultby7516 I don't know if Steve has it written in stone, but he has been uploading videos on Saturdays for awhile. He's also posted a "bonus" video towards midweek on occasion, so you might want to keep your eyes open for those. If you can, you might want to subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so as not to miss anything.

Good to see the HST 125 trains still buzzing around Scotland.

Thanks again Steve for a great video showing how beautiful the Scottish Isles are & big thankyou to Gary also for lending you his car to help explore and show us more of this Stunning place!! Well done for persevering to locate the shipwreck & hope your feet have dried out by now 🤔👍

A big thumbs up for Gary from another Gary 👍 Another great video Steve 👏

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Garys are good lads!

@123boat

4 ай бұрын

@@steve-marsh Totally agree 🤗👍

Glad you enjoyed our little island .

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Mate thanks so much for being the hero of the hour :) A very friendly island it is!

@garycrowther4912

4 ай бұрын

@@steve-marsh glad you found the wreck , you need to revisit for a couple of days when things are open 😂, great vid as always.

@garycrowther4912

4 ай бұрын

@@steve-marsh most of the wreck has been brought ashore and currently next to the heritage centre where I believe it is being viewed by experts shortly.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Haha YES! There are a few closed doors I need to get through one day :) Hopefully that cool car rental office will still be there when I return too :D @@garycrowther4912

@60_Degrees_North

4 ай бұрын

What a star ✨ Thanks Gary.. Hopefully you raise loads of money for the RNLI with those Eggs 👍🙏

Just in time, Steve. The bbc has an article saying the wreck started breaking apart last weekend. Amazing to think it held together in the water for probably centuries only to be torn apart by coming up on land. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

@clarecrawford9677

4 ай бұрын

I think an archaeological team have been to assess it and it has been taken, with the help of a local farmer, to drier surroundings for examination. It’s not the end of the story.

@alexispendleton9544

4 ай бұрын

Yes, it's now been moved over to the Heritage Centre where Steve visited. Interesting though it actually needs to be kept wet so it doesn't rot. So far it appears to be made from oak trees which themselves are roughly 150 years old

Beautiful island. Lovely guy Gary to lend you his car. Fascinating shipwreck. Another 10/10 vlog and possibly your best ever.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Hey thanks so much! It was a very last-minute dash but so glad I did it

@gabrieleortiz5041

4 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same - one of his best videos 😉☺️

Morning Steve. Love your island trips! I’ve just booked a run to the Isles of Scilly in June - inspired by your video. And look at your follower count! 😲 It only seems 5 minutes since you hit 100K! 🤜🤛

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

So glad to hear it!

@lesleysmith8300

4 ай бұрын

I will have to do this too.

Glad to say that a local farmer used his tractor and fork lift to save the wreck. I believe it's at the museum for preservation.

Advantage of going out of season is the travel is nice and quiet, but down side is things are closed once you get there!

I’m so glad you found the shipwreck. I live in Phoenix, Az but had read about it and was very curious to get your eyewitness view. Thanks for your perseverance, thanks to Gary, and thanks to the lady who helped. It takes a village. ♥

Thank goodness there are still the 'Gary's' of this world around. So nice of him. What a lovely video with a rainbow🌈 & a beautiful random pussycat😺 & your perseverance paying off to find the wreck in the end! Love your Scotland videos 🏔⛰especially the Island 🏝adventures! Sanday looks wonderful. x J x

Excellent video. It is amazing how kind and generous the islanders are. Glad to see that all your efforts and persistence paid off and that you saw the wrecks.

Thank you for the great video Steve. As always when you take us with you on your travels, I was there, could almost smell the sea. Only you can make me forget everything around me watching your videos!

What a beautiful day. My favorite part was your early morning walk to the ferry. That old ship wreck is so cool. Gary is very generous.

This was special. Thank you. Look after your feet! Despite the wee bit of rain, the weather was so kind to you. And such lovely folk. Another good one ❤

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

You are spot on about the feet!

Lovely way to start my day, I look forward to your videos! You have a spectacular day to go exploring. Thanks, Gary, for the loan of your car! What a beautiful island. The piece of shipwreck is amazing. I hope they preserve it and learn the history. Great video , thanks!

Oh fantastic Steve! That shipwreck is very VERY old! Hope you find the history! The island of Sanday is truly lovely! Thanks to Gary for a loan of the car enabling the viewers to see more of Sanday. And thank YOU so much for the wonderful video! Oh! And I nearly had a coughing fit at the look on your face when the dog was barking on the ferry! Hilarious! 😂😄😁🙋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🙏

Thank you for taking us on a tour of the Orkney-pelago. You are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Been around 40 years ago on Orkney Island twice and the positive thoughts and memories about that place have never been lost in my brain. Beautiful pictures - thank you!

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

It sure is a special group of islands!

Ah Steve you make me want to visit Scotland all over again...observing you observing that shipwreck you looked like a little boy in a candy store. You always manage to impress me with each episode of your journeys. Take care and dry those feet. 👣

Beautiful beaches lovley winter sun great views shipwrecks yea brilliant stuff steve cheers thanks have a great Sunday/ week

A most enjoyable "escapade", Steve. Stunning landscape pictures - to be treasured not least because exactly how often can that scenery be viewed with such beautifully clear, blue skies.

What a beautiful island Sanday is. It shows you that these locations still exist, free from the vigor's of everyday life here in the UK or should I say Scotland! Great video Steve - more please.

Steve! I have wanted to see Sanday for SO long! Thank you for going and showing me it’s as amazing as I thought it would be. The ship wrecks were fantastic, Thank you Gary for making it possible. Bloody brilliant!

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Honestly this island is incredible, and the friendly people there make all the difference

WOW, Steve, that was fantastic. You are such a trooper, walking through the water and over the stones to show us a very cool wreck. I loved this. So well done as always. Hope you don't catch a cold from the wet feet. Well done. And a big thanks to Gary.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

I actually did!!!! :(

A classic Steve Marsh video! Great to see the shipwreck and to hear your classic comment: “there’s so much to do on this island” as you face locked door after locked door. Wonderful stuff.

@FrankC321

4 ай бұрын

This way Steve finished the trip with a heavier wallet!

Steve's quest for the Holy Grail of discarded wood from centuries past was pretty epic. The dog walker strolling by looked equally excited too. Well done! Surely they'll drag the wood ashore and make a picnic table out of it.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

I hear it has started to break up :(

Gary truly is a legend! His generosity raised a good video into a great one. The shipwreck is amazing. I hope they do scoop it up and preserve it. It has more stories to tell.

So glad you had a good trip, you've done the island proud. Hope you will come back for longer next time. The croft was open, no one lives there just the ghosts of the past!

My wife and I start every Saturday watching your travels. Look forward to it every week!

What a wonderful adventure, Steve! I'm so glad you didn't have to walk, or bike, or ride a mule all that distance! The old boats were super cool, but the icing on the cake was the rainbow, God's promise. Blessings to you and Alicja!

Said it before, Steve, you always go the extra mile(in this Sanday trip, MILES!). What a fantastic island. Plus, not forgetting, Gary, (thanks), for loaning you his car. Never been to Orkney or Shetland, so thanks for sharing this great vlog! Not the 1st time, I've forgotten to take the toothpaste! Also impressed you were able to devour that massive fish and chips! Nice one Steve! 😊 👍

Good morning Steve…a beautiful journey. Finding and exploring history is awesome..so happy you found what you were looking for. The cat was very healthy and precious 😊. Thank you Gary and that was very nice. Thank you Steve 🤗❤️…oh I forgot the rainbow was beautiful ❤

Steve, another WONDERFUL video! Great! I see you had a cabin on the ferry back, good! You deserved it, mate! Absolutely you're my favourite KZreadr. Cheers!

Oh Steve I REALLY enjoyed this one, back on home turf 😉 and yes I could have watched the whole journey in reverse back! Those WW2 old abandoned pill boxes give me the proper creeps too I can't go in them. I'll never get bored with your island trips, please do more! That poor wee dog barking on your jourmey back 😵‍💫 but ideal with the cabin, I'll be doing that when I eventually get there. This is added to my faves, love the 1600s ship wreck 😍 What a star of Gary! Thank you x

Another superb video, and a nice return from eastern Europe - thank you Steve.

Wow Steve, now those skies and seas were something out of this world weren't they? I do hope and pray I can retrace your steps on this one (and many others). And thank you for letting is see a rare and fleeting jewel from our past, quite compelling to imagine the story and people behind it, the world owes you one of for that. Also big thanks to Gary, and also to you for not bypassing the airport, we old buzzards who can no longer afford fuel, much less wings to put it in much appreciate the look at every one we can.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!

A huge thank you, to you and Gary. What an amazingly beautiful journey. Appreciate it must have been tiring for you,but again thanks for showing us . Have just read the Islanders of Sanday are trying to get interest in saving this piece of shipping history, hope they are successful, it could be as important as the Mary Rose.

Sanday looks beautiful and despite the rain, the weather looked brilliant as well. I'd have been all over the reflections and passing storms with my camera. I'm glad you found the shipwreck as well. I saw the story and it looked intriguing. The walk there felt like it has similarities with the walk across the sands at Aberlady to the old submarines.

In my footsteps again !!!! 30 years ago I took my family to Sanday on bicycles, daughter in trailer. Wonderful place. All those tourist facilities werent there then but tgose beaches were. Bl…y cold though, even in summer.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Aye the island itself won't have changed much at all!

Thank to Gary❤What a great find that beautiful shepwreck😍😍Have a nice sleep at home Steve😊❤

Your videos make my Saturdays! You cram so much into a day; all with the glee of a child! What a lovely day and all made possible by Gary's car. Legend, Gary.

Lovely Steve😊 , I would love to get up to the Orkneys again just so much history and things to see I expect the shipwreck will give up its secrets in time with good investigation and become another piece in the rich tapestry of Orkney history .and I hope your video stimulates more interest in it.👍.

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Hopefully, it was a great story to document

🙌 A big high five to Gary! The kindness of strangers is never more evident than in Orkney. Sandal looks gorgeous, what a great idea to visit. Perhaps Stronsay or North Ronaldsay with Alicia during the summer for another adventure?

Oh my Lord, those skies are spectacular! And that wreck gave me chills. Thanks for this Steve. And thanks Gary!

What a pleasure--thank you And thanks to Gary as well!

Steve: Brilliant video and trek! Thank you so much. Although I've been to Orkney several times, and explored several islands - weather affected my attempt to reach Sanday, so, at the moment, it is unexplored for me. Your fine travelogue has spurred me once again to get back and experience it for myself. Many folks tend to overlook what Orkney contains, but you've showed a lot of that history in this adventure - from sparkling seas, to wind, rain, thousands year old sites, crofts, WW relics, the list goes on and on - and the great and friendly residents. There's always something in every direction and reachable by the many ferries and short flights. Congrats on finding the ship at the end of the rainbow! Thanks again and safe travels.

When Steve turns into Time Team :) Extending a huge thanks to Gary all the way from Canada for making this adventure evern more exciting!

Glad you got a bunk on the way home! Thanks for a fantastic tour. Fabulous beach, even better for the shipwrecks, and just beautiful all round. I loved the rainbow in Kettletoft harbour, that lovely cat in Kirkwall, and yes, lots of it. Thanks to Gary, too.

Not just interesting, but riveting. Thank you Steve. Now dry and warm up your feet next to a fireplace.

I enjoyed every minute of this video, Steve. My son, Ward owns a tiny piece of land on Sandy. Enough to call him, Laird. I am sending this to him as soon I am done writing this. I love the time spent watching the waves and hearing the gulls. Thank you Gary for the use of your car, thank you Steve for this amazing video. Merry Ann from Minnesota!

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing with the Laird of Sanday!

Interesting part of the world. It still amazes me how people live differently lives. This reminded me a bit of small places in Norway.

Well done Gary. Your generosity made this video more enjoyable for us all….and i’m in Texas.

As a disabled person its nice to get out and keep dry 😅the wreck was obviously a large vessel and will continue its journey forever hopefully one day giving up its secret. My brother incidentally was born in montrose

I do love all your vids Steve of course 😂 but I really like the Scottish vids the wild winter weather vids, scenery, the islands & ferry trips!! I am Irish but my gran was Scottish so have a real sentimental connection with Scotland

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Of all the videos you do, the ones around scotland are my favourite by far. Such a beautiful country and your passion for it shines through

@steve-marsh

4 ай бұрын

Hey thanks so much!

GARY YOU LEGEND ❤🎉

Thank you for that wonderful out-of-this-world trip to a calming place. And thanks to Gary who is a superstar!

Thanks very much for taking me to Orkney. Ever since I did a walking tour of the Hebrides it's been on my must-see places. Loved the video

The more I watch your videos Steve, the more I want to book a trip to Scotland to spend time in the beautiful north. Thanks also to legend Gary!

Shout out to Gary from Sanday. You are a legend! Sanday looks like paradise in the winter sunshine.

Hi Steve. So glad you did get to see the shipwreck. Quite some feat to make such a journey. Thank you for taking us along with you. 👏👏👍😀

Steve you truly are the best travel you tuber around. I don't look forward to any other videos on you tube as much as yours. Keep up the great work but also look after yourself as well, you looked shattered at times during this adventure. Gary - what a guy lending your car to Steve, such a kind gesture 👍🙂

So interesting great one Steve and very special thanks to Gary what a generous guy. Cheers.

Thanks Steve for an exciting video! Beautiful views! Spring has apparently also come to Scotland! 😃👍Greetings from Finnland.

From a Sanday man now living in Norway, that was lovely.