0:00:03 > 0:00:05Scottish Highland estates.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Playgrounds for the upper classes.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11But a lot has changed over the years.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Being a laird was traditionally a man's job.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Are you ready?
0:00:16 > 0:00:20But now, lady lairds are bucking the trend.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Oh, look, here are some visitors.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Nice to see you.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- Might I take your photo? - Yeah, absolutely.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27It's a burden and a privilege,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29but 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 > 0:00:35Oh, I'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 > 0:00:42We 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 > 0:00:57You know the doctor?
0:00:57 > 0:01:01These 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 > 0:01:08We've been here a long time,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11so we would like to be here a little bit longer.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13APPLAUSE
0:01:13 > 0:01:14You're too late!
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It's like a lunatic asylum. But it's very nice of you to come.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19It's a bit random, isn't it?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Last time on Lady Lairds:
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Hello, welcome. Have you met anyone yet?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Laird in training, Joanna Macpherson, had left her
0:01:33 > 0:01:37marketing job in London and relocated north with husband Alec
0:01:37 > 0:01:40to take over the running of the Attadale Estate
0:01:40 > 0:01:41from her father, Ewen.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I'm not really in charge yet, I'm having to manage up and manage down.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I've never had any trouble delegating.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51I think Nicky has more of a problem with the garden,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53because Joanna's no gardener.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Oh, I'm not just a pretty face.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Despite poor health, Joanna's mother Nicky remained
0:01:58 > 0:02:02in charge of her beloved gardens, while Joanna learned the ropes.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Controlling the deer population with head stalker, Tom...
0:02:06 > 0:02:10I think after that, you've earned your lunch, Joanna.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13..and hosting the annual Highland Games.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16It's an absolute miracle it's happening.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Cheers!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19But Joanna's biggest challenge is still to come,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22when her father steps down for good.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42At Lochcarron, winter has arrived.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Bringing with it a thick cover of snow.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- And how's it looking in here?- Good.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Pick up the knickers off the floor.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55It's been Joanna's second season at the Attadale Estate.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58And after a summer of entertaining in the big house,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00it's time to scale things down.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Well, it's November now, so it really is the end of the season.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08And we know people won't be coming to stay.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11It'll be a lot quieter now,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13there won't be much going on.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16And we've got enough room in our two-up two-down over the way,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19which is very nice, we can operate from there
0:03:19 > 0:03:20in a smaller, low-key manner.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Joanna and Alec's smaller house out the back will be
0:03:25 > 0:03:27their temporary home for the next few months,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31as heating the big house all winter becomes extremely costly.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36But it does get a bit cramped.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38You'll have to get used to not banging your head.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Unaccustomed as one is to central heating on such a scale as this,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47it seems extraordinarily warm up here, I have to say!
0:03:48 > 0:03:53While Joanna and Alec get settled in for a long winter,
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Attadale's head stalker Tom has his work cut out
0:03:57 > 0:04:00controlling the movement of the deer.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03The deep snow on the hills means they have ventured down onto
0:04:03 > 0:04:06the estate grounds in search of vegetation.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09We don't normally get as many as this down below here.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11They tend to be higher out.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Stags get quite tame in the winter time after the rut.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19There's not a lot... They're quite bold.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21If they were like that during the stalking season,
0:04:21 > 0:04:22life would be a lot easier.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28This is the most snow we've had here for a good lot of years.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30This is pretty serious stuff.
0:04:30 > 0:04:36If it lasts too long, it will have a bad effect on the deer.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Oh, here's a casualty.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41That's the start of the winter kill.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42He's died off.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45It's an old stag.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47He would have died last night.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51You see there,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54no teeth in the front. That's an old stag.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58This is what happens to the deer. They lose their front teeth.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01When they start to lose the teeth or get gaps in the teeth,
0:05:01 > 0:05:05they don't feed so efficiently, and therefore they lose condition,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07they get weak, and they just die.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09And that's what kills them.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15So that's what happens in the winter time.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17At the moment we'll just shift him off the road
0:05:17 > 0:05:19and I'll deal with him later on.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22It's just nature.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24There's nothing you can do about nature.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26There's no charity in nature.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27It's survival of the fittest.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33With the deer coming closer to the main house in search of food,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Tom's worry is that they will reach Attadale's
0:05:36 > 0:05:39prized 20 acres of gardens.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41If they get into the gardens,
0:05:41 > 0:05:45they could destroy quite a lot of the special plants.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49They tend to favour the ones which are the most expensive.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52So anything getting in there would have to be taken out.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Last time:
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Ha-ha, relief! I tell you!
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Auchlyne's lady laird Emma Paterson was
0:06:07 > 0:06:11struggling to keep the estate going with sheep and cattle farming.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12It's very important,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15because it's one of the main incomes coming into the farm.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19But daughter Nicola had other ideas.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23We have been trying to think of wonderful moneymaking
0:06:23 > 0:06:26ideas for the estate. You know, the farming doesn't make any money.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Or doesn't make enough money.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Nicola recently moved back to Auchlyne with her family
0:06:31 > 0:06:32to start a new life.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34But it means her husband Angus
0:06:34 > 0:06:37has to work away to support them financially.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40It's not great having your husband away during the week.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43It's not great for the kids. They miss him terribly.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50It's tough. We're busy with the cattle, busy with the sheep.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54But it just, JUST, makes ends meet.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10In Glen Dochart,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14the Auchlyne estate has been hit by the same winter snowstorm.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19And down at the big house, it's business as usual.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21No, good lad. Sit there.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Nicola's out on her morning rounds with son Archie and daughter Maya.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Hector, don't you dare.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Because you're really testing... No!
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Good boy.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37And some very hungry dogs.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39That was close!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Good boy for not actually killing my hen.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46While Nicola takes in the eggs,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48high in the hills above Auchlyne,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Nicola's mum Emma is out with the dogs.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54I think she's... Well, I hope she's getting on all right.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58I think she maybe finds it a bit difficult with Angus being
0:07:58 > 0:08:02away during the week. And she's got two young children,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04who can be trying, as anyone knows,
0:08:04 > 0:08:08what young children are like, or any children are like.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Right, you go in.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12But I would like to think that she'll be here
0:08:12 > 0:08:14and she will take over.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Yep, we've been here a long time,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18so we'd like to be here a little bit longer. Quite nice.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- Do you think you'll stay on the estate?- Yeah, this is it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24This is my home, this is my life.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30It's just trying to carve out my own niche on the estate, so that...
0:08:32 > 0:08:34..so that basically we can afford to live here.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Angus works away during the week so that we can afford to live here.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41And that's not an ideal family situation.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It would be much better if he was here 24/7
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and we could all be together.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50But the estate does not make enough to allow us to do that.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54So we've got to find some way of doing that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56And that's proving tricky.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Another one.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12You just don't know what the future's going to be.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I would like to think that the next generation,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19or the next two generations are going to still be here.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Head stalker Tom is still patrolling the grounds of Attadale
0:09:35 > 0:09:36on the lookout for deer.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38At the moment, it looks like a bomb's hit it,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40because that's in the process of being done.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43While Joanna checks the estate's holiday cottages,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45which are empty during the winter.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I could probably just pour it down the plughole.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52And after a little housekeeping, she can head for home.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59Joanna likes to buzz around in a little Fiat, which is...
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Looks a bit out of sorts up in this part of the world.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06But it's a bit cheaper to run than one of these things.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11This is my Fiat, which we bought when we were living in London.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15And when we bought the Fiat, we didn't know that within the year
0:10:15 > 0:10:18we would be coming up to live at Attadale, so we didn't really
0:10:18 > 0:10:21think about its long-term prospects in the Highlands.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23We thought it was a jolly good vehicle for London.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I've never bought a new car before,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28and I probably never will again, so it's very exciting to have it.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30At the moment it's a bit like being on holiday,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34because my parents have gone away on holiday for quite a few weeks.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37So Alec and I feel like we're being left alone and can do what we like
0:10:37 > 0:10:39and be idle and stuff like that.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42So that's quite exciting.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Meanwhile...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47There's one, two, three. Hmm.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49..Tom has spotted a problem.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Looks like a hind, a calf and a stag.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57As I say, there's a couple of deer inside the policies,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00they've probably got in over the wall.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02They shouldn't be there.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I'll have to see if we can get them out of here.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06There's three of them there in total.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09The policies is all the gardens
0:11:09 > 0:11:13and the wooded area around about the big house.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14That's just known as the policies.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18The deer are excluded from that, obviously, because they would do
0:11:18 > 0:11:20quite a bit of damage to the gardens,
0:11:20 > 0:11:21we don't want them in there.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I think they'll probably have to be shot.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Tom lines up to make his shot.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32But suddenly the deer make a break for it...
0:11:32 > 0:11:34The buggers are going to jump that fence.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37..right in the direction of the gardens.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Tom has to act quickly.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45That's the stag.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49That's the hind.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51And now we need the calf.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53He's away down in the wood there.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Tom can't chance leaving one behind.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57That's the calf.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I wouldn't be very popular
0:12:02 > 0:12:06if these three deer got down into the gardens, so I've probably
0:12:06 > 0:12:09done the gardens a favour and kept Mrs Macpherson off my back.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14Otherwise I'd have been hounded if there was any deer in there.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Bye just now.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Tom has been head stalker at Attadale for nearly 40 years.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23But next year is due to retire.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27At the same time, Mr Macpherson will also be stepping down,
0:12:27 > 0:12:31handing over full control of Attadale to Joanna.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47In the Scottish Borders, spring has sprung.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52And on the Traquair estate is Scotland's oldest inhabited house.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Built in 1491, it's been lived in for over 500 years.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05And residing in it now is Catherine Maxwell-Stuart and her family.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Husband Mark and their three children, Isabella,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Louis, and Charlotte.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Catherine is the very first lady laird of Traquair.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19This is the dining room.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I've got the whole family of earls
0:13:22 > 0:13:25looking down on us when we eat in here.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28The first earl, who's above the fireplace there, he was
0:13:28 > 0:13:32given his earldom because he was the Chief High Treasurer of Scotland.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35And he ended his days, apparently, begging in the streets of Edinburgh.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38So this is the fifth earl.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40He married this wealthy heiress, luckily,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43because I think money was running a little thin at that point.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47The sixth earl is the portly chap in the middle.
0:13:47 > 0:13:54He went to Spain to try and get rights to mine gold, but,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58unfortunately, the Traquairs have never been great entrepreneurs,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00or don't seem to have had the ability
0:14:00 > 0:14:02to make huge amounts of money.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05So he returned penniless, I'm afraid!
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Traquair House welcomes visitors from spring through to autumn.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Might I take your photo? - Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- I've just arrived today from Canada.- Have you? Great!
0:14:18 > 0:14:20With the laird often acting as tour guide.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- You've met a proper lady!- Yes!
0:14:24 > 0:14:26How many generations can you trace back your family?
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Well, it's 21 generations that have been in this house.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Catherine has strong family links to Mary Queen of Scots,
0:14:33 > 0:14:37and if the Catholic royal succession hadn't been defeated in the
0:14:37 > 0:14:43Jacobite rising 1745, Catherine could now even be Queen of Scotland.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Essentially, this would have been the royal bedchamber.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50And the bed we have here now is the bed that Mary Queen of Scots
0:14:50 > 0:14:53slept in when she came here in 1566.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55She would have just recently had her son James,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57who was a few months old, so James,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00who became, of course, VI of Scotland and I of England.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02The bed is wonderful, really.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Actually, it's the only bed in the house that I've never slept in.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07It's still got a straw mattress.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11It's been like this as long as I can remember.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13It was the sacred bed.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16It was the bed that we really weren't allowed to jump on.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20James Edward Stuart, the father of Bonnie Prince Charlie,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22looks quite sly in that portrait.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26It's one of these portraits where wherever you walk in a room,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28he's watching you.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Catherine's mother, Flora, lives in a smaller house on the grounds.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36There she is!
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Daphne.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Daphne!
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Ridiculous name.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Catherine's called her Daphne!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45And the other one's called Delilah.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48They're very similar.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Flora and Catherine ran the estate together
0:15:50 > 0:15:54after Flora's husband passed away in 1990.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Catherine took over the role full-time
0:15:56 > 0:15:59when her mother retired in 1999.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00She's doing very, very well.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04I can't tell you how wonderful it is that she's doing it.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09I think so many children of parents
0:16:09 > 0:16:13who've got a big house or something, want their children to do it.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15And the children think they'd like to,
0:16:15 > 0:16:19and then they give up quite quickly. So I'm really thrilled.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Why do you think people give up?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Oh, because it's not the glamorous life you think it could be!
0:16:25 > 0:16:27It's boring, very boring.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31A lot of paperwork, a lot of secretarial work.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32But she adores the house.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34That's the other thing, she really loves it,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36because she was brought up - we brought her up there
0:16:36 > 0:16:37since she was a baby.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41She never went off to a boarding school or anything like that.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43And I think that's been a great help to her.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It is just remarkable.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49And I still can't quite believe it's all still here,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52that everything has survived so long.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57It's a burden and a privilege, but I'd say more of a privilege, really.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I think, actually, there's many more women doing this sort of thing.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01I was brought up at a time
0:17:01 > 0:17:05when I didn't even go to university or do anything like that.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I think it's great now.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12I think most women feel they can do everything now, don't they?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Don't you?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Traditionally, in Scotland,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21large estates are passed on to the children.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24And the day will come when Catherine's children will
0:17:24 > 0:17:27have to decide who wants to take on the responsibility.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39100 miles north of Traquair, at the Auchlyne estate...
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Could you go upstairs and brush your teeth, darling?
0:17:44 > 0:17:48..Nicola is rounding up the kids to take to school.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Go on, away upstairs and brush your teeth!
0:17:50 > 0:17:52That didn't get him upstairs,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54he's still at the bottom of the stairs!
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Well, you shoo him upstairs then.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Nicola and the family have recently moved back from India.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Are you coming? Come on.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Nicola gave up a promising career in conservation to start
0:18:06 > 0:18:10learning the running of the estate from her mum, Emma.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16They've settled in here now. They've been home, what, 18 months?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20And they're planning various things to try
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and help the estate keep going.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Right, where's Archie?
0:18:25 > 0:18:29So, yes, it's good have some new blood and different ideas.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Because one gets sort of staid.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35You know, you keep in a rut.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37We've always wanted to come home.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41It's always been a dream for both of us to come back
0:18:41 > 0:18:45and live on the estate and bring the children up on the estate.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50So we're now home for good, and slowly beginning to learn
0:18:50 > 0:18:54things about the estate, and how best to take it forward, really.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Are you taking over then?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00I will eventually, but there's still life in the old girl yet!
0:19:02 > 0:19:03It's lovely to have them home,
0:19:03 > 0:19:08and it's nice to think that they all enjoy being here.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12I would hate to think that neither of my children were
0:19:12 > 0:19:15interested in trying to carry on.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18At the other side of the estate,
0:19:18 > 0:19:23Emma's husband Henry is back home for a few days.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Henry's a successful architect who works in Edinburgh most of the week.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29He takes no income from the estate.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36We have two children, Richard and Nicola.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Richard works in Glasgow
0:19:37 > 0:19:44and Nicola has come home after doing a number of jobs abroad.
0:19:44 > 0:19:51So Nicola has expressed an interest to carry on with the estate itself.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55The problem will be,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58you can't really change things that quickly.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06So it's how does she put her mark on the estate?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Archie!
0:20:07 > 0:20:09You're a ratbag, come on.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14You basically are here for your lifetime.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20Now, some of the newer properties, which are bought by Europeans,
0:20:20 > 0:20:24might not have that end product.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Because after all, they're bought commercially, at big value,
0:20:29 > 0:20:33and if things go tits-up, they're sold again.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Whereas homes like Auchlyne, for example, has been
0:20:36 > 0:20:39in the family for a number of generations.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44And that's the responsibility you have as a landowner.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53You have a huge asset value, and no income.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55So why do you do it?
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Why would you do that?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Why don't you just take the money and run,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05have wonderful holidays, buy fast cars, etc?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10But no, it's a responsibility which you have to take on
0:21:10 > 0:21:15to maintain the property for the benefit
0:21:15 > 0:21:19of, basically, the nation.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Back at the Traquair Estate,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Catherine's hard at work in the office, with her assistant, Sarah.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- We could just do a couple of strings.- Oh, all right, then.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Since Catherine took over from her father, she's turned
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Traquair into a well-oiled business and tourist attraction.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Along with providing an upmarket B&B for guests,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46they host several large events in the grounds,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48attracting thousands of visitors.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Plus weddings and corporate functions.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Her first big challenge in the calendar is the Easter Extravaganza.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01And she only has a few days left to make the finishing touches.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05While upstairs,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Catherine's eldest daughter Isabella is having a break from studying.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I'm doing my last set of exams, my Highers.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17I didn't do very well last year.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Due to my own failings.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21But this year I have to do well.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24No, you can buy tickets on the gate.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Mum can be quite intense about it. - Yeah!
0:22:27 > 0:22:29She picks a fight with you every day about
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- what you're going to do in life. - Yeah, pretty much.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37So it's better to leave her in the unknown,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40so she doesn't know things, so she can't ask me about things.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43The only thing she seems to know that she's doing is taking
0:22:43 > 0:22:47a year off. Hasn't quite decided what she wants to study yet.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52I think we're just going to see how it goes, really.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54She'll take her time.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I don't doubt that she'll work out exactly what she wants to do.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59So I'm not pushing her too much.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I'm not sure, it really depends.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10We're going to have to go and do stuff.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14I mean, the prospects now offered to any of us isn't really something...
0:23:14 > 0:23:18It's like, yeah, I would love to stay here for the rest of my life(!)
0:23:18 > 0:23:20It's quite a big responsibility.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Especially seeing how stressed out Mum gets, with every event,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25so much stress.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28It's quite...
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I don't know.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32It doesn't look that appealing.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38It's a lot to put on young people, saying, well, this is going to
0:23:38 > 0:23:43be your future, or you're definitely going to be tied to this house.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45This is going to be where you have to be.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I think it's really important that they get away from the house,
0:23:48 > 0:23:49they develop their own lives,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52get a career somewhere else before they get back and think...
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Worst thing really is to grow up here and just stay here.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I think they've got to go out and see the world.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Develop their own lives and then work out if they want to be here.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20On the North West of Scotland, at the Attadale Estate,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24the cold weather has passed, and the deer have retreated to the hills.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Mrs Macpherson returned from holiday to find her gardens unharmed,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33but needing lots of work,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36before they can accept the first visitors in a few weeks.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39She also returned to the news that Attadale
0:24:39 > 0:24:42has had some very special visitors.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50They came to film a commercial for a new whisky.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52And it starred David Beckham.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56They filmed it all over the Highlands, but they did come
0:24:56 > 0:24:59and use a helicopter on the zigzags at Attadale.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01So it's just come out yesterday, I think.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05So we were interested to see if they actually used the zigzags at all.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Goodness me! - What do you think of that?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13It was very glamorous.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15And completely...
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Very funny.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Ah, there it is! Clever Alec.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Well done, Alec! For finding it.- Lovely!
0:25:23 > 0:25:26The only other time that's really made a big difference was
0:25:26 > 0:25:29the Hamish Macbeth series, they used it.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30And that paid for the roof.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33They did a lot of filming in the garden.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35What's the actor called?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- Robert Carlyle. - Oh, God, he was tedious!
0:25:38 > 0:25:40He lay on the floor to try and get in the mood.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Well, I mean, as it was a perfectly futile story,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I don't see what sort of mood he had to get into.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48It really was, he was so pompous.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54As the family give it another watch...
0:25:57 > 0:26:00That's Bob Kindness, who looks after the fish.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02..Joanna's father Ewen is out for a spin.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Mr Macpherson has plans to step down as laird of Attadale
0:26:09 > 0:26:10at the end of the summer.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13And has been slowly handing over the reins to Joanna.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19I'm particularly pleased that Joanna has decided
0:26:19 > 0:26:24to come up here with Alec. Because you need fresh energy.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30She's had a career, a very valuable one in terms of marketing.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34And I'm sure she'll produce many other ideas
0:26:34 > 0:26:38which will be of benefit for the estate.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40So, so far so good, yep.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45Mr Macpherson has supported Attadale with his finance job for 40 years.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Now he's retired,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Joanna's been left trying to find other ways to generate income.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52But they have a plan.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54This is where our first hydro scheme is.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57This is the burn, or river -
0:26:57 > 0:27:00they call the Toddle Burn -
0:27:00 > 0:27:05which will be the generator.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10And if all goes well, they'll start construction next May,
0:27:10 > 0:27:11I think it's going to be.
0:27:12 > 0:27:18The whole point is to give Joanna a chance of a regular income
0:27:18 > 0:27:21for the estate, which will allow her to keep
0:27:21 > 0:27:24the show on the road for at least another 20 years.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30People think, great big estates must have lots of cash.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32But, actually, it's not really like that.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34We've got the garden that's open to the public.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37And, yes, we get thousands of people who come now, which is exciting.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40But actually, if you look at how much money that brings in,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43it doesn't really pay for more than perhaps half a gardener or so.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Which is a bit sad.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49So it's quite a challenge, making it stack up financially.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52When my father's no longer around,
0:27:52 > 0:27:55then perhaps we will let the stalking in a commercial way.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Because holiday cottages
0:27:57 > 0:28:00and having a garden open to the public isn't enough.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08In the Scottish Borders...
0:28:08 > 0:28:09BELL
0:28:09 > 0:28:13All those in the maze, please clear the maze,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16because we would like to hide the eggs now!
0:28:16 > 0:28:20..Catherine is hosting the first big event of the year at Traquair -
0:28:20 > 0:28:21the Easter Extravaganza.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Well, we've got the Easter Egg Extravaganza,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34so the Easter egg hunts start at 1:30pm.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37We have about 5,000 eggs that we hide in the maze.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40And we really guarantee that nobody leaves empty-handed,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42and hopefully with not too many either!
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Catherine has hosted the event for the past 15 years.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Was it two you just asked for?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51And it has taken since the start of the year to plan.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Isabella will give you a lesson on the hiding of the egg.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57The correct way to hide an egg.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00She's enlisted her three children to help hide eggs in the maze
0:29:00 > 0:29:02for the Easter egg hunt.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05And eldest daughter Isabella's in charge to make sure it's done right.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09You've come up with a good technique to screw them in.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11But her younger sister, Charlotte,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13seems to have a more casual approach.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- Have you and your friends been fulfilling that standard?- Erm...
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Because I don't believe that you have.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22You've had two bags each, and it needs to be evenly spread.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- And if you've eaten them all... - No...- I'm going to get in trouble,
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- because I'm in charge. - They haven't eaten any.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Not up to standard.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I don't know what they thought they were doing(!)
0:29:30 > 0:29:33That's the problem with employing kids!
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Isabella has her final exams starting next month, and will then
0:29:37 > 0:29:40be free to help her mum with all the events during the summer.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Outside the maze, there's a problem.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48It seems to have got very busy.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Apparently Susan's struggling up there and the queues are huge.
0:29:51 > 0:29:52Oh, are they?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55The unseasonably warm weather has attracted more visitors
0:29:55 > 0:29:57than they were expecting.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59And they risk running out of eggs.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Right, I'm just going to tell you a few rules of the Easter egg hunt.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05So Catherine lays down the law.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08A couple of handfuls each at most.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Please don't come out with hundreds,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13because that means other children won't get any.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Try and form an orderly queue.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20We've got to be really careful when we're letting kids in to try
0:30:20 > 0:30:22and just have 15 at a time and then have a break.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24So that requires the assertiveness of my daughter,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27who's looking rather worried at the moment.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Are you ready? Are you ready?
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Right.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32I think we'll do a countdown.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33Five,
0:30:33 > 0:30:34four,
0:30:34 > 0:30:35three,
0:30:35 > 0:30:36two,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- one! - BELL
0:30:46 > 0:30:50While the hunt gets underway, Catherine's second-in-command,
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Sarah, is frantically scrambling to find more eggs.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Is that special ones?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Yeah, could get them to hide them in the maze.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02They could be for people that haven't found any?
0:31:02 > 0:31:06But back outside, some children are already coming up short.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08It's all right at the moment.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12There was a few people going, "My kid didn't get any chocolate eggs!"
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Some lost children as well.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Did you find some?
0:31:18 > 0:31:19No? Here, here, here!
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Here we go.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Catherine hands out eggs to the unlucky children.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28But soon she has a bigger problem on her hands.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- I'm really worried about my son. - Do you want to go...?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34We've gone in, he's not there, there's a gate on the other side,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- that no-one's manning. - That's locked.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39- It doesn't matter, someone could go over it.- I don't...
0:31:39 > 0:31:42There's no-one standing there, my son has gone missing.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44All right, what does he look like?
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- He's the one with Spider-Man on his face.- Oh, the Spider-Man? OK.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Lost children are one of the downsides of having
0:31:50 > 0:31:52one of Scotland's largest hedge mazes.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Where are you?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Catherine will have to put things on hold
0:31:57 > 0:31:59as the egg hunts becomes a manhunt.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07And at the Auchlyne estate in Glen Dochart...
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Anybody want a snack?
0:32:09 > 0:32:11..Emma Paterson is high in the hills
0:32:11 > 0:32:13with her award-winning Highland cattle.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Do you want a snack? No, I know YOU don't want a snack.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Do you want a snack?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Do you want a snack? No?
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Emma has to choose her best bull to enter into the annual
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Highland Cattle Society show in Oban next month.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30Want a snack?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Oh, don't be so silly!
0:32:32 > 0:32:35But the bulls don't seem as keen.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36Yoo-hoo!
0:32:37 > 0:32:38They're off.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43While down on the banks of the river, Emma's husband Henry
0:32:43 > 0:32:45is back home for a few days.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Em took over the running of the estate from her mother,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53after she had a small stroke.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54Not Em, her mother.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59And has run the estate for the last, gosh, it must be 20 years.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Em's mother, Judy Bowser,
0:33:01 > 0:33:04she in fact got the estate when she was 21.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08And started what is now the famous
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Glen Dochart Highland fold of Highland cows.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Do you want a snack?
0:33:15 > 0:33:20Judy spent a long time developing the breed.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Obviously, over the years,
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Em has equally enjoyed the Highland cattle.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32So she has in fact taken over the responsibility of the fold.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34No? You want it on the ground?
0:33:34 > 0:33:36There, you mean?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39The problem with that is,
0:33:39 > 0:33:43it costs twice as much to keep
0:33:43 > 0:33:47a cow for the year as the calf is worth.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52So basically, you're £200 out of pocket each year
0:33:52 > 0:33:53for keeping one Highland cow.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56So if you then promote that to, say, 100,
0:33:56 > 0:33:57you're losing a lot of money.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03I don't have the time to spend that mother did with the cattle.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05They were the love of her life.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09She was up here every day looking at them and talking to them.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13It's bit of a struggle, because they don't make money.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Why do you keep on doing it?
0:34:17 > 0:34:18What else would I do?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26No, I would like to see it carrying on,
0:34:26 > 0:34:31because it is one of the oldest folds in the country. But...
0:34:32 > 0:34:38You know, you can't just carry on something because it's the
0:34:38 > 0:34:41oldest thing if it's not making a profit,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43or it's not washing its face.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Money, sadly, doesn't grow on trees.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50So we'll just have to see how it goes.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58I don't know where he is, but we will be looking for him.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02At Traquair, there's been no sign of the lost child.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04And Catherine's had to close the maze.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07But just as the last people exit...
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Did you get some?
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- Yes.- Oh, it's you! You're the... Ahhh!
0:35:12 > 0:35:13You've got some as well!
0:35:13 > 0:35:16We're very pleased to see you.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19You've found some eggs as well? Well, have a couple more,
0:35:19 > 0:35:21for getting lost and being found again.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27You didn't find any? OK, here you go.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Disaster averted, Catherine can start winding down the festival.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Well, it's been a pretty good day. Quite exhausted now.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40We had a huge turnout.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44And I think, hopefully, everything went well.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46We actually have still got a bag of eggs left,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50so that means everybody went home not empty-handed, which is great.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55Fingers crossed, the money will be good.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58So it'll all have been worthwhile.
0:35:58 > 0:35:59Do you want some prosecco?
0:35:59 > 0:36:04Catherine's husband Mark is a QC, and a trustee of Traquair,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07but isn't involved in the day-to-day running of the estate.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Give me a little Easter kiss.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11But at the end of the summer,
0:36:11 > 0:36:15he'll be hosting his own event with a very important guest speaker,
0:36:15 > 0:36:19who might attract more visitors than Traquair has ever had.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22We say cheers, well done, Catherine.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Cheers!
0:36:27 > 0:36:30So this is the two that we got yesterday.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Back at Attadale,
0:36:32 > 0:36:36head stalker Tom is busy preparing the deer to be sold for venison.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40So that's all the male organs.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42And other parts.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Deer penises and testicles, yeah.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47That all gets exported out to the Far East.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49They use it as an aphrodisiac,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52but I'm probably more needing to keep it myself.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59You didn't get days like this when you were stalking, Mr Ewen?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Never anything like this!
0:37:01 > 0:37:03It's approaching the end of the stalking season.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07And after almost 40 years at Attadale, Tom is set to retire.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14This is my 37th season.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16I've been here since '79.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20In some ways, I think it's time to call it a day.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24But...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28I'm not...
0:37:29 > 0:37:32The eyesight's starting to go a bit.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Bones are starting to ache.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38So I think it's time to step aside and let someone else get on with it.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40My son Thomas is taking over from me.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44I never thought I'd be the head stalker here.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48I always hoped I would be one day, if opportunities arose.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50That I'd get the chance to maybe come in behind him
0:37:50 > 0:37:52and hopefully do as good a job.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55So we'll wait and see. I'll be a man of leisure after that.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Tom retiring will coincide with Mr Macpherson finally
0:38:00 > 0:38:03standing down as laird of Attadale,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06and handing over the running of the estate to Joanna.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Well, looking to the future, when Thomas takes over,
0:38:09 > 0:38:14things will obviously change, we move down a generation,
0:38:14 > 0:38:19it's Joanna and Thomas rather than me and Tom.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22And I'm sure Joanna will go on stalking
0:38:22 > 0:38:25as long as she physically can.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29It's a sport which one becomes addicted to.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35For Joanna, I think it'll be a little bit harder
0:38:35 > 0:38:37to get into the role that Mr Macpherson did.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43The financial side of running the estate, it's not a cheap operation.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45It costs a lot of money.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48What we make in a day at the stags doesn't cover the cost of the wages.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51It's not a profitable organisation as such.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56Mr Mac has basically paid for it out of his own pocket for many years.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00And now Joanna's going to take over.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03So she has to run the estate and make it work.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14At the Auchlyne estate in Glen Dochart...
0:39:14 > 0:39:19Archie, there's a rugby ball down there as well, please.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22..Nicola is entertaining the children in the garden.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25While Emma visits the trophy room in the attic.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27It's the day of the Highland Cattle Society show.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Yes, there's 1970...
0:39:29 > 0:39:33She's hoping to return with a prize to hang alongside her mother's.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39It's like going into a graveyard, looking for all the old stones.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41But it won't be easy.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45I think there's probably more pressure now than there used to be,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47because when Mum was doing a lot of showing,
0:39:47 > 0:39:54no disrespect to her, but back in the '70s and '80s,
0:39:54 > 0:39:59there weren't so many people interested in Highland cattle.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02But now they've become far more popular.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06And a lot of people now who have Highland cattle
0:40:06 > 0:40:10are rearing them on much better ground than we have here.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14So there's a bit more pressure when it comes to showing,
0:40:14 > 0:40:17because you're competing against a much wider audience.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23And how involved is Nicola with the cattle side of things at the moment?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26At the moment, she really isn't.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29It's all something she's got to learn,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31because I had to learn it very suddenly
0:40:31 > 0:40:35after my mother had a stroke. She sort of handed, she said,
0:40:35 > 0:40:39"Right, it's up to you to take over."
0:40:39 > 0:40:45And that was quite a steep learning curve, I tell you.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48But she still interfered when she felt like it!
0:40:48 > 0:40:52So I'll try not to interfere when it comes to Nicola's turn,
0:40:52 > 0:40:55but I probably will.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Yeah, I think, Mum,
0:40:58 > 0:41:00she does enjoy them and she does love them.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06But it's probably done to keep it going for tradition's sake,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09rather than it being financially successful.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14I would probably keep it going for tradition,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17but it just has to work financially.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22And if it doesn't, then, well, it's a loss leader. You can't...
0:41:22 > 0:41:26You know, you can't keep something going if it doesn't work.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31It would be a shame to lose them.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Here we go. It's quite cold today!
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I thought it would be warmer here.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Emma's arrived in Oban.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- OVER PA:- 'First, number 14. Second, number 13.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45'Third, number 11 and fourth, number 12.'
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Emma's prize-winning hopeful is Tearlaidh,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50which is Gaelic for Charlie.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53She has to make sure he's looking his best if he's to stand
0:41:53 > 0:41:56a chance against the other two-year-olds in his class.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01To be in the running nowadays, you've got to be,
0:42:01 > 0:42:05you've got to think nine, 12 months ahead.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Sometimes you'll hear them say,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11they've just come straight off the hill yesterday.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12Well...
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Emma's next into the ring with Charlie.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19All she can do now is wait.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27In the Scottish Borders, the Traquair Estate is holding
0:42:27 > 0:42:30one of its most important events of the year.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32The Beyond Borders Festival
0:42:32 > 0:42:35of International Literature and Thought.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38But instead of Catherine running the show,
0:42:38 > 0:42:41in charge today is Catherine's husband, Mark.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44And he's expecting a big turnout.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46I wanted to just have this little chat,
0:42:46 > 0:42:48because there will be problems.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52And I no doubt think because of my own reluctance
0:42:52 > 0:42:55to close the ticket sales, there will be...
0:42:55 > 0:42:56LAUGHTER
0:42:56 > 0:43:00And if you think I'm bad...
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- You know, Catherine is like... - LAUGHTER
0:43:04 > 0:43:08"Get the money in, and then we'll worry about the problem!"
0:43:08 > 0:43:11It's very lovely for me, obviously, I don't have a specific role
0:43:11 > 0:43:15other than helping Mark host the event this weekend. So it's great.
0:43:15 > 0:43:20I just get to socialise, network and enjoy it.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Mark is a QC, and works for the United Nations as a mediator.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28He started Beyond Borders - an organisation dedicated to
0:43:28 > 0:43:31fostering peace through dialogue - six years ago.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35And part of this weekend's events focus on a peace initiative
0:43:35 > 0:43:36around women in conflict.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Sometimes they do this...
0:43:39 > 0:43:43As always, Catherine and Mark have roped in their kids to help out.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47With Louis manning the microphone for the Q&A,
0:43:47 > 0:43:51youngest daughter Charlotte is selling home-made brownies...
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Welcome to my crib!
0:43:54 > 0:43:56..and Isabella is managing the visitors throughout
0:43:56 > 0:43:59the various events of the day.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03And there's one very important guest who's expected to draw a big crowd.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07We're waiting with bated breath for Nicola Sturgeon.
0:44:07 > 0:44:11She's on her way from Glasgow as we speak.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14I'm going to take Nicola Sturgeon on a tour around Traquair House.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16Imagine that.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18Isabella's finished her exams.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21And her results have been the focus of a lot of attention.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24I've been trying to avoid so many people today.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Because every event, it's like...
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Oh, same conversation 20 times.
0:44:30 > 0:44:31"What's going on?"
0:44:31 > 0:44:33"Have you left school?"
0:44:33 > 0:44:36"What are you doing this year?" "What are your plans?"
0:44:38 > 0:44:41I have to keep saying, I don't know.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43It's bit of an anti-climax.
0:44:43 > 0:44:45All right? How you doing?
0:44:46 > 0:44:47Oh, on the move.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57Catherine? Can you clear this? Clear it.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon,
0:44:59 > 0:45:03is one of the most influential women in British politics, and is here to
0:45:03 > 0:45:06give support to Beyond Borders and its Women In Conflict initiative.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08- Thank you very much. - This is Catherine.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10Hi, lovely to see you, Catherine, hi.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Nicola's on the move, got to follow Nicola.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26What I'm really worried about is
0:45:26 > 0:45:29whether not it's going to be too packed.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35- What's it looking like in there? - Good. I actually wasn't in.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Well, I think it's always great to get as many people,
0:45:41 > 0:45:47politicians and everyone to come see Traquair.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50They may not be coming here just to see the house, in fact,
0:45:50 > 0:45:54that's probably the last on her list of priorities,
0:45:54 > 0:45:57but actually, it's just a great privilege to have her.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59APPLAUSE
0:45:59 > 0:46:03Well, on behalf of Beyond Borders, it gives me great pleasure to
0:46:03 > 0:46:06welcome First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to Traquair House.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08Let me just start by asking you this -
0:46:08 > 0:46:11you've been propelled in a very short space of time
0:46:11 > 0:46:13from being well known in Scotland
0:46:13 > 0:46:17to having a kind of international celebrity status now.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20You ask that question about me as an individual.
0:46:20 > 0:46:25I actually think what has happened over the past year for Scotland is
0:46:25 > 0:46:30that the country has been propelled onto the international stage.
0:46:31 > 0:46:32As the talk gets started...
0:46:38 > 0:46:41..at the Attadale estate,
0:46:41 > 0:46:45Joanna has her son Jack and daughter Charlotte visiting
0:46:45 > 0:46:48for a very special family outing.
0:46:48 > 0:46:49Ammunition...
0:46:49 > 0:46:52It's Tom's last day deerstalking with the family.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Catch you later! See you later.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Little bit anxious, being the last day.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00You want it to be as successful as the other ones.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03But you've just got to take it as it comes.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05Once I get out on the hill, I'll be all right.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10Jack and Charlotte travelled up from London especially
0:47:10 > 0:47:11to be here for Tom's last day.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19The first time they've all been together. Probably be the last!
0:47:19 > 0:47:21There'll be a family feud once we get up the road a bit.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23LAUGHTER
0:47:23 > 0:47:24There she is.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Charlotte, why aren't you looking for the deer?
0:47:27 > 0:47:28Because I've seen them.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Each estate in Scotland is given a cull target
0:47:31 > 0:47:33by Scottish Natural Heritage.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Numbers have to be kept in check to prevent overgrazing
0:47:36 > 0:47:39and protect the wider environment.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42- OK, let's go.- Off we go.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45And Tom hasn't yet reached their target.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54But it's not long before they spot their first stag.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Tom takes Charlotte to the crest of the hill.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03It's the closest they can get without being spotted.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06But they're still a bit further away than Tom would like.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Charlotte lines up to take the shot.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19- That's good. Reload.- Reload.- Reload.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21But she shoots straight.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23- Where is he?- He's dead. Well done.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Nerve-racking moments!
0:48:30 > 0:48:33Tom removes the organs to stop the meat from spoiling.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38Tom's son, Thomas, can now take it down the hill,
0:48:38 > 0:48:40while the others stop for lunch.
0:48:42 > 0:48:46Well, he enjoys it. It's his life, it's what he's always done.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49His father's done it, his brothers have done it.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51It's the only way of life he really knows.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56I shot my first deer when I was 11 or 12.
0:48:56 > 0:49:02And I've been doing this since I was - I've been taking out guests -
0:49:02 > 0:49:05since I was 15.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08So that's about 51 years.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13I consider myself very lucky, really.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18I can't really say much more than that.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31The Highland Cattle Society show has attracted
0:49:31 > 0:49:33a record number of visitors.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36And all eyes are on the ring for the two-year-old class.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Emma's waiting to see if the judge thinks her bull, Charlie,
0:49:42 > 0:49:44is worthy of an award.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49This is a new judge, yes. A German judge.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52The Germans are very keen on their Highland cattle.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55It's quite interesting to see
0:49:55 > 0:49:58how somebody from a different country thinks.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03Charlie's the last bull to be inspected before a decision is made.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16And with that, time's up.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24The bulls have one final walk around the ring before the judge
0:50:24 > 0:50:25places them in order in a line.
0:50:30 > 0:50:34Charlie has to be placed in the top three to earn Emma her prize.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42The judge has made his decision.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46- OVER PA:- 'First, number 24...'
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Charlie's missed out on first place.
0:50:49 > 0:50:50But...
0:50:50 > 0:50:51'Second, number 23.'
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Well, we got second.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01In a class of, what?
0:51:01 > 0:51:04One, two, three, four, five...
0:51:04 > 0:51:08About nine beasts. So I'm pretty chuffed with that.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10So, yes, very excited. Good.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16It's a great achievement for Emma,
0:51:16 > 0:51:19and she can now hang her certificate up next to her mum's.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Meanwhile, back at Auchlyne, Nicola has had some news.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32I'd been looking at a friend's website,
0:51:32 > 0:51:36I seen that she had a link to a business initiative
0:51:36 > 0:51:40on the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park website.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44Every so often I'll go and see if there's any vacancies.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47I went and there was this role.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50I sent in my application form, and they phoned back that afternoon
0:51:50 > 0:51:53and said they would like me to...
0:51:53 > 0:51:55You know...
0:51:55 > 0:51:56Offered me the role.
0:51:56 > 0:51:57Well done!
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Nicola's new job will be supporting land managers in the area,
0:52:00 > 0:52:03but it will also help support Auchlyne.
0:52:03 > 0:52:07I think my motivation for taking on this new job is that,
0:52:07 > 0:52:11you know, poor Gus, he is bankrolling me.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15As I say, I don't take a salary from the estate.
0:52:15 > 0:52:20And we both feel that we're not putting any money aside
0:52:20 > 0:52:23for a pension or anything like that.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27So I need to pull my weight!
0:52:28 > 0:52:32Mum, she takes everything in her stride, she always does.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34I love her to bits.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37She's always there to pick up the pieces whenever I need her.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40So this is just another example of her doing that for me!
0:52:49 > 0:52:52Nicola Sturgeon has finished her talk at Traquair house.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54That's a wrap.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57And Catherine and Mark can begin to wind things down.
0:52:58 > 0:53:04Just immensely proud of the team who've done their jobs today.
0:53:04 > 0:53:08And Nicola's endorsement means everything to them,
0:53:08 > 0:53:09as it does to me.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15You know, the interesting thing is here is a First Minister,
0:53:15 > 0:53:18female First Minister,
0:53:18 > 0:53:25coming to an estate run by Traquair's first lady laird.
0:53:27 > 0:53:35And to meet a whole group of female peacemakers from around the world.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38That says something about the way which society's changing.
0:53:46 > 0:53:51Not all estates are full of puffed-up,
0:53:51 > 0:53:55out-of-date aristocrats who look backward.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58Actually, this is a modern estate - although it's 900 years old -
0:53:58 > 0:54:01being run by a modern woman.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04So I think Catherine will be delighted.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07And she deserves it.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Back at Attadale...
0:54:25 > 0:54:29- RADIO:- 'Hi, Thomas, can you hear me? Over.'
0:54:29 > 0:54:30Yes, go ahead.
0:54:30 > 0:54:35The party have had a successful day, and they can begin to head for home.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39Yep, I'll let you know where we're heading. OK, out.
0:54:39 > 0:54:40We've had a really fun time today,
0:54:40 > 0:54:42because everyone knows each other very well.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45And everyone's feeling very relaxed, really.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47So it's actually been really great fun.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50It's quite rare for Charlotte and Jack to be on their own together,
0:54:50 > 0:54:53which is why they're behaving like ten-year-olds.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56But actually, it's been amusing and fun,
0:54:56 > 0:54:58and quite memorable in its way.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04They start the long journey back down to the house.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10And for Tom, it will be the last time he's out with the family.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14Mixed feelings, really.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18I have to say, this morning, walking out,
0:55:18 > 0:55:21up the west end,
0:55:21 > 0:55:23up Beinn Dronaig,
0:55:23 > 0:55:26there was moisture running down my cheeks,
0:55:26 > 0:55:28and I have to say, it wasn't all sweat.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35What can you say?
0:55:36 > 0:55:39Best part of the world, as far as I'm concerned.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03Ladies and gentlemen, this is both a celebration tonight,
0:56:03 > 0:56:09and also, in some ways, an opportunity to look back.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13I hope he would agree with me that in fact he's done the job
0:56:13 > 0:56:15he always wanted to do...
0:56:15 > 0:56:19in a place which... Attadale is a very special place.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22So I think I'm going to ask you all to raise your glass
0:56:22 > 0:56:29and drink to Tom's health, and for future happiness.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31Hooray! Tom!
0:56:34 > 0:56:35It is an end of an era.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37But actually, it's not so serious as it might be,
0:56:37 > 0:56:40because Thomas Watson, his son, is taking over,
0:56:40 > 0:56:42who knows the ropes.
0:56:44 > 0:56:45Life will go on.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47But it was a chance for people to reminisce,
0:56:47 > 0:56:49and I could tell my parents really enjoyed it,
0:56:49 > 0:56:51which was fun. And everyone had a good time.
0:57:08 > 0:57:09Since filming...
0:57:12 > 0:57:16..Emma has continued to keep and show her famous Highland cattle...
0:57:16 > 0:57:18What's that little person?
0:57:18 > 0:57:22..as Nicola thrives at her new job as a land management adviser
0:57:22 > 0:57:26for the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29I actually felt guilty, doing a runner on the estate.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32No, I'm quite happy with the added granny duties.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35You're going to be a big, strong boy for me, aren't you?
0:57:35 > 0:57:37And continue to pick your nose, lovely!
0:57:41 > 0:57:44At Attadale...
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Well, I finally retired at the end of January.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49..Joanna officially took over from her father.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53They successfully started a hydroelectric scheme on the grounds,
0:57:53 > 0:57:56which should secure the estate financially for the next 20 years.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00And at the Traquair Estate...
0:58:03 > 0:58:05..Catherine continues to put on bigger and better events.
0:58:08 > 0:58:11While Isabella got her exam results,
0:58:11 > 0:58:16and is now planning a gap year to travel before going to university.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19I wouldn't mind coming back here to help run Traquair.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21I'll definitely feel responsible to come back,
0:58:21 > 0:58:24if nobody else is going to do it.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26Because you can't just...
0:58:26 > 0:58:28It would be very selfish not to do it!
0:58:28 > 0:58:30Once you come back, it's really difficult to leave.
0:58:30 > 0:58:34So I think the longer you can stay away, probably the better.