Getting to The Outer Hebrides of Scotland with CalMac. Featuring a Drive Thru Skye & Some BAD NEWS!

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The beauty of Scotland in one video. Join me as we head from a very famous castle, through the Isle of Skye, and onto a ferry bound for the Western Isles. Throw in some decent weather and it'll be a trip to remember. But things don't quite go to plan... Approved Thumbnail Photo Credit: Caledonian MacBrayne (calmac.co.uk) Filmed on Sunday 28th April 2024 Music courtesy of epidemicsound.com Thumbnail designed using Canva This video is not sponsored and all opinions are my own I don’t pretend to be a travel expert, but I love what I do and would be honoured if you came along with me. My channel focusses on the wide-eyed wonder and excitement of finding somewhere new, and my genuine reaction to it. You may not get a history lesson in my videos, but who knows, you might pick up some useful travel tips along the way, add a few destinations to your bucket list and hopefully be entertained by what you see. Thanks for watching, it means a lot to me :) I do ALL of this myself. Planning, filming, editing, promoting, all with a weekly upload schedule, so please understand not every video will be an epic adventure. But my pledge is to always do my best in any situation and KEEP THE CAMERA ROLLING :) Donate here to future videos: (thank you!) https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stevemarshyoutube Or why not become a SteveMarsh Supporter? https://www.patreon.com/SteveMarsh FAQs: WHERE ARE YOU FROM? I was born in Glasgow but have lived in Carnoustie, Dalgety Bay, Stonehaven, Edinburgh, Montrose, and further afield (Salamanca, Spain & Devonport, New Zealand) WHEN DO YOU UPLOAD? Saturdays at 10am Scottish time. Occasionally a bonus midweek video will pop up (in which case, likely to be Tuesday at 5pm) WHY IS THERE A DELAY BETWEEN TRIP AND VIDEO APPEARING? This is both my business model and a result of doing everything myself. Editing takes time and I also like to schedule videos a bit in advance in case of any problems/illness/cancellations etc. Keeping my uploads appearing every Saturday is important to me, so I don’t want anything to get in the way of it. Also, I occasionally need some time off to recover from trips! But more than anything else, it's about budgets. I generally need to film a number of videos on each trip to break even. And each one of these take a while to fall into place on a Saturday morning. WHAT EQUIPMENT DO YOU USE? I film with a GoPro11 and my iPhone12. I edit on iMovie and use epidemicsound.com for music. I also use canva.com for thumbnails etc. I also have a DJI Pocket 3 (bigger sensor) for nighttime, although I’m still getting to grips with it. WHY DON'T YOU SPEND LONGER AT DESTINATIONS? The usual suspects I'm afraid - time and money! Hotel prices especially these days make my eyes water like a true Scotsman. Also my weekly upload schedule means I need to keep on the move. WHERE'S ALICJA? Alicja will feature whenever possible, but she has her own life and a proper job so it can take a while for our schedules to match up. Trust me though, I prefer it when She is there too! DO YOU PAY FOR YOUR OWN TRAVEL? Yes I do. I've only ever accepted a complementary ticket as compensation for a previous problem. All my opinions are frank and honest reflections of travel as I experience it. WHY THE ADS? It's my income, I can't do this for free. Notice I don’t have mid-roll ads though! CAN I CONTACT YOU? I used to list my email address but felt bad not having the capacity to respond to everything so took it down (and I got a LOT of spam so missed many genuine messages along the way). HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? Watching my videos is of course support enough, but if you'd like to support further, I'll pop links in here for Paypal and Patreon. All kind donations are super-appreciated and will go 100% towards future filming trips. DO YOU ACCEPT SPONSORSHIPS? I don't like to upset the flow of my videos, so I don't even include mid-roll ads anymore (at significant loss of income to myself), so I prefer not to include sponsorships either. I'm open to a small slide at the start/end of each video, but I don't want to get into talking about products, it's something I don't like as a viewer myself (especially as a viewer who pays for YouTube Premium). So it's probably a polite no, although all of this goes out the window if you offer me something which can give me the chance to make a video for my audience that would otherwise be impossible. #SteveMarsh #CalMac #Scotland