:00:24. > :00:29.Hello and a very warm welcome to Landward, showcasing the food,
:00:29. > :00:32.wildlife and habitats of our great countryside. In a moment I will be
:00:32. > :00:35.looking at a campaign to use small parcels of publicly-owned land for
:00:35. > :00:42.community orchards. But first, here's what else is coming up on
:00:42. > :00:47.Euan is on Tam o'Shanter's trail. It was here in the graveyard that
:00:47. > :00:50.he came face to face with the witches.
:00:50. > :00:53.Sarah gets a front seat at the annual deer rut.
:00:53. > :00:59.If they can settle it by roaring, then they don't need to go and
:00:59. > :01:02.fight, because if they do, they can injure themselves quite badly.
:01:02. > :01:07.And we continue our journey down the Spey with the Whiskey Riverboat
:01:07. > :01:15.Band. One of the canals is at the bridge.
:01:15. > :01:19.I think it is Joe that has gone We all know about the right of
:01:19. > :01:22.access to land. But what about the right to grow? A campaign has been
:01:22. > :01:25.launched to persuade public agencies to give over small parts
:01:25. > :01:35.of land to allow communities to create their own orchards or
:01:35. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:47.gardens. It is picking time at the It is maintained by the community,
:01:47. > :01:49.
:01:49. > :01:53.This is the first of three community harvest days, and as you
:01:53. > :01:56.can see, it is a bit of a do. As well as the harvesting, they have
:01:56. > :02:06.children's activities and a picnic, complete with my favourite - home
:02:06. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:18.Have to have a shot at this. Oh! It is harder than it looks, honestly.
:02:18. > :02:22.I have never been so disappointed. The orchard was planted with the
:02:22. > :02:27.help of an organisation called The Children's Orchard Project. And it
:02:27. > :02:30.is now managed by a few local residents.
:02:30. > :02:35.What we have is 180 trees, 30 varieties of apple, four varieties
:02:35. > :02:39.of pears, a couple of cherries, some greengages, plums... Victoria
:02:40. > :02:46.plums last year, they were excellent. A lady came in earlier
:02:46. > :02:50.and she admired our brambles. We have also got a soft fruit cage. I
:02:50. > :02:54.said, they are community brambles. You can pick them. She said, I
:02:54. > :03:00.don't do anything in the orchard. I said that is not the point. We want
:03:00. > :03:03.the community to come in and pick the apples and eat the gooseberries.
:03:03. > :03:08.The site the orchard grows on belongs to Atholl Estates. They
:03:08. > :03:11.were happy to allow the community to use it.
:03:11. > :03:14.The land was residue to the development which was built about
:03:14. > :03:17.10 years ago. There were no foreseeable opportunities for
:03:17. > :03:21.development or the furthering of development or the furthering of
:03:21. > :03:27.development or the furthering of commercial use. It was just an open
:03:27. > :03:31.field. That was until we were approached for this orchard.
:03:31. > :03:34.The school that now uses the orchard quite a lot. It's fantastic
:03:34. > :03:38.to see the children here. So, Atholl Estates, a private
:03:38. > :03:44.landowner, have given all this over for community growing. But should
:03:44. > :03:47.the government or public agencies be doing more?
:03:47. > :03:50.John Hancox certainly thinks so. He is petitioning the Scottish
:03:50. > :03:54.Parliament to urge the government to make more land available for
:03:54. > :04:02.community growing. There's a wide range of spaces.
:04:02. > :04:05.There's land which is owned by local authorities, the city council.
:04:05. > :04:13.There's Housing Association, back courts, there's parkland, which is
:04:13. > :04:16.often under used and not really very much looked after. We are not
:04:16. > :04:19.talking about taking over ground that is clearly already being
:04:19. > :04:27.better used for some purpose. What we are talking about is publicly
:04:27. > :04:29.available and that is currently not being used properly. The Scottish
:04:30. > :04:33.government has established a Grow Your Own working group.
:04:33. > :04:39.One member of the group is the charity Greenspace. They work with
:04:39. > :04:42.communities to develop projects. Here, the end of this rugby pitch
:04:42. > :04:44.is going to be transformed into a community garden. Before long, an
:04:44. > :04:54.over-enthusiastic sprint to the try-line could end up in the veggie
:04:54. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :05:00.There are people here who might not even consider growing as an option
:05:00. > :05:03.for them. They need more support, more guidance, more information,
:05:03. > :05:11.some training in how to grow fruit and vegetables. That is where
:05:11. > :05:14.public sector organisations can There's no doubt this community
:05:14. > :05:17.certainly enjoy their orchard. But do you think the government needs
:05:17. > :05:27.to do more, what should communities just work it out for themselves? As
:05:27. > :05:33.
:05:33. > :05:35.always, we welcome your comments. Last week, Euan was meeting three
:05:35. > :05:45.businesses keen to protect the unique natural larder of their
:05:45. > :05:51.
:05:51. > :05:54.The western lochs are true fjords. The unique water here makes it an
:05:54. > :06:04.ideal habitat for a wide range of marine species, and a rich fishing
:06:04. > :06:10.area. Historically, salmon netting was important here. But catches
:06:10. > :06:15.have declined, and they became non- viable in the 1980s.
:06:15. > :06:22.As the wild salmon fishery dwindled, farmed salmon moved in. Now they
:06:22. > :06:25.support a large and often controversial industry.
:06:25. > :06:28.Even in the 1970s, there was been concern over the sustainability of
:06:28. > :06:38.fish farms, and the worry is that escaping fish arecontributing to
:06:38. > :06:47.
:06:47. > :06:49.What do you do here that is different from some of the big
:06:49. > :06:52.competitors? We try to get a niche for ourselves.
:06:52. > :06:55.Something our customers ask for is transparency about what our salmon
:06:55. > :06:59.are fed on. We feed them on trimmings of fish that have already
:06:59. > :07:08.been caught. So this is mackerel?
:07:08. > :07:11.Absolutely. I will trim it up. This is what goes into the food chain.
:07:11. > :07:17.This is what is left? It is what is left.
:07:17. > :07:20.This is 50 per cent, depending on how good it is filleted. This goes
:07:20. > :07:22.into fish meal, which is then used to create our dry fish diet. What
:07:22. > :07:26.about escaped salmon? How many have you had?
:07:26. > :07:30.As a business, I can't remember when we had an escape. But we do
:07:30. > :07:34.things differently. We know that each of our salmon are worth �20.
:07:34. > :07:37.We remind people of that on a regular basis. It is a fragile
:07:37. > :07:41.ecosystem. How do you ensure it survives?
:07:41. > :07:44.It may be fragile, but we have got one of the strictest policemen out
:07:44. > :07:49.there, namely, the Environment Agency. Ultimately, farming fish
:07:50. > :07:52.and farming the sea is similar to farming the land. It is all about
:07:52. > :07:58.good husbandry, and adjusting your technique in line with changing
:07:58. > :08:03.conditions. It is something the we just prioritise.
:08:03. > :08:07.Fish-farming plays an important part in the economy. Small
:08:07. > :08:17.operations like this are labour intensive. But that allows them to
:08:17. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:28.One such market is halal. Today, this man has come all the way from
:08:28. > :08:32.Manchester to bless the fish. Halal is good for us. We were
:08:32. > :08:35.surprised. I thought one of my friends was having a joke when he
:08:35. > :08:38.said, come and bless our fish. I had not appreciated that this part
:08:38. > :08:47.of the Muslim community, when they mean blessing, they mean blessing
:08:47. > :08:51.every salmon. Demand is there because we can't
:08:51. > :09:01.get this blessed fish. We can get the trout nearby, but salmon, we
:09:01. > :09:03.
:09:03. > :09:05.can't get them. I have been for looking for quite a while. Then I
:09:05. > :09:09.found the people here, who accommodated me.
:09:09. > :09:15.Next week, in the final part of my journey in the waters of Western
:09:15. > :09:19.Ross, I will be going on a shellfish safari.
:09:19. > :09:23.Still to come, Sarah goes in search of rutting stags.
:09:24. > :09:27.He is keeping his hinds together and trying to find those guys. He
:09:27. > :09:33.is doing a good job of it. And the Whiskey Riverboat Band
:09:33. > :09:43.continue their tour down the Spey. Phil is upside down in the water.
:09:43. > :09:53.With Hallowe'en just around the corner, Euan has been to Ayrshire
:09:53. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :09:58.to follow the trail of Scotland's spookiest poem.
:09:58. > :10:08.These are the opening lines from Robert Burns's epic supernatural
:10:08. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:19.poem, Tam o'Shanter. When chapman billies leave the street. And
:10:19. > :10:23.drouthy neibors, neibors, meet; As market days are wearing late, And
:10:23. > :10:26.folk begin to tak the gate, While we sit bousing at the nappy, An'
:10:26. > :10:36.getting fou and unco happy, We think na on the lang Scots miles,
:10:36. > :10:46.
:10:46. > :10:55.This cottage is where he was born and where the seeds of Tam
:10:55. > :10:59.This is Burns's cottage. It's the cottage where Robert Burns was born.
:10:59. > :11:01.His father built it. He would have listened to his mother and his aunt
:11:01. > :11:11.telling spooky stories to entertain the children while they were
:11:11. > :11:16.
:11:16. > :11:19.working in the kitchen here. It was here that he also learnt to
:11:19. > :11:22.love the area, and also got to know the place down the road.
:11:22. > :11:25.The poem follows the hero, Tam, on a drunken jaunt through the
:11:25. > :11:27.Ayrshire countryside, where he meets a whole series of
:11:27. > :11:37.supernatural creatures worthy of any good Hallowe'en tale. But like
:11:37. > :11:52.
:11:52. > :11:56.many a tall tale, it begins here, in the pub. This truth fand honest
:11:56. > :11:59.Tam o' Shanter, As he frae Ayr ae night did canter: (Auld Ayr, wham
:11:59. > :12:01.ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonie lasses).$$NEWLINE He
:12:01. > :12:04.comes in here to celebrate his winnings.
:12:04. > :12:07.He gets drunk with his friends, flirts with the landlady. The
:12:07. > :12:12.landlord went, on your way. He just gets on the horse, and it is a
:12:12. > :12:14.terrible night outside. That is the start of it. A long way to go,
:12:14. > :12:18.though. 50 miles to the farm.
:12:18. > :12:28.A fair bit to go. OK, let's go to church... And brave
:12:28. > :12:28.
:12:28. > :13:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:13:14. > :13:19.This the old church where it all happened. He is here, sitting at
:13:19. > :13:29.the back. He is kicking in the window. There is a bunker in the
:13:29. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:44.He has had too much to drink and he is hallucinating. They're all these
:13:44. > :13:53.young witches with short skirts. It is a short skirt. He shouts, well
:13:53. > :14:03.done! As soon as he's done that, they turn around. Somebody has
:14:03. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:20.stolen it. He says, get the hell So Mackie runs. Tam, they'll get
:14:20. > :14:42.
:14:42. > :14:46.We this is it. This is the brigadier. Which is cannot cross
:14:46. > :14:48.the water. So we are safe. $:/STARTFEED. For Nannie, far
:14:48. > :14:51.before the rest. Hard upon noble Maggie prest.
:14:51. > :14:53.And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle. But little wist she Maggie's
:14:53. > :15:02.mettle! Ae spring brought off her master
:15:02. > :15:12.hale. But left behind her ain grey tail.
:15:12. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:17.The carlin claught her by the rump. And left poor Maggie scarce a stump.
:15:17. > :15:26.So Maggie's tail-less. Maggie's safe. A-ha. Tam's safe. A-ha.
:15:26. > :15:29.If you have a comment about anything you see on that programme
:15:29. > :15:37.or have a wonderful story to share with us, please drop us an e-mail
:15:37. > :15:39.Now, the weather here is absolutely fantastic but what about the
:15:39. > :15:49.prospects for this weekend and beyond? To find out, here's
:15:49. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :15:55.Christopher Blanchett with the Good evening. We are in the middle
:15:55. > :16:00.of a cold is not at a moment but you did not need me to tell you
:16:00. > :16:04.that! A cold frosty night ahead and tomorrow it will be a cold, frosty
:16:04. > :16:09.start. Generally clear but there is another weather system working its
:16:09. > :16:14.way in, bringing a change. Tomorrow, generally dry and bright. They will
:16:14. > :16:20.be showers across the north and north-east and then cloud filling
:16:20. > :16:23.in across the North West Highlands. The further south and east you are,
:16:23. > :16:32.generally holding on to brighter conditions for longer. The cloud is
:16:32. > :16:36.spreading in. Still a cold day, perhaps four or five, degrees
:16:36. > :16:40.across the inland parts. Across the Hebrides, eight or nine as the
:16:40. > :16:49.daytime high. If you are out and about her walking or climbing, it
:16:49. > :16:53.will start cold but generally, the snow showers will turn to rain.
:16:53. > :16:57.Over across the eastern ranges, generally dry and bright but it
:16:57. > :17:03.will be cold. The cloud starts to work its way into any snow showers
:17:03. > :17:08.will tend to rain. The Border hills generally have a fine afternoon. If
:17:08. > :17:18.you are out and about across the inshore waters, Roth sees with
:17:18. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:24.moderate visibility. -- will. Generally set fair but clouding
:17:24. > :17:31.over later with moderate visibility. Across Shetland, generally a force
:17:31. > :17:39.5247. Visibility at times occasionally poor. -- forced five
:17:39. > :17:44.it, it took force seven. Most places no worse than around five
:17:44. > :17:48.but some colder spots in mind. Towards Sunday, the low pressure
:17:48. > :17:53.working its way in tomorrow bringing the rain continues to move
:17:53. > :17:58.south. It will be a wet end to the weekend. Temperatures starting to
:17:58. > :18:03.creep up - nothing like as cold as today. For Monday, to stop any
:18:03. > :18:11.working week, it is a bright start with a ridge of high pressure. --
:18:11. > :18:16.group to start the new. Some sunshine for Monday. Monday is not
:18:16. > :18:21.looking too bad. Generally dry and bright. Some outbreaks of rain
:18:21. > :18:28.working in towards the North West. Towards Tuesday, the low pressure
:18:28. > :18:31.is nearby and we will see some outbreaks of rain in the flow.
:18:31. > :18:36.Looking at the detail for Tuesday, generally dry and bright the
:18:36. > :18:40.further north and east you are at cloud and rain does spill in.
:18:41. > :18:50.Staying unsettled as we head towards Wednesday. Outbreaks of
:18:51. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :18:59.If you want to get up close to some of Scotland's greatest wildlife
:18:59. > :19:07.sites, the best way is to join a ranger-led Safari. Last week, Sarah
:19:07. > :19:17.went on a wild goose chase. This week, she is on the trail of the
:19:17. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:26.It's the deer-rutting season and I'm joining Glyn from the Royal
:19:26. > :19:31.Estate Ranger Service for a luxury Land Rover Safari, to try and
:19:31. > :19:37.capture the sights and sounds of this amazing annual event. So, Glyn,
:19:37. > :19:42.where are we off to? We're going to head south across Balmoral Estate
:19:42. > :19:46.here. We can hear three or four rutting stags all around us just
:19:46. > :19:49.now so, hopefully, we're going to get a bit closer to them. I'm
:19:49. > :19:59.hoping this cloud is going to lift quite shortly, as well. So, shall
:19:59. > :20:02.we get going? Yes, we'll hit the How big is the estate? It's about
:20:03. > :20:10.50,000 acres, the area that we're in just now. Even on a cold, misty
:20:10. > :20:14.morning, it still looks beautiful, What can you see, Glyn? There's
:20:14. > :20:19.three stags - young stags - just below us. They're just moving
:20:20. > :20:23.across the lot around here. They're definitely looking quite keen on
:20:23. > :20:31.getting involved in the rut. I think the oldest stacks that are
:20:31. > :20:35.rutting are up in the clouds. -- stags. These boys - I don't think
:20:35. > :20:41.they're going to get much done this season but in the next few years,
:20:41. > :20:44.they'll be joining in with the rut. Oh, listen. That's amazing, isn't
:20:44. > :20:48.it? Now that we've climbed up onto the high ground, we're in the area
:20:48. > :20:50.where these guys are going to be rutting so what these guys are
:20:50. > :20:56.doing is having roaring competitions. So the stag that
:20:56. > :21:00.roars the loudest and most often, he gets to hold and mate. Roaring
:21:00. > :21:04.is enough? Roaring's enough. If they can settle it by roaring, they
:21:04. > :21:08.don't need to go and fight. Because if they do fight, they can injure
:21:08. > :21:16.themselves quite badly. So the roaring is the main way they try
:21:16. > :21:19.and decide which is the dominant Just on the skyline there, there's
:21:19. > :21:23.a group of young stags, and the reason they're there is because
:21:23. > :21:28.there's a bigger, more dominant stag just below the skyline. He's
:21:28. > :21:32.got a group of about 12 hinds in his harem. So those young lads on
:21:32. > :21:36.the skyline there, they're trying to get in a bit on his action. But
:21:36. > :21:41.he's keeping his hinds together and trying to find those guys off. He
:21:41. > :21:46.seems to be doing quite a good job of it just now. Two, four... 10, 12
:21:46. > :21:52.hinds? Yes, yeah. He's a big stag. He's a big stag and we can hear a
:21:52. > :21:55.lot of roaring, but the deepest one is coming from him. Taking in the
:21:55. > :21:59.stunning mountain scenery from the comfort of one of those is a
:21:59. > :22:04.memorable experience. And witnessing the wildlife, up close
:22:04. > :22:07.and personal, is a real treat. There are many places around
:22:07. > :22:17.Scotland from which people can watch the Stags battle and display
:22:17. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:26.for dominance. So this autumn, get The Whisky Riverboat Band is a
:22:26. > :22:29.unique group of musicians who also have a passion for canoeing. Each
:22:29. > :22:39.year, they combine these two activities with a musical tour down
:22:39. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:47.the River Spey. Euan has become Right, we're just about to start
:22:47. > :22:52.day two. Is it a bit more wild this time? Well, every day, the river
:22:52. > :22:58.gets a bit wilder. So, yeah, we've got a few more obstacles. A few
:22:58. > :23:02.more rapids and bigger waves today. So where's the gig today? It's at
:23:02. > :23:05.the Cragganmore distillery. Outside or inside? Outside in the courtyard.
:23:05. > :23:09.They don't let us go inside. They know better than that! We seem to
:23:09. > :23:12.have run out of whisky last night, so... Hence the distillery further
:23:12. > :23:15.down the road. There's a certain lull in the natural energy of the
:23:15. > :23:25.Whisky Riverboat Band because there is a natural element missing until
:23:25. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:40.# There's no whisky in my glass any more.
:23:40. > :23:44.# There's no whisky in my glass any more.
:23:44. > :23:46.# Going to walk out the door and try to find some more.
:23:46. > :23:53.# Believe me, I'm going to try very hard
:23:53. > :24:03.#. This way of touring is so much better than sweaty, smelly vans.
:24:03. > :24:07.We're just having to dig in a bit here because one of the canoes has
:24:07. > :24:11.cowped, just at the bridge. I think it's Joe that's gone over. We're
:24:11. > :24:18.going to see if we can help. By the time we'd arrived, they'd made it
:24:18. > :24:22.to the bank. We were trying to get into the side. As we approached the
:24:22. > :24:26.bridge, we got a signal to kind of cut in. We sort of did that and
:24:26. > :24:30.took a stump head on and then went side onto it. As soon as you go
:24:30. > :24:34.side on to something, you're totally... I actually got trapped
:24:34. > :24:39.under the boat and my foot got caught. I had to shake my shoe off
:24:39. > :24:46.so I could actually get out. It was pretty scary. What about the
:24:46. > :24:53.instruments? I got the mandolin out. The mandolin escaped! My fiddle and
:24:53. > :25:03.Gav's two instruments are stuck, still. It's still in tune! # Rowed
:25:03. > :25:07.down this river feeling good #. The mandolin might be OK but not
:25:07. > :25:11.all the instruments are safe. What's really going on through all
:25:11. > :25:16.this drama is the fiddle is upside down in the water. That's what the
:25:16. > :25:26.pressures about. The guides from the filming wrapped up being
:25:26. > :25:31.
:25:31. > :25:35.deployed. -- filming raft have been deploted. Joe's boat is freed and
:25:35. > :25:38.Jed is waiting to latch onto it. We've managed to save the fiddle.
:25:38. > :25:41.It's in this bag here and it looks like it's still shut, so,
:25:41. > :25:46.hopefully... Hopefully that's all right. Beer... The beer's OK, so
:25:46. > :25:49.everyone's happy. # Going down this river feeling
:25:49. > :25:51.good. # Going down this river feeling
:25:51. > :25:55.good. # Going down this river feeling
:25:55. > :26:05.good, so good. # Always want to be treated this
:26:05. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:15.#. Day two and it just gets better and better. We had deer running
:26:15. > :26:19.along the side of the river. Just awesome. And now, the distillery.
:26:19. > :26:29.Going where the fishes love to leap. # Going where the fishes love to
:26:29. > :26:37.
:26:37. > :26:44.leap so high. After a quick sample of the produce, it's time to play.
:26:44. > :26:47.# Hey, please stay away. # Leave me alone for another day.
:26:47. > :26:57.# My love is gone, this time to stay.
:26:57. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:09.# Hey, please stay away. # Rain, please stay away
:27:09. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:19.After a successful gig, the band set up camp by the river. So, here
:27:19. > :27:22.we are at the end of day two and almost halfway to the mouth of the
:27:22. > :27:30.Spey. As you can hear in the background, the river is getting
:27:30. > :27:33.faster and getting angrier. For me, this is what this trip is all about.
:27:33. > :27:43.Stunning Scottish scenery, a campfire and a group of friends
:27:43. > :27:43.
:27:44. > :27:47.Next week, the band conclude their journey where the Spey meets the
:27:47. > :27:54.sea. Now, before I bring the curtain down on this week's gig,
:27:54. > :27:57.here's what else is coming up on next week's programme.
:27:57. > :28:02.supermarkets are looking for a constant supply on a daily basis so
:28:02. > :28:08.to provide that, we need the covers. Sarah takes a new circular bus
:28:08. > :28:12.route round Central Perthshire. This is my first stopping off point.
:28:12. > :28:18.And we take a seafood safari in Wester Ross. This is a very big
:28:18. > :28:28.crab. It is very white looking. This had just cast its shell. Once