Goooood morning well absolutely fantastic sleep I had beautiful having a bed it's raining just now well
it was raining I heard some pretty big raindrops hitting off the roof hopefully that stops because
we've got a fun day planned today we're going on a boat out to the Bass Rock so we're going
to get up now I'm going to go for a wee swim in the river and get Nala fed so let's do this
Yes yes yes right you stay in there I'll be back in a second
Whoa going for a wee swim perfect way to wake up in the morning now before when I was on the
bike I could never do stuff like this because Nala hated sitting in front of the bike and if
I went in the water she would just panic but when she's in the van she's got plenty of room
she's probably still going to watch out the window aye she is but I've just fed her as well
she's got water I'm only going to be five minutes but that's going to be good for me
going a lot more swims now because Nala hated it before ohhhh this looks fresh
It's not very deep so I'll just put my towel
Up there and then the plan is just to walk along until it gets deep enough uh ya bugger I just slipped
Oh it's so fresh it's good
Let's see how slippy it is
Oh there we go it's up to my knees
That's gonna be perfect actually let's just go down in here oh look at that for a view first though
Look at that you have Nala aye up at the passenger window standing up looking
She's not meowing she's just watching so anyway oh oh it's cold round the the waist oh hey hooo
Aye that's that's good it's puhhh ohh aye ohhh
Oh that's good fresh so aye as I was saying our plans today we're going out to the Bass Rock which
is a big rock about a mile out at sea it used to be a volcano at one point but we'll hear
more of the tour guide today and we'll be able to tell you a bit more oh but aye it should be fun
There's no rain it said it's going to be a wee bit windy but at the minute there's no wind at all so
the sea should hopefully be pretty flat I don't want to get seasick aye anyway let's get back to
the van and let's get on our way to go and do that
Right guys that's us all packed up we're not going that far today we're going to North Berwick which is about a 20 minute drive
and that's the next town along it's a gorgeous wee seaside town because as I said before we're going
on a boat trip out to the Bass Rock so Nala's all comfy she's all strapped up so let's get there
Right guys so that big rock you just seen just over there on the water can't really get a good picture of
it just now that is the Bass Rock that's where we're going I'm just going to pull in here
just to get my drone back
There we go so this is Tantallon castle I actually want to try and camp in here one night because
it's meant to be haunted which I think will be pretty cool, see if I can get the
ouija board out see if I can summon the spirits that live there
I was hoping to fly the drone a bit closer to the Bass Rock but it's really windy today
so I'm not going to bother because I don't want that to get lost out at sea anyway going
to get the drone back then we're going to head and find a parking space let's go
Right guys that's us parked up we've just came into a wee pay & display car park eight pound it cost
Nala is in the bag starting to rain but we're just gonna go and meet my sister
my mom my dad and also Leona because they're also coming on the boat as well that's a pigeon
you can't catch a pigeon so aye let's go meet them then make our way to the harbour
Mum we might have to row out you'll be in charge though because you know what you're doing
There we go so that's our wee boat just down there it's quite windy but they say there's not
much of a swell and we are heading out to that big rock out there that's called the Bass Rock
and you'll hear more by the tour guide when we're on the boat
but aye hopefully it stays dry and I need to go and find my family let's go
- Hello Hello there how are you - Just a wee step on across there Thank you
Don't be pushing me off now you - I'll try my best Excellent cheers thank you - There you go
What way do we go?
Hello there - Hello
It's perfect it's nice and warm as well
Guide: we also have life jackets in a cabin there underneath all the benches
Guide: without further ado let's head on over to *inaudible*
- Bird watcher
Guide: most of the breeding birds around here have now headed out to sea but we do have a few
last inhabitants of the cliffs these small gray and white birds up here these are our kitty wakes
Guide: Kitty wakes are a member of the gull family although a lot smaller (...) and a lot prettier than their bigger
Guide: cousins you'll see pinching people's chips down on the beach (...) juvenile kids have black marks on
Guide: the edge of each wing along the edge of their tail on the back of their neck and then black rings round their eyes as well
Guide: and that is one mother of a seal
Guide: We do actually have another species of seal around here we have the common seal
or harbour seal but the grey seal is actually more common of the two
and they do actually pop on this island yeah because the tide is dropping there they're hauling
out on the rocks sun bathing a little bit in the sun it was finally made an appearance
- Oh my god
Guide: any other birds when they're flying around overhead they have that really really fast
wing beat and that's because these guys are so well designed for diving
that flying is actually quite a challenge for them they have to
beat their wings around 400 times every minute to stay up in the air
Oh she's happy just hiding in the bottom of the bag at the minute - Oh is she one of these ones
- You don't realise the size of it from the land
Guide: Yeah because when you're on the sea you cannot judge distances because there's nothing to compare it to
Guide: They usually have it below levels because they're they're not nesting
Guide: so there's areas down here at the bottom there's no there's no birds there at all at the moment
but normally it'll be all the juveniles and the reason why it's not a nesting site is because it gets
washed over by the sea on a rough day so it's not a place where they can lay an egg and it's the same on
the far right corner that can get swept over with the sea as well so no bird no adult birds nest
there but normally you get juveniles they reckon there's about seventy five thousand juveniles
Guide: Yeah so all in all it's supposed to be, it's a pretty pack It must be loud then Guide: it is so far I've said I've
just seen button nose dolphins here I haven't seen any porpoise I''ve not seen any common dolphins
I've seen minke whales around Do you ever get killer whales out here? Guide: I've not seen killer whales here but I can imagine it's possible
Guide: They seem to be more around Shetland and around the west coasters now
and all that and there's areas on the castle you'll see later it's completely blank you'll
see about seven or eight decoys the whole area is just completely devoid of any pairs
What's it called? (inaudible) What's it called?
Uhyaa
- She's quite happy Ah she's fine
It's cause I'm taking all the battering
Guide: so this is home to the world's largest colony of atlantic or northern gannets
The rock but when you do see them diving they'll go up into the air sometimes as high as 30 feet up start doing what
I like to call the gannet tornado big circle in the sky and then their eyes are in the front of
their head just like us that gives them great binocular vision enables them to perceive depth
the same way that we do so as they're circling overhead they're having a look in the water if
they spot a fish that takes their fancy they'll dive into the water head first tucking their
wings into their body reaching speeds of up to 60 miles an hour as they hit the water
Guide: now they've got specially designed muscles and air sacs around their chest neck and head which
acts as bubble wrap protecting from that impact they also have what is called a mixed (?) membrane
around their eyes and which protect them from that dive as well it's quite amazing actually i'm doing
- It's quite amazing actually
Guide: They are the same size of their parents and then when they are around 13 weeks of age
Guide: sit in the water for a couple weeks turn off an excess fat get up (inaudible)
What's happening?
Guide: we should be able to see one or two behaviors as well
(inaudible)
Guide: Yes that foghorn up there was turned off in 1988. that's when the last people left the
Bass Rock the last rock has had a big long history with humans the first recorded person on the rock
was actually way back in 600 AD the man known as (inaudible) The lighthouse keepers to be on the rock anymore
when they were on here there would have been four lighthouse keepers at a time
they would have spent four weeks on the rock and then two weeks off on rota
Guide: now they would have had provisions brought over from the mainland by boat they've had their bread
milk newspaper brought over the mainland but he will have used the rock for its advantage as well
Guide: you wouldn't have thought it just now but the Bass Rock did actually used to be green at one point
there used to be enough grass on the top of the rock at one point feed around 100 sheep
- All right guys if you would like to follow me
Thank you - No worries take care
Cheers buddy thank you very much
Waheeey cheers Karen whoo - Thank you
There we go that is done Bass Rock trip complete we're gonna head back to the van now
and gonna go out for lunch with my mum and dad and sister think Leona's heading home
So we're gonna go for lunch and then we're gonna go and find a nice place to camp so let's go
This is our camp spot tonight guys underneath the North Berwick law and we're going to wake up early
tomorrow morning and climb that I've got my mom and my sister coming down to go walk up the top
and take Nala up as well it's got some beautiful views over east lothian and north berwick
but we're going to end this video here tonight I hope you enjoyed it our
trip out to the Bass Rock so we will see you all in the next one stay safe
Every time I walk through a ford I fall absolutely soaking wasn't even recording
absolutely drenched aye you're alright in the van being all dry
was the drone recording nah no recorded absolutely drenched soaked