How's it going?
I’m Spud!
I feel like it’s gonna be a good day.
As we drove out of Edinburgh,
We'd met a world famous bagpiper who said his name was Spud.
We had a quick cup of tea and soon realised we struck upon the most Scottish man in the universe.
I'm not the Loch Ness monster but, you know, I'm pretty close to it.
Then suddenly, he jumped in his car and told us to follow him.
Into the Highlands.
I feel like Spud is the kinda guy who drives fast.
Wow.
He’s just disappeared.
So this is the Scottish Highlands.
So,
We’re just unpacking our bags and Spud has just started playing.
Bit different to the middle of London, mate.
Oh, my gosh, Spud!
You probably don’t know but when Madonna got married to Guy Ritchie,
I was the piper who played ‘Like A Virgin’.
Noo!
Can you play any songs on this?
I try.
Yeah.
'Cause there is a song, I was hoping that you might be able to play.
Right.
It’s for a VPN service called NordVPN.
We wrote a song about it.
So, the whole thing goes.
I’ve got a offer that can profit you today.
A stopper to the hacker,
Keep the tracker bots at bay If you like the sound of it,
I’ll show you all the way.
Gotta go to NordVPN
To be honest with you.
It’s a no.
But for you, because you’ve come so far And you are really a foreigner,
I’m going to try for you.
- OK.
Josh.
- OK.
- What's going on?
- I'm excited about this.
While Spud tunes up to perform my masterpiece, it’s time to tell you about an offer
that can profit you today.
Thanks for that, Ollie.
With over 5000 servers worldwide, NordVPN provides
fast, reliable encryption for your internet traffic,
to give you privacy and peace of mind online.
You can get 73% off your plan when you sign up using the code ‘JOLLY’.
That’s nordvpn.com/jolly
Thanks, Josh.
And now for the song everyone’s been waiting for.
That’s it!
Yes, we got it!
Let’s have some burgers.
Where are we, Spud?
We’re in Glencoe.
And behind me is Buachaille Etive Mòr.
‘Bucaletiv moor’.
No, no.
We’re not in Wales.
It’s Buachaille Etive Mòr.
Boocaletiv Moor.
We’re not in India.
So.
It’s Buachaille Etive Mòr.
And it’s probably one of the most famous mountains in Scotland,
And I’ve been to the top.
The view must be incredible from up there.
The view is absolutely…
On a clear day you can see for hundreds of miles.
Wow.
All the way to London?
Oh I don’t know if you can see that far.
Where actually is that?
That’s in another country!
- We’ve brought a barbecue.
- I noticed.
- You’ve obviously tried Aberdeen Angus.
- Yes.
-You like your Angus beef?
- Yes.
Apparently, the Angus lines have been contaminated for a while,
They’ve been bringing in cows,
- From London.
- Interbreeding.
Maybe.
Oh gosh.
Maybe…
For 30 years people have been trying to make the Angus line pure again,
And it's literally only just come out,
So we have some burgers that are made from 100% pure Angus beef.
So did you guys come up here and go chase the cows around in the field?
No, no.
We went to a butcher's.
Alright, here we are.
- Super pure Angus burgers.
-They’re 100%
- It’s 100% Angus, -100%?
Which apparently literally hasn’t been eaten in over 30 years.
How do they know?
Do they do a DNA test?
Are you serious?
Just in-bred them?
Wow.
That is a herd of cousins.
Look at those burgers.
- You can see the marbling in the burger.
- Holy crap!
Lovely.
So what is this made of?
It’s made of ostrich’s ass.
Okay…
So if you see a bald ostrich going about,
It was me!
I did it!
I am that man!
It’s incredibly soft!
Thank you.
Oh my hat?
Oh, okay.
We also got some haggis,
-While we were at it.
-Ohhh!
What is haggis?
This morning I got up at seven,
I hunted four haggis.
No?..
I saw them, I saw four going along the side of the mountain,
I only managed to catch one!
So the wife will have to go hungry.
Inside here we have what’s called Offal.
It’s next to the liver of the sheep.
But every butcher is different.
So a true haggis is cooked inside the skin of the intestine.
We’re gonna try and slice this up and cook it on the barbecue.
- Are you?
- See what happens.
Bagpipes and Angus in the Scottish Highlands,
Is there anything more Scottish?
Probably not.
We forgot to add that for the bagpiper it’s beside that ‘cute’ bagpiper.
And that’s a definite box to tick!
How does this work?
So, you blow air into here.
Yeah, this is the reservoir of air.
It’s a bit like haggis.
It can be made from the skin of a sheep.
- Really? - Wow.
Is that what this one’s made of?
No, this one’s Gore Tex.
Oh, Gore Tex.
So your father was a bagpiper?
Bagpiper?
Yeah.
- And your grandfather?
- Yeah.
- Great grandfather?
- Yeah.
Your great great grandfather?
I don’t know if my great grandfather was.
OK.
Spud. You first.
- Thank you.
- How does the haggis look?
- It looks good.
- Do you think it's good to go?
Aye.
- There you go.
- Look at this.
I’m gonna taste the haggis first.
Beautiful.
Wow.
You can barbecue haggis, I didn’t know.
I’m serious, I didn’t know.
Aberdeen Angus steak.
The purest in thirty years.
To you and to Scotland.
- Cheers.
- To a Scottish Spud.
- Oh, wow.
Oh, my gosh.
That is incredible.
I think it's absolutely gorgeous.
We have breakfast below the Buachaille.
Over a lovely piece of Aberdeen Angus burger
And haggis with cheese.
From the Orkney Islands.
How could we get anything better?
This is the purest possible Angus beef burger
In what I feel like is the maybe the most pure Scottish location possible.
With the most Scottish man possible.
I never thought in a hundred years that I’d be eating an Aberdeen Angus burger
In the middle of Glencoe.
In nearly winter.
With a bunch of people from the South.
It’s a lovely day for me, it’s a new experience.
I’m so delighted.
So thank you for having me along.
- Thank you so much, Spud, - You’re most welcome.
People used to ask my dad,
“Excuse me, sir, what’s worn under the kilt?”
And he’d say, “There’s nothing worn,
it’s all in perfect working order.”