Day Trip to the Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh | Argyle and Bute, Glen Coe, Castle Stalker

Good morning friends and welcome back. I hope you're all doing well. Because we left Edinburgh quite early this morning, Tasha picked me up about half past 7 and didn't have a chance to say hello. She's just back from her, we're currently in calendar and this is our first stop, just a very quick, there she is, a very quick toilet stop before we head north. But the plan for the day is just to kind of head north I think. Neither of us have been up to Glencoe direction for ages and Tasha, there we go, a little bit more. I think our goal for the day is to head to Glencoe. I think so, yes, like we'll just see what we see, maybe go around a little bit more and maybe head a little further, maybe to Castlestocker today. Neither of us have been that direction so that'll be really fun. And we haven't been to Glencoe for ages so I'm really looking forward to it. And when we left Edinburgh it was the Harrows Inn, it was super mysterious and even up here it's not quite so misty but still very overcast and just really atmospheric and lovely. So we're hoping for more of that when we head north. And just wanted to say hello, welcome you to the video and we'd love you to spend the day with us, see where the day takes us as well. Anyway, see you soon! So we're on the road again but we just had a very quick stop at the Green Welly for another toilet break and just to show Tasha too because I'd only been once, I think it was maybe Claire's family that showed it to me years and years ago. And since we were passing we just stopped for a quick nosy in their shop and another toilet break and now we're again on the road to Glencoe. But our next stop is Loch Tulloch, which I don't think I've been to but again I have a very bad memory so we'll wait till we arrive and then if I recognise it then. But yeah, the scenery is just, oh it's so beautiful. I haven't been up this direction in ages and I just forgot how amazing and stunning it is. Lunchtime and we've made it to the Clannock Inn, which I have been before but such a long time ago. And I think it was in the dark, it was maybe autumn-winter. Also, look at this background! That's insane! Anyway, very peckish, time for some food hopefully. Hello! Hopefully you can see me, I think. There you go. I was trying to get some of the view in the background because this is, what I've filmed so far is not doing it justice. Also my phone is shaking because it's windy. But there comes Tash. We've got ourselves some tea, we're at the Clannock Inn and they're not serving food yet so we're just going to have a few snacks along with our cups of tea. Thank you so much Tash! You're welcome. It's really cute. Oh that looks so good! With the gluten-free roll as well. And the salad and the mushroom soup. Oh! And look at the butter, it's lovely! It's so filling. Oh it looks so good! Look at that. It's so cute, look at the spotty dog. We were just about to head back to the car after going to the viewpoint and then we've decided to just come down this little slope. It's got suddenly very steep and a lot of pebbles, so just making sure I don't slip. We'll tell you all about lunch later because it was insanely good, it was so so good. But we're curious where this little path goes and whether, I think it might go down to the beachy area near Castle Stalker. So that's Castle Stalker, haven't told you that either. But this is just so special. Neither of us have been here and just having the best time exploring. Look at Tash go! Thank you honey! Alright, let's see which way. Let's see where it goes. This is lovely. This is very nice. This is an unexpected little trail. There it is. Hello Castle Stalker. I'll keep wanting to say this later. I don't know if you can see but there is a lighthouse. An old bit of pottery. So nice. And we're back from our walk. That was just so fun. I'm in awe. It's so beautiful. It's so beautiful. So good for the soul. I think I would have been happy with the viewpoint but that extra bit that we got to see was just... Worth it to go down. Make sure that you take the walk, it's probably only about 5 minutes down, really if that, and go through the gates, make sure you close the gates and head down to the beach. That was beautiful. So beautiful and just to sit there for a few minutes on that stone and just look out and soak it in. Wow. I feel like it had all the elements of my favourite. It had some hills in the background, the castle, the water, all the elements of my favourite. It's a sea lock too so you got the beautiful seaweed. The smell was so fresh. The smell was amazing. That has to be, I would say, top 5 of places I've been in Scotland. Easily. And then the food. Just very quickly before we move on to Loch Awe. The food here? 10 out of 10 for me. Absolutely. And such good prices. As a gluten free gal, you have beautiful options. Gluten free bun, I did the soup of the day which was mushroom which is a personal favourite but they did it so stunning. And yeah, everything was just lovely. The salad was beautiful. It's all flavours, it was fantastic. The flavours were so good because I just had just an avocado toast but the way they did it, I have never had it like that before, and with the pickled onion, that was one of my highlights of the garnishes. So good. And then also it was an extra pound to add an egg, like a fried egg, and I was like yeah sure. And it came with two fried eggs which I did not expect. So, you saw in the video, but so much food, so healthy, such good quality, so tasty, like the way they, all the flavours were so good. So I would highly recommend. You had a little orange juice. Yeah, and just budget, apple juice and budget friendly, like super budget friendly and everything too. So you're just getting such a gorgeous view as well and it doesn't break the bank. So it was perfect. And also I didn't have a tea because I just had a tea at the last stop at the Crannoghan? I think it's Crannoghan. Well I don't know, it's like that, it's similar. But they do Shibuya tea from Edinburgh, which I really love Shibuya tea, so I would have had that if I hadn't just had a tea. But I don't know, I'm sure they have really good coffee too because it seems like the sort of place that would. Anyway, we're off to Loch Awe next. We'll head to Loch Awe, so I know we're kind of going around in a loop from Glencoe and then we're going to head back. It's just a bit of a longer stretch but hopefully we get to Loch Awe and get some gorgeous views there. Yes, perfect. Okay, see you soon. We've just arrived in Loch Awe and, more specifically, it's either Kilchurn or Kilhern castle car park. So we're just heading down this little path and we should get a view of Loch Awe, is it? And then the castle? Yes. Hello friends and welcome to the garden in Fife. I'm back visiting my dad and we've just had so much amazing weather. It's actually almost been too hot today because there's no wind, which is very unusual. So I've just been working away in the garden, which has been lovely. You can't really see much of what I've been doing but I have been a busy baby. Anyway, I just wanted to properly finish this video off by saying, if you've made it this far, thank you so much. It means so much to me and I really hope that you enjoyed joining Tash and me for our little Highland, Argyll and Bute, Stirlingshire day out. We had such a lovely time and I also wanted to show you what I ended up buying. I don't think I told you in the video but I definitely showed it. I was looking at this little teacup embroidery kit by a brand called Paraffle. Paraffle? Paraffle? Let me bring it a bit closer to show you actually. It's a mini embroidery kit for beginners. So this is the teacup design I went for and this is the brand here, Paraffle. And it's made in Scotland and it has everything you need except for scissors. Scissors and I think that's pretty much it. So I bought this. I've never done any kind of embroidery. I think I did cross stitch when I was in primary school and I actually really enjoyed it. I think I still have it because my mum keeps everything. But when I saw this, I was like, that could be a really nice little project. A little hobby to pick up. Dip my toe into it. It's a beginner's kit, should be relatively easy. And then the practical side of me was like, I don't need it. It's £15. That's more than my lunch that I just bought, which was such a good lunch at that place. I don't know if it was just the whole day and the whole experience was just so lovely but I really think that that cafe could be like top five that I've been to in Scotland. The food was just so good. The view was amazing. The staff were so friendly. I would highly recommend. Is it called the Linhee? L-I-N-H-E. Cafe. And I also wanted to show you because some time has passed since our little day trip, I have started the embroidery kit. So I've done the outline of the teacup. I'll just show it to you very quickly. There we go. And it's been really easy and really enjoyable. So I'm looking forward to doing more of that. And then the other thing I got on our day trip was we went to the garden centre and I was debating about getting because they had a little heather section, which I assume in the coming weeks, months, will really expand because Argyll and Bute, where that garden centre was, is, oh let me try and remember the name of the soil, ericaceous, ericaceous I think, soil. The whole area is ericaceous so heather grows really well. But at this time of the year they only had a small selection and it wasn't, it just wasn't, I really love my little heather collection and none of them felt like a fit for the family of heather that I have. So I ended up buying some horticultural grit, which thank you so much to Tasha for having the car because there's no way I couldn't even lift this bag onto the counter. Neither could the guy, to be honest, but it was really heavy. I think, I'm so impressed. I think Tasha got it into the car, Bute, and I pretty much just dragged it once she dropped me off to my garden. But yeah, thank you so much Tasha because I could not have got that on the bus for sure. And I wanted the horticultural grit because I got some ericaceous compost for my heather, but it was just a bit too dense. So they recommended horticultural grit or topsoil to mix through it to just help drainage. So that's what we also bought. Not very exciting, that's why I didn't film it. But anyway, that's I think the end of things to show you. So anyway, thank you all so much for watching and I have two videos I need to edit, so hopefully they'll be up soon as well. And I'll see you all very soon. Hope you're well. Take care. Bye.