Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs episode 2
Paul travels from Loch Gairloch to Loch Maree, a grand tour that includes meeting the king and queen of Islonia, matching a medieval feat of archery, diving on a wartime wreck in Loch Ewe and finding himself short-changed at the money tree on an island in Loch Maree.
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00:02The far north-west of Scotland
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00:29I'm on a loch-hopping
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00:50The long, fjord-like
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01:06sustaining life and firing
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01:26sunken wrecks and every
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01:58I journey inland to Loch Ewe and
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02:20But when you're paddling your
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02:38the village on its shore and the
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02:55sending its catch far and wide -
02:58a business they had
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03:14which is why Friday remains the
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03:38Ian McWhinney's grandfather
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03:59Probably it'll be in Spain,
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04:13Today Ian depends on this -
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04:39But to hit the jackpot,
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04:51Hello, little langoustine. Has
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05:08It's just if you give them a fancy
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05:23Its spines there -
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05:43Each creel has to be hauled up
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06:05World Cup, so everyone
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undefined:undefinedthey spend nothing on shellfish.
06:16Well, they eat sausages.
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06:35is where Ian and his family live.
06:39When the tide is low, it becomes
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undefined:undefinedmy youngest.Hello, Isla.
06:57And these islanders are making their
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undefined:undefinedand the Scottish flag.
07:16The Kingdom of Islonia.
07:19And who's the king?
07:22What, your dad?Yeah.Yeah.
07:24So you are princesses,
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07:50mountain of shellfish all by myself.
07:52Are you going to come and join me?
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undefined:undefineddistance of its southern shore.
08:15Here we are. Fraoch-eilean
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08:38Legend has it that a MacLeod
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08:59and rained arrows
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09:12which is an incredible thought
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09:27To put the legend to the test.
09:29I've set up a target close to where
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undefined:undefinedGreymuir who knows more than most
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undefined:undefinedSo if anyone can hit that island
10:05down there, you should.
10:07It would certainly be
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undefined:undefinedI think we should.
10:22Whoa!
10:27It was pathetic, really,
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10:47Look at that!
10:49You hit a seagull.
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11:02They were yew bows.
11:05They would have been
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11:17making this simple weapon
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11:32and judging trajectory.
11:35As in life, it's all
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12:00It's amazing to think we're standing
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12:27of another, Loch Ewe.
12:30My route passes through some
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12:56as a subtropical paradise.
13:00This is Inverewe,
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13:19grows beside Tasmanian eucalyptus.
13:22It's an overwhelming feast
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13:39this part of north-west Scotland,
13:41Osgood lived to a great age and when
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14:02When he was just a year old the
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14:20He was gifted a gun
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14:45"between 1855 and 1900
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15:11But Inverewe became an obsession.
15:14He planted trees to provide shelter,
15:17imported the finest soil and added
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15:49Loch Ewe. Its natural deep water is
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16:18part in protecting merchant ships
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16:41This amazing film shot secretly
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17:06They left from Liverpool,
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17:29of Loch ewe to the Allied victory.
17:34Making my way around the shore,
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18:02a chance to celebrate victory
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undefined:undefinedHow old were you?18.
18:16Were you ever scared?
18:18I was scared that first night.
18:20Swordfish came in and instead of
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18:38We picked him up within
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19:01It founded here in Black Bay.
19:0573 years after it went down, the
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19:28blinded by squalls of heavy snow and
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19:48the ship broke in two
19:50and men were thrown into the
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20:19Roderick MacIver.
20:21You know where the wreck lies - how?
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undefined:undefinedReally? Yes.From the wreck itself?
20:32Yes, and the crabs, aye.
20:34So that's how you knew
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20:44Normally they get pretty well
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20:58Because of the length of time
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21:14This is very much
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21:50And then a remarkable discovery.
21:5473 years after she met her fate,
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22:26It's hard to believe how
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22:48What did they see?All the wreckage
22:51on the sea, on the shore and the
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23:13People that lost their lives,
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23:27Flasks of tea and candles
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23:44So this is Russell Ross?
23:45In 2005, Russell Ross returned to
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24:03Really? It left such a scar.
24:05Yes. And he said that a load
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24:39Its 28 square kilometres
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25:04But at least Queen Victoria
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25:27It's named after 7th-century
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25:46the loch's patron saint and in
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26:04A special place.
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26:24People have been buried here
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26:51what they called insanity.
26:53The patient would be bound with rope
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27:08At the base of the tree the patient
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27:24It was believed that whatever
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27:39It certainly has taken the brunt of
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27:59she was tied up and dunked
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28:29My next adventure takes me to the
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