0:00:11 > 0:00:15I love this view of the building.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21It's pretty looking up here. This is another willow.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Seeing it through a veil of willow leaves.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29It's rather nice. I think that branch should come off.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30That low branch.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39WIND GUSTS
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Well, it's been a marvellous day.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Hm. Quite a momentous day.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15BIRDS CHIRP
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- Here, it's for you.- Thank you.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Hello, Susan.
0:01:28 > 0:01:34Yes. Yes, I'll put here "dependent on flights".
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Yeah. We're going like a bomb, anyway.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Gosh, someone flying from America.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Making a special flight from America to look at Inverquharity.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I'm going to powder my nose.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56When she says she wants to powder her nose it means she's in the loo.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57CLOCK TICKS
0:02:03 > 0:02:06I think you've gotten quite enough photographs of me.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- May I ask a couple of questions?- Hm? - Can I ask you a couple of questions?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Yes.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- There's been a lot of interest in the castle. Isn't there?- Yes.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23How have you found it yourself with all the viewings
0:02:23 > 0:02:24and people coming and going?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I just take it as it comes.
0:02:29 > 0:02:35- And I hear there's been an offer on the castle, as well.- Yes.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39But there wasn't enough.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I spoke to you five or six weeks ago
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- and you had mixed feelings about the idea of moving.- Really?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Can't remember that.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- This is Sandy's room?- Yes. The Burmese Bedroom.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Sandy's parents were in Burma.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10And when they came home they brought all sorts of burmeserie
0:03:10 > 0:03:17with them and I thought it would be rather nice to concentrate it
0:03:17 > 0:03:21all in one room and decorate it accordingly.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28- This castle's really been your life, hasn't it?- Absolutely.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34So, do you think somebody's going to want to change
0:03:34 > 0:03:36a lot around the castle?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38As I said before,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I don't like the thought...
0:03:43 > 0:03:47..of changing someone else's creation.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53That's why when we're looking for a place to live
0:03:53 > 0:03:57I don't want a highly developed garden.
0:03:57 > 0:04:04And I don't want to feel that I'm destroying someone else's...dream.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13CLOCK TICKS
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I think that's it. SHE LAUGHS
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Show over.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30The trouble is at the last minute I hide things
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and then I can't remember where I put them.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38- That's obvious enough.- You've hidden things all over the castle?- Yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Well, I have a checklist at the end. At the top of it it says face.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45That's the most important.
0:04:45 > 0:04:53And then it's got doors, lights, um...
0:04:56 > 0:04:58..cat turds.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04I leave the door so that people can see it from the outside
0:05:04 > 0:05:06when it's shut.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13- You must be Guy Goodfellow?- I'm James Anderson. Nice to meet you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Lovely to meet you. - I'm Guy. Hello there.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19What a lovely, lovely entrance.
0:05:20 > 0:05:26There's lots of storage in there. Shelves all down the back wall.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30And a lovely place for putting the things that you want to
0:05:30 > 0:05:34forget about but you don't want to throw away.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42The chandeliers I've screwed in from here.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46And unless you want to erect a tower scaffold
0:05:46 > 0:05:49the chandeliers are there for ever.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50THEY LAUGH
0:05:50 > 0:05:55I think the phrase is "open to negotiations".
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Forgive me, but what do you know about rigor mortis?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Not an awful lot.- It sets in but then it relaxes, doesn't it?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18There's a girlie.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21There's a girlie.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59BIRD CHIRPS
0:07:03 > 0:07:08Right, we'll go out. How's that jersey?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- It's rather a good colour, isn't it? - It's not warm.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15No, of course it isn't, it's a summer jersey.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21But it looks rather good with that tie.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27I thought you might have chosen the green one?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- You asked me to wear this one. - No, I didn't.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I just said a new jersey and
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I thought you'd choose the green one.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51How long have we been here? 40 years now.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- And...- Must be very sad to leave.- Yes, very. Uh...
0:07:56 > 0:08:03And all the trees and shrubs we've planted have grown to maturity.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06It's a lot to catalogue and to sift through.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Yes. I'm not doing anything at the moment.
0:08:11 > 0:08:18I'm not going to be able to face it, really. Until I know.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Until the sale is completed.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- Has it helped?- Helped what? - To talk about it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28To tell the story of the house as you go?
0:08:28 > 0:08:34- Uh, helped the blow of leaving it? - Or made it worse.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37No, I think it probably made it worse.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58The wind has blown an awful lot of twigs down.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01It's always the ash twigs. They're very brittle.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08How long have you and Sandy been together?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Since...
0:09:13 > 0:09:14..uh...
0:09:17 > 0:09:18..1960.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36- Was it love at first sight?- No. We just got used to each other.
0:09:36 > 0:09:42I think. No, I don't think that's an avenue I want to go down.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45It was very delightful anyway.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56- So have you always quite liked to spend time on your own?- Yes.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02So, the idea of living in a castle in the Highlands of Scotland
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- was quite appealing? - Oh, well...
0:10:05 > 0:10:07yes, of course.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13But now there are these great divisions of...
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Humanity is...
0:10:18 > 0:10:22..into two groups, one of which...
0:10:22 > 0:10:25requires to be with people all the time,
0:10:25 > 0:10:31and now and again have a bit of privacy.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35And the others...the other lot
0:10:35 > 0:10:37want to be by themselves all the time
0:10:37 > 0:10:40and now and again go amongst people.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43And that's my one.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45My...group.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51I'll put this down to something rather low.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56BIRDS CHIRP
0:11:08 > 0:11:13And the swifts you see flying around,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17they come every year,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- more or less on the 10th of May. - Really?
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- And stay to, more or less, the 10th of August.- Right.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- And they go straight into the holes in this wall.- Uh-huh.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42At what point did you decide to sell the castle?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Oh, I can't remember that.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I can't remember when. It was sometime last year.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50What were the reasons?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Well, I'd rather not go into them - most of them -
0:11:53 > 0:11:56except that I think one of the main reasons was that...
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Sandy couldn't cope with the stairs any more.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04And I can no longer look after
0:12:04 > 0:12:0711.85 acres all myself.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15I haven't even been able to pull my weight in my own parts this year.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22That's nice, isn't it?
0:12:27 > 0:12:33Downstairs, and look for the door which has a wooden sign
0:12:33 > 0:12:36hanging on it, a little wooden thing saying "Sandy's Kitchen".
0:12:36 > 0:12:38That's where we'll be going, OK?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Mind your cranium.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- They're a nice family, aren't they? - Aren't they nice? Yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Absolutely super.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I wouldn't mind handing over to them.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51And they love cats.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54SHE CHUCKLES
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I just thought, I think I could slice up some banana
0:12:57 > 0:13:01in amongst the strawberries to make them spin out.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13You can probably see it's a special little arrangement.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15- Oh, yes, and we weren't sure.- Oh!
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- The man with the blue overall was up here.- Oh, no - we're trapped.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Sandy?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27We've been trapped on the battlements
0:13:27 > 0:13:32because the man who's going around surveying things has shut the door.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37And we'd be very grateful if you would get hold of him and ask him
0:13:37 > 0:13:39to come up and release us.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Oh, heavens.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Dear.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I haven't met anybody.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Dear, well, his car is still here.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Oh, well done. Thank you very much.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Now...
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- I'm afraid it's Operation Electrics now.- OK.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Yeah, there's one gone here.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I remember hearing that one go not so long ago.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Ah, no, there's one missing here.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Yes.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Surprise, surprise. Probably you ought to come in, take a shot of it.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02What's that? "Bulb in use.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05"Lamp beside telephone in kitchen."
0:15:05 > 0:15:07SHE COUGHS
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- You don't have them in stock?- No.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14An awful lot of little round ones which are very cheap,
0:15:14 > 0:15:18but they don't last any length of time.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Now, since I'm here, we're going to need chickpeas for lunch.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Here we are.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30You were going to ask another of your "leading questions".
0:15:30 > 0:15:31- Yeah.- What?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I was going to say, in a sense, you're quite isolated here,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- aren't you?- Yes, I suppose so, yes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Particularly since Sandy doesn't drive any more.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45It was very easy when he did, I mean, no bother.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46He would just get into the car
0:15:46 > 0:15:51and tootle off and get anything that we happened to be out of.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Was it a difficult decision...?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Well, it... I don't know.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58You see, it wasn't, it just...he just...the...
0:15:58 > 0:16:01The habit of driving just dwindled off
0:16:01 > 0:16:04because he wasn't given the chance to drive.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08BIRDS SING
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I'm just repairing...
0:16:25 > 0:16:28..the crumbling masterpiece which is my face.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Life is going to be much simpler hereafter.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40In a way, I suppose we've been on an outward journey, and from now on,
0:16:40 > 0:16:46it's going to be...one's got to think of it as an inward journey, not as...
0:16:53 > 0:16:55..leaving Inverquharity, but...
0:16:57 > 0:16:59..going on to begin something new.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Come on. Quickly. I won't rabbit on, as I said.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- You're very generous and gracious to see us.- Not at all.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15On the closing day, I mean...
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Might I ask, where are you going to go from here?
0:17:19 > 0:17:24We have registered our interest in a horizontal house,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27but we don't know, we're crossing our fingers.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30The lift was installed
0:17:30 > 0:17:36when we did the restoration at the suggestion of our architect.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38It's very wise.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42And it's been invaluable. Everything goes up in the lift.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44And then when we wanted to use it personally,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48when old age came upon us, it's packed up.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52A useful window where you can keep watch on who's coming to the door.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- Vital, really.- Always useful to keep watch on people.- Vital.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Er, the smoke clambers slowly up the chimney into the fireplace,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05but the fire itself never smokes.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07The acoustics are splendid, as you probably can hear.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- I can tell. Well, you have such beautiful enunciation.- Oh!
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- I think you're splendid.- Oh, thank you. Would you join my fan club?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- I would.- Well, would you found one, please?- I would!- Jolly good.- Yes!
0:18:19 > 0:18:20- Founder member.- Yes.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- You've been absolutely wonderful. - Well, I've much enjoyed your visit.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- It's been such a delight for me. - It's a delight for me.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31And I hope we shall meet again,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- and you never know what's going to happen in your castle.- No.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Make sure it goes... We hope it goes into safe hands.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46People's hands and feet are exactly alike.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51He's got the most enormous hands as well as enormous feet, hasn't he?
0:18:51 > 0:18:52He admitted to that.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04What a delightful chap!
0:19:04 > 0:19:05Very funny!
0:19:07 > 0:19:10You really have to be on your mettle with him.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Which is great fun.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15How's the time? Gosh, that's amazing!
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- We've done it in an hour.- Wow.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Exactly. - Like it was in fast forward.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Yeah, I found myself gabbling at terrific speed
0:19:23 > 0:19:24to try and get things in.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Let's go up to the kitchen and have a cup of something.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46So we were going to start the packing today, weren't we?
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Oh, we were going to start moving boxes from the attic.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Impossible on a day like this.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Now, here we are again. Ooh!
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Right, Evelyn is thinking...
0:20:47 > 0:20:50..about coming up higher, so...
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Right. This was...
0:21:01 > 0:21:06When you bought this place, did you imagine living here, erm,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- indefinitely, or...? - Yes, I actually, I did.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15I hadn't really thought it out, and thought, because I didn't know then
0:21:15 > 0:21:20what it felt like to find the stairs an absolute obstacle, you don't
0:21:20 > 0:21:23think about that when you can fly up and down them.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31I think I just thought of myself getting older and then snuffing it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36And being carried out in a box.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Now, I have a good idea, a better and more constructive idea, Darren.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Mm-hm?- As we've...
0:21:44 > 0:21:47When I was downstairs getting all this...ooh,
0:21:47 > 0:21:54the paper and the Sellotape, it occurred to me that this area should
0:21:54 > 0:21:58probably be the very last area we do anything about.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Er...
0:22:02 > 0:22:07And, er, and I can dip into it if the spirit moves me,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09but what I'd like to do is...
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I'm immediately going to contradict what I said.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19We can take out these boxes of, er...
0:22:25 > 0:22:27..superannuated...
0:22:27 > 0:22:31dried leaves and things.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43This lot, you see? They can all go down, out.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48They're as light as a feather, they're just unwieldy.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Ah! No!
0:23:03 > 0:23:08If I'm going to go through the house doing this, I'll never get anywhere,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11cos I'm not going to throw these away, they're in perfect condition.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37- Sandy?- Yes.- Your signature is required.- Oh!- Come and join us.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Er...
0:23:41 > 0:23:43For what purpose?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47In order to transfer the title of the castle from your name
0:23:47 > 0:23:48into that of Mr and Mrs Jeffries.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- I see.- Yeah.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59We've discussed the contracts
0:23:59 > 0:24:02and we're just about to finalise matters.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04The deed that I need to get you to sign is...
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- Do you know he's a lawyer? - Ah! Oh, sorry.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I'm preaching to the converted, I do apologise.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12You're refreshing his fading memory.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16If I can get you to sign, your usual signature just on that little
0:24:16 > 0:24:19dotted line there, please, that'd be lovely.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21SANDY CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:24:36 > 0:24:38TELEPHONE RINGS
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Hello?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Very good. Thank you, bye-bye.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- Margaret Allen.- Yes?- Just to say that the sale was completed.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00Oh, yes, she said she was going to ring again, didn't she? Yes, right.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- She's very stout, isn't she? - Oh, she's gorgeous, I think.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I was just saying to Darren, she's a bit like...
0:25:17 > 0:25:19she's like a marshmallow. SANDY CHUCKLES
0:25:31 > 0:25:37You know, from today, we're really quite, for the meanwhile,
0:25:37 > 0:25:38quite affluent.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45And then, on Friday, we will pay for Craigton.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- So for a couple of days you'll be flush?- Very flush.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Er, and after that, we'll be comfortable,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58which we haven't been for some time.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I suppose, anyone that sees somebody living in a castle would
0:26:08 > 0:26:11think that they've got quite a lot of money.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Exactly. Yeah.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- And that's not the case here. - No. Not now.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Yes...
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Could you open that door...?
0:26:32 > 0:26:37No, I think, you stay in here, you stay in here rather than...
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Because it will get rather crowded in there.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- Here we are.- Good evening.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- Good evening, clink! - Good to see you, clink!
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Come in.- Good evening, Sandy.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- Good evening, my dear. - Lovely to see you.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Hi there, Sandy, how are you?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Shut the door.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- Right.- And give it its usual bang. There we are.- Ooh, right, OK.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07And wait a minute, yes, let me...
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Let's just put these down here as well.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Celebratory bottle there for us.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- We couldn't be happier to have you take it over.- Oh, thank you.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18That's lovely.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Thank you very, very much.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- I'm not giving you the tray!- Oh, no!
0:27:24 > 0:27:26CORK POPS
0:27:26 > 0:27:30- There we go.- Discreet. - Sounded good, didn't it?- Yes, yes.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- Cheers.- Cheers.- Very good health. - Good health to everyone.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Thank you, Sandy.- Good health!
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- Good health to Master and Madam, they'd say in Nigeria.- Yes.
0:27:52 > 0:27:58I've really got nowhere when it comes to...erm...
0:27:59 > 0:28:00..doing any packing.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07I think this morning is going to be the great beginning.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10I thought we'd begun about six weeks ago.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Well, I thought we had too, but the things up in the solar
0:28:13 > 0:28:17are still lying about in the paths that you put them in.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Got to make these decisions about Sandy's clothes.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26I would reckon that if he managed
0:28:26 > 0:28:28to live without them
0:28:28 > 0:28:33for several years, they should go out.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40What do you think has been stopping you from getting on?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Oh, indolence.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Escape. I don't want to do it.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53The fact of having to make decisions.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58I came on a lovely thing. I wrote it out for the...
0:28:58 > 0:29:01To remind me. Oh, dear, it's got a blotch now.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05I'll have to do another. I heard it on Radio 4.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06What does it say?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09"Indolence creeps up on me like a thick mist."
0:29:10 > 0:29:14That more or less expresses the situation.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20It is probably more provident to put the mouse in the compost
0:29:20 > 0:29:23but I think there's something much more heroic
0:29:23 > 0:29:26about hurling him down the bank
0:29:26 > 0:29:29to decompose decently...
0:29:30 > 0:29:32..in a natural setting.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37- Do you want to see him close up? - Yeah. Is he still alive?
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Oh, good heavens, no!
0:29:40 > 0:29:43They are so perfect, aren't they?
0:29:43 > 0:29:44Look at these little paws.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48I had a pet mouse when I was a child.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50He was called Monty.
0:29:53 > 0:29:59He used to come out and spend a lot of time under my hair,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01on the back of my neck,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03which was where he liked to curl up.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16Oh, no! I'd forgotten about that.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Hmmm...
0:30:19 > 0:30:20This is very interesting.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26I'll give you a dozen guesses as to what that is.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Some kind of animal hide?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Well, no, but you're in the right area.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41But it's not.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- Toupees? - No - you're getting even closer.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- Sporrans?- No.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- Some kind of hats?- No.
0:30:57 > 0:30:58Um...
0:31:03 > 0:31:08- I don't know.- It's the combings of my hair over 40 years.- Wow.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Feel the weight of it. - What are you going to do with it?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- I'm going to stuff cushions. - With your own hair?- Yes.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21I'll put them in a pillowcase and sew it up,
0:31:21 > 0:31:25and batch by batch, put them through the washing machine.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30But they're all clean. They're all the clean combings,
0:31:30 > 0:31:32not the combings through the week.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35They're the first combings after it's been washed,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37so there's nothing much wrong with it.
0:31:39 > 0:31:45"It's more than just oil - it's liquid engineering." Think of that!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48You're not going to need it, though, are you?
0:31:48 > 0:31:51No, but it is something that I'll not just throw out.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53I can give it to someone.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57I'll give it to Robin, because if it's oil,
0:31:57 > 0:32:01it can...he can probably use it for some tool or another.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Castrol again.
0:32:08 > 0:32:14Oh, dear. What's that? That's not oil, is it? Oh, dear!
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Heavens! That is a disaster.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22That'll be there for the next 100 years, and I'm not exaggerating.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Where did it come from?
0:32:49 > 0:32:52When did you realise that money was an issue,
0:32:52 > 0:32:55that you were in financial trouble?
0:32:55 > 0:33:00I don't really feel I ought to record that, if you don't mind.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04I know it's of the essence,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07but if it were to do with me,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09I would feel differently.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13But suffice it to say
0:33:13 > 0:33:21that Sandy got taken for a ride by some rogue investment company
0:33:21 > 0:33:23and lost a great deal of money.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27And I didn't realise until 18 months ago.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38And could you have a conversation with Sandy after you discovered it?
0:33:38 > 0:33:41No, not really. I didn't really mention it because...
0:33:45 > 0:33:46No...
0:33:49 > 0:33:51I think he had forgotten all about it.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I tend to forget what the old Sandy's like, actually.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06There is a sadness if one comes across a photograph.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19You remember a person who was acute
0:34:19 > 0:34:22and on the ball and very amusing.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30He's just a completely different person. Someone else I knew once.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38There.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Look! That looks new, almost.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Lovely. Gosh!
0:35:04 > 0:35:10I don't think it's even... I don't think it's been worn. Wonderful.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Right...
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Little does Sandy know what he's got in this wardrobe.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17CAT MEWS
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Hello, hello. Oh, you've done sausages. Hello.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- We've had a very profitable time up there.- Oh, good.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30Got quite a wardrobe of jerseys up there that have been tucked away
0:35:30 > 0:35:34and never worn.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42And here, the triumph.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Big, heavy jersey.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Woolovers again, but because of your more sedentary life
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- it'll probably last better.- Mm.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09I think it's my least favourite domestic occupation.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13This half bend all the time.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17Oh...
0:36:22 > 0:36:28I mean, the thought just of having to assemble a box which,
0:36:28 > 0:36:34in the past, would have been fun
0:36:34 > 0:36:37is just...makes me blench.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Can you see me visibly blenching?
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- Mr Lucas!- Yes.- I'm here. I'd just gone upstairs for two ticks.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52I am two or three minutes late. Sorry about that.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54No, that's tactful.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57It's much more tactful to be two minutes late than two minutes early.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59All right!
0:36:59 > 0:37:01I've got a cup of coffee for you. Would you like it?
0:37:01 > 0:37:05That would be fine. If you're sure? Thank you.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07You've got a lot, a lot of packing to do.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- Yes, yes.- You've got a lot of packing.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12You'll see a difference -
0:37:12 > 0:37:17once you start seeing space, you'll feel better.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22You'll be quite amazed how much they can do in a day,
0:37:22 > 0:37:23you know what I mean?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25SHE SPLUTTERS
0:37:25 > 0:37:29There are people who say that I'll get rid of this cough
0:37:29 > 0:37:33when I leave this house.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37SPLUTTERING CONTINUES
0:37:37 > 0:37:40There. Right.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44Well, I think daylight is shining at the end of the tunnel.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47Yeah.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- It's books, isn't it, today? - We'll get started upstairs.
0:38:19 > 0:38:25Now, these things on the floor, they've all got labels.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- These...- Yep.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- ..and these. Just leave the flowers, though.- Right, OK.
0:38:37 > 0:38:44There was a series called On The Road Again, on Scottish television.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49They were here for a whole day. It was quite a palaver.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52'Kirriemuir is surrounded by castles, but none have been
0:38:52 > 0:38:55'so dramatically brought back to life as Inverquharity.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58'After lying empty for nearly 200 years, it was almost a ruin.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00'Then, along came Alisoun and Sandy Grant.'
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Well, I must say,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05I have a feeling of grandeur sitting here, taking my tea.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- After all, this is the grand hall, isn't it?- The great hall, yes.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10It's a fine old place.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Well, we love it very much and, of course,
0:39:13 > 0:39:15it was the great hall that really sold us.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18But what about the problems of running a place like this
0:39:18 > 0:39:22on a day-to-day basis - keeping it watertight and keeping it warm?
0:39:22 > 0:39:23We don't!
0:39:23 > 0:39:24THEY LAUGH
0:39:24 > 0:39:27We just put on more clothes.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- In this room, we have underfloor central heating.- My goodness!
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Which we can never afford to use.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36"During the winter, however, their main living quarters were the kitchen,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39"which was so big you could almost put a bungalow into it.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41"But when I asked them if sometimes they didn't feel
0:39:41 > 0:39:44"it would be much simpler living in a small, modern house,
0:39:44 > 0:39:48"they chorused, 'Never!' We wouldn't dream of it.'"
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- It's a happy story all round, isn't it?- I think it is, yes.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- It is, absolutely. It's a happy building.- Yes, yes.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Do you remember, I said I'd look for the -
0:40:27 > 0:40:33- oof! - these photographs from Lagos of that party?- Yeah.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Well, it just turned up. I didn't even look for it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38I like that one of Sandy.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45Yes, that's a nice one - the two chaps chatting together.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48That's good. I like that one.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Oh!
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Here we are again.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00At what point in your life do you think you were at your happiest?
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Oh, I don't know.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08I've always been fairly...
0:41:08 > 0:41:09I've always been able to adapt
0:41:09 > 0:41:15to whatever situation I was in and feel happy.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18I think people who are really self-centred, as I am,
0:41:18 > 0:41:20are always happy!
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Never thought of that before.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26But that's rather a nice one...
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Again, it's hard to believe -
0:41:29 > 0:41:33except for the spectacles, the round spectacles.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Still the same.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Hello!
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Photogenic cat.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51So, you never had any regrets about not having children?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Oh, no. Good heavens, no.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Except from a practical point of view.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01At the moment, they might have been very useful, that's all.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05No, I...
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Posterity may scorn my reactions,
0:42:11 > 0:42:13but that's the way I'm made.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Sweeties, make-up...
0:42:42 > 0:42:44not going to bother about money.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48They don't take collections at funerals.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Do you want help?- Yes.- What kind?
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Oh, yes. Right.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I'll do that.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02I don't think they look too vulgar.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04That's all right.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Right. There you are.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- Is that you?- Yes.- OK.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Off we go.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27Alas, she never told her love...
0:43:27 > 0:43:31KNOCKING ON DOOR Come in, Robin.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Taxi's ready.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Oh, dear.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41The cold light of winter shows up all the cat hairs.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Oh, you want your bowler hat.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Can't forget the bowler.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49- I want my coat.- Oh.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53We don't know...
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- Look, wear...- No, I won't wear that.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01Well, there's nothing... I don't know where...
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Well, I'll just have to freeze, in that case.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07Well, why won't you sink your pride and wear this?
0:44:07 > 0:44:10- Lovely present.- I last saw it here.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14- Oh...- You're probably OK, Sandy. - Don't worry.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18- We're just dropping you off at the top of the drive so...- Oh, yes.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20I shall try not to do anything too silly.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22SANDY CHUCKLES
0:44:24 > 0:44:28- Sandy...- Yes?- There's this lovely scarf that Jim gave you
0:44:28 > 0:44:30- as a Christmas present once. - Thank you.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34BEEPING
0:44:40 > 0:44:44- I hope the day goes well, Sandy. - Thank you.- We'll be thinking of you.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Good morning.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25- Come in.- Good morning. - You caught me still at it.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27I was up at six o'clock.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31- Leave what's under there...- OK. - ..cos I can't remember.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35But these are to go, yes?
0:45:35 > 0:45:39- But don't take the pictures from the wall yet, please.- OK.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43There's some glass and some metal,
0:45:43 > 0:45:45some pewterware somewhere.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48- But mostly...mostly china.- OK.
0:45:48 > 0:45:52- Please don't touch anything here. - OK.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03TELEPHONE RINGS
0:46:04 > 0:46:06SANDY MUTTERS
0:46:11 > 0:46:15- So, skip stuff here? - Skip in the porch.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19And mind your head when you come through there.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22What about... What is your opinion about them?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Jane thinks I should keep them.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28You've got an elderly husband who's going to need that.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29But I can't... If...
0:46:29 > 0:46:32I can't put it anywhere, except round the loo.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35- I'm not going to take them.- I think he's going to need them, Alisoun.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- You're going to have to get that from occupational therapy. - He can get some more.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Well, that's a bit unfair, given that you've got it.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55That's going.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12I've been trying to work out which room Evelyn's chair should go into.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17You don't find this chair very easy to sit on, do you, Sandy?
0:47:17 > 0:47:24- Is that true?- I never use it.- No, I know. But would you find it difficult to sit on, is that why?
0:47:25 > 0:47:28I don't know. It's just a chair that I like.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34Yes, but...what I'm working up to is
0:47:34 > 0:47:38- would you find it useful if... - I don't know.- Wait a minute.
0:47:38 > 0:47:42Would you find it useful if I put it in your bedroom at Craigtoun?
0:47:44 > 0:47:50- Er, probably. I don't know. - You could even just put your clothes on it.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53It's just that the colour would look good
0:47:53 > 0:47:56in the Burmese bedroom colours.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Well, I'll just leave you at the window and I shall sit down again.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16There's nothing much I can do
0:48:16 > 0:48:19with intervening time.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25I'm going back to sleep. Thank you.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30You've got quite a lot of packing still to do, eh? Upstairs,
0:48:30 > 0:48:34- in the room beside the boudoir.- Yes. What about hats and things?
0:48:34 > 0:48:36- No, they'll have to go in a box.- Yes.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41The other end, I have my museum.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44I have some Victorian stuff...
0:48:45 > 0:48:47..in here.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50Oh. No. Never mind.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53And there are fabrics and things.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56You don't have to move that. That's going to Ireland.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59So, do you think...
0:48:59 > 0:49:02if I get somebody out maybe on Tuesday or Wednesday,
0:49:02 > 0:49:05- we could complete the packing?- Yes.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08- With the snow like what it is just now...- Mm.- ..we couldn't do it.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10You couldn't, no. You couldn't.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13What...
0:49:13 > 0:49:15What is the forecast...?
0:49:15 > 0:49:18Well, one of the boys said that he heard the forecast,
0:49:18 > 0:49:22- we were due for more snow next week.- Oh, no!- Yeah.
0:49:44 > 0:49:45Oh, goodness.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53I'm going along like an old crock.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55I haven't been out for days.
0:49:55 > 0:49:56Weeks.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Under our feet here,
0:50:04 > 0:50:08the first daffodils will be coming through.
0:50:08 > 0:50:09That's a lovely thought.
0:50:47 > 0:50:51DRILLING IN DISTANCE
0:50:51 > 0:50:54I wonder how many people in the Middle Ages
0:50:54 > 0:50:57stopped just at this point?
0:50:57 > 0:51:00DRILLING IN DISTANCE
0:51:02 > 0:51:05Kind of strange to think you're going to be sleeping in another bed?
0:51:05 > 0:51:08No, I won't - it's the same bed.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- In another place?- Yes.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18Excuse me, I'm going to brush my teeth. I don't suppose you've got
0:51:18 > 0:51:20- a shot of me brushing my teeth, have you?- I haven't, no.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30DRILLING IN DISTANCE
0:51:44 > 0:51:48I'm going to use a case that I haven't used
0:51:48 > 0:51:52since we came home from Nigeria.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57It's covered with dust.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02What's that? Oh, no, I don't believe it.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06My petticoat's falling down!
0:52:15 > 0:52:18THUMPING IN DISTANCE
0:52:18 > 0:52:20CAT MEOWS IN DISTANCE
0:52:32 > 0:52:34WORKMEN CHAT
0:52:39 > 0:52:43Very strange. I think that can go out. Yeah...
0:52:43 > 0:52:45That's a pocket magnifying glass.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Better keep that for my husband.
0:52:48 > 0:52:52Referee's whistle. Oh, that's useful, yes.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Right, keep that.
0:52:54 > 0:53:00Actually, why not just...? Oh, no, I'll keep it in my basket of things.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18CHATTING IN DISTANCE
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Hello. Are you feeling restored?
0:53:43 > 0:53:44- I'm fine.- Good.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46PHONE RINGS
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Maybe I'm not.
0:53:48 > 0:53:49THEY LAUGH
0:54:00 > 0:54:04I don't want you to pack the crumbs in the drawer, please.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08We're just about to throw this lot out.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11Oh, the mousetrap, oh, golly.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16Do you want me out of the way now?
0:54:16 > 0:54:20No, you and Evelyn will be the last to move.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24You can sit tight until further notice.
0:54:33 > 0:54:38- Right down, right down.- Yes. - Let's do it again.- All right.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40- There, that's it. - That was the trouble.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Well, that doesn't matter because my arms won't go all the way in.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45He will be there. Right.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48- Wish me luck.- Yes.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Where's my little boy?
0:54:53 > 0:54:54CAT MEOWS
0:54:54 > 0:54:55Where are you?
0:54:57 > 0:54:59There's my boy.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Yes.
0:55:01 > 0:55:02There's my gorgeous boy.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Wonderful.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24Oh, I'm so relieved about that. Good fellow.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34CAT MEOWS
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Now we can come down to the car, Sandy.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Not my torch, my...
0:55:51 > 0:55:53My looking glass.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57Oh, you'll have to ask Lee. He will know where it is.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59Because he will have taken it.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01That's the rubbish, you see?
0:56:01 > 0:56:05- Oh.- And he took everything from the tabletop
0:56:05 > 0:56:09and he was going to put it back for you immediately when we got there.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Lead the way.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38CAT MEOWS
0:56:38 > 0:56:39Yes.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42CAT MEOWS
0:56:42 > 0:56:44It's a funny call, isn't it?
0:56:48 > 0:56:50Right.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52Where is my little boy?
0:56:52 > 0:56:54We're going downstairs.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01My goodness, a mighty weight.
0:57:15 > 0:57:16Yes, thank you.
0:57:21 > 0:57:22Our procession starts.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS