Buying a HOUSE in SCOTLAND – Is this the right decision?

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We knew buying a house in Scotland (or just in general) would be a long process but we didn’t know it would take this long!

While we wait for the keys to our new house we decided to venture out in our van for one more vanlife trip around the scottish highlands.
To really get to know our new surrounding area!

As we finally make the move with all of our belongings and drive to Scotland we overcome the normal emotions – leaving our families, leaving our friends, moving to a remote part of Scotland that we’ve never been to before and we ask ourselves – moving to Scotland – is this the right decision?

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This week we drive all of our belongings well most of them up to Scotland to move into our new house uh there’s been some complications so whilst we wait on T to hooks for the keys to our new gas we take our newly refurbished bus to explore our new home country not going

Enough come on I thought it would be fine so you’re saying we can’t get the keys you caught us last week leaving our ex hometown of Barry we said our Wells to our friends and family but this one made us cry the most I knew it would I thought it would be

Fine until Gary started crying not going to lie sad to be leav in the workshop although it’s always like working on custard it’s always so fun Gary’s taught me so much I know he’s coming up soon he’s like coming up for a month I was

Like make it six bring the talkg it’s a very strange feeling literally moving to another country away from from your family that was the hardest decision I can only imagine how Craig feels as well cuz he’s literally had to leave his whole family today which are also my

Family I know that but like my M and my dad neither of them live in Barry where we’re moving from great mom’s house it’s his whole life that he’s left it’s always been in Barry and I’m sure that hurts a little bit he was quite quiet yesterday Wales will always hold a

Special place in our heart like we’ve done so much and it’s such a beautiful country always be Welsh at heart you know Barry our hometown is where we started our YouTube channel Wales in general is where it really kicked off you know after we did the fish video

Which was at our local Beach visit Wales picked us up and then we did a whole tour we did our first ever campaign I first have a paid campaign with visit Wales all them years ago which kind of just rocketed us into YouTube as a lifestyle you know so we are leaving

Behind so many memories but I guess guess it’s got to move on we do we grow we grow wings and Scotland is just the next destination with more room for bigger Wings how you doing bab you missing home yet I think I’m just start to go now I

Really am you yeah let’s do it love you love you so much oh yeah we’re heading up to Warrington that’s where our friends Chloe and James live and their baby inana you probably remember these guys from doing the Vietnam by tour with us so we’re going

To go up see them today we’re going to find a really nice park up for the bus and then just sleep there and then hopefully head into Scotland tomorrow we traveled for 3 days through England and finally reached our new home country welcome toot y our new home country I’m Scotland till

I die I’m Scotland till I die these come free when you cross the border I know I am I’m sure I am I’m Scotland till I die babes we made it it took us 10 hours from our family home to our new home hell of a drive Clive always a proper

First going past that s oh that took ages why Scotland you ask let me show [Applause] you whilst we dreamed of Adventure and making new memories in our new home country we couldn’t help but think this was too good to be true custard the bus always has a great way of bringing us

Back to the realities of living in a van what you got there then homez back on the tours and I love we didn’t film last night we did about four or 5 hours driving parked up to see our mates chlo and James before we went we heard a

Noise when we turned the tap on fight burst standard when we heard the noise we were like oh it’s just like some water going through the water heater ignored it and then there was literally like a a waterfall of water going through all the brand new rugs that we

Laid down the bus was pristine and then it just turned into a swimming pool so I’m finally going to change out like the hose pipy style pipes that we’ve got for some of this push fit stuff um I bought 25 M let me just show you how much I

Actually need that’s how much I need why did you buy 25 me so they sold they wouldn’t sell me anything else I said can I just cut a bit off and he said no well let’s hope you only need to use this once it wouldn’t be traditional of

The king and it Adventures if we didn’t have a burst pipe um on the first day of our trick Gary didn’t do refunds so not much we can do about that that was not Gary’s fault also don’t be talking about Gary uh just a quick question Craig um where are

We not a Scooby-Doo I’m not going to brag or nothing but that floor that floor is brilliant if I do say so myself all right this is where’re at I think I think it’s literally the partiest campsite we’ve ever been to in our lives uh it’s called the station we’re in

Lockaby really pretty only kind of half open because it’s not really the season for it yet so we can’t do our gray waist which has been full since the last trip we did which I don’t even know when that was and we can’t do our dishes and we’ve

Been afraid to put the hot water on ever since the TLC Waterfalls nice enough spot out with the old and then with the you you want to do a test a not really no okay go on Then is it okay your boy a plumber love come on plumbers he wants to hire me so we dropped off all of our stuff and our truck at our friends Joe and mitches and headed to one of the most epic locations in Scotland if we were going to call ourselves true Scots then

We need to see it all if you followed us for a while you know we’ve explored a fair bit of Scotland we’ve done the nc5 500 the Caledonian way in in vaness abine the Isle of Sky most of the West Coast the king GS National Park Edinburgh Lewis and Harris and the Oaky

Islands so I guess this is what happens when you’ve landed in Scotland without a Plan Oh my gosh I think this might be the best Parker we’ve ever ever been to It’s So Beautiful today’s going to be epic Lads I actually can’t wait sorry about my speech got my Vis line in there’s only one way to start this Day come on then so we’ve left custard parked up there and just over here and there’s a little gem look enough it’s been raining like nonstop this is why it’s so volumptuous at the moment usually in pictures we’ve seen that it’s quite calm and lovely but what a backdrop incredible place to have

A DI I couldn’t draw it much more magical you know think we found the the swim spot kid look at that it’s always the same with these cold water dips we’re both like bricking it now this is always the most nervous part but then afterwards you come out vibrating so

High and buzzing on life Scotland Baby ah it’s a major major brain freeze but such a buzz honestly it’s such a buzz there’s ice cold fresh Scottish water hitting you right in a jugular not going Again thanks to ag1 for sponsoring this video getting back into a healthy routine after the holiday season can be tough well that’s not healthy especially during the winter months when the darkness seems never ending I bet you’re wondering well what can I do you are in luck ag1 is a foundational nutrition

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We’ve been here for quite a few days so they’ve had some use but look how beautiful these are did a bit that myself didn’t I holes you did yeah so no more mushrooms Craig didn’t want me to put the mushroom part in but um I had to

I said don’t put that on the internet and she puts it on Instagram straight away we also uh he loves it he absolutely loves it new little fold down seats go an upgrade did you make that yourself I made that myself that’s amazing C tools I was woodwork finery

That is so if you’re new around here this is cust of the bus looking glorious she looks like this 1% of the time the main upgrades that we did on this bus the major major leak that we had there was a huge rusted hole here so we cut it

Out we rewelded it we had to take the entire ceiling down to get to it because all the wood was rotten as well so we had to replace that so ca’s got a brand new painted ceiling she just looks great I’m buzzing this is the layout this is

The kitchen nice big Belfast sink which is clean for once cooking area we’ve got loads of storage and custard C Machine cuz we’re bougie this is the sitting area it’s just actually quite big apart from I’m 6 foot I can stand up here so

I’m able to cook food and I’m able to do the dishes that’s all you need that’s all I need you for Craig yeah there we go the next major upgrade we did on the bus only a simple thing but really convenient was this bed didn’t really

Lift up that high so you would like struggle to get in there to get anything out but now look at that I can can literally get in there I think they believe you Craig didn’t think there’s true I don’t know how Okay bye then bye then got to be done B

Show next thing we did was put a new airon unit in which is great cuz we used to just have a big hole here and it just look really smelly and also leaked so now it doesn’t leak here and we’ve got airon perfect for Scotland the next

Upgrades not sure if there are upgrades to be honest but we sprayed the whole bottom black cuz there was about seven different greens you might have noticed from some of the Drone shots that we are no longer with f Jones bike Jones was pretty knackered so we donated her to

Gary and he said he’s going to ride her to work so this is just a one track Road there’s loads of passing places along the road I don’t even know what to say honestly it is the most breathtaking Place we’ve ever been and we can’t believe this is like in the UK

It blows my mind honestly and we’ve come to the end it’s 12 mil long so that’s just head back to Glen Co please drive warmed up a it babes go way to start the day it sure is so a lot of you might be wondering what are you doing just

Jollying about Scotland when you’ve just bought a house the answer is we don’t have the keys yet still no keys oh my goodness this is crazy I won’t bother you sir not while you’re having lunch far away from him so we’re waiting on a few things to

Be sorted but as soon as we get the phone call we’ll be heading straight for the house but for now like having on our doorstep is just a bloody dream isn’t it I know we were very impatient we were like all right we can’t get the keys yet

There just seems to be like roadblock after roadblock but we will get there today is all about exploring the beautiful a 82 the a82 has to be the most beautiful Road in the world it’s got to be got to be so apparently Glenco is really well known

For like it Wildlife which you know we love so we’re not leaving unless I see a stag a pine Martin which I think is an animal I don’t know what it looks like but we may come across one what is that I don’t know we’ll have to Google it and

Uh oh horse oh he’s pretty and um absolutely definitely 100% a haggus because I know we we vegetarian hags we obviously don’t eat eat meat or the real thing but it would be incredible to see one cuz they’re so rare they kind they’re kind of like unicorns aren’t

They we should start a hagus sanctuary I would love that I mean how good would that be like how much of a welcome would that be to Scotland if we saw haggus class okay I’m ready well there’s Chang for the better it is a beauty of a day

Now and we’ve come for a little hike to a place called anour which already is blowing my mind I’m lost for words I’m just sort of strolling around my phone has been out constantly cuz I just can’t help but like mom look at this Dad look

At this like it’s just insane like you have to come there’s no point in US telling you about it all this time you just got to come okay make sure Glen Co is on your stop when you come to Scotland also if you’re wondering like about all these places and you’re like

Writing them down on a piece of paper or you’re making an itinerary we’ve got our own Scotland Google Maps guide so if you want to come we’ve literally pinned all of the best places we’ve been every time we find a new place we add it to the map

So if you’ve already bought the map you’re going to have that new place on your map it just updates automatically there’s two different Pathways and I want to do this one but I know we’ve got to do this one so I picked the shortest one obviously I think it’s about an hour

To two which is pretty big for me maybe we’ll do like half we we’ll see how far we get you’re probably wondering well why are you doing a hiking we know it’s not your favorite thing in the world um well I feel like we have to we need to

Walk the Scottish ground you know feel the power from the Earth come into our Crocs and bless us with Scottish ISM Amy wants a picture on this log so she said can you help me out 3 2 1 oh we got it oh well then that was Easy so I thought the track that we were going on was an hour and a half to 2 hours but that’s if you join up all three of the works which I think is what Craig’s doing right now so we’re just going to go and have little word um

Excuse me sir can I ask why we’re still going I’ve had a lovely day I was done I’m I’m ready to go back to the bus well I go move to Scotland we’ll change our lifestyles Trev walks for 10 minutes takes a few Instagram photos hey and

She’s like I’m in nature no that is not what’s happened here we’ve been going for about an hour and a quarter I’m all for a lifestyle change you know I’m not going to throw myself in the deep end and like put my back out or nothing coming out with your camel D thinking

Yeah girl one minute so we’re on our way home um meet you back at the bus okay next stop we’re heading somewhere amazing obviously uh for a spot of lunch cuz we’re Starving this is where we’ stopped for Lunch M always embarrassed to show you guys this draw but um welcome to the food drawer where you can have things like Christmas puddings and sage and onion stuffing mix there’s only one wrap left craig so oh it’s a shame for you is it do you want a wrap or a sandwich there’s

Only one piece of bread I can break it in half for you on a diet are we we’ve got sausages but we’ve got nothing really to put them in po them in between digested biscuit is it can pop it in some lettuce if you’d like oh we got

These things hav we these are Scottish potato cakes that’ll do ni lunch boys what have we got B juice cake and some wine that’ll do lovely hey Siri uh-huh set a timer for 18 minutes 18 minutes starting now so we didn’t go too crazy with the food

Because we thought we might be in the house by now but we still don’t have any progress honestly everyone was like oh it’s like a bit of a pain trying to get a house with the solists going back and forth etc etc and I was like it’ll be

Fine we’ll be in in no time but we are literally those people now you send an email then they have to send an email to their people and then you have to wait for them to get back to it it’s just it is a long boring process so luckily

We’ve got the bus and it’s great to be back in here especially when it’s clean and you can just relax enjoy a nice nice cuple with of view and your misses makes you some dinner don’t call me misses how many potato cakes you want all of them

Please half is it all of them Half so you’ve got yourself some uh mayonnaise some B12 M and I put in some chili jam for you just as a little kick in the Ed you know shout out to my auntie Tracy for the sweet chili jam It’s banging why are you wrapping it that

Way just for you there lovely wow I need someone to talk to really about the way I live oh hang on I haven’t finished so if there’s anyone out there that can help me work through these moments give me a shout you ready Jesus there you go well shiver me timbers thanks very

Much y that don’t ever say I don’t feed you hey bro you always get served first in this restaurant and remember that shashlick shashlick that I made you what was it called what was it called Shak Chuka oh Shukla no Shak Shuka remember that that I made

You that was a leak to be fair don’t tell me I can’t cook this is a bit of a leftovers meal to be fair but it’s nice you can make it yourself next time then tea Chef yes please shout out to the homies Aon and back for the Habit hooker

This little gray if you haven’t tried it our friends have got a Tea Company they make chai tea ear gray um a mint tea as well the smell of this it’s like crackle cane I can’t stop drinking this little gray honestly I’ve got an addiction for

Sure okay so um that was a bit of a late lunch with the sun coming in you know and we had the heating on it was quite snuggly so we didn’t really do a lot and now the sun’s going down so we’re heading back down along that beautiful

Beautiful Road Park up for this evening wow look at you wait till you see the swim spot I found hell of a swim spot CL yeah two swims in a day who are We come [Applause] on that one I’m fine I think that’s colder than the Swedish cave unbelievably it is all right time to get warm sorry view I don’t want anyone see my bum when I get changed best thing that we did in our bathroom is pipe the heater in so this

Now becomes a a drying room for all of our BS what are you making good I’m actually making the world’s easiest cookies so it’s peanut butter mash up two bananas and then some oats and if you’re feeling naughty you can put a chunk of this in

Vegan Galaxy caramel so I’m going to put a couple of chunks that on my ones oh you rude on me Craig off chocolate she hasn’t Liv for 15 years so sorry about that kid yeah okay I’ll smell your breath yeah now some of you might have thought that I was um smoking something

When Craig got me the bag pipes for Christmas but he knew I wanted them this isn’t a joke like I’m taking it seriously enough that someone was like oh no you don’t just go straight to the bag pipes and learn them you need to do the chanter

First if it doesn’t sound like that it’s most likely to be a got to get your chops around it squeeze your lips go On Just hang on hang on we’ve got neighbors we out I’m practicing the pipe SLO leave me to it we’re going to get a knock on the door now we keep it Down did that sound like his got a long way to go kid before we get those back pipes out how do they look they smell incredible cookie oh they might be hot will you put one on a plate for me how many do I get you can

Have them all if you want but there’s chocolate on one two for me one for you is there so for dinner um we’ve got Mexican mild salsa a can of lentil soup two Christmas puddings a packet of dates an orange can of mushy peas and a packet

Of marshmallows so we should be fine for this evening we might have to go out for breakfast though in the morning we’re still not sure of this timeline to get this house it’s just delay after delay but but we’ve got a good feeling like this movement I think the last problem

Will be sorted this week so fingers crossed we will have the keys by next week should we do a taste test you go first for obvious reasons bot on homes really good and and quite healthy there know bom the laab of chocolate I put on mine but it’s fine 11

Hour of 10 then h of a week in the bus back in Scotland honestly you should plan a road trip here cuz you’re bloody so we’ll keep you updated fingers crossed we have some keys in our hands by this time next week but whatever the school we’ll see you next week