WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:06.080 [soundtrack: 02 - Seven Days Ago] 00:00:10.360 --> 00:00:14.240 [low rumbling, the sound of rockfall] 00:00:15.500 --> 00:00:19.830 My name is Marcus Warner. And seven days ago I set off on a journey across the 00:00:19.830 --> 00:00:24.420 country with my friend Eva to record some musicians in the city of Glasgow. 00:00:24.420 --> 00:00:28.480 Along the way we saw some amazing scenery, perhaps some of the best in the UK, 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:34.440 and met some incredible people and now, we're here: on the Isle of Skye. 00:00:40.300 --> 00:00:45.019 Voiceover Marcus: Our journey would begin in Leeds; heading first to the Yorkshire coast, before 00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:50.600 making our way north to Edinburgh, Glasgow and finally the Isle of Skye. 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.880 We had ten days to see as much of the north as we could, as well as recording five 00:00:54.890 --> 00:00:58.879 musicians over two recording sessions in Glasgow, and making a movie in the process. 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:04.900 But first, I had to get to Leeds from my home on the Isle of Wight. 00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:06.400 [music intensifies] 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.880 [ocean, seagulls, wind noise] 00:01:23.610 --> 00:01:27.360 I'm on the ferry from the Isle of Wight to the mainland, it's about an hour crossing 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:30.870 from here and we're going to be arriving around 8 a.m. From there it's about five or 00:01:30.870 --> 00:01:35.580 six hours to Leeds where I'm picking up Eva and it's there that the road trip is officially starting. 00:01:58.680 --> 00:01:59.660 [rain] 00:02:12.100 --> 00:02:14.020 [distant thunder] 00:02:19.900 --> 00:02:22.260 [loud city noises] 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:24.320 (incoherent) ... now you're going to get arrested. 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:29.740 [city noises, shouting, club music, police siren] 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.620 That may or may not work. So we're in Leeds, in the car... 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:36.880 Eva: I'm ready. 00:02:36.880 --> 00:02:39.870 Marcus: Yeah, we're about to head off. Do you want to explain what happened last night and why 00:02:39.870 --> 00:02:43.020 we're heading off a little bit later than we normally would be. What did we say? 00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:46.650 We said we're gonna go out for one drink. 00:02:46.650 --> 00:02:48.220 ...Turned into multiple drinks. 00:02:48.220 --> 00:02:51.440 Had dinner, which was good. - Dinner was good, mac and cheese. 00:02:51.440 --> 00:03:00.220 Setting the map direction for Spurn Point. [loud cracking noise] ... Setting the map direction for Spurn Point. 00:03:02.620 --> 00:03:06.920 Voiceover Marcus: So, we headed off. First taking the motorway south and east, 00:03:06.920 --> 00:03:11.480 Passing alongside the Humber estuary before winding through the East Yorkshire countryside. 00:03:12.380 --> 00:03:15.060 The roads became narrower, and the traffic sparser, 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:19.840 until eventually we found ourselves on a rutted lane that led to the tidal island. 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:23.020 Spurn Point itself is about an hour and a half from the car park, 00:03:23.020 --> 00:03:26.620 so we decided to walk just as far as we felt, once we'd had some lunch. 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:32.060 How are you completely crumb-free, and I've got literally half a loaf on my lap? 00:03:32.540 --> 00:03:34.480 Because you were holding the sandwich for me. 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:37.200 Eva: Look at that... 00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:39.620 ... it's just the perfect time, isn't it. 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:43.140 Marcus: I just can't stop laughing at how much this 00:03:43.140 --> 00:03:45.380 reminds me of what I do with my grandparents. 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:48.360 [soundtrack: 03 - Baby Seal] [wind noise] 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:52.300 Marcus: What happened when we were walking up here then, we bumped into a man. 00:03:52.310 --> 00:03:55.240 Eva: Very friendly man. He told us there's a baby seal. 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:57.560 Marcus: Wouldn't have known it was there had he not told us. 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:01.640 Eva: Yeah, exactly. Got to see a baby seal and take some nice shots. 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:29.940 [music swells] 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:44.540 [birds, background hum of traffic and people] 00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:46.940 [elderly rambling] 00:04:47.400 --> 00:04:48.700 [wailing] 00:04:57.140 --> 00:05:02.360 Marcus: So where are we, we're in Scarborough now. - We're in good old Scarborough. 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.260 [northern accent impressions] - Scarborough. Eva: Scarborough. 00:05:11.820 --> 00:05:14.360 Fish and chips! ... It looks kind of closed... 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.360 [seagulls, traffic] 00:05:18.540 --> 00:05:19.900 Eva: Fish and chips! 00:05:19.900 --> 00:05:22.420 [quiet background chatter] 00:05:23.280 --> 00:05:27.680 Voiceover Marcus: Our plan after Spurn Point was to get fish and chips in Scarborough. 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.840 But somehow we couldn't find any. We agreed it was a decent enough place 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:34.640 regardless, and had an Italian instead. 00:05:34.640 --> 00:05:37.240 Okay fish and chips in Scarborough... 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:39.740 And then got some footage of the castle. 00:05:40.200 --> 00:05:43.440 - Fish and chips? - Oh yeah. We didn't really do fish and chips did we. 00:05:43.440 --> 00:05:45.040 [laughing] I was going to say 'what'?! 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:47.520 Now it's quite late and it's quite dark, but what we're going to try and do 00:05:47.520 --> 00:05:50.800 is go to Whitby, where there's an abbey. Hamish and George, my friends from Australia 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:54.820 we went there last year, it was really cool and it'd be nice to go there again 00:05:54.820 --> 00:05:57.520 but the thing is it's now completely dark so it's just, like, 00:05:57.520 --> 00:06:02.120 it might be a complete waste of time, but we should go anyway and see what we can see. 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:19.310 So we're in Whitby Abbey... or going into the entrance. It's actually better than we 00:06:19.310 --> 00:06:22.240 thought it would be because it's all lit up and so we can actually see it, but, 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:25.680 we're trying to work out whether or not like... it's probably not open, but we're 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:27.680 trying to see if we can get like a better view of it, at least. 00:06:41.840 --> 00:06:44.800 Oomph! [Eva laughing] 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:50.080 Marcus: Also I don't want to alarm you, but like between here and the abbey there's a pond somewhere. 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:54.000 Marcus: What? 00:06:56.300 --> 00:07:02.480 Marcus: Um yeah, or frogs, I think there's frogs in it. Check out that, that's so cool! 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:05.800 Marcus: I mean if you're happy seeing it from here this is Eva: - No, I am. 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:09.520 Eva: More than happy, because it's like when I hear sounds, and I don't know what's... 00:07:09.520 --> 00:07:14.560 Marcus: Well, I mean I was okay and now you've pointed it out to me, I'm now freaking out too, so let's go! 00:07:17.900 --> 00:07:19.100 Marcus: Ow. 00:07:19.100 --> 00:07:21.480 I whacked my tooth on it, can you take it please? 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.680 Eva: I just pretended I'm just going on walk! 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:27.420 Marcus: Okay, cool! ...So we went- 00:07:27.420 --> 00:07:27.920 oh fuck 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:33.500 We've been... to the abbey. We saw... 00:07:34.580 --> 00:07:35.540 nothing. 00:07:35.980 --> 00:07:39.940 Actually to be fair, it was good going in there because you see so much more of it. 00:07:39.940 --> 00:07:43.520 And also like there's a pond and you've got these amazing reflections 00:07:43.520 --> 00:07:48.229 off the pond of the abbey... beautiful. The only thing is we stopped for too long, 00:07:48.229 --> 00:07:52.360 and then we started hearing noises coming from the pond of things moving. 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:57.590 And Eva got freaked out, and then I got freaked out, and so we called it a day. 00:07:57.590 --> 00:08:03.050 We definitely got more than we would have got had we not gone in through this... 00:08:03.050 --> 00:08:09.020 slightly... unconventional gate... it doesn't say you can't enter, it just says to keep 00:08:09.020 --> 00:08:13.130 it clear at all times. Okay let's go! Argh I can't see where I'm going! 00:08:13.130 --> 00:08:15.940 Marcus: Just a night-time stroll officer, nothing to see here... [laughter] 00:08:15.940 --> 00:08:20.380 Eva: I was just walking along the wall like, "I'm just going for a walk". 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:28.640 Marcus: Going through like this... there's a building there that looks kind of nice... actually it looks really cosy. 00:08:28.640 --> 00:08:33.480 But you're driving along somewhere like this and then Eva says: 00:08:33.940 --> 00:08:37.840 "God, imagine if you turned round the corner and you just saw a clown, just standing in the road." [laughter] 00:08:37.940 --> 00:08:40.660 SatNav: In 1000 feet, turn right. 00:08:40.660 --> 00:08:44.780 Alright we're here, this is Stonebeck Gate Farm. 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:49.260 This is like, this is our first official night of the road trip. 00:08:49.280 --> 00:08:50.820 SatNav: Your destination is on the left. 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:51.920 There's a dog! 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:56.900 This is our first official accommodation, courtesy of Airbnb as ever... 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.160 There's our host. 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:02.760 Eva: Oh he's going, oh - where are you going? Wait! 00:09:08.860 --> 00:09:09.740 [door creak] 00:09:10.420 --> 00:09:11.620 [fire crackling] 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:16.320 Marcus: Act like this is all in the first take. This is our Airbnb. 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:21.800 Our host lit the fire for us... and it's just perfect. 00:09:21.800 --> 00:09:24.960 It's what I need right now. -Mm. [laughter] 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.420 [birds, wind noise] 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:41.020 Eva: Ooh that last shot though. 00:09:44.020 --> 00:09:47.140 Airbnb host: All sorted? Eva: Yeah, all sorted. 00:09:47.140 --> 00:09:52.200 Oh well, enjoy your stay up in... where are you tonight again? Scot - oh, the Borders? 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:53.680 Marcus: Yeah, literally on the borders. 00:09:53.680 --> 00:09:56.000 Whereabouts are you? Berwick? 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:03.480 Marcus: Oh... no, it's very much centre, maybe slightly to the west... there's a place called Ettrick which I know isn't too far. 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:06.060 Oh right okay, well enjoy. Marcus: Thank you so much. 00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:10.940 Yes, it just gets nicer as you get further north. Eva: Nicer than that? 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:13.480 Yes, it is nice, it is lovely up there, you'll have a lovely time. 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:16.360 Host: Thank you, bye bye! Eva and Marcus: Bye bye! 00:10:16.560 --> 00:10:19.740 Marcus: Camera's like, "Focusing? What's all that about?" 00:10:20.100 --> 00:10:22.320 [gentle wind, birds, occasional sheep] 00:10:27.560 --> 00:10:32.960 Marcus: There's something about the pace of life here. Just looking at how quiet it is. 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:39.700 Eva: Yeah I was going to say, you're so far away from everything that you don't think about everything else that's going on. 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:44.780 Like we were in Leeds just yesterday, and I already forgot about work and everything. 00:10:44.780 --> 00:10:46.560 And then there's sheep. 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:49.280 [soundtrack: 04 - Forget About Everything] [birds, wind noise, sheep] 00:11:02.640 --> 00:11:06.740 Marcus: Goodbye, Jill and Andrew. It was nice to meet you. 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.980 Bye puppies. 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:11.180 Yeah bye puppies, oh Treacle as well, don't forget Treacle. 00:11:11.180 --> 00:11:15.220 And what was the one she didn't like very much? The one that was her dad's? 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:16.800 Eva: Do you have something to say? 00:11:16.800 --> 00:11:20.940 No, no. This is.. we're just in Yorkshire, and it's really beautiful at the moment. 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:26.280 What we're doing is, we're making our way up north, because tonight we're staying kind of on the border of Scotland. 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:30.160 And we're just sort of looking round, and enjoying the scenery as we go. 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:06.520 [gentle breeze, birds] 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:15.460 Oh okay, so we wanted to go to Hadrian's Wall; there's a Roman fort over there 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:20.600 it's called Housteads. And we get there and it's like £7.80 each to get in 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:24.200 plus £3.00 parking. There's literally another one over there in the distance, 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:30.940 Not the same one that we just went to... but yeah. It just seemed like a bit of a ripoff. 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:32.680 Sorry National Trust. 00:12:34.260 --> 00:12:39.460 I don't even know why... I do this sometimes and it's like, what's the point. 00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:45.620 It's like hoping we'll say something interesting. Eva: You really think that's going to happen? 00:12:46.400 --> 00:12:52.160 I'm not going to put... every single minute on the YouTube video for everyone to watch. 00:12:55.020 --> 00:13:00.240 But on the other hand, sometimes... these little moments... 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.880 Of you just biting into your chocolate bar? 00:13:04.260 --> 00:13:06.320 ... makes it all the more relatable. 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.320 Eva: [laughing] ... yes. 00:13:08.640 --> 00:13:12.660 [soundtrack: 05 - Kielder Forest] [wind noise, heavy rain] 00:13:30.680 --> 00:13:32.340 [birdsong] 00:13:37.380 --> 00:13:41.620 Marcus: Okay we're just leaving Kielder Forest. We came here because it was just... 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:45.220 the scenery is absolutely insane, and there's also weird sort of artwork in the 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:47.880 forest... sculptures that have been made and put up. 00:13:47.880 --> 00:13:51.500 But... it gets dark so quickly that we've just kind of run out of time again. 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:56.040 So we're making our way north, and this evening we're sleeping on the Scottish Borders... 00:13:56.040 --> 00:13:58.320 in a little house in the middle of nowhere. 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:00.220 So we're gonna try and find that now. 00:14:00.640 --> 00:14:03.820 Are you filming? You're very close. [laughter] Eva: I am! 00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:09.800 Okay - yeah. We have... how long is it saying it's going to take us to get to this place? 00:14:09.800 --> 00:14:12.560 ...night's falling, we haven't got any bloody water, 00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:17.529 we've got peach water, but both of us are absolutely sick of peach now so... 00:14:17.529 --> 00:14:22.640 we're just sort of holding off drinking water. Eva: So that's why... is it focusing? 00:14:22.640 --> 00:14:24.640 Marcus: I'm sure they'll get the gist of it. 00:14:25.800 --> 00:14:30.580 Well, we have an hour and a half, but it's okay because we have alcohol. 00:14:31.060 --> 00:14:32.640 And alcohol is important. 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:52.260 Marcus: SatNav's telling us to go to this post code which is apparently up this road. 00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:55.780 Err... 00:14:56.300 --> 00:14:58.960 Marcus: My friend and I are looking for Southern Upland Way... 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:00.180 Woman: Right. 00:15:00.180 --> 00:15:03.980 Marcus: And our SatNav has brought us to that track going up there. 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:06.640 Woman: It's that bottom track. Marcus: Is it really? Okay... 00:15:06.640 --> 00:15:13.100 Woman: So if you just go back down the end of the drive here and turn right and then right again, 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:15.080 just at the gateway there's a rough track. 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:17.800 Marcus: I'm so sorry to disturb you. Woman: No that's absolutely fine. 00:15:18.160 --> 00:15:19.480 [engine noise] 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:27.660 That right there is our track that we need to follow; she says there's two more gates. 00:15:30.380 --> 00:15:31.580 Marcus: Oh! 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:37.660 Marcus: No! I couldn't see it, look! Eva: I know, I've just seen, yeah. 00:15:37.660 --> 00:15:41.260 Marcus: Oh what an idiot, sorry about that... hang on. 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:50.300 Eva: Fuck, I just stepped in the biggest muddy puddle... look at my shoes. 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:53.260 Marcus: Oh... [laughs] sorry, I shouldn't laugh. 00:15:53.300 --> 00:15:56.420 Marcus: So she said we'll go over two cattle grids, and then we come to a fork, 00:15:56.420 --> 00:15:58.840 and we can see that there's like a little cottage. 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:01.980 And the cottage is basically... that's the road we need to take. 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:07.840 Eva: Hmm. ... oh but - ah! 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:13.580 Oh for fuck's sake, I just want to take one... bloody picture! Marcus: [laughs] 00:16:13.920 --> 00:16:16.760 Marcus: Cattle grid... number one. 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:22.020 Marcus: Oh, it's getting rough. 00:16:23.400 --> 00:16:28.120 Nice new tyres. Probably aren't going to be very nice by the end of this. 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:34.340 Eva: Okay, I'm a bit... 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.920 ... creeped out. 00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:38.840 Marcus: I'm a little bit creeped out too. 00:16:47.880 --> 00:16:52.880 I guess go and say hi, make ourselves known. Hope this is the right place. 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:57.520 Look at that tool shed. That ain't the creepiest thing I ain't seen all day. 00:16:59.540 --> 00:17:01.360 What do you want me to say?! [laughs] 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.640 Man: Hello! 00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:04.140 Marcus: Good evening! Andy? 00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.640 Andy: Yes. 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:06.720 Marcus: Oh hi Andy, how do you do. Andy: Hi, good to meet you. 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:09.860 Marcus: And you. Marcus. Andy: Marcus, hello Marcus. [laughs] 00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:12.500 Good, and well done for finding it. Marcus: Oh... thank you so much. 00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:16.180 Eva: Hiya, I'm Eva, nice to meet you... Andy: Eva, hello Eva, excellent, brilliant. 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:20.500 Marcus: Yeah it was a bit of an interesting... we did have to go and bother your neighbours down at the very end - 00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:24.060 Man: Bit of a risk sometimes driving down this road, you never know if it's actually going to go anywhere. 00:17:24.060 --> 00:17:25.040 [laughs] 00:17:25.040 --> 00:17:26.600 Marcus: Er, yeah a little bit. 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.860 Andy: Where have you come from? 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.300 [dog whining] Eva: Aww. 00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.700 Marcus: Oh wow. 00:17:37.020 --> 00:17:39.460 Eva: Have to get my shoes off because they're so muddy... 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:41.940 Marcus: Yeah we have got quite dirty feet. 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:47.640 Eva: ...Wow. 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:51.080 Marcus: I love your house, it's really really interesting. I mean I've only just 00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:54.120 seen a very tiny portion of it but already... Eva: Yeah, it's lovely. 00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:59.660 It's totally off-grid. If the weather gets bad you can't drive down here at all. 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:03.620 Our wind turbine's broken at the moment actually so we're a bit stretched for power. 00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:07.400 But we don't have fridges or anything like that so we don't use a lot of power. 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:14.520 In the last eight years we've used the same amount of power that the average family would use in less than a year. 00:18:14.520 --> 00:18:16.640 Marcus: I like the cat too... very big cat. 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:21.160 This is honestly, maybe one of the most fascinating places I've ever been in. Andy: [laughs] 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:23.020 Marcus: Are you a guitarist as well, or Sara? 00:18:23.020 --> 00:18:24.840 Andy: I like to waffle on the guitar, yeah. 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:27.700 [tin whistle, quiet fire sounds] 00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:34.820 [guitar sort of joins in] 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:45.080 It's a very out of tune guitar, but almost had something. - It's a really out of tune guitar. 00:18:45.260 --> 00:18:50.960 Marcus: So... Eva: [laughing] ... it's just me. 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:54.320 Marcus: What are your thoughts? 00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:56.380 I'm freezing. 00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:59.100 Marcus: [laughing] other than that, what are your thoughts? - My th-[laughing] 00:18:59.100 --> 00:19:00.280 My thoughts are: 00:19:00.280 --> 00:19:05.100 apparently, the shower's outside in a polytunnel. 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:08.600 And I don't know what to think of that. 00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:17.060 Um, really quirky... I feel like I'm... camping, in a weird way? 00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:22.380 That makes me sound really spoilt. Like, I'm in bed. And I'm like, 'I feel like I'm camping', but... 00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:26.700 But it's kind of like, got that feel... 00:19:27.520 --> 00:19:30.500 Telling stories, playing music and... 00:19:32.780 --> 00:19:37.020 ... just yeah. Just being really far away from everything else. 00:19:37.020 --> 00:19:38.120 Marcus: Yeah. 00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:40.440 [acoustic guitar] 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:44.260 Something... 00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:48.760 ... see, I get stuck, on that little riff... 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:59.000 You came to me, the morning sun You gave me the night 00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:01.980 [fire crackling] 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:18.480 [chuckles] ...yeah. Yeah. 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:24.420 That's the problem, I think I drive Sara insane though because I just play er... 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:28.240 ... I get riffs and just can't let them go. [laughs] 00:20:29.020 --> 00:20:31.420 [water flowing, birds, wind noise] 00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:33.760 [distant wind chimes] 00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:40.500 [purring] 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:54.680 Marcus: So, quick: one sentence summary of the Airbnb. 00:20:55.100 --> 00:21:03.000 One sentence? Um... an experience that I've never had before, basically. That sums it up. 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:05.960 It's very vague, but... 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:09.820 It's kind of difficult to describe it actually, in one sentence. - It's very difficult. 00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:14.280 ...something different. 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:17.620 [soundtrack: 06 - Something Different] 00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:40.260 Voiceover Marcus: So this was day three of our road trip, and our destination that night was Edinburgh. 00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:45.840 Now, normally when I travel long distance there's usually something that goes wrong mechanically on the car that I'm driving. 00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:48.940 So far on this trip we had been pretty fortunate. 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:53.900 Our luck however was about to run out, as I pulled over to let someone pass, and hit a pot-hole. 00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:56.660 [loud wind noise and heavy rain] 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:14.840 We could have been unluckier I suppose, it was just a punctured tyre. 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:20.260 But the next challenge was finding somewhere we could get a replacement, as the spare was about 10 years old. 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:25.980 We decided to head to the nearest time to find a tyre shop, but, being the middle of nowhere in Scotland, 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.980 there were none to be found. 00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:31.200 ...and one the other ones. - You're going to have three? 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.980 - No, I'm going to have those two. 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:37.780 - So you're going to have three apples? - No, I said I'm just going to have those two. 00:22:37.780 --> 00:22:41.280 - Yeah, but you've had one already. - Yeah, why not? [laughing] 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.320 Why not?! 00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:43.960 - Why not? It's alot of apples! 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:47.540 If I start driving to the apartment... 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:53.960 Do you want to sort of... if you take the apartment address, do you want to sort of look and find a place that's near them? 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:56.860 - Yeah, I could do that. - Yeah. Alright. 00:22:58.660 --> 00:23:01.320 Voiceover Marcus: In the end, we made it all the way to Edinburgh on the spare. 00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:05.980 But at this point, morale was pretty low as we had wasted so much time that morning. 00:23:06.040 --> 00:23:11.640 Later on we stopped off at Rosslyn Chapel, which I think cheered us up quite a bit. 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:14.500 [birdsong, gravel footsteps] 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:28.180 [echoing voices] 00:23:29.040 --> 00:23:30.400 [distant birdsong] 00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:47.900 Marcus: It's certainly less touristy than when we were here with Hamish and George. 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:51.200 It just feels like you're actually really experiencing the place more than just sort of looking at it 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.920 with a bunch of other tourists... 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:57.400 I know exactly what you mean, that describes it quite well actually. 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:00.200 Not just looking at it, but really taking it in. 00:24:00.520 --> 00:24:03.200 [birdsong, crickets, wind noise] 00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:18.560 Voiceover Marcus: Though I'm not a religious or spiritual person, there was something about the place that day. 00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:22.500 Whilst we were there we felt... an overwhelming sense of calm. 00:24:23.760 --> 00:24:26.640 And after leaving, we felt refreshed. 00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.960 [waterfall] 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:34.820 Marcus: Heading into Edinburgh, we've hit traffic for the first time, in... 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.040 - SCOTLAND! 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.340 [laughter] 00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.920 Marcus: We're going to be the only two people that find that funny. 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:45.260 Eva: We've still got sausage rolls left as well. ... I think I could do with a sausage roll. [laughter] 00:24:45.260 --> 00:24:51.180 Marcus: I mean fair enough, if we're going to meet up with Debbie to eat, get a sausage roll out, I'll have one too please, thank you! 00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:55.140 [laughter] Eva: I'll have one too please, thank you, you're welcome! 00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:58.980 Let me just crawl to the back and get you a sausage roll! 00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:03.120 Marcus: Have you seen that video that's, like, it's that Japanese cartoon, it's like one of the characters is- 00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:07.300 SatNav: In 1000 feet, at the roundabout, take the second exit onto Straiton Road, A701. 00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:09.280 Marcus: One of the- 00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:13.720 Eva: Oh there's pork pies everywhere, they're all going all over the place! I just want a sausage roll... 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:16.620 Marcus: One of the characters in this anime tries speaking English... 00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.720 It's like this cat... 00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:23.060 Marcus: Okay so it's- Eva: - Wait! ... Yep. 00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.900 [incoherent stuttering] 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.560 It's 20 past four, we're coming into Edinburgh- 00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:28.900 SatNav: In 1000 feet, turn left onto Causewayside. 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.400 Shut the f- 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:33.580 It's twenty past four, we're coming into Edinburgh. Our plan for tonight is, we're actually going to see 00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:38.480 a friend of mine, Debbie, who I stayed with last time I was in Edinburgh with my friends from Australia, 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:43.140 and... we'll stop off at our apartment, have a shower, which I'm really looking forward to... 00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:44.520 SatNav: Turn left onto Causewayside. 00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:46.840 You just really don't want me to do this vlog, do you. 00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:51.820 So we don't really have any other plan than seeing Debbie this evening and then tomorrow we've got the whole day to explore Edinburgh, 00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:57.020 so that's what we're going to do. Um, anything you particularly would like to add? 00:25:57.020 --> 00:26:01.580 - No, I'm just really looking forward to washing my hair. - Yeah, same. 00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:04.280 [folk music, bar chatter] 00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:33.000 [Scottish accent impersonation] one mini pork pie that's definitely been submerged in water! 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:35.000 [normal accent] Oh my God, I'll give you, like 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.980 I'll give you ten quid if you eat that. [laughter] 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:39.800 Marcus: Disgusting looking. Eva: What is that, ew! 00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:41.500 [bag rustling, city background noise] 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:47.580 Eva: [laughs] 00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:59.900 Marcus: So... we're here in our Airbnb.... just went out, had some dinner with Debbie, which is an experience in itself... 00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:04.860 and then live music in a traditional Scottish bar with some ale and whiskey. 00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:09.300 It's like, not even 11, and I'm already ready for bed. 00:27:09.300 --> 00:27:13.760 Eva: Oh he's going to jump at me now... [squeals] [laughter] 00:27:13.760 --> 00:27:15.760 Scared! 00:27:15.760 --> 00:27:19.900 Because I moved around alot, to like, tease him, and now he's looking at me like - 00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:22.400 You know like getting ready to jump. 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:24.920 Oh no, he's more scared of the pillow. [laughter] 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:29.920 Marcus: Why is it so noisy? Eva: Because there's cars outside. 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:34.080 Marcus: Whole bloody world outside. [sighs] 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:40.920 [soundtrack: 07 - An Toll Dubh (arr. Marcus Warner) 00:27:41.520 --> 00:27:43.740 [wind noise, traffic] 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:14.360 Okay we're in Edinburgh. This is our first full day in Edinburgh and we've only got one... 00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.600 we've got one full... 00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:21.400 We've got one full day in Edinburgh, so we're going to make the most of it and... 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:26.240 see the city. We're going to the Holyrood Castle and then doing the Royal Mile up to the... 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:29.460 Edinburgh Castle which is just behind me. So that's pretty fun. 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:34.920 Other than that we don't really have a plan. Sorry I'm really stressing out Eva by making her walk backwards. 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:36.940 Okay, you're good! You're good. 00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:39.300 [music intensifies] 00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:20.920 Marcus: I think we've reached a turning point in my career because up until this point, 00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:25.680 I've never really been a fan of whiskey, I always just find it a bit kind of... [weird gag/cough noise] 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:27.160 But now... 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:31.300 In this bar? I'm really enjoying this. It's really nice. So who knows. 00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:33.540 This could be the start of a new path for me. 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:36.940 [accordion and banjo, background chatter] 00:30:52.800 --> 00:30:55.200 [birdsong, city background noise] 00:30:55.940 --> 00:31:00.300 Marcus: Reference to A Matter of Time there, with the clock- Eva: Drinking that's out of this world, I love that. 00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:04.680 We got our car back! Only cost... £108.00 for one tyre, 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:09.040 because they decided to get the most expensive Michelin tyre they possibly could, but... 00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:13.840 - Oh, it was you being passive-aggressive, like, to Liam, just like... 00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:17.660 "Oh you went ALL OUT on the tyre" I was like, "are you being passive aggressive?" 00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:21.040 Marcus: We're going to Glasgow today to meet the first musician who I'm recording: 00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:24.660 Kaitlin, who's doing the vocals for the piece; so we're seeing her today we're gonna be meeting her 00:31:24.669 --> 00:31:28.220 about 1 p.m. which is about hour and a half from now so we'd best... best... 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.520 best get a shifty on! 00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:33.640 SatNav: In a quarter of a mile, continue straight to stay on Gorggy Road. 00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:35.700 [music] 00:31:42.760 --> 00:31:45.020 Marcus: Glasgow... mate. 00:31:46.280 --> 00:31:51.000 Voiceover Marcus: We arrived about mid-afternoon and headed straight to Kaitlin's for the first recording session. 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:53.680 I hadn't the means to book any studios or anything like that, 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:58.620 so the entire process was to take place using one microphone, a mini audio interface, 00:31:58.620 --> 00:32:00.420 and my dad's laptop. 00:32:01.280 --> 00:32:02.300 [singing] 00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:11.320 Stay... in my shelter... is that it? 00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:13.720 Marcus: Ready?! - Ahh! Yes. [laughter] 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.960 Marcus: No pressure!! 00:32:15.520 --> 00:32:16.820 [singing] 00:32:36.280 --> 00:32:38.200 Marcus: Yeah that was it, that was good. 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:42.660 We've got so many "never go"s [laughter] so do you know, the funny thing as well is like, 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:46.070 is probably if you sang it once I could, like, copy and paste it for like the next two bars 00:32:46.070 --> 00:32:53.400 as well, so it's just like... we have so much choice. I count... I count at least... 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:55.260 Kaitlin: [laughs] A thousand. 00:32:55.260 --> 00:32:59.920 Marcus: Um, at the moment we're at 20. Kaitlin: Oh my God. [laughing] 00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:04.540 Marcus: Shall we do... if you fancy it, do you fancy doing the whisper track? 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:06.180 [whispering lyrics] 00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:15.760 It's like we're doing like a weird creepy cult thing... [laughter] 00:33:15.760 --> 00:33:17.560 [city background noise] 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:39.380 So Eva and I have already bought our suitcases up here... and that was a fun experience. 00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:44.800 The photos of this Airbnb weren't that good... and we weren't really sure what to expect. 00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:49.520 Woman: Are you okay? Marcus: Yeah sorry, I just bumped into the door, thank you. 00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:53.020 [guitar music] 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:57.280 Marcus: It's not quite what we expected, is it? 00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:07.500 It's like, when I walk up the stairs, this place has the feeling of like it was once really an 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:10.340 amazing place. These days it just... - It's a bit run down. 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:13.400 - It just hasn't been looked after. Eva: Yeah, I guess that's it. 00:34:13.600 --> 00:34:18.220 Marcus: I'm just trying to find the Wi-Fi code... I think... 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.920 [laughter] 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:23.040 [distant flute playing] 00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:25.200 [loud city and construction noise] 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:30.360 Marcus: So, did you know our Airbnb was in an active warzone? 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:35.000 [laughs] No I didn't. That was not in the description. 00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:51.660 This is our kind of full day in Glasgow, so we've been here for one night. 00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:57.520 And we're here at Ross's place we're recording Tom on the flute and Ross on the fiddle. 00:34:57.520 --> 00:35:03.000 So later on we're going to be having Megan coming around and doing accordion and Ali doing 00:35:03.010 --> 00:35:06.190 bagpipes and maybe tin whistle as well. So we're just setting up now, I'm going 00:35:06.190 --> 00:35:08.920 to record the fiddle first and then do some flutes; these guys have made this 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:13.600 incredible melody to go over the top of the main sections of the piece, so... 00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:18.040 I think we'll go and do that first, and then after that do some more 00:35:18.040 --> 00:35:21.700 improvisational stuff and see how that sounds, basically. 00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:23.840 [violin tuning] 00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:30.920 Cool. Is there a way to see the timestamps as I play? 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:34.040 Ahh! Sorry man. [laughter] 00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:40.560 Ali: Oh, I see. [can't make out the rest of the sentence, too Scottish] 00:36:40.560 --> 00:36:42.500 [singing the tune] Oh I see, yeah. Okay sorry. 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:25.260 Marcus: Mine doesn't even have a pipe, like, I bought it at a charity shop. [feigned interest] 00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:28.420 Voicover Marcus: After a spot of lunch provided by Ross, and some fresh air, 00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:32.740 The last recording to get was Megan on the accordion. I'd never really heard one of these properly 00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:36.660 in person before, and it made me realize just how much I'd been missing out on. 00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:39.660 We had to record the left and right hand separately as the sound for each comes 00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:42.600 out in different directions... but it was worth the extra effort. 00:38:30.680 --> 00:38:33.620 Tom: Nice. Ross: Oh, that sounds so nice... [laughter] 00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:36.580 [soundtrack: 08 - The Highlands] 00:38:40.620 --> 00:38:45.120 Voiceover Marcus: We had dinner and drinks that evening. But with only two days left of the trip, 00:38:45.120 --> 00:38:50.400 Eva and I had to be up early the next morning to head to our final destination. 00:39:00.120 --> 00:39:01.720 [birdsong, windnoise] 00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:09.260 Marcus: 120 miles to the Isle of Skye... it's 20 past ten in the morning... 00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:12.100 it's telling us it's gonna take us five hours to get there. 00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:18.400 [wind noise, the sigh of the waves] 00:39:24.580 --> 00:39:26.040 [birdsong] 00:39:38.140 --> 00:39:40.400 [wind noise increases] 00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:47.640 Kaitlin: Stay, in my shelter 00:39:47.640 --> 00:39:52.560 Beneath, a bed of stone 00:39:52.560 --> 00:39:57.020 Though tides, pull me under 00:39:57.380 --> 00:40:02.460 I'll be carried, carried home 00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:08.000 Grey shorelines, break the silence 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:12.580 With songs, of rivers flow 00:40:12.580 --> 00:40:17.740 And I see you, cross the ocean 00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:22.160 But I will never go, I will never go 00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:27.060 But I will never go, I will never go 00:41:08.060 --> 00:41:09.720 [wind noise] 00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:13.660 Marcus: Sheeeeep! 00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:20.340 We're on the Isle of Skye, and we just arrived at our Airbnb. 00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:27.660 This is quite nice, isn't it. 00:41:30.140 --> 00:41:32.860 Marcus: Whiskey spread, that's insane. 00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:38.480 Okay, so our first choice of food for tonight didn't go very well, as they were like: 00:41:38.580 --> 00:41:41.800 "Yeah you can only get three courses, and that will be 50 quid, please, 00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:42.320 Um, 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.560 and also we don't serve anything but seafood." 00:41:44.560 --> 00:41:48.880 I guess seafood counts as vegetarian options, when you think about it, but yeah so... 00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:54.340 we kind of gave that a miss, and luckily when we came back to the apartment the host 00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:57.700 had just arrived home. So we were able to chat with them and they gave us a 00:41:57.700 --> 00:42:02.340 suggestion for this place... in, Dunvergan. 00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:03.560 Eva: Dunvegan, I think? 00:42:03.560 --> 00:42:05.300 Dumb vegan. [laughs] 00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:06.900 Yeah, so we're going to go get some food. 00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:08.700 [background chatter] Eva: Nice. 00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:13.480 Marcus: Nice indeed. This place is just really cool. So hopefully the food's good. It looks really good. 00:42:15.540 --> 00:42:18.780 Don't film the guy, because I think he doesn't like me very much. 00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:22.740 Okay, I think you just swapped them over, but... - Do you want this one instead? 00:42:23.160 --> 00:42:27.740 Marcus: Yeah, actually I really like that one more. Eva: Because there's a bit more in that one! 00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:30.440 [crickets, gentle wind] 00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:43.220 [birdsong, wind noise] 00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:48.480 Voiceover Marcus: The sun rose clear and bright on our last day in Scotland. 00:42:48.520 --> 00:42:54.500 Determined to make the most of the little time we had left, we set out... fairly early, to explore. 00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:56.800 [soundtrack: 09 - Pack Yourself a Toothbrush Dear] 00:43:02.520 --> 00:43:04.420 Marcus: Goodbye, apartment! 00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:06.900 Eva: Goodbye, Donald. Marcus: Goodbye, Donald! 00:43:08.020 --> 00:43:11.440 [unison] PACK YOURSELF A TOOTHBRUSH DEAAAR 00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:42.020 My name is Marcus Warner. And seven days ago I set off on a journey across the country with my friend Eva, 00:43:42.020 --> 00:43:44.580 to record some musicians in the city of Glasgow. 00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:02.820 [wind noise, engine, ocean] 00:44:06.060 --> 00:44:08.780 [wind noise intensifies] 00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:15.480 Marcus: This is the Isle of Skye and it's just, absolutely... incredible. 00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:46.800 Voiceover Marcus: One day just simply isn't enough time to fully experience this amazing place. 00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:53.340 But, with the light fading, and a long journey ahead of us, we began the drive back to Leeds as night fell. 00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:36.020 We're back in Leeds. - Oh my God. 00:45:36.120 --> 00:45:42.240 It's like half 12, and we set off at half four, so that's... what is that, eight hours exactly. 00:45:42.240 --> 00:45:43.320 Yeah, so.... 00:45:44.140 --> 00:45:46.140 What do you think? [laughter] 00:45:46.600 --> 00:45:49.580 Eva: I'm just delirious. - Same here. 00:45:50.180 --> 00:45:54.120 But, I thought it was good. - Yep. Same. 00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:58.760 Okay! Thanks for watching! - "I thought it was good!" "Yeah!" "Alright!" [laughter] 00:45:58.760 --> 00:46:03.000 It's time for bed. Maybe I'll do a proper outro tomorrow, but, if not... 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:05.920 - Goodbye. - Hope you enjoyed this video, yeah... goodbye. 00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:07.240 [laughter] 00:46:07.240 --> 00:46:09.620 [soundtrack: Marcus Warner - Carried Home] 00:46:48.180 --> 00:46:52.880 Kaitlin: Taken, through the open 00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:56.980 To faceless, disarray 00:46:56.980 --> 00:47:03.000 Crowded hallways, filled with colours 00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:07.280 And rooftops, where giants play 00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:13.060 In streets, we heard a calling 00:47:13.060 --> 00:47:17.900 A house where, summers show 00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:22.720 Burnt feet, and cities sprawling, 00:47:22.720 --> 00:47:26.640 But I will never go, I will never go 00:47:27.620 --> 00:47:31.140 But I will never go, I will never go 00:47:32.560 --> 00:47:37.600 Stay, in my shelter 00:47:37.600 --> 00:47:42.340 Beneath, a bed of stone 00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:47.420 Though tides, pull me under 00:47:47.420 --> 00:47:52.380 I'll be carried, carried home 00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:57.480 Grey shorelines, break the silence 00:47:57.480 --> 00:48:03.200 With songs, of rivers flow 00:48:03.200 --> 00:48:07.920 And I see you, cross the ocean 00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:11.360 But I will never go, I will never go