Ullapool to Stornoway aboard CalMac Loch Seaforth -ScotVlog2017 Ep 8
All aboard the CalMac Ferries mv Loch Seaforth on a cold and sleety April day in 2017. The journey to Ullapool, checking in, boarding, and the voyage on a breezy day. The Loch Seaforth is one of Caledonian MacBrayne's newest ferries and plies the route to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
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Ullapool in Scotland
This video shows a very good place to go for a walk in the mainland of Scotland. The landscapes there are beautiful and on the top of the mountain, we have an overview of Ullapool. I arrived there by the CalMac ferry from Outer Hebrides.
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Please watch: La Dordogne: des vignes et des châteaux
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Ullapool
Location: Ardmair & Rue, approaching Ullapool
Date: 21/06/15
RPAS: DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus (V3)
Audio: Mitis - Breezes
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Video editing and processing: VirtualDub for lens correction, Sony Vegas for editing.
WARNING!
Do YOU fly or want to fly a remote controlled aircraft in the UK?
To avoid injuring or killing people first and foremost, but also therefore becoming the person who causes a huge shake up in who can and cannot legally operate Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, (RPAS) make sure you know UK CAA airspace regulations with regard to RC aircraft under 20Kg.
Here's a basic summary of the ones to keep in mind:
• The maximum permitted altitude is 400 feet (120 metres) above ground level
• The maximum distance RPAS can be flown from the operator is 500 metres
• The minimum visibility needs to be 5 km
• RPAS must be flown in line of sight of the operator
• An RPAS cannot be flown at night without special permission from the CAA
• Permission must be obtained from the owner of the take-off point
• An RPAS cannot be flown within 50 metres of structures, vehicles or people that are not under the control of the person in charge of the aircraft
• An RPAS cannot be flown over or within 150 metres of any built up area
Further Reading:
Basic Principles of Unmanned Aircraft
UK Air Navigation Order
Article 166: Small Unmanned Aircraft (20kg or less)
Article 167: Small Unmanned Surveillance Aircraft (if it has a camera)
For a quick video on these regulations and how to ensure you don't get yourself prosecuted...
Places to see in ( Ullapool - UK )
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Places to see in ( Ullapool - UK )
Places to see in ( Ullapool - UK )
Ullapool is a village of around 1,500 inhabitants in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands. Despite its small size Ullapool is the largest settlement for many miles around and an important port and tourist destination. The North Atlantic Drift passes Ullapool, moderating the temperature. A few Cordyline australis or New Zealand cabbage trees are grown in the town and are often mistaken for palms.
The village of Ullapool lies on Loch Broom, on the A835 road from Inverness. The Ullapool River flows through the village. On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society.
The region surrounding Ullapool is dominated by rugged mountains, and especially by Bheinn Ghobblach to the west, An Teallach to the south west (both across the loch), Beinn Dearg to the south east close to the head of Loch Broom, and Ben Mhòr na Còigich to the north. An Teallach is a massive mountain which dominates the area and consists of Torridonian sandstone, which is layered nearly horizontally.
Ullapool has a strong reputation as a centre for music, the arts and performance. The village of Ullapool has a small museum housed in a Telford Church, An Talla Solais, an arts centre with frequently changing exhibitions and workshops, a swimming pool and fitness centre, and several pubs, bed and breakfasts, restaurants and hotels.
In May every year there is the three-day Ullapool Book Festival which attracts a diverse range of writers and with work in both Scottish Gaelic and English. The Macphail Centre has a theatre hosting a regular programme of musical, dance and theatrical performances. Ullapool is home to the shinty team Lochbroom Camanachd.
( Ullapool - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Ullapool . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Ullapool - UK
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Calmac Terminal in Stornoway
Short videos giving a 'walk in' view of places on the Western Isles of Scotland
Places to see in ( Stornoway - UK )
Places to see in ( Stornoway - UK )
Stornoway is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. Stornoway is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis now more closely resembles Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway is also the public transport hub of Lewis, and buses run to Point, Ness, Back and Tolsta, Uig, the West Side, Lochs and Tarbert, Harris. These buses are provided by the Comhairle and several private operators as well as some community-run organisations.
Suggestions for the possibility of an undersea tunnel linking Lewis and Harris to the Scottish mainland were raised in early 2007. One of the possible routes, between Stornoway and Ullapool, would be over 40 miles (60 km) long and hence become the longest road tunnel in the world.
Stornoway Airport is located next to the village of Melbost, 2 miles (3 km) away from the town itself. From here services operate to Aberdeen, Benbecula, Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow, with flights from Flybe franchisee Loganair & Eastern Airways. The airport is also the base of an HM Coastguard Search & Rescue Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, and was previously home to RAF Stornoway. In 1898, the Hebridean Light Railway Company was proposed, with a terminus at Stornoway, but the line was never constructed.
Notable buildings in Stornoway include:
Stornoway Town Hall
The Lewis War Memorial
The neo-gothic Lews Castle
( Stornoway - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Stornoway . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Stornoway - UK
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Caledonian Macbrayne Ferry coming into Oban, Scotland
Camera: Sony DSC RX100
Keywords: Oban, Scottish, Little Bay, Calmac, Clansman, Ferries, port, jetty, hotel Columba, resort town, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, Firth of Lorn, horseshoe, Kerrera, Isle of Mull, Lismore, Morvern, Ardgour, Bay, Evening, Sunset, Dusk, Boats, Ducks, Seabirds
Beautiful Scotland Ullapool 2018 ferry to Stornoway
Ullapool to Stornoway. .
A day excursion [May 2008] to the largest and most northerly of the Outer Hebridean Islands, Lewis; from Ullapool to Stornoway by Calmac on a calm still hot day.
Soundtrack: WISHBONE ASH - 'Persephone'; this version from the Past and Present Live.
There's a light that shines on Persephone,
Always a fire in her eyes,
And the last time that I went to her
I could tell things weren't right.
I just don't care to see your years go wasting,
There's no longer magic in your eyes.
In your time, you could outshine everybody else around,
But your off-stage ways might be a bore -
You take a bow, you take a fall.
I came to be here in the footlights,
To live with you through every song,
And your face displays a peaceful field.
I can't believe the curtain has to fall.
Now I know your years were never wasted,
Tonight I saw the magic in your eyes.
It was in 888 that King Harald of Norway added the Hebrides to his Crown - hence the existing Norse place-names of Lewis, Harris, Uist etc all of which derive from those sea-roving Vikings. This video captures the sailing to Lewis from Ullapool.
On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society - and was designed by Thomas Telford. The harbour is still perhaps the focal point of the town and is used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. Ferries, as in this video, sail to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides.
Many of the pivotal discoveries of the Victorian era that contributed to the development of the concept of plate tectonics were made in this area, and there are still regular international geological conferences! Others, of course, visit here for the scenery, hillwalking and the Seaforth, FBI and the Arch!!! Not to mention those amazing breakfasts in the local cafe!
Ullapool is surrounded us on all four sides by mountains and contains some of the most beautiful unspoiled scenery in the world with undiscovered beaches, forests, hidden glens with stags grazing, waterfalls, bird sanctuaries to explore, breathtaking twisty single track roads, all warmed by the gulf stream that gives it the tropical garden look with the comparably mild weather. It really has its own micro-climate. Boat trips depart to the enchanting Summer Isles as does a power boat trip that is highly recommended [watch the other video - Seascape adventure]; see seals and porpoises or marvel at the botanists miracle of Hydroponics in Achiltibuie.
From his 1920 writings 'The Land of the Hills and the Glens' author Seton Gordon in a chapter regarding 'Winter Birds on the Shore of the Minch' , writes thus: -
Across the waters of the Minch there stand the hills of Lewis, and there can be seen the entrance to Stornoway Harbour, a good forty miles distant, with the rounded hills that guard the port. Away beyond the entrance to the two lochs - Loch Broom and Little Loch Broom - there stands, perhaps twenty miles to the northward, the wild headland of Rudha Stoer, with its lighthouse, built high above the waters of the Minch. Even at this great distance one can see through the glass of a clear winter's day the spray rising high on the rocks as the swell from the north-west breaks, with the full force of the Atlantic, on this exposed headland.
Lewis is, in general, the lower lying part of Lewis and Harris, with the other part, Harris, being more mountainous. The flatter, more fertile land means Lewis contains the only town, Stornoway, and three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles. Our sailing on this occasion was a (pedestrian) non-landing one, so it would be nice to return again, this time for the ascent of the 799m 'Rocky Hill' Corbett, An Clisham (Clisham). The oldest rock in the Highlands is the Lewisian gneiss from which the hills of Harris have been carved.
From his 1921 'Wanderings of a Naturalist' Seton Gordon describes it thus:- On the Island of Harris are many hills, and the highest of them all is Clisham, which reaches an altitude of 2,622ft. And from the summit concludes on a clear day St.Kilda can be seen, the distance being roughly sixty miles.
From his 1923 writings 'Hebridean Memories':
Fom the lone shieling of the misty island
Mounains divide us, and the waste of seas -
But still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland
And we in dreams behold the Hebrides
Rural Issues: Ullapool, Scottish Highlands
A Fixers campaign led by Sandy Campbell:
Concerned that life in the Scottish Highlands can be an isolating experience for young people, Sandy Campbell and his team want more support for those living in rural communities.
The 17-year-old from Lochinver, Scotland says there's little for others his age to do, and what prospects there may be are often inaccessible due to poor transport links.
Scotland | Ullapool | Scottish Highlands | 1983
Some vintage clips of Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands.
First shown: 22/09/1983
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Quote: VT29761
Music: Angelic Forest - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Production
Calmac ferry in Stormy Sea
Caledonian Macbrayne ferry Lochnevis in stormy sea conditions north of Isle of Rum 2 October 2017
A835 Inverness to Ledmore via Ullapool entire length time lapse
A journey along the A835 road in the highlands of Scotland. The journey starts north of Inverness and heads north-west to Ullapool where the Stornoway ferry departs. It then follows to the north where it becomes incredibly scenic.
Played back at 15 times normal speed
Rough sea between Stornoway and Ullapool
Rough sea between Stornoway and Ullapool in summer 2015.
Combray - Ullapool
Song included in 'Ullapool', first recording from the band Combray, released by Foehn Records, february 2015
CalMac Modern Apprentices move Queen Mary restoration forward
CalMac Modern Apprentices move Queen Mary restoration forward
Ferry and harbour operator CalMac has lent some helping hands to boost the restoration of an iconic British steamship, TS Queen Mary.
Five Deck Modern Apprentices (MAs) switched their onboard training for a week-long session on the vessel to help return the retired Caledonian MacBrayne vessel to her former glory.
CalMac ferry Castlebay (Barra) - Oban (Scottish mainland) [July 2016]
From Castlebay (Barra, Outer Hebrides) to Oban (Argyll, Scottish mainland) with Caledonian MacBrayne on the ferry Isle of Lewis.
The full journey. Over 80% of the recorded footage has been used, with very little editing.
Saga Pearl II and Loch Seaforth at Ullapool
Saga Pearl II arriving at Ullapool and at anchor, on a round British Isles cruise that originated from Dover. The Oldest vessel in the Saga fleet due to be replaced by a new build vessel . Also ferry Loch Seaforth arriving from Stornoway Isle of Lewis.