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Join me as I visit Fair Isle, the UK’s most remote inhabited island. In the last video, I visited Foula, another remote island in Shetland. Fair Isle is the southernmost of the Shetland islands and is located further from the Shetland mainland than Foula, giving it the title of the UK’s most remote inhabited island.
Fair Isle lies between the Shetland main island and Orkney and you can travel there by ferry or plane. The island has been owned by The National Trust since 1954, a charity dedicated to preserving historic places and natural spaces for public benefit.
I get to the island on the Fair Isle ferry and spend three nights there, learning more about this remote Scottish island. Fair Isle is known for Fair Isle knitting and its bird observatory and I meet many friendly locals who are so warm and welcoming.
Tommy’s Contact Information:
📧 tommyartgallery@yahoo.com
🌐 https://fair-isle.blogspot.com
Steven’s Contact Information:
📧 norseman817@gmail.com
🍿 WATCH NEXT:
FOULA VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC39Za7DeB8
NORTHLINK FERRY TO SHETLAND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u-FIg-QQXU&t=2s
1 WEEK TRAVELLING SHETLAND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92eIJSKrtWA&t=54s
1 WEEK TRAVELLING ORKNEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mdqewBUnKM&t=86s
MOST REMOTE VILLAGE IN BRITAIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5izMcxMzcc&t=650s
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If we haven’t met before… Hi, I’m Ruth 👋 and I recently bought a campervan to travel my home country of Scotland after living overseas for 12 years. I’ve hardly seen anything or been anywhere in Scotland and now is the time to change that!
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00:00 – Travel To UK’s Most Remote Inhabited Island
07:13 – Arriving on Fair Isle
08:19 – Exploring Fair Isle
17:38 – Fair Isle Bird Observatory
23:16 – Fair Isle Museum
24:08 – Fair Isle Knitting
28:52 – Walking on Fair Isle
31:10 – UK’s Most Remote Golf Course
37:26 – Fair Isle Cottage Tour
39:30 – Fishing & Birdwatching Trip
40:17 – Fair Isle Puffins
42:44 – Lobster Farewell Dinner
49 Comments
It was so wonderful to finally visit Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in the UK and a place I've wanted to visit for years. The welcoming locals made my time on the island unforgettable! Have you heard of Fair Isle before?
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Hi Ruth thanks for this video, this place look fabulous, 👍👍👍
Congratulations on being one " of the first " to visit Fair isle.
I challenged you, Steve Marsh, Bald and Bankrupt and Scott trains planes and everything to go.
You won.
Jealous of your epic adventure but necessary gloves in July is a bit of a deterrent.
Outstanding Ruth, your best to date, everything about this video was just amazing 👏 you put so much work into documenting everything about the Island, I loved every second, thank you so much ❤ 🏴
Hi Ruth. Great video. Will you be going to the Outer Skerries soon?
You've created a wonderful awesome channel 👏🏻👍
"CASH IS KING" 👌🏻
Great video
eye Ruth good you can bring me one day weekender 😊
Ruth what is the music please ? it’s beautiful 41:39 ooh I’ve found it now in case anyone else is interested it’s Called The Inventor by American Legion
Wow…. What a wonderful visit to the island! Amazing scenery, vantage points and food. Just so beautiful! You can forget the world living in those islands.
Ruth posted this an hour ago and it has just been getting thumbs up and thumbs up since. Very enjoyable video
Another superb video – thanks for taking us along! 😊
Very informative portrait of unique community. Bird friendly, croft centric, historical lighthouse heritage; welcoming to artisans and hosts from other climes.
And Ruth our jaunty, intrepid guide, undaunted by weather or heavy seas. Thourly enjoy your work, for which I thank you.
Thank you Ruth for making my weekend i enjoyd seeing where you took us to the Fair isle look so beautiful as for tommy what a lovely kind man come to that evey one in the island were so kind and open wih you take care lovey lady
wave a stick around your head – ~They will stay away
Hi Ruth, I so enjoy your adventures and want to let you know about our Island of Newfoundland in Canada. So very similar to Shetland and Isle of Skye. It’s as if in the ice age a large chunk of Scotland broke off and floated west to North America! We are so fortunate to enjoy Puffins and Gannets and sea birds. They are delightful bids and are plentiful in places on our North Coast in Bonavista, Elliston and Trinity as well as St. John’s area. The majestic cliffs are everywhere on Newfoundland and on the south coast of our island you can visit Cape St Mary’s Bird Sanctuary. I must say that I hope to visit Shetland and Fair Isle, they are at the very top of my bucket list. Thanks so much for sharing your adventures!
Thank you! Have always wanted to visit these islands. Wonderful informative video.
Wow, what a adventure. Lovely island and people. Thank you Ruth 😃
I can never accurately guess the expressions in the thumbnails. Often a blend mixture of shock, embarrassment, horror, fear and disbelief 😉
Thank you for adding info on the island infrastructure. Interesting to hear how they handle electricity and water. 👍
Oh I loved seeing the Border Collie puppies – at one time we had 5 !!! One had pups (4) and they are so cute, how could you resist ? The MOST brilliant dogs – ever ! They are so clever 💙🦋
Excellent. You're a true cultural ambassador for your country. The Scottish government should support you to carry on the good work.
Foula is actually the most remote inhabated island in the uk
This is amazing video! I felt like I was there on the island! Thank you!
Oh SIS! What a lovely visit. Thank you so much for such a wonderful visit on a quite Sunday morning in the U.S. If I'm not mistaken I believe Tommy who is really cool was wearing a Carhart shirt on the golf course. How cool is that? Also old trick for nausea, I have a titanium plate and four deck screws stuck in my neck and aspirate quite frequently slowly breath deeply in through your nose and out through your mouth. When you get to DRY LAND, WATER WORLD REFERENCE. Slowly sip a carbonated beverage preferably BEER to settle your stomach works every time. Now I want to take a cozy nap THANKS KEEP IT UP AND PLEASE BE CAREFUL. LOVE YOU LONG TIME.
Ruthさん
こんにちは。
久しぶりに、ヒッチコックの映画「鳥」を思い出しました。
いつもながらフエリーは大変ですね。
オランダから帰る時のフエリーも大変でしたね。
しかし、スコットランドの島は風が強く本当に寒そうです。
いつも妻がRuthさんの行動力には感心しています。
次回も楽しみです。
Good morning from Hawaii just watch this video my favorite part of this video is exploring fair isle nice place good job
Another great video Ruth, brilliant to see all these beautiful places you visit 👍
A wee tip to combat sea sickness. Wedge your body against the ship's structure. In other words, you roll with the ship as opposed to your body constantly trying to fight for a stable platform.
Yey 🎉 🎉 Sunday Funday ❤with our Ruthie 😊
Sad that even a remote Scottish island is full of foreigners. Imagine going to learn about Fair Isle tradition from a Frog and a Yank 😢
WOW, Ruth, you discovered a unique, fairy tale, paradise Island Soo serene, and private with spectacular views of the vast sea, the unique birds, quizzical Lambs, the beautiful lighthouse, the friendly people and scrumptious dishes.
Life is a dream there. Ruth, my Scottish Sis, you're a gifted videographer and story teller!
I definitely will do some travels to Scotland from Italy.
Thanks for the journey! Blessings
Fantastic video, Ruth. Many thanks for sharing your experiences. Really inspiring.🙏
Yet another excellent video 👏👏👏
Keep em' coming Ruth! 🏴 👍
great stuff,,,,greetings from Charlotte NC. USA
Ruth, this one is special. You met some fabulous people on Fair Isle! Thank you!
Absolutely lovely to see a video again. ❤
Loved this video – stunning videography & such interesting facts, those puffins are the cutest birds ever, loved those jerseys too (hope you bought yourself one!) – thank you for sharing this gorgeous part of the world with us ❤
Unbelievable. Definitely on my list of places to visit. Thanks for taking all of us with you on a very informative trip.
I am sick of all the adverts during your videos its so annoying less than a minute in a advert .. pathetic.
A fantastic video – I love puffins too. Thank you Ruth for sharing this wonderful Scottish island with us!
Hello Ruth hen!
Another brilliant video
I have watched your videos progress into truly amazing levels of quality 😊
My wife rescued an injured puffin at sea least year. So she took care of him with a damaged wing till we got back to shore.
I named him snoop dogg. The wife never got the joke till she realised…
Oh, puffin 😂❤
Another great video. Thanks.
Ruth, you've shown us some beautiful Scottish sights but today's video was my favorite to date. Such a beautiful video of a beautiful island. The sunset was simply gorgeous. Thank you for taking us along on your travels.
That was a wonderful video. The people on the island seem so friendly.
You can’t even imagine how excited I am to see you posted a new video!! It will be the perfect Sun. pm video to help me start my busy week off right. Sending love from New England – US, East Coast💖
Another great video Ruth!! Thank you 🖤