0:00:03 > 0:00:06Summer has come to the mountain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13The midgies are brutal today.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Welcome to Scotland!
0:00:15 > 0:00:17THEY LAUGH
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Agh! This is beautiful. Agh!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22THEY SHRIEK
0:00:22 > 0:00:25It's been a long, hard winter.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29But the summer season brings thousands of visitors
0:00:29 > 0:00:32to Scotland's top outdoor adventure playground.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35THEY SCREAM
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And for the people of Cairngorm,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39that brings new challenges.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44We've just discovered a gas leak.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Whoo-hoo-hoo!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Stop. Stop, stop, stop.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54In this episode, the fitters bring in the heavy lifters...
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm standing under here.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57HE LAUGHS
0:00:57 > 0:01:00..Ruari's up the creek on the way to his wedding...
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Right, boys, come on.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08..and Spud the piper faces the biggest audience of his life.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Welcome to summer on the mountain.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Whoa! Windy up here.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45It's midsummer on Cairngorm.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50It's terrible weather.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53It's just miserable. It's cold as well.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I mean, it's about two degrees. We've had snow this morning.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00This is the end of July.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09High on the mountain, Jim Cornfoot and his team are building
0:02:09 > 0:02:11new snow fences for the winter season.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13But they're in need of some help.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16It's not looking good.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18It was meant to be clear today.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23But with this drizzly rain, it's not looking good now.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27The team has ordered up a helicopter to lift tonnes of fencing
0:02:27 > 0:02:29and heavy machinery up the mountain.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Have to get Col on the radio
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and see how it's looking down there, I think.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Jim, call sign Ops 2, calls Colin Matthew, Ops 1, at base station,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42to see if it's any better down below.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Opts 2 for Ops 1.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48OVER RADIO: 'Go ahead, Jim.'
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Col, how's it looking down there?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Is it clearer to the north, or anything?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Or is it worse than it was before?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58'I can't see the north, Jim.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01'I can't see the south, west or east.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06'We'll sit tight for another hour, anyway, Jim.'
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Yeah, understood, Colin. Thanks.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13This is the third time this week that Ops 1 has tried
0:03:13 > 0:03:17to get the helicopter in, but the weather's been against it.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20The plan is to have the helicopter in for a couple of weeks now.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24There's about ?100,000 worth of materials,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26mainly fencing, some new motors,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30a couple of gearboxes going in, and cabling,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32so, yeah, busy day.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I just hope the weather breaks.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36You can see the mist lifting up the hill now,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38so I'm pretty confident we'll get it.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41You don't want to mobilise the chopper and it pulls out
0:03:41 > 0:03:43and you have to do it twice.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45That's a lot of money, so...
0:03:45 > 0:03:47And there's no point in worrying about it.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49You can't control the weather.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Waiting with Jim at the M2 ski run,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56mountain ranger Johnny Porteous is optimistic
0:03:56 > 0:04:00about the helicopter's arrival.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03If it doesn't, we'll just stand and watch Neil all day
0:04:03 > 0:04:05putting posts in. It's quite exciting.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20In the valley below, the village of Aviemore, population 2,836,
0:04:20 > 0:04:23is bracing itself for an invasion.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34It's been chosen by Mumford Sons, one of Britain's biggest bands,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38as the only UK venue for their Stopover Festival.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45We're expecting up to 20,000 festival-goers over the weekend,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48about six times Aviemore's normal size,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50and it's got some of the locals pretty excited.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I've got my festival socks on.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57They're quite different than my normal socks,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01but I feel, you know, the need to wear festival socks.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Spud has been asked to pipe in the festival-goers.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09I've just got to grab my jacket and then we're nearly ready.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12So, you know what they say, don't you?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14What? What do they say?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17# We've got the best piper in the world... #
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Spud's long-suffering wife Karen has heard it all before.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25I think, if you asked the Tartan Army, they might say something else.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28# One, two, buckle my shoe
0:05:28 > 0:05:30# Three, four, out the door. #
0:05:34 > 0:05:38As so often, the weather in the valley is in complete contrast
0:05:38 > 0:05:39to that on the mountain.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43It's currently 15 degrees - tropical.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Tropical.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47It's dry.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Did you hear me? It's dry.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52For the businesses of Aviemore,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55a festival like this is a huge bonus,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58particularly after such a wet summer so far.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I think it'll be great.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Great for the area, good for the village, good for the local hotels.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09We've had about a month's rain in the space of a week.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Everything is sodden. Everybody is soaked to the skin.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17But, mind you, these mad dafties that are, you know, half my age,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21they don't care if it's raining or blinking snowing or what.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24They just go in their wellies and have fun.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33HE WHISTLES
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Here's the next generation of puppy dogs.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Vicious brutes(!)
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Frank Law is gamekeeper on the Kinveachy Estate.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46He's off to check on their grouse stocks
0:06:46 > 0:06:50ahead of this year's glorious 12th, the start of the shooting season.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52When the red jackets or the red collars come out,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55the dogs know exactly that it's work time,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57so they don't mind this at all.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Ready to go?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Hup! Hup!
0:07:04 > 0:07:07The 30,000-acre Kinveachy Estate strictly controls
0:07:07 > 0:07:09the number of grouse to be shot.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11But on larger sporting estates,
0:07:11 > 0:07:15a shoot of driven grouse can bring in ?30,000 a day.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19In a year when there are good grouse numbers,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21and everyone round us is shooting grouse,
0:07:21 > 0:07:25then the amount of revenue that's brought in to all the villages,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29to all the estates, is really important, but when it's a bad year
0:07:29 > 0:07:32for grouse, all the hotels suffer, all the petrol stations suffer,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36everywhere, so that's the importance of doing these counts.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Frank has records of grouse numbers on the moor going back to 1983,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44so he needs to compare those with the number he counts today.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Well, it was supposed to be the middle of summer up here.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I don't know what the temperature is, but it's very, very cold.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54It might only be seven or eight degrees up here.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57And it's been like this for the whole of the summer up here.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Hey!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07It is not just the grouse Frank needs the good weather for.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10His son Ruari is about to get married.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Of course, we're hoping for better than this for Ruari's wedding.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20We just need 24 hours of sun for a happy old family occasion,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23so we've got our fingers crossed.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Until then, we'll try and keep going
0:08:25 > 0:08:28with all our duvets and jackets and stuff on.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Here, here, here.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I just grabbed three packets of it cos I didn't know...
0:08:42 > 0:08:45It is Ruari and Adele's wedding. Wey-hey!
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Wedding of the year! Pretty excited.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51So, we're just doing some final decorations.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Ruari, a ski patroller on the mountain,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57is marrying Adele McCaughey,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59a local schoolteacher.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Where should we put this? It's our last wee bit to hang up.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06So far, they've organised most of the wedding themselves,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and they've called on their pals for the last big job -
0:09:09 > 0:09:10decorating the wedding hall.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14We're getting there, I think. This is all the wee bits.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15So it's, yeah, scary.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18But it's just all the wee last bits that we need to do.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19I need to double-check my list.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25So, this is the room where... we're getting married in here.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Which looks nice.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31We've still got to do some wee decorations and stuff in here.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Ruari has got his own idea about what makes the perfect wedding decoration.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39The main decoration is already in position there,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42which I don't think Adele was too happy about,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45but I think it's a work of art in itself.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48It's my new spear gun...
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Which my brother got me.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53His friend built it out in Indonesia.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Double bands for extra power, double barb there, for the pollock,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01and also, it's a wee warning for people who step out of line.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03They're going to get pronged.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05HE LAUGHS
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Sadly, that's Ruari's idea of romance!
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I don't think that should stay up in the ceremony room, though.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15It doesn't say romance, does it? Spearing animals!
0:10:20 > 0:10:26To do his grouse count, Frank walks a set number of representative plots.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28In any one, he would expect to find
0:10:28 > 0:10:31between 12 and 20 pairs of adult grouse.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33There's something there, isn't there?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36The numbers he finds will determine whether there are enough
0:10:36 > 0:10:39both to shoot and to preserve stocks for future years.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It's Sophie's job to find them.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44When she finds a scent,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46she'll indicate and her tail will be wagging,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49but when she actually locks onto the animal or bird,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51her tail will go rigid.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53So, just now, there's a good scent here.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56The adult grouse are territorial and nest in pairs,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58well camouflaged in the heather.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02She's indicating something, whether it's a grouse or a hare,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05but the wind is coming perfectly into her nose here,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08so there'll be something sitting out here.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Here! Dizzy.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Stay. Stay.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Good dog. Gone away. Gone away.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28That was five old birds sitting together,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31but no breeding success for those adults.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34OK.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37That's fine. Try again.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44The grouse need a good supply of insects to raise healthy chicks.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49If there's no heat in the ground, no insects. No insects, no chicks.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51There they go. It's a barren pair.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55And there's... Was that a barren pair too?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I just saw two more going over the ridge.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Stay.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Sophie's the latest in a long line of pointers
0:12:01 > 0:12:03that Frank has worked with.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04You stay where I tell you.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Dizzy's still learning the ropes.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Sit. Sit. Good dog.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Those are another five old birds.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16You could see the feathers coming off them when they took off,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18and that means they're moulting,
0:12:18 > 0:12:20and they usually moult if they don't rear broods.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Here's a hare here, as well.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28In a normal year, Frank would expect to find
0:12:28 > 0:12:31between four and six chicks with each breeding pair of grouse.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34There's young ones, look.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36One, two, three...
0:12:36 > 0:12:38And two. OK.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42So, after searching for about an hour,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45we've finally got three young ones.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48You could see the size of them and the colour of them taking off there.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51One more. The dog's just found another one there. Going away.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So, we've got four young, but it's not brilliant.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Good dog!
0:12:59 > 0:13:02It's been a disappointing morning so far.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05At the wedding hall, things aren't quite going to plan either.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07You're shoogling it! Right...
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Time is pressing, and the festive lights won't stay in place.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13No, Nick, don't.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16As long as he's doing something, I'm not bothered what he's doing.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17As long as he's busy.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21She's home for now, but there's noises coming out of it.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23This is slowly bending.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Can we get a bit of string on Ruari as well, just in case he falls.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Because we can't afford that, the day before the wedding.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I've had this problem with conger eels before.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Just bend the hook, straighten it out and then they're off.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42But we just need to overcome this little problem.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49As the spear gun suggests, Ruari is an avid diver.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52For the 80 wedding guests,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55he's provided hand-picked scallops for starters.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Whoa-ho!
0:13:57 > 0:14:00And for the table decorations too.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Here are the shells from the scallops that we'll be eating,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07which have worked quite well, and there's also going to be
0:14:07 > 0:14:12some scallop shells down either side of the aisle for Adele to walk down.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14So, that's really nice.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19We're all set. Yeah, it's looking good, isn't it? It looks good.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Will we put the deer's head peeping through the lights?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I think you should leave them where they are. There are two.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27But we're going to put the spear gun across the antlers.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29No, you're not.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Hmm... And is it going to stay up in the ceremony? Tough crowd.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I don't think it should. OK. We'll see. We'll see.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38The lights look good. I might just try and see if they work.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Have these been tested?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45LOUD GASP
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Finally, Frank and Sophie have something to show
0:14:54 > 0:14:56for their day on the moors.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59(Sophie. Sophie, Sophie, steady.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00(Steady, steady.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01(OK.)
0:15:03 > 0:15:06You can see there's a tiny little grouse chick here.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10It should be twice or three times that size,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12and there's too much wind today.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15It's sitting very tightly because it's so young,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17so we're not even going to count this covey.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19We're going to take the dog away here because,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22if we disturbed that bird, it's vulnerable now.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24On a good year,
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Frank would expect to find around 60 chicks on a plot like this.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Today, he's found five.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33(Good girl, come on. Come on, Sophie. Sophie, come on.)
0:15:33 > 0:15:36For the first time in his 40 years on the moors,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39he's going to have to call off the Glorious Twelfth.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Probably, we'll cancel absolutely everything this year.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Which is life. That's the way it goes.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51If you live out here, you take what it throws at you, you know?
0:15:51 > 0:15:52There you go.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Apart from that, nice day on the mountains now.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Digestive, anyone?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16The weather has cleared on the mountains,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19but there's still no sign of the helicopter.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Jim and Johnny are still waiting for their fence posts.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Ruari would have been leading the fencing detail if it weren't for
0:16:31 > 0:16:35the wedding, but he's left a page or two of instructions for his team.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40It's a fair essay that has been written here.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I think he actually just gave us his wedding speech
0:16:43 > 0:16:45from what I can make out of it!
0:16:45 > 0:16:48It starts off... What does it start off with?
0:16:48 > 0:16:52On behalf of my wife and I! Wey-hey!
0:16:52 > 0:16:55If we'd delayed it till Saturday, we had could have given him a trip
0:16:55 > 0:16:58in a helicopter to the church. Could have hooked him up.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Hooked him up by his sporran!
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And flown him to the church!
0:17:05 > 0:17:06The day is slipping away.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Concerned that they'll run out of daylight flying time,
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Colin makes the call.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Well, at long last. It's 1.30 but it's looking pretty clear...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The valley towards Inverness and the top station is clear.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25All the drop sites are clear, so we'll give it a go.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29There he is. Yes!
0:17:31 > 0:17:35I know my lesser-spotted helicopters when I hear them.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56The first of the huge motors, weighing in at 800 kilos,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58is picked up from base station.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Its destination is the West Wall Poma.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13It's dropped with inch-perfect precision.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21And that's him. Back to the car park for the next one.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28It's cool to think how much effort it would take to do that by hand.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Then it's the turn of the cabling.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Here's your cable. You can land it.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06All Johnny can do is stand and watch in admiration.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09We should just have a helicopter on site all year,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12just for moving stuff round the hill,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15like lunchboxes and flasks.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22The helicopter can lift up to 950 kilos at a time.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I'm standing under here!
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Ops 1 had originally planned that the helicopter would make
0:20:00 > 0:20:0525 individual drops, but it's clear they're going to have to do more.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07And they're running out of flying time.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10It's going to take a bit longer than we thought.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13We thought it could lift two bundles of posts, but it can't.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15It's too heavy.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21So we need a few more or lifts than what we anticipated.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23The first load of fencing is on its way,
0:20:23 > 0:20:28but yet again, Jim and Johnny are going to have to wait their turn.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31OVER RADIO: 'OK, next, we'll start on the fencing.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34'The West Wall area.'
0:20:35 > 0:20:37What?!
0:20:37 > 0:20:39'Yeah, understood.'
0:20:41 > 0:20:43The news doesn't go down well.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46It's tough.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48And there were only six drops here.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Six rails... Six drops of posts and...
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Where has Ruari Law's wedding speech gone?!
0:20:58 > 0:21:01We're working to midnight here, Johnny. Aye!
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Oh, you look stunning, absolutely stunning. Thank you.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14It's time for the bride-to-be to head to the church.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17I made it. First success of the day, getting down the stairs!
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Wait till Ruari sees you, Adele.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I know. He'd better cry.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25# Don't rock the boat, dear
0:21:25 > 0:21:27# Keep our love afloat, dear... #
0:21:27 > 0:21:30The groom has chosen a rather different route.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Whether he gets to the church on time is slightly dependent on the rapids.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39We're going backwards down the rapids, and there's not many rapids,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42so we've decided to go the back route. But it's all right.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46I mean, we've got 20 minutes to dry off if we do go in the water,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48so that'll be more than enough.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Perhaps more conventional transport would have been a wiser idea.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I'm excited. Have I said that if I could pick someone to marry you,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00it would have been Ruari? It really would have been.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02If you would look at each other...
0:22:02 > 0:22:03A proud moment for Dad.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Do we look the most handsome couple you've ever seen?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Right, boys, come on.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13We're at the most treacherous part of the river,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15and I've got confidence in my men.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20INDISTINCT
0:22:27 > 0:22:29You are joking me.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Ruari's nervousness is fully justified.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37The rapids prove a bit more hazardous than anticipated.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Now, straighten up, boys. We're not out of it yet.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Stranded in the middle of the River Spey,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50the church is still a long way off,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and Ruari's marriage is on the rocks.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Adele is blissfully unaware...
0:23:01 > 0:23:04On the river, calm waters are restored.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Well done, men. We did it. We're all still alive.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Ruari's off the rocks.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13The wedding is back on schedule.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Now all that's left is keeping the feet dry as they land.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19THEY LAUGH
0:23:19 > 0:23:22We're not in till we're all in.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27THEY CHEER
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Oh, no!
0:23:34 > 0:23:38The weather is not being kind to the wedding outfits.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Those wellies may still be needed.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58At the Stopover Festival, Spud the piper is getting the VIP treatment.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Crew.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Crew!
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Mumford Sons' crew.
0:24:11 > 0:24:1518,000 fans are descending on a muddy field in Aviemore.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17SHE SHRIEKS
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Spud is on hand to lead them in.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Hat, keys, boot...
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Ready. Let's do it.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:40 > 0:24:42HE PLAYS
0:25:13 > 0:25:15SPUD CONTINUES TO PLAY
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Not everybody is off to enjoy the festival.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27We've been here all day.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29We might be here all night.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32So I'm creating some shelter.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I'm going to set up a snare, catch some mountain hares.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Oh, for goodness' sake.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47BAND PLAYS
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Having finished his end of the helicopter drop,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Ops 1 wastes no time in getting into the festival mood.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06What a day. It's cold, warm, wet, windy, warm, wet, cold, windy.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09People you're speaking to are just getting such a buzz
0:26:09 > 0:26:13thinking how beautiful this areas is for a concert, or a festival.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15The sun's out. It's great.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Help!
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Help me.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28# We've got the best piper in the world... #
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Spud's still blowing strong.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33# ..We've got the best piper in the world
0:26:33 > 0:26:41# We've got the best piper in the world
0:26:41 > 0:26:46# We've got the best piper in the world
0:26:46 > 0:26:49# We've got the best piper in the world! #
0:26:49 > 0:26:50CROWDS CHEER SPUD'S PLAYING
0:26:50 > 0:26:52That's it.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Cheers, guys. Thanks very much.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57CHEERING
0:26:57 > 0:27:01CROWD: Spud! Spud! Spud!
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Finally, the helicopter flies in to deliver the fence posts
0:27:09 > 0:27:11to Jim and Johnny.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28In the end, it took 55 drops, not 25,
0:27:28 > 0:27:32but in half a day, it did what would have taken weeks of hard labour.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38The preparations for the winter season are on target.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43In the valley, the rain has stopped.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46The wedding is over, and Ruari and Adele head off on honeymoon.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50# I wanna be with you all the time
0:27:50 > 0:27:54# Because you're gonna be my girl... #
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Next time on The Mountain,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Mike's given a run for his money by his son...
0:28:07 > 0:28:10At least I'm keeping on him here and maybe make him safe.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13..Connor's left in charge of the zip line...
0:28:13 > 0:28:15It's braking him...
0:28:15 > 0:28:17What happens if you're not here?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19He'll hit the tree.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21HORN BLOWS
0:28:21 > 0:28:24And a strange herd of wild animals descends on Aviemore.