An Incomer Making New Friends in the Scottish Highlands |

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As you get older, you realize how very few actual friends you have; most people come and go from your life as circumstances change, and this only accelerates with age. Making new friends in midlife and beyond is a real challenge, especially as an immigrant trying to build a new life in a foreign country.

I'm very, very lucky for the friends I've already made up here in the Far North of Scotland. Building this new life is the best thing I've ever done.

Video Chapters:

00:00 -- Intro: Well, There's No Midges!
01:00 -- Scotland Intensifies (Can You Name All the Spots Filmed Here?)
03:53 -- Sponsor segment: Surfshark
07:37 -- Exploring Dunbeath Broch with Faye, A Fellow Far-North YouTuber
14:22 -- A Dreich Day at My Scottish Highlands Cottage
17:06 -- Learning to not hate the Holiday Season
26:15 -- Foraging at Balblair Wood with Jamie and Kayleigh McLeod
27:54 -- Sunset at Loch Fleet
29:43 -- Jamie and Kayleigh Making A Holiday Wreath for my Highland Cottage

I'm also really proud of the first montage sequence in this video. Can you identify all the places in Scotland that were filmed as part of that montage?

Joining us in today's episode is Faye, one of the few fellow YouTubers who lives up here in the Far North. Her channel ‪@thehighlandlife2023‬ is excellent, and you should follow her adventures. In this video, we explore Dunbeath Broch in Caithness together.

Also in this episode: my first friends here in the Far North, Jamie and Kayleigh McLeod, took us foraging in Balblair Wood and along Loch Fleet here in southeastern Sutherland to gather the materials to make a holiday wreath around my front door. It was a truly special day.

Every day up here is.

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