Exploring places and history

26/07/2026

Hello everyone 👋

I am enjoying not making long form videos; the break is doing me good. However ...

I have done a thing - I've created a channel with matching social media accounts, so I can still document our explores and daily life through photos.

I didn't think this format would be appropriate for this channel, hence the new one.

It's called "Through Ellie's Lens" and I intend to use it for artistic photography of walks, towns, flowers, historic buildings, etc..

If you think this would be something you might be interested in, please follow my Instagram, Facebook and channel for artistic photos of whatever catches my eye.

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Profile pic for ref so you know it's me.

Through Ellie's Lens
Just me and my phone; snapping what catches my eye.

🙋‍♀️📸✨️

09/06/2026

New identity pics - what do you think?

07/06/2026

Nestled under the cliffs along the Aberdeenshire coast, Pennan was the filming location for the 1980s cult film Local Hero. It is a beautifully preserved fishing village and we went to discover its charming history ☎️

Watch our video on Wednesday from 4pm 🍿🎟

06/06/2026

We will remember them 🪖 🌺

04/06/2026

Aw, my hero!

If you recognise this place, then you'll know where we went on our latest historical adventure ... 🥾🗺📸

Our video is nearly ready and will be on our channel for you to watch next week 🍿🎟

Any guesses where this is? 🤔

03/06/2026

A wee jump up in our subscriber count ... welcome to our channel 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

30/05/2026

There's no videos planned for a couple of weeks as I've not had the time to edit any.

But here's the link of our visit to the beautiful Pluscarden Abbey, in case you've not seen it yet 😉

Pluscarden is the only medieval monastery in the UK that is still u...

29/05/2026

Our channel is 5 years old today! Can you believe it 🥳

To celebrate five years of exploring places and history, we've listed our top 5 videos of all time 📝

It's interesting to note they are all older videos - the most recent of our best watched videos is from two years ago! 🤔💭

If you haven't already - go watch 'em and why not watch a couple of our more recent ones too 👀

Thank you for being part of our journey 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

5th place: a visit to the Jet Age Museum in Gloucester - a favourite of Ellie's ✈️

4th place: a tour of Hopeman's harbours and beaches ⛱️ 😍

3rd place: a historical wander around Lossiemouth's sea front ⛵️⚓️

2nd place: a look back at all the different roles Duff House has played - we had a blast here 💣🏠

1st place - our most watched video of all time: 4 Scot's Battalion marching through our town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🪖

Head on over to our channel and you'll find them in the "most popular" section on our home page. Enjoy! 🎟 🍿