Glasgow to Arran for £17 return - 'Rail & Sail' with Scotrail and Caledonian Macbrayne (CalMac)

When you talked about the Cal Mac and cheese, i thought to myself if steve ends up in the restaurant, it will be fish and chips he'll be eating !

We visited Arran about 25 years ago and really liked it and went back again. We also went across to Holy Island a couple miles by boat from Lamlash well worth a visit if you decide to go back to Arran for a longer stay. We really enjoyed watching your videos. All the best Beryl & Jean- Pierre

I have been watching your channel for a bit and studying Scotrail to plan a 50 day rail through Scotland trip. Rather than trying to dash all over, I have focused on staying along scenic train lines and using Rail & Sail, so this is the exact trip I'll be making in June 2024 and I wonder, why did you not take the train from your home to Glasgow-Brodick?
I think you should come film what it's like to travel trains through Scotland with a service dog and a bag of dog food for 50 days. 12 stops. Seriously. PM me, your channel is what convinced me to take some of these routes.

Don't mention the Midges.... get the season wrong and they will have you!

Have you ever visited the Isle of Bute Steve? We liked it a lot but thought it lacked investment. Would love to know what you think.

I love the glaswegians (simple, helpful and direct), originally from Eaglesham (Renfrewshire, now East Renfrew i believe) as i've been away from Scotland 35 years).
Cheers fae Italy.

Tell us one thing: how much do you love your country?

Calmac 'n' Cheese!! 🤣😋

Glad to see you repping Timmies for us Canadians! Lovely trip and video! Thanks 😊

I hope you and Alicia return to do a video.

In 1992 My wife and I stayed in that magnificent railway hotel at Glasgow station. It was a great hotel back then.

Hi Steve really loving your videos particularly on my native Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ( im originally from Glasgow now living in Worcester) Arran was stunning & the trip to Rothesay brought back so many holiday memories !!

I note from one of the signs that they still have red squirrels on Arran!

Have only just found your videos and love them . I’m from Australia and the only comment about this one is Tim Hortons 🤢had some in Canada never again, each to their own . Once again thank you for your videos ❤️

Great music and travel

Wonderful trip - so scenic! Love the CM ferry journeys - they always seem to arrive somewhere magical!

I don't think I've watched one of your videos yet where you haven't said you're going back, which is great news as you are frequently on quite a tight turn around & would love to see more. After a week in my sick bed I can honestly say I've enjoyed my week in Scotland ;) Love your videos keep it up!

How has it taken so long for me to find this Steve? Great video. Arran is such a stunningly beautiful place and it is a great pity that so many Scots haven't found it yet - it is so easy and inexpensive to get to and so maybe this film will help them ! My family spent nearly all of our annual holidays in the 1950s at Lamlash and as it was home to my ancestors on my father's side it still holds a very special place in my heart.

Please come back to this island! Would love to see more. Great video!

Totally agree re Glasgow. My favourite city in the UK.

I love Glasgow.

You have an international fan base. Those of us not from the UK would appreciate a "Wee Map" of where you are going. ❤

Duck island lol 😄

Cracking video mate. This is on my to do list. Will probably get it done this month. Love a boat ride.

Thank you very much Steve. Long time ago I lived in Arran. My daughter born there and your video rekindled many fond memories. Five star video.

I grew up in Edinburgh, now living in Las Vegas. I bring my kids back to Arran as much a possible they love it just as much as I did when I was kid. We used to holiday there every year.
It's the most amazing island I've ever been on and even now so consider retiring there. My island. My favorite place in the world.

There isn’t one place you have taken us that I don’t want to visit. I don’t know how to decide where to go. What a dilemma to have

Another awesome video Steve😊 I'd love to see Arran, and other Scottish Isles some day. Maybe one day if I can get to UK again, which I sincerely hope to do if at all possible. Also, in my past Scottish travels, I have visited both Glasgow and Edinburgh, and been impressed with both cities.

Hi Steve,another cracking Vlog,You really are saving me a fortune in train
and ferry charges.Arran sure is a beautiful placeYou are showing me and us a great many beautiful places
in Scotland and places that you go to abroad .keep em coming laddie .

I remember the water bus: the "Pride o' the Clyde". It ran from the Broomielaw to Braehead, back when Clydebuilt was still open. I took a cruise on it once and got some great photos of the shipyards. I believe the boat ended up on Loch Lomond or possibly Loch Katrine.

Hopefully it's no the wan wae the painted oan windies 😂😂😂

We love to stay in Lamlash it's central for touring and it's lovely and quite

Love Arran

Not going to lie, at first I did get confused at first thinking Steve was visiting the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland! 😂

You missed the cheese shop!

Another brilliant video Steve.It's a trip worth putting on my bucket list. I also like your choice of Music mate, Well done.

Lived on the Isle of Arran and worked for Cal Mac in 86.
Great company!
Love Scotland, the Scots, the accent, the pipes.
Great people,great memories !
Thanks for your videos!

Looks lovely,

Thanks Steve , I love Arran. So many good memories for me, including a very rough passage on the Glen Sannox in gale force winds, as a kid I thought it was better than a roller coaster. Hope you get to see the whole island sometime soon, it’s worth it. Oh and a famous saying from when I lived in Stevenson. “If you can see Arran is going to rain, if you can’t, it’s raining “.

I always love your videos, Steve. And you speak so wonderfully (compared to my boring American accent).

Very good video. I wish to visit Arran and the Shetland this year. I will be travelling from Newcastle Upon Tyne England. So I will go to Glasgow to get to Arran. Thank you for this video. It really helped. But how is it at Arran then I you stopped at Arran. Cheers Dobspato Newcastle Upon Tyne England.

New subscriber, great video Steve. We would like to do that when we are up visiting my cousins who live in Edinburgh and Glasgow. I see dogs are allowed on both train and ferry, which is great

Great video again Steve that Calmac and Cheese looked delish!!

Great video again Steve xxx

Tim Hortons in Glasgow!

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