0:00:02 > 0:00:04Summer has come to the mountain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Midges are brutal today.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Welcome to Scotland.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Argh! This is beautiful! Argh!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23It's been a long, hard winter...
0:00:25 > 0:00:27..but the summer season brings thousands of visitors
0:00:27 > 0:00:30to Scotland's top outdoor adventure playground.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37And, for the people of Cairngorm, that brings new challenges.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40We've just discovered a gas leak.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Wooo!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50In this episode - a couple try to make their music festival pay.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53I think it will work this time.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Hi, guys.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59The new boss, who's trying to step into his father's shoes.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03He always used to say, "One year, this will all be yours, son.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06"One year later, it will all be the bank's."
0:01:06 > 0:01:09And work on the funicular comes to a screeching halt.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Stop, stop, stop, stop.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Welcome to summer on the mountain.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Whoa!
0:01:20 > 0:01:21Windy up here.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42On the mountain ridges of Cairngorm, winter is in retreat
0:01:42 > 0:01:44and spring is in the air.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- RADIO:- 'You're listening to Wake Up With Speysound.'
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Adam McInnes is on his morning commute.
0:01:58 > 0:02:026.30 in the morning, head to work.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It's nice weather for a change.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Nice and dry, no wind.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09So hopefully it stays like this.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13He leads the team of fitters and mechanics whose job it is to keep
0:02:13 > 0:02:18the Cairngorm ski resort one of Scotland's top tourist attractions.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21And their work doesn't stop when the snow melts.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24As soon as the skiing's finished, you know,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28summer kicks in for us guys. It's more busy in the summer, you know?
0:02:28 > 0:02:33It's just ten miles from Aviemore to the mountain's base station.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35It's not a bad commute to work, eh?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Not an office person.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48In the summer months, the spectacular landscape
0:02:48 > 0:02:50draws visitors in their thousands.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54For many, the best way to experience it is a trip on
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Scotland's only funicular railway.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00This is the highest funicular in the UK,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03and it first climbed its two-kilometre track in 2001.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08The two cable cars are connected by a haul rope,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11one climbing as the other descends.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18The train can carry a quarter of a million visitors a year.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22So it's in urgent need of a major overhaul.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26The train's going to be shut down for six days.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28There's never a good time to do it.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30For mountain boss Colin Matthew,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33closing the train to paying passengers means
0:03:33 > 0:03:36no cash coming in, but plenty going out.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Another thousand pounds' worth of kit arrived today.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41This is the running gear and suspension
0:03:41 > 0:03:44and wheels that the train carriage sits on.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52We've three or four different contractors in working on this project.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55A lot of planning going into it. Deliveries from Europe,
0:03:55 > 0:03:57customs, VAT. Nothing is simple, is it?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01It's going to be a busy few days, so fitter Iain Pentland,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05known to all as P-Man, is grabbing a quick breakfast.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10He explains in detail all the technicalities of the work involved.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13HE MUMBLES INCOMPREHENSIBLY
0:04:33 > 0:04:36The pressure's on to get the work done in time,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39but Adam needs to make sure no corners are cut.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45They've got 120 skiers on here in the winter time.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48If something was to go wrong...
0:04:49 > 0:04:52..I dread to think what could happen.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Probably busier than the winter.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Everyone thinks we just go to sleep in some heather somewhere, but no.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03No, we're up to our eyes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07There's a lot of work behind the scenes but nobody sees it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Stop.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15That's spot-on there.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20The first big job is to hoist the 16-tonne carriage off the tracks,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23so that old worn-out bogies can be disconnected.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26One guy on each chain pull,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30and then lift the train so we can take the bogies down the track.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36You need to take the haul rope and the counter rope off.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43It's jobs like this the team excel at.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45They work well together.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49In the winter time they've got each other's lives in their hands.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Out in the bad weather, they're up the towers in the wind
0:05:53 > 0:05:56and blizzards and so it's got to be quite a close team
0:05:56 > 0:06:00to be able to work in the conditions that they have to work in.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05This holds the bogies to the train.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Keep going up.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11That's it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15The carriage is raised just enough to allow the bogie to be winched clear.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17A centimetre out could prove costly.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- There you go. - HE CHUCKLES
0:06:20 > 0:06:23The running gear is the most important part of the train.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26It's all your mechanical, your brakes, your suspension.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29It's all nuts and bolts and springs and washers.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32It's quite important everything's put back the way it should be.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57After a hard winter, all across the valley there are small businesses
0:06:57 > 0:07:00depending on a good summer to bring in the tourists.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- How are you doing? Ross. - Hiya.- Nice to meet you.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13At the Dell, Ross Cameron runs a small self-catering business
0:07:13 > 0:07:15with his wife, Polly.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Today we've got two wedding parties and their guests are staying here,
0:07:19 > 0:07:24so I'm just going to go and get some brownies for these guys.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31For the past four years, they've been renovating
0:07:31 > 0:07:34all the old foresters' cottages on the site.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37It's where Polly spent much of her childhood.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40It's been in the family since 1969.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43When we were reinstating the fireplace upstairs,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46when we took it apart, inside, under the grate,
0:07:46 > 0:07:47placed by Polly's grandfather,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- was a note on how to reinstate the chimney.- From him.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- From him.- Dated 1970...- 19... Yeah.
0:07:52 > 0:07:5472, something like that.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57"If you want to get this chimney going again,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00"you will have to do this, this, this, and this,
0:08:00 > 0:08:02"and watch out cos there's a slate on top of the chimney pot."
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Yes, remember and take the slate off the top.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- How are you doing, I'm Ross. - Hi, I'm Anna.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Hello, Anna, nice to meet you.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Money's tight for the young couple
0:08:11 > 0:08:14so they're doing everything they can to bring in the cash.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Summer this year is going to be very, very busy.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22We've got loads of weddings, workshops,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24big corporate function that's happening
0:08:24 > 0:08:28alongside the general runnings of the Dell, which is fully booked.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33We're essentially workaholics, both of us.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35You do find yourself at 11.00pm at night still catching up with
0:08:35 > 0:08:38all of the things for the business.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I can do, I can do late nights as well when the babies are sleeping.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45That's usually what happens.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46So...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50As long as I've got enough red wine.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53It's a struggle to find time for their two boys,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Harris and Woody, and also to find time for each other.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00The guests, every time they come, say, "This is incredible,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03"so relaxing. The surroundings are so beautiful."
0:09:03 > 0:09:07They have this perception that you've got this serene,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10quiet environment that is pristine and well-managed and manicured.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I try to keep that serenity.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17You've got to pedal hard to make that happen.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20So they take a chance to grab a moment together...
0:09:22 > 0:09:23..whatever the occasion.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25This actually rarely happens.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Wooo!
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I'm leaving him to it.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Loch Insh Water Sports lies beneath the Cairngorm Mountains,
0:09:40 > 0:09:41to the south of Aviemore.
0:09:49 > 0:09:5144 knots, gusting.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53We're going to get a bit of wind.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55It'll be fun.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Johnny Freshwater runs this 140-bed residential training school.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02It's his first year in charge.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04How are you doing? Are you excited?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07And his first customers of the summer are just arriving.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10There's 40-odd kids, four groups.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Johnny's spent most of his adult life travelling and surfing.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Now it's time to buckle down and prove his business credentials.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23So these guys are just going up to their rooms.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25They have to make their beds.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26That's their first challenge,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28and then they'll get ready for the activities
0:10:28 > 0:10:30and we'll get them on the water.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Johnny's father, Clive, set up the sailing school in 1969,
0:10:35 > 0:10:40and built it into one of the biggest sail training bases in Scotland.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44He bought kind of this little patch of land on the beach
0:10:44 > 0:10:48and the wee boathouse down there, and just started expanding.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51In those days he didn't have a penny
0:10:51 > 0:10:54but he had an amazing vision for what this centre could be.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58He slowly built his empire just through being frugal
0:10:58 > 0:11:00and everything he earned, or every penny he saved
0:11:00 > 0:11:03just got pumped into the next building project.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05And so the business grew, you know?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08And he kind of lucked in to have three boys, I think,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11just to have three free labour.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13So you'd come home from school
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and just be straight down the beach to help him pack up the beach.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20It was quite hard living here with my old man.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24He had quite a strong belief that children,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27if they were awake, should be working at some kind or other.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28I always chuckle because,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31as a lot of my mates at school would vouch for,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34sleepovers weren't quite the same at my place.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37You kind of got booted out of bed in the morning and made to go
0:11:37 > 0:11:41and bale boats and pull canoes down off the rack and stuff,
0:11:41 > 0:11:46and some people took to it, and some never came back!
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Welcome, guys.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- How's it going?- Hi.- Hi.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56My name's Johnny. Nice to meet you all.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Johnny's taken on the responsibility of running the school
0:11:58 > 0:12:01since his father died at the beginning of the year.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Unlike him,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07the funeral and everything was at the perfect time.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09We actually had a couple of really quiet weeks
0:12:09 > 0:12:11where we could deal with it all.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Had a fantastic ceremony here,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14gave him a fond farewell.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18So it's quite a transitional year, this year.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Let's go.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- Three, two, one. - ALL:- Heave!
0:12:27 > 0:12:29All right, now wrap it round. Keep the tension.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- Pull it tight around there. - There you go.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35It is a long summer season ahead
0:12:35 > 0:12:38and the new boss is well aware that he has big sailing shoes to fill.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42He used to have a little quip with me,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44"One year this will all be yours, son.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46"One year later, it will all be the bank's!"
0:12:46 > 0:12:48HE CHUCKLES
0:12:48 > 0:12:49So...
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Yeah, we're going to try and not make that happen.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The fit ones come with us, and all the pensioners go up in here.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09OK, you'll be getting there yourself one day, old boy!
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Down in the valley, Frank Law has been gamekeeper
0:13:13 > 0:13:15on the Kinveachy estate for 40 years.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18So, just make sure these are all charged, which I think they are.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Today he's assembling a squad for a deer count.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25We count four times a year
0:13:25 > 0:13:29because we're trying to regenerate the forest out there,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33so it's quite important we keep a handle on deer numbers.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36We've got about 15 people counting with us today
0:13:36 > 0:13:38in four different squads.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Frank's son Ruairi is to lead one of the teams.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49It is warm this morning, isn't it?
0:13:49 > 0:13:52It's going to be quite windy at the top, you'll need your bunnet.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55A ski patroller, Ruairi helps out as a ghillie on the estate
0:13:55 > 0:13:57when he's not working on the mountain.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59We've got a section of hill
0:13:59 > 0:14:01so we're just trying to identify how many deer are on that
0:14:01 > 0:14:05section of hill and there's other teams doing the same elsewhere.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Four different squads out, all in radio contact.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11And we're going to be counting about 60 square kilometres,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13quite a big chunk of ground, actually.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17That way we can gather a good source of information -
0:14:17 > 0:14:21this time of year how many numbers there are, what condition they're in
0:14:21 > 0:14:25and basically just getting an idea of what else is happening out on the hill.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26A lot of work.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Everyone will sleep well tonight, especially Ruairi's squad.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36I'll do the top bit.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Could you do the midsection here? - The section all the way through.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46While Ruairi and his team drive the deer from the cover of the pine forest,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Frank takes to the high ground
0:14:49 > 0:14:52so he can count them as they emerge on to the moors.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57OK, we are sitting up here. I can't see them yet, Ruairi.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03It's quite an important job to monitor the deer all the time,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06to get the level just right so that when the forest grows,
0:15:06 > 0:15:11it's not one just big plantation, it's more open patches
0:15:11 > 0:15:14and open moorland, so just trying to get the balance right.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19INDISTINCT RADIO COMMUNICATION
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Perfect, Ruairi, they are coming right towards us.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24They are coming right towards us.
0:15:24 > 0:15:2835, 3-5 stags have just come right along below us just now, Ruairi.
0:15:28 > 0:15:2935 of them.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I went through that phase when I was like 18 or something,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34"I'm not going to call him Dad on the radio," you know,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38I'm not going to bother doing that. And then you're like, "Yeah, Frank?"
0:15:38 > 0:15:40And he's, like, not answering and you're like, "Hi, Frank?"
0:15:40 > 0:15:42And you're just like that.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45"Dad!" He's like, "Yeah, go ahead!"
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I started on the estate here in April 1975,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52which is just over 40 years ago
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and getting to know the place quite well, actually.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01He does know his stuff inside out but I would never tell him that.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03This is a great place to live.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06And the hill changes all year round, you know, it is kind of
0:16:06 > 0:16:08inhospitable up here sometimes in the winter time
0:16:08 > 0:16:11and some of the summer evenings, it's just brilliant.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14I mean, you just need to look around,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18you've got this beautiful pine forest,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20the Cairngorms over behind us,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24and it's quiet and there's no-one around.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I wouldn't swap this for anything.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Ruairi, where are you just now, Ruairi?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Whoa!
0:16:36 > 0:16:38INDISTINCT RADIO COMMUNICATION
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Windy up here.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46In the bowels of the funicular railway halfway up the mountain,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49the new bogies are being assembled.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54But in trying to put them together, Adam and P-Man hit a problem.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58The diameter of the new axle fitting is too tight.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02This part, this is your main puppy.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05So, a little bit of DIY is called for.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11It turns out that the new ones they've sent,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15the centre hole was 2mm smaller, so having to press in another one.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Try again...
0:17:30 > 0:17:32And a wee bit back.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Forward.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35..and, after a bit more encouragement...
0:17:35 > 0:17:36That's it.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42..success.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46P-Man and his podger.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01We just make it look easy.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23On the moor, the deer count is at an end and the final tally made.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27That's it. 85 stags, 20 hinds
0:18:27 > 0:18:30and, say, eight or nine calves and a couple of roe deers.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32That's about 100 deer there so far, I guess.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Satisfied that the deer numbers are not out of control,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38it's time for a well-earned bite of lunch.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I've got bolognese, aye,
0:18:42 > 0:18:43mixed with couscous.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- What am I telling you? - Peppers, a bit of garlic.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Oh, look...
0:18:50 > 0:18:51cheese and pickle,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- that's what real men take to the hill.- Some cherry tomatoes...
0:18:55 > 0:18:57This is a modern-day packed lunch.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00New hill man.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I've got olives as well.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I bet there's never been olives in this wood before.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07There you have it, that's terrible.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09You won't be allowed back.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26All the cottages at the Dell are fully booked.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29While Polly looks after the guests,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Ross is organising a big corporate event.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36But there are some things you can't plan for.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40The boys were both up last night for, like, three hours,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43when I was trying to get some last things done.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45You never prepare exactly for the unexpected
0:19:45 > 0:19:47when you're putting an event on.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Polly's also preparing for a special event,
0:19:54 > 0:19:55and she's doing it in some style.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59This was a wedding present from my brother.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01My speedometer kind of does that a lot.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06"Sorry, officer, I've got no idea how fast I am travelling."
0:20:08 > 0:20:12For the past six years, Polly's run the Insider music festival.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15The first Insider was just a couple of hundred people on the lawn
0:20:15 > 0:20:21with some really good musicians playing for next to nothing.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25The original Insider began here at Inshriach.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Home to one of Britain's most original pubs.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34And winner of the UK's Shed Of The Year.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Interesting bit of power steering going on here.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It's a good work out!
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Polly's come to see owner
0:20:43 > 0:20:46and fellow festival organiser Walter Micklethwait
0:20:46 > 0:20:49to discuss her ambitious new plans for this year's event.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52When they get off the steam train, they get on a bus
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- and they come up to the Dell.- Right. - A little bar there,
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- performance in the woods, you know, just next to the fire pit.- Nice.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Back at the Dell, Ross is trying out a new venue
0:21:01 > 0:21:04in preparation for the arrival of his corporate clients.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07See where they are up here, that's where we're taking it.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09But first he's got to build it.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Let's see if this fits.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21That's the door where? Here? Oh, from here.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Yeah, no, that's perfect.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28John, could you ask the boys to get their tarps out, please?
0:21:31 > 0:21:35140 or 150 people coming down here.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Is there a stage?- What do you think?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41This is what we were kind of in a quandary about.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- Could we use that trailer? - I'd say so. We drink.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Yes. Gin...based.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Got a licence?- Gin-based cocktails.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- Yes, I have, I've got a licence for that weekend.- Perfect.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54There's obviously an adrenaline that pumps through the valley.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59You've got a guy who will do all your joining for a back scratch,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03you've got somebody who'll help pull in his pal to help with the plumbing.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I think there's a real buzz of energy
0:22:06 > 0:22:09that everybody's there to help each other.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12We can do this together, we can create something together, you know?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Even with everyone chipping in,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17for Polly, organising a music festival is a gamble.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20In the past, they've always made a loss.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24It is a really tricky thing to make work...
0:22:25 > 0:22:29..and more often than not, we've not made it work.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31After every single one we are kind of,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34how come we're still not making any money?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38All right, you need to go that way.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40About six inches.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Organising outdoor events in Scotland does have its challenges,
0:22:43 > 0:22:47and it's not just the money Ross has to contend with.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49These things are Swedish candles.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51What you do is you just take the saw
0:22:51 > 0:22:53down the centre, make a big star,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56as you can see, and it goes right down to the bottom.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58We're going to soak it in citronella, and light it to try and
0:22:58 > 0:23:02deter this midgie that's apparently prolific at the moment.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04It's just the one midgie, then, is it?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06He's got a lot of friends!
0:23:16 > 0:23:20After a lot of hard work, the yurt is up.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Yeah, it looks amazing.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23It's like we've kind of been levitated
0:23:23 > 0:23:26and dropped down by the yurt in the middle of the woods.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Today's clients from London and Glasgow are being well looked after.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35The Swedish candles are doing their job.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41It has put the midgies off, which is great.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43And Ross is confident they've got another venue
0:23:43 > 0:23:47that will work for the music festival.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Polly's starting to believe
0:23:48 > 0:23:50they might actually make some money out of it.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Yeah, I think it will work this time.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I think so.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Work on the funicular is complete, but before it can open to the public,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11the team must do a safety check on the braking systems.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15They load on barrels of water to simulate the weight of 120 passengers.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18We've loaded on the ballast on to the train.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21We're now going to do the brake checks.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- Adam.- 'Yeah. Go ahead.' - I'm in position.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29INDISTINCT RADIO COMMUNICATION
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Understood, thanks.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Under normal conditions,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36the haul rope brings the trains to a gradual stop.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41If that were to fail, the train has two emergency brake systems.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45It's these that must work flawlessly.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48These tests are crucial, when you think you've got
0:24:48 > 0:24:51120 skiers on that in the winter, going full speed down the hill
0:24:51 > 0:24:55and if something goes wrong, it's your last line of defence.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08The first test is a controlled stop.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31The brakes have to halt not just P-Man's carriage going downhill,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33but also the other one coming up.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- RADIO:- 'Yeah, it's all good down here.'
0:25:36 > 0:25:38So far, so good.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44'We're pulling it right back up so the next one will be track brake.'
0:25:46 > 0:25:49But just as the team prepares for the next run...
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Stop, stop, stop, stop.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Adam has spotted a problem with the message steel cable which pulls the carriage.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I heard a grinding noise.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Problem.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10A wheel off down there, a wheel off down there.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14The initial track test has thrown the cable out of its pulley.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16All the ropes bounced off
0:26:16 > 0:26:19so Ruairi and Brian are putting the rope back on.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22If this rope here touches any metal, it can't run.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Brian, go and check the bar before it moves.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30The cable is put back in place
0:26:30 > 0:26:33and the track checked before the final test.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37The last one will be the track brake.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40That's the one that would come on if the rope broke.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45That would stop the carriage from heading to the bottom very fast.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Forward.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03And full speed.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24The brakes don't come on slowly, like, they just bang
0:27:24 > 0:27:27onto the track so that initial kick is quite sharp.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33P-Man checks whether the stopping distance has passed the test.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Happy?- We stopped in ten metres.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39That's not bad going.
0:27:39 > 0:27:45You try stopping 16 tonne, going down a steep hill, in ten metres.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48That's it, then.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53With all the safety checks completed,
0:27:53 > 0:27:57the train can once again carry passengers up the mountain.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01And, for Adam's team, it's on to the next job.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Next time on The Mountain -
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Ruairi dives deep for his wedding feast.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Whoa-ho!
0:28:11 > 0:28:15The mountain team says goodbye to a piece of skiing history.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17I kinda kept it going!
0:28:17 > 0:28:21And Johnny calls on big brother Andy to train up new staff.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23That was your fault.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27But will it be enough to keep the business afloat?