Episode 20 Landward

hello and a very warm welcome. In a moment I will be asking, is

their gold in those hills? First, here is what is coming up.

We give confused Manx shear waters a helping hand on their journey

says. That is eight this evening now.

We find out how one of the smallest communities in Scotland has one of

the most impressive war memorials. This was a gift from will local

landowner. It is probably the most flamboyant and beautiful and

striking. And traditional craft skills of

working. It is all to do with time and what happens and what kind of

Marks and effects we will have on the landscape that we live in.

Over the past few years, the price of gold has soared and has reached

an all-time high. Will this lead to a modern-day gold rush? I went to

Since it was first discovered common cold has been a real symbol

of wealth and power, and man has died and something to killed to

obtain it. Here in Scotland, all you have to do is look into the

rivers and streams -- rivers and streams for the tell-tale signs.

Over millions of years in these mountains, the rivers have eroded

their way through the mountains, the glaciers have passed through

and washed out pieces of quartz with the likes of this containing

gold. The gold has rolled in the river and been smashed up with

different temperature changes and they have released the gold in the

river. I have a few examples here. Some nice large nuggets. This is

the type of goal from this reverse here. So you have little flakes

here, but massive debts of gold there. Quite incredible, actually.

These have been found in Scottish rivers? All-Scottish. What are my

chances of finding something today? Are pretty good, if you are with me.

Let's get our gear on. If you fancy trying gold panning, make sure you

contact the land over to get appropriate commission. I will show

you the action. If you just pull that up, you can see the grubber

We will put some of this gravel in the hands, let me just try and put

an equal amount end. That is it. If you graduate Hannon, -- if you grab

that you're a fan, and copy my technique just put it under water

and to the left to right. We want the lighter materials to the top

and the heady materials to the bottom. Hopefully gold. And will

keep repeating this process until we finally get down to just a few

tablespoons worth of material. No we are down to the red stones. This

get rid of your last bit of salt. No we should be seeing a bit of

gold. Which we have not! That is what a lot of gold panning has seen.

If it was easy, everyone would do it. Nothing for me so far, but if

you want to get rich doing this you must speculate to accumulate and

Scotland's only commercial mind it in time drum in Argyll. With gold

price at a record high, now is the perfect time for development.

price of gold has increased significantly over the last few

years, and when we acquired the project here it was $650 per ounce

five years ago. It is 1690 today. It has risen by $1,000 per ounce.

You guys want to get this cold out as soon as you can. All developers

want to develop their project as -- when the price is right. Shall we

have a look inside? Es. Excellent. What do we have here? What we have

here is the main, identified by the white quartz running through. You

have the aspect running more or less the length of the tunnel. You

can see there are some shiny bits and pieces in their, sort of around

here. One or two sparkly bits, that is fool's gold. But that is

actually where the gold occurs. Some very fine particles. Dr

situated around the crystals. The gold particles are often 0.1 of a

millimetre. So you don't see them. I was expecting to see pieces of

gold, but it is not at all, there is nothing really. Very few minds

in the world would you will actually see pieces of gold.

They're usually very small particles, that is why you crush

the prop up very finely. So how much gold do you think is in here?

Our resources, so we can tell the stock market what is available, is

around for a half tons of gold. That's around �160 million worth of

gold. The insatiable demand for gold at

its record high price is what underpins the future of any mining

operation. If the value hit rock bottom, the only gold been found

here in Scotland will be that in Still to come, we begin anew series

on the unique craft skills of working. I use the colours and the

sheikhs and the sounds and smells of the landscape to Patrese

whatever it is I am trying to get across. And as Remembrance Sunday

approaches, we visit the stunning warm Warrior -- stunning war

memorial in Glenelg. They will never go -- they will never grow

Last year I travelled to the Isle of Rum to visit the Manx Shearwater

colony. The sea birds raised their cheques and Burrows's high up in

the island's mountains, but every year in September date begin their

mammoth journey to wintering grounds in South America. As a UN

found out, there can be some The island of Rum. Colm to a huge

colony of 60,000 Manx shearwaters, estimated to be around one-fifth of

the world's total population. Manx shearwaters are incredibly along

with the birds, the oldest record it is over 50 years old. Here in

Mallaig without a bit of help their lives could come to a very swift

end. The island of Rum was around 15

miles directly west from here, you can see it in the background. What

is happening is the young she waters are leaving on the start of

a 6,000 mile migration to South America, but some are making a

detour and a crash landing here in the heart of Mallaig. That is what

this man comes in. By day he runs a guest house in Mallaig, but

throughout September, by night, he organises assure water rescue

programme that involves the whole community. The newly fledged birds

are very inexperience that if there is a westerly wind blowing from

there in this direction and they are blown to words Malik, they get

disoriented by the light. -- and our own towards Mallaig.

They have relatively long wings and short legs, and that makes it

difficult for them to take off. Their wings tend to hit the ground.

They need ahead went on a hill to take off from. When the land around

here, most of it is concrete and therefore they fly into fences or

they just find it difficult to take-off.. A they must be quite

wrong able to cats and dogs. Absolutely, dogs and cats, some of

them get run over, there are all sorts of problems out there for

them. We had arranged to meet Martin at

his guest house once darkness fell, but by the time we got there he had

already gone call it from a local resident. We are at the top of

Mallaig and Marton has his first bird of the night. Martin? Just

down in the corner here. I am going to take him up and taken to the car.

That sounds easier than it might be. This one will hopefully be quite

Dare we go. That is what we have been looking for. Undamaged? Looks

pretty good, a bit damp. Boxes in the van? Very much so,

especially about the size, and get as many in the van as possible.

Just as soon as we got that bird safely stored in the boot, we got a

call about another one. But on the way to collect that one, we come

across another one. It is raining Martin is just flying all over town

to get these birds. People are falling him all the time. It is

This is their team here, -- this is 13 years. Does everyone a mallet

have her phone number? We have notices all over the village.

could just be someone with that torch going into their garden!

police know, so we should not get arrested.

There we go, that is something like eight this evening. We haven't got

to 10 or clock yet. It is at busy start to the evening,

and then birds keep coming. -- we haven't got to 10pm yet. As well as

getting call it, Martin goes on patrol around the town and local

people bring the birds to handful stop it is good to have someone

just to give them to as you know that they will get a chance, a

second chance. After a hectic night, we head for

dead. But it is not over yet. And just got back to the hotel, and

just to show you how many there are, look at this. There is another one

right on the wall here. I will try We will take him back to Marton, so

I might get to bed yet, who knows? After dropping him off, we managed

to get some sleep and the next morning after Martin and volunteer

Steve had weighed the birds, it was time to release them. Just open the

box. Make sure the wings are well for what in. So why here, Martin?

It is about a mile and a half its side of Malik, away from their main

creditor in this area. And over the sea we have a little bit of hate so

it helps the bird getaway. He feels quite strong, he is struggling.

That is a good sign. Is there a technique Shakhtar Donetsk gently,

not too strongly, just gently so the word for it and not too high.

Derby Co. That is excellent. I could release. Hopefully on the way

to South America. That is quite a warm and fuzzy feeling.

In total over the season, Martin with help from the community and

volunteers has rescued at released more than 700 birds. Cope fully a

good proportion of them make it all If you have a comment about

anything you see on the programme, or have a wonderful story to share

with us, please drop as an email to [email protected]. Now the weather

here in Anstruther, Gray, a bit showery. What about the prospects

for this week and beyond? We have Hello. This weekend will see a good

number of bright spells but also some blustery showers. All thanks

to this area of low pressure sitting to the north of Scotland,

feeding and these were the front which will mean the showers merge

tomorrow morning across the central and southern Highlands. Away from

here, generally dry, cloudy with brightness developing as we head

into the afternoon. Most of the strong winds across the north-west,

with lighter winds further inland and south and east and it isn't

East-West split as we head towards the middle of the afternoon. Around

three o'clock, the best of the bike has down the east coast. Further

west, the showers pack in. Some will be blustery. Temperatures up

to ten degrees Celsius at best but the showers continue across the

Highlands and Islands and across the northern isles as well. If you

opt out and about across the western ranges, expect the showers

to be wintry above 700 metres. For the north-west Highlands, gusting

to around 60 miles an hour, so significant wind chill had. Across

the eastern ranges, generally around the freezing mark but it

should be drier. Wins the ring north-westerly as we head towards

the afternoon. The Border hills milder, three degrees Celsius at

the summit. If you are out and about on the inshore waters in the

south-west, we're expecting a force three, north-westerly 44, moderate

seas and good visibility and showers continues. The weather

should be set fair, but a south- westerly, moderate seas and good

visibility. Across Shetland, we're expecting some pretty rough seas

that ties -- Times. And squally showers, good visibility. The rest

of the afternoon and into the evening, the show was pushed their

way in but retreat towards the west coast. Many central, southern and

eastern parts should be drier with clear skies in places. Auroral

frost and a chilly night. Towards Remembrance Sunday, the low-

pressure balls towards Scandinavia. An improving day across the whole

of the country. More widespread with sunshine and sunny spells.

Temperatures seven or eight degrees Celsius. Showers tending to working

towards the north coast of Aberdeenshire and Murray. Next week,

back to square one. Wet and windy. Overnight Sunday to Monday, the

brief ridge of high pressure will mean a widespread frost. There is

the front working in from the Atlantic, bringing outbreaks of

rain. A wet start to Monday. Strengthening winds, we could see

some gales. A wet and windy start to the new working week. For Jews

stayed within the showers packing into north-western parts, dryer in

the middle but the front waving will bring rain towards southern

parts of the country. You can see into the Borders, but with the

south-westerly flow of air, milder conditions, 11 or 12 degrees

Celsius. The rain continues to spread across the whole of the

country, highs of ten or 11 degrees The Orkney Islands are a hive of

creative industry, with hundreds of artists and craftspeople producing

a huge variety of different work. Over the next three weeks we would

be visiting the craftsmen and women The unique natural beauty of the

Orkney Islands has provided creative inspiration for centuries.

Artists and craftspeople have been drawn here by the sea, the light do

This week I am heading for the gallery to meet tapestry artist

It is mesmerising watching you. What are you creating here? I don't

like to stop you, mid-flow. What are you up to? This is a commission

for a couple who were here about four years ago, plus the waiting

list, about four to five years. This is about traces of life, marks

that we make. This piece represents -- represents how it is eaten up by

the sea. These are settlements, the Viking settlements. This is a view

from the air, you get the ditches and the mound. It is all to do with

nature overtaking anything you might do to it. It is to do with

time and what happens and what kind of Marks and affects we have on the

landscape that we live in. Even for a little one like this come which

is about 4.5 ft square, you're looking at six weeks to two months

for weaving and the drawing time beforehand, a couple of weeks or a

couple of months. It is very fluid. You can't force something until it

Like many other creative people who live and work on the islands, she

looks for inspiration on the beautiful deserted beaches. How

important are the islands to your work? I think because I was born

and brought up here, they make up the bulk of the work. I used the

colours and the shapes and the sounds and the smells of the

landscape to betray whatever it is I'm trying to get across. It is not

necessarily always about the landscape but the landscape is

always in there. You have big dramatic skies and the colours of

the sky reflected in the sea. You gets shapes mirrored in the sea and

this guy that balance is everything. It attracts folk to come and live

here. Next week, I'll be meeting a stonemason who is doing his bit for

On Sunday, the nation will fall silent as we pay tribute to the

servicemen and women who gave their lives in conflicts around the world.

Virtually every community in Scotland has a permanent war

memorial. Many a simple plinths but very few are as striking as the

memorial to the fallen in Glenelg. Sarah went to Wester Ross to find

Travel through any town, village or hamlet in Scotland and you are more

than likely to find a war memorial. Such was the loss of young men and

-- in World War One that every community in rural Scotland was

affected. With nobody is to lay to rest, communities needed a focus

for their grief -- with no bodies to lay to rest. A frenzy of

Memorial Building followed. In 1918, nearly every community in Scotland

had decided to erect a memorial to its own war dead. Most were of

conservative design, often But I am on my way to see one of

most striking and unusual memorials in Scotland. Glenelg. Here it is.

David, we are standing in front of a striking memorial in a

spectacular setting. How does this compare with other memorials across

Scotland? It is probably the most flamboyant and beautiful and

striking and elaborate. This was in fact a gift from a local landowner,

Lee Scott. She wanted a memorial to her son, who was killed. Also to

the other Highlanders in the area. She offered this, or she gave the

alternative of appear. The local church community chose to have a

memorial instead. This grand scale memorial has equally grand subject

matter. It may not be to modern taste but its symbolism is off epic

tragedy. The larger figure, the angel holding the Laurel wreath,

she represents peace. In front of her his victory in the form of a

Highlander. Kneeling in front of them, the Lady Is humanity and its

distress, looking to these two for help and healing. If you walk round

the back you will see the Broken Drum, the sign of death in battle

and the fallen Crown, which I suppose is the British imperial

crown. Tremmel is cast of Proms and his Category A listed -- Glenelg.

It is cast of bronze. It was designed by the man who created the

National War Memorial in Edinburgh. He handed the commission to a

little known Perth Show sculpture. -- sculptor. His granddaughter has

researched his work. He died 12 years ago before I was born so I

did not know him, but I read a newspaper radical but said he was a

wood Carver. That annoyed me, because I had always been told he

was a sculptor. I started to research his career. There were

problems with getting up casts -- with getting it cast. It was cast

in London. By the time the full- size plaster model got down to

London, the foundry complained that it was very scanty and there were

bits that were thin and he would have to repair it. But the worst

thing was a huge Blair of -- a huge level of extra corals that were put

He spent two years on the sculptor and the story goes that ironically

was the lack of a suitable peer at Glenelg that made delivery of the

My uncle was in the First World War. He was on his way home, on a

hospital ship. He died. Given the fact that one of your relations is

on it, you must feel a great association with it? Yes, it is

very important to remember them, yes. Four hour tomorrow, they gave

their today. They will never grow old, these young men. They hold a

service here every Remembrance Sunday after the service in church.

The Hannah Short service here, two minutes' silence to remember the

The surprising aspect of the memorial, its content, size and

elaborate it is not typical of what you would have found in the West

Highlands. On the other hand, people were in a state of shock,

coming to terms with the colossal wash -- losses of the First World

War. Nothing would be too The Glenelg war memorial was born

out of a mother's loss of her son. It may be too large scale or

theatrical for some like the hundreds of other memorials across

the country it means a huge amount community -- to communities who

The stunning memorial to the war dead of Glenelg. Now, just have

time to tell you what we have planned for next week's programme.

Euan sings a bothy ballad. And we put some bees to bed for winter.

have a 30 or 40 mile journey along the road ahead of us, so they are

strapped in. We will keep the windows shut on the Land Rover.