0:00:02 > 0:00:07Scottish Highland estates, playgrounds for the upper classes,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10but a lot has changed over the years.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Being a laird was traditionally a man's job.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Are you ready?
0:00:16 > 0:00:18But now lady lairds are bucking the trend.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Oh, look, here are some visitors.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Good to see you.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25- Might I take your photo? - Yeah, absolutely.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29It's a burden and a privilege, but I'd say more of a privilege, really.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Just relax, April.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33This series follows several extraordinary women...
0:00:33 > 0:00:35I'm not just a pretty face.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38..who preside over some of Scotland's most historic estates.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43We have here now the bed that Mary Queen of Scots slept in.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Through determination...
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Being a woman, you know,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49you're determined to do it without shouting for help.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50..hard work...
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Oh, well done, sir!
0:00:53 > 0:00:55..and more than a little charm...
0:00:55 > 0:00:56You know the doctor.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01..these lady lairds strive to ensure their estates' survival...
0:01:01 > 0:01:03They barely wash their face.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05..for future generations.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07It's quite a big responsibility.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10We've been here a long time, so we'd like to be here a little bit longer.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:13You're too late!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's like a lunatic asylum...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17but it's very nice of you to come.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19It's a bit random, isn't it?
0:01:35 > 0:01:39On the northern edge of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park
0:01:39 > 0:01:42is the Auchlyne and Suie Estate.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49At the centre of the 18,000 acres of land is the main house
0:01:49 > 0:01:51or big hoose.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Today, no-one is home, because high in the hills...
0:02:02 > 0:02:04GUNSHOT ..there is a family outing.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Come here, Lucy. Good girl!
0:02:06 > 0:02:09It's the first day of the grouse season
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and leading the way is a laird-in-waiting -
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Nicola Colquhoun.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Sit. Good girl.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19So, down the bottom is my husband Angus
0:02:19 > 0:02:21with his black Labrador, Lucy.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- MAN:- Are you a good shot? - ANGUS LAUGHS
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Some days, yes.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28More often than not, no.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31It's down to a lot of luck as well.
0:02:32 > 0:02:38Up at the top will be my dad Henry and our gamekeeper Ian,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42so probably the competition will be the most between my dad...
0:02:42 > 0:02:43between Dad and Angus.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46They are both very good shots,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49but there's healthy competition between the pair of them.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- WHISTLE BLOWS - Go on!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53So, where are the kids at the moment?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- NICOLA LAUGHS HEARTILY - Kids are...
0:02:55 > 0:03:01away back with Granny in the Argo, hopefully not annoying her silly.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07The real laird of Auchlyne is Nicola's mother, Emma Patterson.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Today she has her hands full looking after
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Nicola and Angus's children, Maya and Archie.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I'm just following on behind and what would normally happen
0:03:18 > 0:03:22if there were lots of grouse, then folk could empty their game bags
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and put them in the back of the Argo.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29But today it's just transportation for the grandchildren
0:03:29 > 0:03:32because they're not big enough to walk.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33- Is that right?- Hmm.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Hmm, yes, and a puppy.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40So, yes, so we're heading back for lunch now.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Do you think that's a good idea? - Yes.- Yes.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45So, have they seen any grouse?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48No.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50GUNSHOTS
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Wake up!
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- Come on, here! - I'm not sure if he got one or not.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Do you want to try your dog? It's right here.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Grouse numbers have severely diminished
0:04:00 > 0:04:01due to the heather beetle
0:04:01 > 0:04:04destroying the birds' natural habitat.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08But there still seems to be enough
0:04:08 > 0:04:11for Angus to bag his prize of the day.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14It's... It's a fantastic morning out, to be honest.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- And you've shot something. - And I've shot something.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And my father-in-law hasn't!
0:04:29 > 0:04:33About 150 miles north of Auchlyne on the West Coast of Scotland
0:04:33 > 0:04:35is the Attadale Estate.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Situated on the idyllic south shore of Loch Carron,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42it even has its own train station.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49This grand ten-bedroom house was built in 1755
0:04:49 > 0:04:54and is now residence to lady laird-in-training Joanna Macpherson.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58On the stairs you've got various ancestors,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01so that is my grandfather, Ian Macpherson,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and he bought Attadale in 1952.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07When he had it, he really had it purely as a shooting lodge,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10so people could come up in the summer and in the autumn
0:05:10 > 0:05:14to go stalking, and we used to come here for all the holidays,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16the Easter holidays and then the summer holidays,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19not that he was very keen on small children,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21so it was a slightly different regime then.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24There is my father, there, so that's the latest one.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27My mother loves this place because it reminds her of South Africa
0:05:27 > 0:05:31because the house is white, and my mother was born in South Africa,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34so she's prepared to tolerate the situation because of that,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36some of us think.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Two years ago,
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Joanna was persuaded by her parents to leave her marketing job in London
0:05:42 > 0:05:45and move to Attadale full time to help run the estate.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48My mother has got macular degeneration
0:05:48 > 0:05:50and is getting a bit deaf and blind,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52so she's a driven woman about the garden
0:05:52 > 0:05:54and she still is the main creative force,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57but obviously it's a lot to do and that is why,
0:05:57 > 0:05:59if I can help in various areas,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02she can concentrate on the creative side,
0:06:02 > 0:06:04which is important for the future of the garden.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Attadale's vast 20 acres of gardens
0:06:07 > 0:06:12is its piece de resistance and attracts 5,500 visitors a year.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18That's a Chilean fern. I've seen this in Kenya.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21There you are, you see, I'm not just a pretty face.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26The gardens were created by Joanna's mother, Nicky Macpherson,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Mrs Macpherson to you and me.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32And she has painstakingly maintained them over the past 40 years...
0:06:35 > 0:06:37..with a little help.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Yes, we'll go by way of the sundial, because that is rather fun.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45So, here, explain, Mother.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Everyone says to my husband, "Why have you got such a large bottom?"
0:06:49 > 0:06:51And I see him saying very crossly,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54"It's because I was wearing very thick corduroys at the time."
0:06:54 > 0:06:57The sculptor made us sit on a bag of cement.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I had a very small one because I was ill.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06This bit we planted...we did about 15 years ago, I think.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09The reason was I had started having cancer then,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I was having treatment, I was not feeling very well
0:07:12 > 0:07:14and I looked out of my bedroom window
0:07:14 > 0:07:17and saw this rather boring bit of the garden
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and thought, "I'll make a sundial."
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Frankly, I think it is a sort of vanity thing on my part,
0:07:24 > 0:07:25having the garden. I mean, I have...
0:07:25 > 0:07:29It's given me something to do, you see, for 40 years.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32And as Joanna says, it may have cost a lot,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35but at least I don't have to buy any clothes.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40And I didn't expect diamonds for my diamond wedding!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Sure enough, you didn't get any, so that's all right!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Jolly lucky if I get a birthday present!
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Great mistake marrying a Scot, they're awfully mean.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Sorry, I know you're a Scot.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54"Careful" is the word, not "mean"!
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Mr Macpherson has supported Attadale
0:07:59 > 0:08:02from his job in finance for the last 40 years.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Now in retirement, he plans to step down as Laird of Attadale
0:08:07 > 0:08:11and has slowly been handing over the reins to Joanna.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I've never had any trouble delegating.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18I think Nicky has more of a problem with the garden
0:08:18 > 0:08:22because Joanna is no gardener, which, in a way, is not a bad thing.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27That is quite amusing, or interesting, seeing the interaction
0:08:27 > 0:08:30between daughter and mother in these matters.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32But, no, no, we both welcome it.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35I'm not really in charge yet
0:08:35 > 0:08:37because my parents have been here for over 30 years,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39so I say to people that I'm not in charge yet
0:08:39 > 0:08:42and I'm having to manage up and manage down
0:08:42 > 0:08:45and so that can be slightly complicated on occasion.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54The family has stopped for lunch after a less-than-fruitful morning.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56So, have you seen anything?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- We've got two!- You've got two?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Emma has been laird at Auchlyne for over 20 years
0:09:01 > 0:09:05and one day will pass it on to her daughter, Nicola.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Nicola and husband Angus recently moved back from India
0:09:09 > 0:09:11and have settled into life on the estate,
0:09:11 > 0:09:15an estate which has been in the family for generations.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Well, the whole of this corrie belongs to us,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26our march actually comes down the ridge in front of us here.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29It's a beautiful stalking corrie
0:09:29 > 0:09:32and then, looking over the other side,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35that valley going out there is what my grandfather called
0:09:35 > 0:09:40the Valley of the Bones and I think he named it that
0:09:40 > 0:09:43because it was quite a long walk in the days before the hill road
0:09:43 > 0:09:45and they reckoned that, by the time they got there,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48there would be nothing left of them except the bones.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53I just love coming up here, because we don't come here very often.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00This will be the last day the family spends together for a while.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Both Angus and Henry have to work away most of the week...
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Would you like a roll?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08..because, financially, the estate can't support both families.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Back at the Attadale Estate...
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Just relax, April. Table napkins.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20We'd better have proper ones.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23..Joanna Macpherson is in party-planning mode.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25There are some nice red ones, rich red ones.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28See if you... Shout if you can't find them, I'll come. Thanks.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30I've got to wash my...
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I'd better go and have a bath and wash my hair
0:10:32 > 0:10:34and think what I'm going to wear...
0:10:36 > 0:10:38..because I haven't thought about it properly yet.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41It's her birthday and the whole house is working hard
0:10:41 > 0:10:46to get ready before ten invited guests arrive in just over an hour.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Oh, that's a bit disappointing.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53But things aren't quite going to plan.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Damn! OK...
0:10:54 > 0:10:59And that's not working either, so that's marvellous(!)
0:10:59 > 0:11:01So I will go and look at the fuses now.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Tonight's master of ceremonies is Joanna's father, Ewen.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Don't mind me buzzing about.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Daughter Joanna's birthday. We won't say which one.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Yeah, can you push that...? No, no, no, the second one!
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21It's always a bit of a surprise
0:11:21 > 0:11:24when you find your daughter is nearly 60.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Brilliant.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27They are all working, so isn't that bizarre?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29That's really strange. And good.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Now all the lights are on and they are working.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Also on tonight's welcoming committee
0:11:34 > 0:11:36will be Joanna's husband Alec.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I just need to go and talk to this chap.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Life for the London-born IT consultant has never been the same
0:11:43 > 0:11:46since following Joanna north to the Highlands.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50We were in sunny south-east London, we were in Peckham,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55where Joanna had lived for 25 years.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59I'd always lived in or around that part of the world,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02so our paths crossed socially.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Put some more lights on.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07I pursued her for a long time, it took ages
0:12:07 > 0:12:09and eventually she gave in.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12But I had to give up smoking!
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Soon Attadale will be buzzing with guests
0:12:17 > 0:12:20and in the morning, Joanna will be taking a select few
0:12:20 > 0:12:22out onto the hill deerstalking.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Put some more lights on.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Here's a nice map of where we are.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29So what happens, you were talking about stalking,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33what happens is they drive up eight miles, up into the hills,
0:12:33 > 0:12:37so here is Attadale, you drive up the road, all the way up,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39so you go along the glen and then up through the hills,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42up, right up to Bendronaig Lodge.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44What are we having?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Tomorrow's excursion isn't just for sport,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50the estate has to cull a certain number of deer
0:12:50 > 0:12:53before the end of the season and they are still a bit behind.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58We've got until October 20th to get our cull numbers,
0:12:58 > 0:13:02the number of stags we are required to shoot,
0:13:02 > 0:13:06and so it's now down to the younger generation.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07I can no longer...
0:13:07 > 0:13:09I might be able to get up the hill,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11but I certainly couldn't get down it again!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16The lights are on, the table is set
0:13:16 > 0:13:20and Joanna is ready for her birthday party.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22OK, how is morale in the kitchen?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Buon compleanno!
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Come through and have some champagne.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31In the short time Joanna has been back at Attadale,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34she has actively become involved in various community projects.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37You know the doctor - Carolyn... Oh, look...
0:13:37 > 0:13:39And it hasn't taken her long to make new friends.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Alec will give you some champagne.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44I'm going to unwrap my present.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49Well, a house like this is made for having groups like this.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54You can sit 14 at the table and it's at times like this,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56particularly because of Joanna's birthday,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58that we have a party like this,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00but I can assure you this does not happen every night!
0:14:04 > 0:14:06As the guests settle down to dinner,
0:14:06 > 0:14:11there is really only one topic of conversation - Joanna's mother.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14She's been given an advance delivery of the food,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16but she's not very hungry, I don't think.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Mrs Macpherson's health has been in decline over the last few months.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Well, at least the doctor went to see her this evening,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- so that's good.- That's good, yeah.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26And she's had to take a step back
0:14:26 > 0:14:28from her responsibilities on the estate,
0:14:28 > 0:14:33meaning Joanna's role at Attadale is becoming more demanding.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38THEY SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY
0:14:39 > 0:14:42CHEERING
0:14:55 > 0:14:57It's early morning at Auchlyne...
0:15:02 > 0:15:06..and Angus is getting ready for the three-hour drive to work.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09He won't be back for five days.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Yeah, Monday mornings are hard, getting up and heading off to work
0:15:21 > 0:15:24and knowing it's not going to be the end of the week
0:15:24 > 0:15:26until you see the family again.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34It's hard on the family, it's hard on each of us individually.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Yeah, it's one of the tough things about the decisions that we've made
0:15:39 > 0:15:41around living in Auchlyne.
0:15:41 > 0:15:48It doesn't have enough work available to support all of us,
0:15:48 > 0:15:52so, yeah, that means that I need to go and work away.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Auchlyne is a more traditional estate than others.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Its main sources of income are sheep and cattle farming.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07They also host various sporting activities,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10such as salmon and trout fishing on the River Dochart
0:16:10 > 0:16:13and commercial deerstalking in the hills.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15GUNSHOT
0:16:17 > 0:16:20These additional income streams keep the estate running,
0:16:20 > 0:16:21but Nicola and the family
0:16:21 > 0:16:25still have to rely on the money that Angus brings in to get by.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Stop eating her!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28DOG GROWLS PLAYFULLY
0:16:29 > 0:16:32It's not great, having your husband away during the week,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34and it's not great for the kids.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36You know, they miss him terribly,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38but it allows us to be here at Auchlyne.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42You know, I guess Mum and I are quite fortunate
0:16:42 > 0:16:46that we both have husbands that work away, if you like,
0:16:46 > 0:16:51because, you know, the estate wouldn't support two families.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53It's... It's tough.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57You know, we are busy with the cattle, busy with the sheep,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00but it just...JUST makes ends meet.
0:17:00 > 0:17:05Just down the road in more modest accommodation
0:17:05 > 0:17:09lives the real boss of Auchlyne, Nicola's mother, Emma Paterson.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14And today she is off to the remotest corners of the estate...
0:17:14 > 0:17:18There we go. Right, that's us, ready to go.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21..to gather in the hill sheep to sell at market.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24It's a big job, so a team of shepherds
0:17:24 > 0:17:27from the neighbouring estates have come to help.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32But it's the dogs that will be doing most of the work.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Well, we'll just all get into the Argo
0:17:34 > 0:17:38and we'll head up through the forestry and see how far
0:17:38 > 0:17:42they persuade us to take them, which sounds like to the very top!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48She's brilliant, you know.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53Really, in a man's world, you know, she runs the estate,
0:17:53 > 0:17:55and she runs the estate remarkably well.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- LAUGHTER - See yous later!
0:18:01 > 0:18:04The shepherds head off over the glen.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05OK, then, boys, thanks very much.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07The important thing today
0:18:07 > 0:18:11is that they return with a healthy number of sheep for sale at market.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15SHEPHERD WHISTLES
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Meanwhile, over at the Attadale Estate,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27it's the morning after Joanna's birthday party.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Celebrations went on late into the night
0:18:31 > 0:18:35and the guests are blowing away the cobwebs ahead of a day's stalking.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Out in the garden...
0:18:38 > 0:18:41My mother wouldn't want me picking them from the wrong places.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I have to spread it out so people can't notice.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46..Joanna is picking flowers for the arrival of guests
0:18:46 > 0:18:48at the estate's holiday cottages.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Hello, welcome! Have you met anyone yet?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Hello!
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Oh, look! Soren has found you, so you are all OK.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00We will run away because we've got to go to the station.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Today, Joanna's son Jack is travelling from London
0:19:03 > 0:19:07to join his mother and her guests stalking in the hills.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- Hello!- Hello, darling! How are you?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Jack has brought along his best mate, Mike.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I come up maybe twice a year?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Three times a year? - If I'm lucky.- If I'm lucky!
0:19:20 > 0:19:24So, yeah, just to get away from London really, it's quite nice
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- to have the option to do this. - You're going a bit grey, darling.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- Oh! I wonder...! - I wonder where that comes from!
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Attadale is and has always been a deerstalking estate.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40In order for them to reach their annual cull target,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43they employ full-time stalker Tom Watson,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46who has been at Attadale over 35 years.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Stalking has to be done because the deer have no natural enemies
0:19:52 > 0:19:54apart from man, so they have to be...
0:19:54 > 0:19:58The numbers have to be kept under control for obvious reasons.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01If they become too plentiful, they start to cause damage
0:20:01 > 0:20:06and also they run short of food in the winter time
0:20:06 > 0:20:09and then you get your deer starting to encroach
0:20:09 > 0:20:13into woodlands and arable ground and they start to cause problems,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15so you have to keep the numbers in check.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18You'll never guess who stole my son's plus fours.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I put these on today and apparently they are his!
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- LAUGHTER - Well done, Joanna!
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Joanna's son Jack has grown up stalking
0:20:27 > 0:20:30and shot his first deer when he was just 12,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34but it's all new for best friend Mike.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I don't know too much about what to expect,
0:20:39 > 0:20:40but I'm looking forward to it.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42I think Tom is going to take good care of me.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Tom, you can't be silent after I say that, you have to say something!
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Yeah, be good fun!
0:20:52 > 0:20:55The deer numbers are tightly controlled
0:20:55 > 0:20:57by Scottish Natural Heritage,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00with each estate having a cull target to hit every year,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03so there is a lot resting on newcomer Mike shooting straight.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- OK, we are ready to roll. - Ready to go.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13The number of stags we shoot is carefully planned,
0:21:13 > 0:21:18so the number we are going for this year is around the 60 mark
0:21:18 > 0:21:21and I believe we've probably got another ten to go.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25On an average day, the hunting party can walk
0:21:25 > 0:21:28upwards of 15 miles on hilly, rough terrain.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33So for those up late last night, today might be a challenge.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Around 150 miles south of Attadale on the West Coast
0:21:49 > 0:21:53is the longest sea loch in Scotland, Loch Fyne...
0:21:57 > 0:22:00..home to the country's most famous oyster fishery
0:22:00 > 0:22:03and home to lady laird Tuggy Delap.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Look at my beautiful girls!
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Hello, beauties!
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Hello! Who is feeling hungry?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Tuggy is high in the hills above Loch Fyne,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20visiting her prized fold of Highland cattle.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Come on, baby.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27These two are just particularly greedy.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29What are both their names?
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Flicky, Felicity she is called,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34and this one is called Fiona.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Her first calf arrived and I'm sorry to say
0:22:37 > 0:22:41it shouldn't have done really because...
0:22:41 > 0:22:46her dad got out and so the calf was born
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and it was the year that I was the letter
0:22:48 > 0:22:51we were using to christen them all,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54so her first calf was called Incest.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Oops! We changed it, though,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58cos we didn't think that looked good on the papers!
0:22:58 > 0:22:59TUGGY CHUCKLES
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Down on the banks of Loch Fyne is Ardkinglas House,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Tuggy's ancestral home.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10This was where the family started life.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13My great-grandfather who built it
0:23:13 > 0:23:17was working with Lord Armstrong down in Newcastle
0:23:17 > 0:23:20building ships for the Japanese Navy
0:23:20 > 0:23:25and there was a Japanese-Russian war at the turn of the century
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and it is said that he built this house
0:23:28 > 0:23:32out of less than one year's disposable income.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35One dreads to think how much he was earning that year!
0:23:35 > 0:23:38So, was there ever any chance of your side of the family taking this
0:23:38 > 0:23:41or was it always going to be the other side?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43No, it will be the other side.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Yes, I don't think we could ever take it back now.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Over the years, the estate has been divided up by the family.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Ardkinglas House was passed to Tuggy's cousins
0:23:58 > 0:24:02whilst Tuggy inherited a modest 4,500-acre estate
0:24:02 > 0:24:05of sheep and cattle farmland.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09But Tuggy has turned it into more than just a farm.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16We were scratching our heads
0:24:16 > 0:24:19and wondering what on earth we could do
0:24:19 > 0:24:22to actually try and make this work and...
0:24:22 > 0:24:25we came up with the idea of the brewery
0:24:25 > 0:24:27over a pint of beer one Sunday.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I looked at them all drinking beer and said,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34"Well, we could always just open a brewery." So they all thought,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37"Just humour her, she's having a funny ten minutes."
0:24:37 > 0:24:41So we started looking at breweries
0:24:41 > 0:24:44and it wasn't a stupid idea after all!
0:24:44 > 0:24:50Fyne Ales was started in 2001 by Tuggy and her husband Jonny.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54In the last 15 years, it has grown to become
0:24:54 > 0:24:57a multi-award-winning international brand.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02Tuggy's son Jamie has taken over the running of the brewery
0:25:02 > 0:25:06and recently secured a £1 million investment to turn their old barn
0:25:06 > 0:25:11into a brand-new hi-tech operation that started brewing just last week.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Yeah, very, very exciting.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19Three years' effort sort of finally turning into reality, so it's...
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Yeah, it'll be very good.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22We are still very early days,
0:25:22 > 0:25:26but we are pretty optimistic that it's going to be producing
0:25:26 > 0:25:30some really great beers, so it's a good bit of kit.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34They are brewing their most famous ale, Jarl,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37for the first time in the new set-up,
0:25:37 > 0:25:42so they will soon find out if the £1 million was money well spent.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Emma has dropped off the last of the shepherds
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and can head back down to the house.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01But the track that she whizzed along on the way up
0:26:01 > 0:26:03is proving trickier now.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07No, that's not going to work either.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10We want to get to that side, you see.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14The eight-wheeled Argo is not coping with the wet slope
0:26:14 > 0:26:16and her passengers are now busy elsewhere.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27She puts out a tough, you know, exterior.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30You know, she is quite a softie really.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32See what happens there. We will try that.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37She is a very resilient woman, really is, you know.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40She's lost her mother, she's lost her father recently
0:26:40 > 0:26:42and, you know, life goes on.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45There we go!
0:26:46 > 0:26:48EMMA CHUCKLES
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Relief! I tell you!
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Because the problem is that the...
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Mobiles don't work here and if I'm stuck
0:26:57 > 0:27:00then I have to walk down back to the car
0:27:00 > 0:27:03and then go and get Dave or Ian or somebody to help me, so...
0:27:03 > 0:27:05And being a woman,
0:27:05 > 0:27:09you are determined to do it without...shouting for help.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19Put your safety off.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Look, there he is.- There he is. Are you ready?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- OK, go. - GUNSHOT
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Well done.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- Well done, Joanna. - Thank you, Tom.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Joanna has bagged the day's first stag.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- That was good. - That was very calm.- Yes.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Due to the high number of deer they must cull,
0:27:38 > 0:27:42they put the first shot in the capable hands of the lady laird,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45but next up is first-timer Mike.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Well, I think after that, you have earned your lunch, Joanna.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Joanna heads back to the estate's stalking lodge
0:27:52 > 0:27:55and leaves the rest to carry on.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Fatal sitting down, I'll never be able to stand up again!
0:28:02 > 0:28:06And it's not long before city boy Mike has a deer in his sights.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Now, just keep him in your sights
0:28:10 > 0:28:12cos I might want you to shoot him again.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15OK, just keep him in your sights. Can you see him?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Tom's looking for a clean kill with one shot.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Yes, just keep him in your sights.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24If Mike isn't on target, the deer could escape wounded
0:28:24 > 0:28:26and suffer a slow death on the hill.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- OK, go. - GUNSHOT
0:28:33 > 0:28:35But Mike shoots well.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37That was pretty thrilling, actually.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I could feel your heart beating from where I was!
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Mike's got to get bloodied, as it's his first stag that he's ever shot.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50OK, Mike, where are you?
0:28:52 > 0:28:54There you go.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Every part of the deer shot today
0:28:56 > 0:28:59will either be used or sold for venison,
0:28:59 > 0:29:02generating extra income for the estate.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07While most estates in Scotland
0:29:07 > 0:29:10charge up to £500 a day for commercial deer stalking...
0:29:10 > 0:29:12I might have a little bit of whisky.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16..Attadale has been able to offer it free to friends and family
0:29:16 > 0:29:19due to Mr Macpherson financing it personally.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Thank you, Tom. Thank you, thank you, everybody.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- Cheers.- Thank you, team.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26But when Joanna is eventually left on her own,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29they might not be able to afford that luxury
0:29:29 > 0:29:32and she knows things are going to have to change.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Back at Loch Fyne,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46far from the opulence of her family's stately manor,
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Tuggy Delap lives a more humble life
0:29:49 > 0:29:53in her 4,500-acre sheep and cattle farm.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59This is the Delap family and, as somebody said,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01"Thank God they've improved!"
0:30:01 > 0:30:03TUGGY LAUGHS
0:30:03 > 0:30:04I spend quite a lot of time
0:30:04 > 0:30:08wondering whether he was married to her
0:30:08 > 0:30:11and this was his mistress, or whether he was married to her
0:30:11 > 0:30:12and that was the mother.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14I'm not sure.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Tuggy is on her way to see how things are going
0:30:20 > 0:30:23with their award-winning ale, Jarl, in the new brewery.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25It's making beer!
0:30:26 > 0:30:28That's not on.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31I thought that was going to be on, but it's not.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Jamie and the team have been working night and day
0:30:36 > 0:30:41to get the batch ready for the annual Independent Brewer Awards
0:30:41 > 0:30:43next month in Glasgow and it's finally done.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45What do you think?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47It's good. I mean,
0:30:47 > 0:30:50on the old one, you feel more of the yeast aroma.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54That is good, sometimes the other one is too dry.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56One is from the old brewery and one is from the new brewery
0:30:56 > 0:30:58and he wants to compare them.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Yeah, one of them will slightly
0:31:00 > 0:31:03have had some of the yeast taken off it, won't it?
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Jamie thinks it's up to scratch,
0:31:05 > 0:31:09but it will be up to Tuggy to give it the final seal of approval.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12I think there's more aroma in the old...
0:31:16 > 0:31:18It may not be perfect quite yet,
0:31:18 > 0:31:22but the team still has a few weeks to get it ready for the competition.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Jamie has been running the brewery successfully for six years
0:31:26 > 0:31:29after taking it over from his dad, Jonny.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36We were watching Jonny's health with interest
0:31:36 > 0:31:39because he was obviously not particularly well.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43Eventually, I persuaded him to go to a doctor
0:31:43 > 0:31:47and he said, "Well, I think you've got Parkinson's."
0:31:47 > 0:31:50And we went down to see the Parkinson's specialist
0:31:50 > 0:31:53down in Southampton and he said yes.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58And the doctor said, "Go off and do something
0:31:58 > 0:32:00"and don't give yourself any stress,
0:32:00 > 0:32:04"just do something that you will enjoy doing."
0:32:04 > 0:32:06So we started our own business.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08No stress my foot!
0:32:10 > 0:32:14There was plenty of stress, but on the other hand, equally,
0:32:14 > 0:32:18he loved it and it gave him a reason to get up in the morning
0:32:18 > 0:32:19and get on with things.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- TEARFULLY:- But then, sadly, when he died,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27there was a bit of a quick hiccup
0:32:27 > 0:32:31and Jamie, luckily, wasn't doing anything at the time,
0:32:31 > 0:32:35so he took over running it and he has built the brewery side of it up.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01At the Auchlyne Estate in Glen Dochart...
0:33:04 > 0:33:07..it's Saturday, which means Nicola's husband Angus
0:33:07 > 0:33:09can spend some quality time at home,
0:33:09 > 0:33:11but at a working estate like Auchlyne,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13there is always a job to be done.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23Around 40 miles south in Stirling, it's market day
0:33:23 > 0:33:26and Emma Paterson has been here since early morning.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29She has brought along 140 sheep,
0:33:29 > 0:33:33which have already been sorted into groups ahead of today's auction.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36- MAN LAUGHS - That's terrible!
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Today, well, we are hoping for a good sale.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43You never know until you go into the ring.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Some people say the sheep trade is quite good,
0:33:45 > 0:33:49other people say it's not as good as it has been, so...
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I think last year we were just under,
0:33:52 > 0:33:57it was somewhere about £80 or £85 per sheep.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02The year before, we were up to almost 100, so...
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Hoping for somewhere nearer the 100 today.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Suddenly it's all go.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13The sale starts in 15 minutes.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16The sheep have to be clean, dry and looking their best
0:34:16 > 0:34:20if they are to get a good price in the ring.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21For Emma and the estate,
0:34:21 > 0:34:25it could mean the difference of several thousand pounds.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26It's very important
0:34:26 > 0:34:31because it's one of the main incomes coming into the farm.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34You know, the price of feeding is going up every year,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36so you need the money to do that.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Emma's first lot move in to take their place in the queue.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48- AUCTIONEER SHOUTS:- 110, 11. 111...
0:34:48 > 0:34:51The bidding ahead of her sounds encouraging...
0:34:51 > 0:34:54111...
0:34:54 > 0:34:57..so Emma could be in for a good day.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59First into the ring are her ewe lambs.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Starting at £50, £50, £50.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09But bidding has started low...
0:35:09 > 0:35:1330, 32, 34...
0:35:13 > 0:35:1677, at 77!
0:35:16 > 0:35:19..and falls short of the £100 she hoped for.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25With another eight lots to go, things will have to pick up.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32At the Attadale Estate...
0:35:34 > 0:35:36..Joanna Macpherson is returning home
0:35:36 > 0:35:39after visiting her mother in hospital.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49Well, I've just been to Broadford because my mother has...
0:35:49 > 0:35:51She did too much gardening a week or so ago,
0:35:51 > 0:35:53about ten days ago or so.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57She gardened all day, just because she was feeling better,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59which was a major error of judgment
0:35:59 > 0:36:02and her back sort of had a setback,
0:36:02 > 0:36:06so last Monday she couldn't get up and she slid down onto the floor,
0:36:06 > 0:36:10so they had to take her off in an ambulance yet again to Broadford
0:36:10 > 0:36:12and so my father and I have been
0:36:12 > 0:36:14taking it in turns to go and see her.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18The reason she had to go into hospital was
0:36:18 > 0:36:20she was flat on the floor, she couldn't get up,
0:36:20 > 0:36:23which actually was quite funny in a surreal sort of way.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25You had two district nurses and a doctor and my dad,
0:36:25 > 0:36:28but they had to get the ambulance because they needed
0:36:28 > 0:36:30something special to pick her up off the floor.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33And talking to the doctor, she thought
0:36:33 > 0:36:38maybe towards the end of this week she should be able to get out.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Mrs Macpherson's accident has left Joanna with a bit of a problem.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47The estate is scheduled to take a busload of tourists
0:36:47 > 0:36:49for an excursion round the gardens.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Hmm, that's a first.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Mrs Macpherson would normally act as tour guide.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Instead, Joanna is going to have to wing it.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09All together...
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Emma's first few lots of sheep
0:37:11 > 0:37:15haven't reached the £100 mark she'd hoped for.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18EMMA SHOOS THE SHEEP
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Her last chance of making a good profit
0:37:20 > 0:37:22is from her group of gimmers,
0:37:22 > 0:37:27two-year-old female sheep, perfect for producing lambs.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29100, 102. 102...
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Things are looking up as bidding starts high...
0:37:32 > 0:37:35106, 108.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40At 108. 10, 110, 111.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43111, 111, 111...
0:37:47 > 0:37:49..and finishes way above her target.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Thank you very much. - Always a pleasure, never a chore!
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- Thank you, Alistair.- Thank you.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56We'll see you shortly, no doubt.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Well, we will go to the office and get the cheque
0:38:00 > 0:38:02and we can have a look at that.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04EMMA LAUGHS
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Profits from farming
0:38:05 > 0:38:08have been dropping year by year for the estate.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12And back at Auchlyne...
0:38:12 > 0:38:15I'll happily be a pilot, as long as the price is right!
0:38:15 > 0:38:20..Nicola has been trying to find alternative sources of income.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24The estate recently converted an old farmhouse into a holiday let,
0:38:24 > 0:38:26which brings in additional money,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28but Nicola knows they will need more
0:38:28 > 0:38:31to ensure the family has a future on the estate.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Great, Keith, well, thanks very much for your time.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Right, so we have been trying to think of
0:38:37 > 0:38:42wonderful moneymaking ideas for the estate
0:38:42 > 0:38:48and one thing that Angus came up with is glamping.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52So, yeah, it's just trying to sort of work out costings,
0:38:52 > 0:38:57and also we've got to go all through planning and national parks,
0:38:57 > 0:38:59you know, ticking all those boxes.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03But again, with all these things, it's the capital to begin them
0:39:03 > 0:39:05and that is the difficult bit, you know.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09There isn't a huge amount of money running around the estate.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11You know, the farming doesn't make any money,
0:39:11 > 0:39:12or doesn't make enough money.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16You know, so it's trying to... yeah, think of other ideas.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21- How did you get on today, then? - Pretty pleased, yes, quite happy.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24For me, it's trying to find
0:39:24 > 0:39:27something that I can do on the estate
0:39:27 > 0:39:31to kind of increase revenue
0:39:31 > 0:39:34and make my own sort of wee mark on the place.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39£11,159.33.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44Head for home now and see what tomorrow brings.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Yes, right, these pods...
0:39:57 > 0:40:00We've got lots of frogs, we've got newts, toads,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03very good nature-study material!
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Deep in the gardens,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Joanna is guiding the tourists round for the first time...
0:40:08 > 0:40:11So there's lots of newts and lots of frogs.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13..and she's struggling!
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- It's very unusual. - Yes, that one is unusual
0:40:15 > 0:40:18and I'm embarrassed I can't remember the name. Argh!
0:40:18 > 0:40:21It was given to my parents for their golden wedding
0:40:21 > 0:40:24and I'm just hoping it will come into my head in a minute.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26It's... I'll remember it later.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28A Wollemi pine.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Thank you, thank you.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Sorry, I had a mental blank.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Nice primroses.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38I don't think I should be left on my own to do these tours,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41I need a horticulturalist with me.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Have I done it all?
0:40:42 > 0:40:46I did River Of Life, Borrowed Landscape, Running Water... Yes...
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Luckily for Joanna, she can finish up her part of the tour
0:40:50 > 0:40:52and let her father take over the rest.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Whatever you do, don't...
0:40:55 > 0:40:59We've just had 38 people, probably plus two, I'm not sure exactly,
0:40:59 > 0:41:01and I think they enjoyed it.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- Thank you, again, for letting us see your wonderful garden.- Not at all.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07They were all Brits, except for four Americans, I think.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Well, first of all,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11the rhododendrons are absolutely spectacular.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Which meant it was less stressful
0:41:13 > 0:41:16because we all spoke in English to some degree or another.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18The ferns... The ferns are unbelievable.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21They're unbelievable. We call them fiddle heads when they're little.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24So we are very happy and we are very tired.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27We've enjoyed it ever so much and not just because of the garden,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30but because the people have been so gracious.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Joanna has pulled it out of the bag and her visitors are leaving happy.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39But with her mother out of action,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Joanna may have a much bigger challenge on her hands
0:41:42 > 0:41:46with the annual Lochcarron Highland Games next month.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Instead of 40 visitors, it will be more like 2,000.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59At the Loch Fyne brewery, the team is hard at work,
0:41:59 > 0:42:01trying to recreate their Jarl ale
0:42:01 > 0:42:05ahead of the Independent Brewer Awards in Glasgow next week,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08but Tuggy has other things on her mind.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14That was him when we got married. Hmmm!
0:42:14 > 0:42:17I was 19 and he was 26.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23It was our anniversary yesterday, 7th October,
0:42:23 > 0:42:25and we would have been married 48 years...
0:42:28 > 0:42:30..which would have been OK.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51We met at a party in London and...
0:42:53 > 0:42:56I was supposed to be being a deb in London.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59I wasn't very good at being a deb in London.
0:42:59 > 0:43:00What does "a deb" mean?
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Being a debutante, going to all the parties, don't you know,
0:43:04 > 0:43:06and meeting the right people.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09I wasn't good at that at all, not at all good at it.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12I met Jonny at the first dance I went to
0:43:12 > 0:43:16and thereafter I used to skip quite a lot of them
0:43:16 > 0:43:22in order to go out with him instead and I got married when I was 19,
0:43:22 > 0:43:25so Mummy always said she never had time to educate me
0:43:25 > 0:43:27and she was probably right.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29TUGGY CHUCKLES
0:43:31 > 0:43:33He was a lovely guy.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35He came from... Kenya, he was born,
0:43:35 > 0:43:38he was born in Nairobi
0:43:38 > 0:43:41and so the wide-open spaces didn't worry him too much.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45He absolutely loved fishing, so he had a great expression -
0:43:45 > 0:43:47"Which would you rather do or go fishing?"
0:43:47 > 0:43:49You were never offered the alternative.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53So, he used to fish a lot, whenever he could.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02It's always much more difficult to do things on your own,
0:44:02 > 0:44:05even getting out the camera and taking photographs.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10You think to yourself, "Why am I taking photographs?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13"For whom am I taking these photographs?"
0:44:13 > 0:44:16When I used to go to places and Jonny couldn't, you know,
0:44:16 > 0:44:19I could take photographs and bring them back to him to show him,
0:44:19 > 0:44:20but I don't know now.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28Might just have to take one of that cos it's so nice.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Could be the last dry day for a year, you never can tell!
0:44:35 > 0:44:39So... I'm so glad we were able to come up here today.
0:44:41 > 0:44:42It's beautiful.
0:45:05 > 0:45:09In the north-west of Scotland, on the Attadale Estate...
0:45:16 > 0:45:18..volunteers from all over the area
0:45:18 > 0:45:21have been hard at work since the crack of dawn
0:45:21 > 0:45:24in preparation for the Lochcarron Highland Games.
0:45:29 > 0:45:33Later today, over 2,000 people will descend on Attadale
0:45:33 > 0:45:35for an afternoon of caber tossing,
0:45:35 > 0:45:36Highland dancing
0:45:36 > 0:45:39and much, much more...
0:45:41 > 0:45:44- ..while up at the house... - Great, so can I just recap?
0:45:44 > 0:45:48There's the banners and there's extra-extra-extra-large T-shirts.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51..Joanna is helping to organise the games from home
0:45:51 > 0:45:54and she will be heading down to the ground shortly.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56See you soon. Bye.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59In the meantime, the house is full to the brim
0:45:59 > 0:46:03with friends, cousins, nieces and nephews,
0:46:03 > 0:46:05all here to attend the games.
0:46:05 > 0:46:09And on top of everything else, Joanna is on breakfast duty.
0:46:12 > 0:46:15So, today is the day of the Highland Games
0:46:15 > 0:46:18and we've been working towards this moment for some time.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21We have a committee that meets on an almost weekly basis,
0:46:21 > 0:46:24and this last week, since Monday, we've been setting the field up
0:46:24 > 0:46:26and dealing with various issues.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29I need to have a haggis, I need to get a frozen haggis,
0:46:29 > 0:46:31that's something that I don't have.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33Do you think it would have to be frozen? We always
0:46:33 > 0:46:36had it frozen before, but do you think it would have to be frozen?
0:46:36 > 0:46:39I would think it would burst if it wasn't frozen.
0:46:41 > 0:46:42Right.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Can I offer you a sausage in your fingers?
0:46:46 > 0:46:47Oh, all right.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51Once, somebody was chucking it and it was going towards this guy
0:46:51 > 0:46:53and he sort of deflected it with his elbow
0:46:53 > 0:46:56and it hit this wee girl on the side of the head.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Not badly, but it's a bit random, isn't it?
0:46:59 > 0:47:02So, we have the Strachan House mob, the French mob...
0:47:02 > 0:47:08Joanna's mother and father have hosted the games since 1977,
0:47:08 > 0:47:09but with Mrs Macpherson
0:47:09 > 0:47:12under strict doctor's orders not to overdo it,
0:47:12 > 0:47:13it will be up to Joanna
0:47:13 > 0:47:17to help ensure everything today goes off without a hitch.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19THUNDER RUMBLES
0:47:22 > 0:47:26But the famous Scottish weather has other plans.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28Yes, it is raining.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31It is raining and it's very misty,
0:47:31 > 0:47:33the mist is right down on the hills,
0:47:33 > 0:47:35you've got no views at all, which is a shame,
0:47:35 > 0:47:37but I hope that, given it's here
0:47:37 > 0:47:39and it's in Scotland, they'll come anyway.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41The outlook today looks pretty gloomy right now.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44And looking wet, it looks even gloomier,
0:47:44 > 0:47:47so I'm going to polish my cap badge and hope for the best.
0:47:47 > 0:47:48Very good!
0:47:51 > 0:47:54Joanna heads outside to see how bad it is.
0:47:56 > 0:47:57JOANNA CHUCKLES
0:47:57 > 0:47:58Oh, dear!
0:48:00 > 0:48:03You can't even see Loch... I just want you to look down there, look.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06You can't even see the loch and it's 200 metres away, so that's cheery(!)
0:48:06 > 0:48:08You can't see... We won't be able to see the hill race,
0:48:08 > 0:48:12because we can't even see the top of the nearest hill!
0:48:12 > 0:48:14I'm going to see what waterproof trousers we've got in here
0:48:14 > 0:48:16cos I'll share them with the group.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20As Joanna rallies her guests to tell them the bad news,
0:48:20 > 0:48:24back at the site, the team has downed tools
0:48:24 > 0:48:27while the organising committee have a meeting.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33You find us at a moment of disappointment and concern.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34I've just had a call from Alec
0:48:34 > 0:48:37saying that the committee is meeting at 11.30
0:48:37 > 0:48:40to review whether it is going to go ahead or not.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45So that's why the silence has fallen upon the sandwich-making team,
0:48:45 > 0:48:47which, moments ago, was full of joy and enthusiasm,
0:48:47 > 0:48:49but has now sunk in deep gloom.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51They are concerned for health and safety,
0:48:51 > 0:48:55for the heavies actually doing it, so it may not go ahead.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58- Hello, bad news, bad news, bad news. - What's happened?- Alec's just called
0:48:58 > 0:49:01to say they are having a committee meeting at 11.30
0:49:01 > 0:49:03and they are probably going to have to cancel.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05- No!- I know, so that's really sad.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09Joanna's guests can amuse themselves indoors,
0:49:09 > 0:49:13but down on site, people are starting to arrive.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15BAGPIPES PLAY
0:49:23 > 0:49:25At the Drygate Brewery in Glasgow...
0:49:26 > 0:49:30Would you mind sitting at your first table, please?
0:49:30 > 0:49:34..Tuggy has arrived to compete in the annual brewing awards.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40This is a competition for Siba Scotland.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42All the breweries can belong to Siba,
0:49:42 > 0:49:45which is the Society of Independent Brewers.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46Each region has a competition.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48This is the Scottish region.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54When we started, we were the 11th brewery in Scotland
0:49:54 > 0:49:57and now there are over 70 breweries in Scotland.
0:50:01 > 0:50:06We will have between four and five judges per table.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10They judge them on clarity, they judge them on flavour,
0:50:10 > 0:50:12they judge them on aroma.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Well, obviously, it's a beer competition,
0:50:15 > 0:50:18so we are looking for the characteristics of that beer
0:50:18 > 0:50:20and we go from there, really.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Well, it would be awfully nice if we won quite a lot of gold medals,
0:50:25 > 0:50:28but if we win any medals, I shall be quite pleased.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31But gold matter because they help our sales force
0:50:31 > 0:50:32and that's what it is all about.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36What do these things...? What does that mean?
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Tuggy is one of the organisers of today's competition,
0:50:39 > 0:50:40but she has also entered
0:50:40 > 0:50:43eight beers from Fyne Ales in various categories
0:50:43 > 0:50:46and she has high hopes for one in particular.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49One of the beers has been made on the new brewery,
0:50:49 > 0:50:51so that will be quite interesting
0:50:51 > 0:50:53because we've been making Jarl on both of them
0:50:53 > 0:50:56and comparing them to see whether the old brewery beer
0:50:56 > 0:51:01and the new brewery beer taste close enough to be the same beer,
0:51:01 > 0:51:05and the boys are very fussy, they want to get it really close.
0:51:07 > 0:51:08Any more?
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Back at the Attadale Estate...
0:51:16 > 0:51:19..Joanna's guests are sheltering from the rain and waiting for word
0:51:19 > 0:51:23about whether the Highland Games will be cancelled...
0:51:23 > 0:51:26THUNDER RUMBLES, DISTANT BAGPIPES
0:51:26 > 0:51:30- ..while down at the site... - When do they start arriving?
0:51:30 > 0:51:34..the visitors, athletes and pipe bands have all started to arrive.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42With the committee due to make their decision soon,
0:51:42 > 0:51:44the thought of sending everyone home
0:51:44 > 0:51:46has become too much for some organisers.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50We're just going to play everything by ear...
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Listen for interruptions.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54- I'm going to start crying. - No, don't cry!
0:51:54 > 0:51:56It's all right.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, it's all fine.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04With the site at a near standstill,
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Joanna heads back to the house to await word.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16And just as she gets through the door, a call comes through.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20Hello? Hello?
0:52:25 > 0:52:26It's going to go ahead?
0:52:30 > 0:52:31I almost want to cry!
0:52:31 > 0:52:33Thank God!
0:52:33 > 0:52:34OK, all right, super.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Yes.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Fantastic! I love you for ever!
0:52:41 > 0:52:44OK, can I go and tell the children, please?
0:52:44 > 0:52:45Hello! It's on!
0:52:45 > 0:52:48THEY CHEER AND LAUGH
0:52:48 > 0:52:50- Yay! So... - APPLAUSE
0:52:50 > 0:52:53So I'm just going to go and tell Granny and Grandpa
0:52:53 > 0:52:55and then I'd better go and put some tartan on.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58OK, so onwards and upwards, finish the sandwiches.
0:52:58 > 0:52:59Booze!
0:52:59 > 0:53:00The games can't begin
0:53:00 > 0:53:03without Mr Macpherson officially opening them,
0:53:03 > 0:53:06so the family makes a dash for the site.
0:53:06 > 0:53:10It's like a lunatic asylum... but it's very nice of you to come.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Bloody awful weather!
0:53:13 > 0:53:15It's an absolute miracle it's happening.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18- Hello!- Hello! Bonjour! Ca va?
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Even with the unfortunate weather,
0:53:23 > 0:53:25we intend to carry on as best we can.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Attadale.
0:53:30 > 0:53:35I declare the Lochcarron Friendly Games open.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38APPLAUSE
0:53:52 > 0:53:54Ooh!
0:53:54 > 0:53:58Despite the rain, the runners start to run,
0:53:58 > 0:54:00the pipers start to pipe,
0:54:00 > 0:54:04and Joanna has her fingers crossed the weather doesn't get any worse.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Cheers!
0:54:12 > 0:54:14So, thank you, judges, for coming and doing your work.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17It's the moment of truth for Tuggy.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20I have a piece of paper here.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22I will do the bottled categories first of all.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25For bottled bitters up to and including 4.9%,
0:54:25 > 0:54:28it is Scottish Borders Brewery with Dark Horse.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34And the gold award for bottled bitters
0:54:34 > 0:54:38is Harviestoun with Broken Dial.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Things get off to a bad start.
0:54:42 > 0:54:46Fyne Ales hasn't managed to reach the top three
0:54:46 > 0:54:50in the first five categories, and next up is Jarl,
0:54:50 > 0:54:52where Tuggy will find out if the new brewery
0:54:52 > 0:54:55has succeeded in recreating the famous ale.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59Tuggy misses out on bronze.
0:55:01 > 0:55:02But...
0:55:02 > 0:55:05The silver award goes to
0:55:05 > 0:55:09- Fyne Ales with Jarl.- Yes!
0:55:11 > 0:55:13..it wins silver.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19And it's not the only award she picks up.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22The silver goes to Fyne Ales.
0:55:23 > 0:55:28And the gold award goes to Fyne Ales with Sublime Stout.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31APPLAUSE
0:55:34 > 0:55:38On top of the two silvers, Tuggy is walking away with gold.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40..goes to Tryst Brewery...
0:55:40 > 0:55:42TUGGY MOUTHS
0:55:44 > 0:55:47The outcast group in the corner, can we have you in?
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Well done, well done, well done.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52My phone says that Jamie has called me,
0:55:52 > 0:55:53so I'd better ring him back!
0:55:56 > 0:55:59Hello. How are you?
0:55:59 > 0:56:01I haven't got a dustbinful,
0:56:01 > 0:56:04but I don't think you will be too displeased.
0:56:04 > 0:56:09Jarl got silver for bottle and silver for cask.
0:56:09 > 0:56:10Sorry?
0:56:10 > 0:56:12And that was the brew you did?!
0:56:12 > 0:56:16Oh, well done, sir!
0:56:16 > 0:56:19That's so good!
0:56:19 > 0:56:23Well, you and Musk between you have done a grand job these days,
0:56:23 > 0:56:25so that was absolutely spankingly good.
0:56:25 > 0:56:26OK, love, I'll speak to you soon.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29Cheers. OK, bye.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Jamie brewed that beer!
0:56:34 > 0:56:38It was the second brew we put through on the brew plant
0:56:38 > 0:56:40and there wasn't a brewer around, so Jamie did it.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43That's a really, really lovely beer,
0:56:43 > 0:56:47so it's nice when it gets a reward for being so good.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51I'll give you a glass next time you're up.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55- Didn't Fiona do well?!- Yes!
0:57:02 > 0:57:04The games are coming to a close.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Joanna takes pride of place with her father
0:57:09 > 0:57:11to mark the end of another successful year.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18We had quite a fraught morning because the rain was so bad,
0:57:18 > 0:57:21but thank goodness it has actually cleared up for the most part
0:57:21 > 0:57:24and the whole thing has gone really well.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26We conquered the elements
0:57:26 > 0:57:28and soldiered on despite the appalling situation
0:57:28 > 0:57:30and, actually, it's not raining any more,
0:57:30 > 0:57:32but I'm still very cold and damp,
0:57:32 > 0:57:33so I'm going to go home and have a bath.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50Next time on Lady Lairds...
0:57:50 > 0:57:53We've been here a long time, so we'd like to be here a little bit longer.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55- SCREAMS:- NO! That was close!
0:57:55 > 0:57:59..Nicola's future on the estate is in jeopardy...
0:57:59 > 0:58:00It's a worrying time
0:58:00 > 0:58:03because you just don't know what the future is going to be.
0:58:03 > 0:58:07..Attadale receives some very special visitors...
0:58:07 > 0:58:11They came to film a commercial for a new whisky
0:58:11 > 0:58:13and it starred David Beckham!
0:58:13 > 0:58:15And that paid for the roof.
0:58:15 > 0:58:16EWEN LAUGHS
0:58:16 > 0:58:19..and at Scotland's oldest inhabited house...
0:58:19 > 0:58:22Seems to have got very busy!
0:58:22 > 0:58:25..lady laird Catherine Maxwell Stuart
0:58:25 > 0:58:28has her hands full with an important guest of her own.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30It gives me great pleasure to welcome
0:58:30 > 0:58:34First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to Traquair House.