:00:32. > :00:37.hello and a very warm welcome. In a moment I will be asking, is
:00:37. > :00:41.their gold in those hills? First, here is what is coming up.
:00:42. > :00:48.We give confused Manx shear waters a helping hand on their journey
:00:49. > :00:53.says. That is eight this evening now.
:00:53. > :00:58.We find out how one of the smallest communities in Scotland has one of
:00:59. > :01:03.the most impressive war memorials. This was a gift from will local
:01:03. > :01:07.landowner. It is probably the most flamboyant and beautiful and
:01:07. > :01:11.striking. And traditional craft skills of
:01:11. > :01:19.working. It is all to do with time and what happens and what kind of
:01:19. > :01:23.Marks and effects we will have on the landscape that we live in.
:01:23. > :01:29.Over the past few years, the price of gold has soared and has reached
:01:29. > :01:39.an all-time high. Will this lead to a modern-day gold rush? I went to
:01:39. > :01:43.
:01:44. > :01:48.Since it was first discovered common cold has been a real symbol
:01:48. > :01:53.of wealth and power, and man has died and something to killed to
:01:53. > :01:59.obtain it. Here in Scotland, all you have to do is look into the
:01:59. > :02:02.rivers and streams -- rivers and streams for the tell-tale signs.
:02:02. > :02:05.Over millions of years in these mountains, the rivers have eroded
:02:06. > :02:09.their way through the mountains, the glaciers have passed through
:02:09. > :02:14.and washed out pieces of quartz with the likes of this containing
:02:15. > :02:18.gold. The gold has rolled in the river and been smashed up with
:02:18. > :02:26.different temperature changes and they have released the gold in the
:02:26. > :02:30.river. I have a few examples here. Some nice large nuggets. This is
:02:30. > :02:36.the type of goal from this reverse here. So you have little flakes
:02:36. > :02:40.here, but massive debts of gold there. Quite incredible, actually.
:02:40. > :02:45.These have been found in Scottish rivers? All-Scottish. What are my
:02:45. > :02:55.chances of finding something today? Are pretty good, if you are with me.
:02:55. > :02:58.Let's get our gear on. If you fancy trying gold panning, make sure you
:02:58. > :03:08.contact the land over to get appropriate commission. I will show
:03:08. > :03:18.you the action. If you just pull that up, you can see the grubber
:03:18. > :03:33.
:03:33. > :03:43.We will put some of this gravel in the hands, let me just try and put
:03:43. > :03:45.
:03:45. > :03:48.an equal amount end. That is it. If you graduate Hannon, -- if you grab
:03:48. > :03:52.that you're a fan, and copy my technique just put it under water
:03:52. > :03:58.and to the left to right. We want the lighter materials to the top
:03:58. > :04:02.and the heady materials to the bottom. Hopefully gold. And will
:04:02. > :04:07.keep repeating this process until we finally get down to just a few
:04:07. > :04:15.tablespoons worth of material. No we are down to the red stones. This
:04:15. > :04:21.get rid of your last bit of salt. No we should be seeing a bit of
:04:21. > :04:26.gold. Which we have not! That is what a lot of gold panning has seen.
:04:26. > :04:31.If it was easy, everyone would do it. Nothing for me so far, but if
:04:31. > :04:41.you want to get rich doing this you must speculate to accumulate and
:04:41. > :04:43.
:04:43. > :04:50.Scotland's only commercial mind it in time drum in Argyll. With gold
:04:50. > :04:55.price at a record high, now is the perfect time for development.
:04:55. > :05:00.price of gold has increased significantly over the last few
:05:00. > :05:10.years, and when we acquired the project here it was $650 per ounce
:05:10. > :05:16.five years ago. It is 1690 today. It has risen by $1,000 per ounce.
:05:16. > :05:21.You guys want to get this cold out as soon as you can. All developers
:05:21. > :05:31.want to develop their project as -- when the price is right. Shall we
:05:31. > :05:33.
:05:33. > :05:38.have a look inside? Es. Excellent. What do we have here? What we have
:05:38. > :05:44.here is the main, identified by the white quartz running through. You
:05:44. > :05:48.have the aspect running more or less the length of the tunnel. You
:05:48. > :05:55.can see there are some shiny bits and pieces in their, sort of around
:05:55. > :06:01.here. One or two sparkly bits, that is fool's gold. But that is
:06:01. > :06:11.actually where the gold occurs. Some very fine particles. Dr
:06:11. > :06:15.situated around the crystals. The gold particles are often 0.1 of a
:06:15. > :06:21.millimetre. So you don't see them. I was expecting to see pieces of
:06:21. > :06:25.gold, but it is not at all, there is nothing really. Very few minds
:06:25. > :06:28.in the world would you will actually see pieces of gold.
:06:28. > :06:35.They're usually very small particles, that is why you crush
:06:35. > :06:43.the prop up very finely. So how much gold do you think is in here?
:06:43. > :06:49.Our resources, so we can tell the stock market what is available, is
:06:49. > :06:59.around for a half tons of gold. That's around �160 million worth of
:06:59. > :07:00.
:07:00. > :07:04.gold. The insatiable demand for gold at
:07:04. > :07:08.its record high price is what underpins the future of any mining
:07:08. > :07:18.operation. If the value hit rock bottom, the only gold been found
:07:18. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:24.here in Scotland will be that in Still to come, we begin anew series
:07:24. > :07:28.on the unique craft skills of working. I use the colours and the
:07:28. > :07:32.sheikhs and the sounds and smells of the landscape to Patrese
:07:32. > :07:36.whatever it is I am trying to get across. And as Remembrance Sunday
:07:36. > :07:42.approaches, we visit the stunning warm Warrior -- stunning war
:07:42. > :07:52.memorial in Glenelg. They will never go -- they will never grow
:07:52. > :07:56.Last year I travelled to the Isle of Rum to visit the Manx Shearwater
:07:56. > :08:00.colony. The sea birds raised their cheques and Burrows's high up in
:08:00. > :08:04.the island's mountains, but every year in September date begin their
:08:04. > :08:14.mammoth journey to wintering grounds in South America. As a UN
:08:14. > :08:19.found out, there can be some The island of Rum. Colm to a huge
:08:19. > :08:26.colony of 60,000 Manx shearwaters, estimated to be around one-fifth of
:08:26. > :08:29.the world's total population. Manx shearwaters are incredibly along
:08:29. > :08:33.with the birds, the oldest record it is over 50 years old. Here in
:08:33. > :08:38.Mallaig without a bit of help their lives could come to a very swift
:08:38. > :08:42.end. The island of Rum was around 15
:08:42. > :08:47.miles directly west from here, you can see it in the background. What
:08:47. > :08:52.is happening is the young she waters are leaving on the start of
:08:52. > :08:58.a 6,000 mile migration to South America, but some are making a
:08:58. > :09:03.detour and a crash landing here in the heart of Mallaig. That is what
:09:03. > :09:07.this man comes in. By day he runs a guest house in Mallaig, but
:09:07. > :09:14.throughout September, by night, he organises assure water rescue
:09:14. > :09:17.programme that involves the whole community. The newly fledged birds
:09:17. > :09:23.are very inexperience that if there is a westerly wind blowing from
:09:23. > :09:28.there in this direction and they are blown to words Malik, they get
:09:28. > :09:32.disoriented by the light. -- and our own towards Mallaig.
:09:32. > :09:38.They have relatively long wings and short legs, and that makes it
:09:38. > :09:41.difficult for them to take off. Their wings tend to hit the ground.
:09:41. > :09:47.They need ahead went on a hill to take off from. When the land around
:09:47. > :09:50.here, most of it is concrete and therefore they fly into fences or
:09:50. > :09:55.they just find it difficult to take-off.. A they must be quite
:09:55. > :09:58.wrong able to cats and dogs. Absolutely, dogs and cats, some of
:09:58. > :10:03.them get run over, there are all sorts of problems out there for
:10:03. > :10:07.them. We had arranged to meet Martin at
:10:07. > :10:13.his guest house once darkness fell, but by the time we got there he had
:10:13. > :10:21.already gone call it from a local resident. We are at the top of
:10:21. > :10:28.Mallaig and Marton has his first bird of the night. Martin? Just
:10:28. > :10:33.down in the corner here. I am going to take him up and taken to the car.
:10:33. > :10:43.That sounds easier than it might be. This one will hopefully be quite
:10:43. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:57.Dare we go. That is what we have been looking for. Undamaged? Looks
:10:57. > :11:01.pretty good, a bit damp. Boxes in the van? Very much so,
:11:01. > :11:05.especially about the size, and get as many in the van as possible.
:11:05. > :11:11.Just as soon as we got that bird safely stored in the boot, we got a
:11:11. > :11:21.call about another one. But on the way to collect that one, we come
:11:21. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:37.across another one. It is raining Martin is just flying all over town
:11:37. > :11:47.to get these birds. People are falling him all the time. It is
:11:47. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :11:59.This is their team here, -- this is 13 years. Does everyone a mallet
:11:59. > :12:02.have her phone number? We have notices all over the village.
:12:03. > :12:07.could just be someone with that torch going into their garden!
:12:07. > :12:12.police know, so we should not get arrested.
:12:12. > :12:16.There we go, that is something like eight this evening. We haven't got
:12:17. > :12:21.to 10 or clock yet. It is at busy start to the evening,
:12:21. > :12:25.and then birds keep coming. -- we haven't got to 10pm yet. As well as
:12:25. > :12:29.getting call it, Martin goes on patrol around the town and local
:12:29. > :12:32.people bring the birds to handful stop it is good to have someone
:12:32. > :12:40.just to give them to as you know that they will get a chance, a
:12:40. > :12:45.second chance. After a hectic night, we head for
:12:45. > :12:49.dead. But it is not over yet. And just got back to the hotel, and
:12:49. > :12:59.just to show you how many there are, look at this. There is another one
:12:59. > :13:05.
:13:05. > :13:10.right on the wall here. I will try We will take him back to Marton, so
:13:10. > :13:15.I might get to bed yet, who knows? After dropping him off, we managed
:13:15. > :13:21.to get some sleep and the next morning after Martin and volunteer
:13:21. > :13:28.Steve had weighed the birds, it was time to release them. Just open the
:13:28. > :13:33.box. Make sure the wings are well for what in. So why here, Martin?
:13:33. > :13:38.It is about a mile and a half its side of Malik, away from their main
:13:38. > :13:44.creditor in this area. And over the sea we have a little bit of hate so
:13:44. > :13:48.it helps the bird getaway. He feels quite strong, he is struggling.
:13:48. > :13:54.That is a good sign. Is there a technique Shakhtar Donetsk gently,
:13:54. > :14:02.not too strongly, just gently so the word for it and not too high.
:14:02. > :14:09.Derby Co. That is excellent. I could release. Hopefully on the way
:14:09. > :14:14.to South America. That is quite a warm and fuzzy feeling.
:14:14. > :14:19.In total over the season, Martin with help from the community and
:14:19. > :14:29.volunteers has rescued at released more than 700 birds. Cope fully a
:14:29. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:34.good proportion of them make it all If you have a comment about
:14:34. > :14:40.anything you see on the programme, or have a wonderful story to share
:14:40. > :14:44.with us, please drop as an email to landward@bbc.co.uk. Now the weather
:14:44. > :14:54.here in Anstruther, Gray, a bit showery. What about the prospects
:14:54. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:01.for this week and beyond? We have Hello. This weekend will see a good
:15:01. > :15:04.number of bright spells but also some blustery showers. All thanks
:15:04. > :15:07.to this area of low pressure sitting to the north of Scotland,
:15:07. > :15:10.feeding and these were the front which will mean the showers merge
:15:10. > :15:14.tomorrow morning across the central and southern Highlands. Away from
:15:14. > :15:17.here, generally dry, cloudy with brightness developing as we head
:15:17. > :15:21.into the afternoon. Most of the strong winds across the north-west,
:15:21. > :15:25.with lighter winds further inland and south and east and it isn't
:15:25. > :15:28.East-West split as we head towards the middle of the afternoon. Around
:15:28. > :15:34.three o'clock, the best of the bike has down the east coast. Further
:15:34. > :15:37.west, the showers pack in. Some will be blustery. Temperatures up
:15:37. > :15:41.to ten degrees Celsius at best but the showers continue across the
:15:41. > :15:45.Highlands and Islands and across the northern isles as well. If you
:15:45. > :15:49.opt out and about across the western ranges, expect the showers
:15:49. > :15:54.to be wintry above 700 metres. For the north-west Highlands, gusting
:15:54. > :15:58.to around 60 miles an hour, so significant wind chill had. Across
:15:58. > :16:01.the eastern ranges, generally around the freezing mark but it
:16:01. > :16:05.should be drier. Wins the ring north-westerly as we head towards
:16:05. > :16:09.the afternoon. The Border hills milder, three degrees Celsius at
:16:09. > :16:14.the summit. If you are out and about on the inshore waters in the
:16:14. > :16:18.south-west, we're expecting a force three, north-westerly 44, moderate
:16:18. > :16:23.seas and good visibility and showers continues. The weather
:16:23. > :16:27.should be set fair, but a south- westerly, moderate seas and good
:16:27. > :16:34.visibility. Across Shetland, we're expecting some pretty rough seas
:16:34. > :16:37.that ties -- Times. And squally showers, good visibility. The rest
:16:37. > :16:41.of the afternoon and into the evening, the show was pushed their
:16:41. > :16:45.way in but retreat towards the west coast. Many central, southern and
:16:45. > :16:50.eastern parts should be drier with clear skies in places. Auroral
:16:50. > :16:53.frost and a chilly night. Towards Remembrance Sunday, the low-
:16:53. > :16:58.pressure balls towards Scandinavia. An improving day across the whole
:16:58. > :17:01.of the country. More widespread with sunshine and sunny spells.
:17:01. > :17:05.Temperatures seven or eight degrees Celsius. Showers tending to working
:17:05. > :17:11.towards the north coast of Aberdeenshire and Murray. Next week,
:17:11. > :17:15.back to square one. Wet and windy. Overnight Sunday to Monday, the
:17:15. > :17:18.brief ridge of high pressure will mean a widespread frost. There is
:17:18. > :17:22.the front working in from the Atlantic, bringing outbreaks of
:17:22. > :17:28.rain. A wet start to Monday. Strengthening winds, we could see
:17:28. > :17:31.some gales. A wet and windy start to the new working week. For Jews
:17:31. > :17:35.stayed within the showers packing into north-western parts, dryer in
:17:35. > :17:40.the middle but the front waving will bring rain towards southern
:17:40. > :17:44.parts of the country. You can see into the Borders, but with the
:17:44. > :17:47.south-westerly flow of air, milder conditions, 11 or 12 degrees
:17:47. > :17:57.Celsius. The rain continues to spread across the whole of the
:17:57. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:05.country, highs of ten or 11 degrees The Orkney Islands are a hive of
:18:05. > :18:09.creative industry, with hundreds of artists and craftspeople producing
:18:09. > :18:19.a huge variety of different work. Over the next three weeks we would
:18:19. > :18:30.
:18:30. > :18:35.be visiting the craftsmen and women The unique natural beauty of the
:18:35. > :18:40.Orkney Islands has provided creative inspiration for centuries.
:18:40. > :18:50.Artists and craftspeople have been drawn here by the sea, the light do
:18:50. > :18:52.
:18:52. > :19:02.This week I am heading for the gallery to meet tapestry artist
:19:02. > :19:08.It is mesmerising watching you. What are you creating here? I don't
:19:08. > :19:12.like to stop you, mid-flow. What are you up to? This is a commission
:19:12. > :19:17.for a couple who were here about four years ago, plus the waiting
:19:17. > :19:25.list, about four to five years. This is about traces of life, marks
:19:25. > :19:34.that we make. This piece represents -- represents how it is eaten up by
:19:34. > :19:40.the sea. These are settlements, the Viking settlements. This is a view
:19:40. > :19:45.from the air, you get the ditches and the mound. It is all to do with
:19:45. > :19:50.nature overtaking anything you might do to it. It is to do with
:19:50. > :19:55.time and what happens and what kind of Marks and affects we have on the
:19:55. > :20:01.landscape that we live in. Even for a little one like this come which
:20:02. > :20:06.is about 4.5 ft square, you're looking at six weeks to two months
:20:06. > :20:11.for weaving and the drawing time beforehand, a couple of weeks or a
:20:11. > :20:21.couple of months. It is very fluid. You can't force something until it
:20:21. > :20:25.
:20:25. > :20:30.Like many other creative people who live and work on the islands, she
:20:30. > :20:36.looks for inspiration on the beautiful deserted beaches. How
:20:36. > :20:42.important are the islands to your work? I think because I was born
:20:42. > :20:46.and brought up here, they make up the bulk of the work. I used the
:20:46. > :20:50.colours and the shapes and the sounds and the smells of the
:20:50. > :20:53.landscape to betray whatever it is I'm trying to get across. It is not
:20:53. > :20:58.necessarily always about the landscape but the landscape is
:20:58. > :21:04.always in there. You have big dramatic skies and the colours of
:21:04. > :21:07.the sky reflected in the sea. You gets shapes mirrored in the sea and
:21:07. > :21:17.this guy that balance is everything. It attracts folk to come and live
:21:17. > :21:26.here. Next week, I'll be meeting a stonemason who is doing his bit for
:21:26. > :21:30.On Sunday, the nation will fall silent as we pay tribute to the
:21:30. > :21:34.servicemen and women who gave their lives in conflicts around the world.
:21:34. > :21:39.Virtually every community in Scotland has a permanent war
:21:39. > :21:44.memorial. Many a simple plinths but very few are as striking as the
:21:44. > :21:54.memorial to the fallen in Glenelg. Sarah went to Wester Ross to find
:21:54. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:05.Travel through any town, village or hamlet in Scotland and you are more
:22:05. > :22:09.than likely to find a war memorial. Such was the loss of young men and
:22:09. > :22:17.-- in World War One that every community in rural Scotland was
:22:17. > :22:21.affected. With nobody is to lay to rest, communities needed a focus
:22:21. > :22:26.for their grief -- with no bodies to lay to rest. A frenzy of
:22:26. > :22:31.Memorial Building followed. In 1918, nearly every community in Scotland
:22:31. > :22:41.had decided to erect a memorial to its own war dead. Most were of
:22:41. > :22:44.
:22:44. > :22:52.conservative design, often But I am on my way to see one of
:22:52. > :23:02.most striking and unusual memorials in Scotland. Glenelg. Here it is.
:23:02. > :23:04.
:23:04. > :23:08.David, we are standing in front of a striking memorial in a
:23:08. > :23:13.spectacular setting. How does this compare with other memorials across
:23:13. > :23:21.Scotland? It is probably the most flamboyant and beautiful and
:23:21. > :23:28.striking and elaborate. This was in fact a gift from a local landowner,
:23:28. > :23:35.Lee Scott. She wanted a memorial to her son, who was killed. Also to
:23:36. > :23:39.the other Highlanders in the area. She offered this, or she gave the
:23:40. > :23:44.alternative of appear. The local church community chose to have a
:23:44. > :23:50.memorial instead. This grand scale memorial has equally grand subject
:23:50. > :23:55.matter. It may not be to modern taste but its symbolism is off epic
:23:55. > :24:03.tragedy. The larger figure, the angel holding the Laurel wreath,
:24:03. > :24:09.she represents peace. In front of her his victory in the form of a
:24:09. > :24:15.Highlander. Kneeling in front of them, the Lady Is humanity and its
:24:15. > :24:20.distress, looking to these two for help and healing. If you walk round
:24:20. > :24:23.the back you will see the Broken Drum, the sign of death in battle
:24:23. > :24:31.and the fallen Crown, which I suppose is the British imperial
:24:31. > :24:38.crown. Tremmel is cast of Proms and his Category A listed -- Glenelg.
:24:38. > :24:42.It is cast of bronze. It was designed by the man who created the
:24:42. > :24:49.National War Memorial in Edinburgh. He handed the commission to a
:24:49. > :24:54.little known Perth Show sculpture. -- sculptor. His granddaughter has
:24:54. > :24:58.researched his work. He died 12 years ago before I was born so I
:24:58. > :25:02.did not know him, but I read a newspaper radical but said he was a
:25:02. > :25:07.wood Carver. That annoyed me, because I had always been told he
:25:07. > :25:14.was a sculptor. I started to research his career. There were
:25:14. > :25:18.problems with getting up casts -- with getting it cast. It was cast
:25:18. > :25:24.in London. By the time the full- size plaster model got down to
:25:25. > :25:29.London, the foundry complained that it was very scanty and there were
:25:29. > :25:36.bits that were thin and he would have to repair it. But the worst
:25:36. > :25:46.thing was a huge Blair of -- a huge level of extra corals that were put
:25:46. > :25:52.
:25:52. > :25:57.He spent two years on the sculptor and the story goes that ironically
:25:57. > :26:07.was the lack of a suitable peer at Glenelg that made delivery of the
:26:07. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:25.My uncle was in the First World War. He was on his way home, on a
:26:25. > :26:31.hospital ship. He died. Given the fact that one of your relations is
:26:31. > :26:37.on it, you must feel a great association with it? Yes, it is
:26:37. > :26:44.very important to remember them, yes. Four hour tomorrow, they gave
:26:44. > :26:48.their today. They will never grow old, these young men. They hold a
:26:48. > :26:53.service here every Remembrance Sunday after the service in church.
:26:53. > :27:03.The Hannah Short service here, two minutes' silence to remember the
:27:03. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:12.The surprising aspect of the memorial, its content, size and
:27:12. > :27:16.elaborate it is not typical of what you would have found in the West
:27:16. > :27:19.Highlands. On the other hand, people were in a state of shock,
:27:19. > :27:29.coming to terms with the colossal wash -- losses of the First World
:27:29. > :27:34.
:27:34. > :27:39.War. Nothing would be too The Glenelg war memorial was born
:27:39. > :27:43.out of a mother's loss of her son. It may be too large scale or
:27:43. > :27:49.theatrical for some like the hundreds of other memorials across
:27:49. > :27:59.the country it means a huge amount community -- to communities who
:27:59. > :28:07.
:28:07. > :28:11.The stunning memorial to the war dead of Glenelg. Now, just have
:28:11. > :28:21.time to tell you what we have planned for next week's programme.
:28:21. > :28:23.
:28:23. > :28:28.Euan sings a bothy ballad. And we put some bees to bed for winter.
:28:28. > :28:33.have a 30 or 40 mile journey along the road ahead of us, so they are
:28:33. > :28:37.strapped in. We will keep the windows shut on the Land Rover.