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Wow, thats a doer—upper. it is a wee bit of a doer—upper, but i think you can see why. so this wee piece of land, my granny was born in that house down there, and this is a very important croft for the family. youll find with people from the hebridean islands, were very proud of where were from. we are scottish but were a wee bit distinct with our own language and culture and identity. the community, you can imagine in a wee village like this, is very, very important. were social species, ar...

How do you say cheers in gaelic? slainte. slainte! the main town on the outer hebrides is stornoway, home to around 6000 people. and its here that the first leg of our british roadtrip comes to an end. i think with all the covid rules and restrictions, a lot of us have just got used to staying at home. but then ive come out here and immersed myself in all of this nature and got to meet actual real people, notjust faces on a laptop or phone screen. i think its fair to say that nothing will ever b...

Had a very tough time. with things opening up again, im going to be travelling across the highlands towards the outer hebrides of scotlands extraordinary west coast. and im going to do it with the help of our travel show van, with an occasional break for the odd charge! my first stop is the uks largest national park, the cairngorms. ive heard there is an ambitious 200 year plan to restore this landscape. but im not sure our little van is up to the off—road bits, so unfortunately, ive had to sw...

With things opening up again, i am going to travel across the highlands towards the outer hebrides of scotlands extraordinary west coast and i am going to do it with the help of our van, with an occasional break for the odd charge! my first stop is the uks largest national park, the cairngorms. i have heard there is an ambitious 200 year plan to restore this landscape. but i am not sure our little van is up to the off—road bits so unfortunately, i have had to switch temporarily to an old—fas...

You shalljust head off out here. i dont wanna...| dont wanna do it! youll be fine, youll be fine. ade screams and whoops next on myjourney across scotland, im travelling cross country to catch a ferry to the outer hebrides. look at that! do you know what, im getting quite worried. the charge is going down a little bit faster than i thought it would. next time i see somewhere to pull over, ill pull over, and then look on the phone, on the app. ok, so its saying theres

Next on myjourney across scotland, im travelling cross country to catch a ferry to the outer hebrides. look at that! do you know what, im getting quite worried, the charge is going down a little bit faster than i thought it would. next time i see somewhere to pull over, ill pull over, and then, look on the phone, on the app. ok, so its saying theres a charge point at a place called fort augustus. loch ness? hey, great! i mean, scotland is new to me when it comes to charge points, but it doesnt f...

To find out what its been like for the people living out here whove not been able to leave the islands. im on my way to meet a resident who was born and raised on neighbouring lewis, and luckily, we catch a break in the weather. if it was raining, id be worried. it would be slippery. its good work. fingers crossed, ade, this is where my house is going to be. its a wee bit airy at the moment. wow, thats a doer—upper. it is a wee bit of a doer—upper, but i think you can see why. so this wee pi...

Fingers crossed, this is where my house is going to be. its a we bit of an area at the moment. that is a doer upper. it is a wee bit of a doer—upper, but i think you can see why. my granny was born in that house down there, this is a very important croft for the family. youll find with people from the hebridean islands, were very proud of where were from, we are scottish but were a wee bit distinct with their own language and culture and identity. the community, you imagine in a wee village li...

Said this to me, arent you going to get really bored, sitting at charge points, waiting for the car to charge but actually, after a long drive, its nice, itjust makes you take a breath, and pause, and enjoy the journey. calmac ferries takes over 5 million passengers to the scottish islands every year. or at least every normal year! that number was more than halved in 2020. i am heading to harris, one of the many islands that make up the outer hebrides. a collection of 119 islands in all, stretch...

Are you not worried about covid potentially taking hold of the community, like its never done before? i think we have to stay and be conscious for a long time yet. but i think the island has done really well in making sure that people are safe, the vaccination programme has gone really, really well but it also, for us hebrideans, who havent been able to venture very far, for us to be able to see other parts of the uk would be nice as well. how do you say cheers in gaelic? slainte. slainte! the m...