I enjoyed very much this journey through Scotland: so many interesting stories and landscapes.
Sctland is a land with a strong identity and with legends and mysteries: with Caroline Walker we visit a cemetery whose graves were protected by grids to avoid the thefts of the corpse and then the Convenanter's Prison (with many ghosts walking around). There is also the story of the Castle of Glamis (Tommy Baxter explains the story of Lady Glamis whose ghost appears in the chapel and in other parts of the castle). And of course the mystery of the Loch Ness: Steve Feltham is living at the shore of the lake and observes the lake for many years.
In Edinburgh the Beltrane Society celebrates every the Festival of the Fire (a Celtic tradition), it's the celebration of the end of the winter , a moment of renewal in the life with the lightning of torchs.
On the other the image of Scotland is changing little by little: the Scottish people drink now more gin than whisky: Scotland produce 68 % the gin produced in the United Kingdom: David Wilkinson who works in Edinburgh distillery explains the making of gin with juniper, coriander and other spices. James Sutherland who manages a gin bar is showing to the people how to taste the different types of gins.
Then I enjoyed the zooms about the Shetlands: the island of Noss where Andy and Greg live 6 months a year: Andy carries the visitors to the island and Gregg is observing the sea birds (northern gannets and common shags).
On another island Jane and Sam Berington manage a rescue center for seals: they take care for sick seals and release them later into the sea.
Then we have the two stories of foreigners who have come to live in the Shetlands: Aurore Whitwork who delivers the mail through the mainland island (each day she drives about 70 kilometers and delivers mail to 200 prsons (sometimes she takes a cup of tea with a family) and Andrew Ross in the island of Yell who is weaver (he says that the wool of the Shetland sheep is excellent ) and the people of the island buy his genuine fabrics.
We discover the transport within the islands: the ferry captain Angus Coutts tells that the life of the people has changed : the veterinarian Colin Jamieson travels by ferr to the island of Unst to visit the cattle breeders.
And we have the pleasant story of Bobby's bus stop which was distryed a a sttorm: Bobby rote to a local newspaper and now there is a new bus stop: the visitors can write some words in a notebook and they received chocolate.
I enjoyed very much the encounters of Jérôme with Sarah Lachhab (the visit of Edinburgh and the game of shinty), with Beatrice and David Lowe, Paul Forrest and also the uncle Frank in Berwick and the island of Bressy (the lighthouse, the fishing of the great scallop, the sheep of Lyle and the suppr with great scallop), with Kaela Janieson and her family ( the music lesson, the luthier and the spectacle at Nesting Hall), with Robina Barton in the archaeological site of Jarlshof (a great travel through the history), with Andrew Pollock-Sharp at Dalhousie Castle (the bagpipe music and the story of Lady Catherine) and with Paul MacDonald, the gunsmith and master of arms (the story of the swords and the training on Arthur's Seat): trhese were nice encounters with very kind Scottish men and women.
Sctland is a land with a strong identity and with legends and mysteries: with Caroline Walker we visit a cemetery whose graves were protected by grids to avoid the thefts of the corpse and then the Convenanter's Prison (with many ghosts walking around). There is also the story of the Castle of Glamis (Tommy Baxter explains the story of Lady Glamis whose ghost appears in the chapel and in other parts of the castle). And of course the mystery of the Loch Ness: Steve Feltham is living at the shore of the lake and observes the lake for many years.
In Edinburgh the Beltrane Society celebrates every the Festival of the Fire (a Celtic tradition), it's the celebration of the end of the winter , a moment of renewal in the life with the lightning of torchs.
On the other the image of Scotland is changing little by little: the Scottish people drink now more gin than whisky: Scotland produce 68 % the gin produced in the United Kingdom: David Wilkinson who works in Edinburgh distillery explains the making of gin with juniper, coriander and other spices. James Sutherland who manages a gin bar is showing to the people how to taste the different types of gins.
Then I enjoyed the zooms about the Shetlands: the island of Noss where Andy and Greg live 6 months a year: Andy carries the visitors to the island and Gregg is observing the sea birds (northern gannets and common shags).
On another island Jane and Sam Berington manage a rescue center for seals: they take care for sick seals and release them later into the sea.
Then we have the two stories of foreigners who have come to live in the Shetlands: Aurore Whitwork who delivers the mail through the mainland island (each day she drives about 70 kilometers and delivers mail to 200 prsons (sometimes she takes a cup of tea with a family) and Andrew Ross in the island of Yell who is weaver (he says that the wool of the Shetland sheep is excellent ) and the people of the island buy his genuine fabrics.
We discover the transport within the islands: the ferry captain Angus Coutts tells that the life of the people has changed : the veterinarian Colin Jamieson travels by ferr to the island of Unst to visit the cattle breeders.
And we have the pleasant story of Bobby's bus stop which was distryed a a sttorm: Bobby rote to a local newspaper and now there is a new bus stop: the visitors can write some words in a notebook and they received chocolate.
I enjoyed very much the encounters of Jérôme with Sarah Lachhab (the visit of Edinburgh and the game of shinty), with Beatrice and David Lowe, Paul Forrest and also the uncle Frank in Berwick and the island of Bressy (the lighthouse, the fishing of the great scallop, the sheep of Lyle and the suppr with great scallop), with Kaela Janieson and her family ( the music lesson, the luthier and the spectacle at Nesting Hall), with Robina Barton in the archaeological site of Jarlshof (a great travel through the history), with Andrew Pollock-Sharp at Dalhousie Castle (the bagpipe music and the story of Lady Catherine) and with Paul MacDonald, the gunsmith and master of arms (the story of the swords and the training on Arthur's Seat): trhese were nice encounters with very kind Scottish men and women.