0:00:15 > 0:00:18Hello and a very warm welcome to Landward.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21This week, we're on the move as we journey
0:00:21 > 0:00:24to the beautiful Kintyre peninsula in south-west Scotland.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28I'll go on foot to see what the Kintyre Way has to offer
0:00:28 > 0:00:33before joining up with Sarah and Euan at a meeting point on the Mull of Kintyre.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38We're taking three different routes and three modes of transport.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Hopefully, we'll converge at the south of the peninsula.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And I'm going by sea to Campbeltown to find out
0:00:45 > 0:00:51how this newly reinstated ferry link is benefiting the Kintyre economy. So that just leaves Euan.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I'll be taking the long and winding road in my trusty camper van
0:00:58 > 0:01:03and stopping at some local businesses that make a living from the natural resources.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07And we'll discover how Kintyre inspired a certain ex-Beatle.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23I'm starting my journey here at Tarbert harbour at the north end of the Kintyre Way.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- Helping me is route manager Andy Holtby. Good to see you, Andy. - Dougie, how are you?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Very well. Good day for it. Shall we have a wee wander?- Let's go.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47Opened in 2006, the Kintyre Way criss-crosses the entire length of the peninsula.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51It's about seven days to do the whole length
0:01:51 > 0:01:55or if you have the time, or lack of time, you can just do a weekend.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- It means you have to come back and do some more. - How popular has the trail been?
0:01:59 > 0:02:05The trail is becoming more and more popular. People are looking for something different,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07a new location to go to.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11What have the benefits been to the community, setting this trail up?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I think the benefits are many.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17It brings economic benefits to the peninsula
0:02:17 > 0:02:21and over the next two years, we want to employ three apprentices
0:02:21 > 0:02:26and they will help myself and the Kintyre Way team to improve the Kintyre Way,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30to extend it and help us market it as well,
0:02:30 > 0:02:36so we're trying to give something back, but it gives people a chance to explore another part of Scotland
0:02:36 > 0:02:40that, due to its location, not many people know about.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45I want to see more people coming in and experiencing what Kintyre has to offer.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48We're in Tarbert now. Where does it finish?
0:02:48 > 0:02:52You'll be finishing in Dunaverty which is 89 miles down the trail.
0:02:52 > 0:02:58- That's where I have to meet Euan and Sarah.- Yes.- I'd better get on with it.- Good luck. Enjoy your walk.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- All the best to you. - Take care. Bye now.
0:03:00 > 0:03:07'Unfortunately, I don't have seven days to do the whole trail, so just a few selected highlights from me.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09'More soon.'
0:03:13 > 0:03:20I'm going the old-fashioned way. I'm taking a ferry from Ardrossan in Ayrshire direct to Campbeltown.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25It's a service that has started up again this summer after a gap of 70 years.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31In the old days, ferries and steamers linked the mainland to the Kintyre peninsula.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37At the outbreak of the Second World War, the ferry service was discontinued.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Since then, the only direct route to Kintyre has been by road
0:03:41 > 0:03:46and it's a long journey around Loch Fyne and down the peninsula.
0:03:47 > 0:03:53In recent years, locals have been campaigning for improvements to their transport links.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58The service came about through Transport Scotland's ferries review.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01They were in touch with local communities in Kintyre
0:04:01 > 0:04:05and a desire to have a link between Kintyre and Ayrshire came from that.
0:04:05 > 0:04:11Transport Scotland then made up a timetable and asked us to implement it for a three-year trial period.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- How are things going so far? - Very well. Numbers are very good.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20I wasn't sure how we'd get on, but I'm very pleased with the numbers we've had so far.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26As it was the Kintyre communities that asked for it, the locals from Kintyre are using it very heavily,
0:04:26 > 0:04:31but we are getting tourists and, on a Sunday, we have round-trippers from Glasgow.
0:04:33 > 0:04:39- How often do you use the ferry?- This is the first time we've used it.- What do you think?- I think it's great.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44For a small amount of subsidy, I think it'll open up Campbeltown and Kintyre
0:04:44 > 0:04:47which is badly needing some new life breathed into it.
0:04:47 > 0:04:54It's pretty smooth. You get to sit out and enjoy the scenery and take the sea air and just relax.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It takes all the pressure off the travelling experience.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00You know, it's always like this in Scotland(!)
0:05:05 > 0:05:09With the new ferry service running three times a week,
0:05:09 > 0:05:13I'm now off to find out how it will benefit the Kintyre economy.
0:05:25 > 0:05:301,600cc of air-cooled engine can power this beast
0:05:30 > 0:05:35at speeds in excess of 25 miles an hour through the Scottish countryside.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39All we know, it's called a caravanette.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43MUSIC: "The Long And Winding Road" by The Beatles
0:05:43 > 0:05:45# Don't leave me waiting... #
0:05:45 > 0:05:47GEARS JUDDER
0:05:47 > 0:05:53# ..lead me to your door... #
0:05:53 > 0:05:58It's not hard to see why the Kintyre peninsula is often thought to be an island
0:05:58 > 0:06:03and with a width of no more than 11 miles across, the sea is never far away.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06# I've seen that road before... #
0:06:06 > 0:06:09So with such close proximity to the sea,
0:06:09 > 0:06:13the array of seafood that's available locally is just incredible
0:06:13 > 0:06:18and I'm on my way to a business that serves up whatever has landed on these shores.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25# It always leads me here
0:06:27 > 0:06:31# Leads me to your door... #
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I've had a look at the menu. I can't decide. What would you recommend?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50If you want to taste everything, I would go for a seafood platter.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- I'll have a seafood platter. - Seafood platter.- Yeah.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57The salmon all comes from my brother on Arran.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01We do oysters, queenies, which are queen scallops,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05king scallops, mussels, langoustine...
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Kippers, because they're local.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I think that... Oh, crab, some local crab.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17I think there is a demand for simple seafood, very fresh, very simple.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21People want to be able to get it very close to where it's caught
0:07:21 > 0:07:23and Kintyre is one place it is.
0:07:23 > 0:07:29- So people come from quite a long way to get here? It is a bit remote. - They do appear to now.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Yeah, they come in their hordes on some days.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37- What about camper vans? How many of them do you get? - We have a lot of camper vans.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42Lots of little V-Dubs and all sorts of...big ones, little ones.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46And it really can be as simple as that,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50although the odd stunning location, the best seafood that you can get
0:07:50 > 0:07:53and chuck in the odd medieval castle
0:07:53 > 0:07:57and people will come from miles around to what is a remote place.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02And the best bit of the lot is that Sarah and Dougie have no idea what they're missing.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30'As I continue along the Kintyre Way, here at Claonaig, the woodland is really spectacular.
0:08:30 > 0:08:36'Stan Phillips from SNH is going to explain why it's so special.'
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- How are you?- Very well. And yourself?- Yeah. Good to see you. Shall we head on?- Mm-hm.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- My goodness, this is an incredible place, isn't it?- Hmm, it is.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- It looks astonishing. - Like a fairy wood.- Yeah, exactly.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Stan, this place is almost like a film set from The Hobbit.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57What are we looking at here?
0:08:57 > 0:09:04This is one of the old Atlantic oak woods that you get quite a lot on the west coast of Scotland here.
0:09:04 > 0:09:10This is just a fragment of what used to be here, but Argyll is pretty good for the amount of oak wood it's got.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14And knowing this area as I do, I know it rains a lot here.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I imagine the climate is important to these trees.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20The climate's maybe not so important for the trees,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24but for the species that live on them, it's really important,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27so the number of wet days that we have here
0:09:27 > 0:09:33is crucial to the mosses, liverworts and lichens that live on these trees and the rocks.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39In terms of the number of species here, there's almost nowhere else on Earth with this level of diversity,
0:09:39 > 0:09:44so in terms of its European importance, these sites are really, really important.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Let's have a closer look. We're standing in the middle here.
0:09:47 > 0:09:53- There's a really interesting species on that branch over there. - OK, let's have a look, shall we?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Have a look at this. Here's a hand lens for you.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03It's actually called Lepidozia cupressina, but I call it "worms".
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Oh, wow! That's incredible.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Because it looks like a whole bunch of small, green worms.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17- Yeah, almost like fingers as well. - North Kintyre seems to be particularly good for this one.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Just how important is this species then?
0:10:20 > 0:10:26This species is just indicative of the types of species that these woods are stuffed full of.
0:10:26 > 0:10:33There's very many liverworts that you find in this wood that only occur on the west coast of Scotland
0:10:33 > 0:10:37and that's indicative of a really high quality habitat.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47If you do stop to look at these ancient woodlands,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50the number of species here is incredible.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Add to that the amount of precipitation in these parts
0:10:54 > 0:10:57and you could say this is Scotland's rainforest.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08With the new ferry service providing another way of reaching this remote area,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11it is hoped that more tourists visit Kintyre,
0:11:11 > 0:11:16but are local businesses geared up for a growing tourist trade?
0:11:16 > 0:11:22Here in Campbeltown, I'm going to speak to members of the Explore Campbeltown group,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26a collective who are trying to give the area a solid brand.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31Campbeltown was an industrial town, making whisky, shipyards, shipbuilding.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35That all declined over the years and we weren't set up for tourists.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38We didn't know what we had to offer.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41We were left with a rethink
0:11:41 > 0:11:44as to what Campbeltown should do for its future.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- Local businesses have had to change their mindset?- Absolutely.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52I think people are now appreciative that people will come this far down
0:11:52 > 0:11:57and when they get here, we have to make sure there is something to keep them here.
0:11:57 > 0:12:03We decided as a group of businesses that we've got some incredibly good products going out of Campbeltown
0:12:03 > 0:12:08and if we could market them together under an umbrella of Explore Campbeltown,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12there was a way of getting into homes that we wouldn't get in with a website.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17We formed a sort of co-operative and now have 150 businesses in Campbeltown joined up,
0:12:17 > 0:12:23everybody using the same logo on all of the products and every business is doing exactly that.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28It's a way of getting round the world without being an obvious advert.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37One of the founding members of the Explore Campbeltown directory
0:12:37 > 0:12:41is Ewen Macdonald of the Machrihanish Holiday Park.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45People don't realise what we've got down here.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49We're not on the way to anywhere, so we have to get it across to people
0:12:49 > 0:12:51that we are a destination worth coming to see.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55To have Explore Campbeltown in place, it's a one-stop shop.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57On the whole, are numbers up?
0:12:57 > 0:13:03Yes, in the last 12 months, there's a notable change in the amount of visitors coming to the area.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08The next time we're visiting, you'll try and persuade us all to fit into a bell tent?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I'm sure we'll find space for you.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Thank you.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18With local businesses pulling together and better transport links to the area,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22the signs are that visitors are coming to Kintyre in bigger numbers.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27This is an industry that in a fragile local community seems to have a bright future.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35'Later on in the programme, I get a chance to try surfing.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37'Find out how I get on.'
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Here we go. Wish me luck.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I'm now about halfway through my walk. I'm just coming into Carradale
0:13:50 > 0:13:55and I'm looking for a new company that's giving everyone the chance to get out on the Kintyre Way.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04'Carradale Bikes And Buggies is a community-owned company run by volunteers.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07'As well as mountain bikes, they hire off-road buggies.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13'The inspiration came from a programme almost as popular as Landward.'
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I was watching Top Gear one time.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21They had three very disabled servicemen, amputees in fact,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23and they said to them,
0:14:23 > 0:14:29"There's a hill right up there over some rough country. We'll challenge you to get to the top."
0:14:29 > 0:14:33'And Hammond and Clarkson did their own concoction of buggies.'
0:14:33 > 0:14:36There's no question mine is faster than yours.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41'While these three guys got on commercially available, off-road type buggies.'
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Go forward. Do a bit of convoy formation here.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47'But it made a very serious point.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53'There were people with severe disabilities who were able to access the countryside.'
0:14:53 > 0:15:00I made a few enquiries and found out which were the buggies that were the best, that came out best,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03so, after that, we bought two of them.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Michael, how long have you been using these buggies?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15A few months now.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21I've had an operation on my leg and it meant that walking around wasn't so easy,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25so it just made sense to hire the buggies every so often
0:15:25 > 0:15:27and get out and go for a ride.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36How easy are they to use?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Well, so far, very easy.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42This one is just a twist grip
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and it's got two settings - tortoise...
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- I see that. Tortoise and hare. - And hare, yes.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Currently going "tortoise", so I can talk to you.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55What does it let you do that you wouldn't have been able to do?
0:15:55 > 0:16:01I had an accident on my bike, so I've torn ligaments and muscles and tendons and, um...
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- It's been very difficult because I'm normally fairly active.- Yeah.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09So it's let me get out and about.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Sheila and Mike, thanks for putting the buggies through their paces.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Unfortunately, I've got to walk the rest of the way. Nice meeting you.
0:16:17 > 0:16:23- Nice to meet you too, Dougie. Hope the walk goes well.- Thank you. - Bye.- Cheery-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31'Join me later for a seabird spectacular.'
0:16:42 > 0:16:46I'm now south of Carradale at the impressive Torrisdale Castle.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51I'm looking for the lady of the house, Mary Macalister Hall,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55and apparently, she's tucked away in a less than grand setting.
0:17:03 > 0:17:08- Mary...- Hello.- This isn't where the lady of the house would normally hang out, is it?
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- No, this used to be the laundry. - It looks fantastic.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14But now it's my place of work.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- What are you doing? - I'm turning sheepskins.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20At the moment, I'm getting this one out.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23They're very heavy when they're wet,
0:17:23 > 0:17:28so the easiest way to deal with them is to roll them up like that.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33I've been in a few tanneries and they smell. I was bracing myself as I came in. There's nothing.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36No, no smell. I don't use any chemicals.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I use tree bark.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40What kind of trees?
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Well, traditionally, in this country, they would have used oak bark,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48but if you use oak bark, you've got to soak them for literally months.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51They used to say a year and a day to tan a cow hide,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54but I use imported mimosa bark
0:17:54 > 0:17:59which has got masses of tannin in it and it's two weeks in there which is a big difference.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01And is it just sheep you do?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I do deer.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Sometimes people bring in roadkill.
0:18:06 > 0:18:12I haven't had any of that for quite a long time. The odd fox from a gamekeeper, but mostly sheep.
0:18:12 > 0:18:18Why did you decide you wanted to do that? You don't sit at breakfast and say, "I want to be a tannery."
0:18:18 > 0:18:22No, well, I didn't actually decide it. My mother decided about 40 years ago.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26We lived on a small island off Skye called Soay
0:18:26 > 0:18:30and there were lots of beautiful Shetland sheep there which we ate.
0:18:30 > 0:18:37You didn't want to get rid of the skin, so she experimented on different ways of preserving them.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42When they moved here, she was looking for another source of income and this is how it all started.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48- What do you do with them? - You can have them beside the bed, in front of the fire, in a chair.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52That's the chair I sit in when I'm brushing them out.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55And a car seat, child seat, cot.
0:18:55 > 0:19:01- You pop this one in the water?- This one is going in the water.- I'll let you do it. You've got the gloves.
0:19:01 > 0:19:08Not that there's anything nasty in there that would harm your hands, but my hands are in water all the time.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12So that was skin when it went in there and it's now leather.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I'll put it in here and all that, um...
0:19:16 > 0:19:19..brown will start leeching out of it.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- Mary, thank you very much. - You're welcome.- Fascinating stuff.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- Good.- I'm off in my camper van. I'll leave you to your washing.
0:19:37 > 0:19:43This part of the world is renowned for its spectacular scenery and wildlife,
0:19:43 > 0:19:48but there is another activity that seems to draw people from all over the UK.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Surfing, dude!
0:19:50 > 0:19:53'This is Westport Beach near Machrihanish.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59'When conditions are good, you can find 30 to 40 surfers here.'
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- Not too far back...- 'Instructor Peter Ellerton is giving me a lesson.'
0:20:03 > 0:20:07It keeps you in the right place, so you end up with your feet on the end,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09lying nicely on the board in that way.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Quick flip and up you get.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15That's really nice. You're a natural.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18'So, natural, am I?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20'OK, let's hit the waves.'
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Here we go. Wish me luck.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31'OK, let's get vertical.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34'Almost.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39'Nearly.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43'OK, this time...'
0:20:49 > 0:20:52OK, so definitely more beach whale than surf chick.
0:20:52 > 0:20:58I could have stood up, but time's marching on. I've got to meet up with the boys.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Walking the Kintyre Way is a great way to see wildlife
0:21:05 > 0:21:11and I'm told that right here at the southern tip of Machrihanish Bay is a wonderful place to observe it.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- How are you?- Morning, Dougie.- Good to see you.- Nice to see you too.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- Shall we head inside?- Yeah, sure. - It's an amazing place.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Welcome to the Machrihanish Seabird Observatory.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- So this is where the magic happens? - Yeah.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31My goodness! What a view!
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Straight away, look, a few gannets outside diving.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40That's almost a daily feature in summer and late summer.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Walking along here, this just looked like a wee shed on the shore, but it's anything but that.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49It's an extraordinary place. Why was it sited here?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Well, it was sited here mainly for the autumn migration
0:21:53 > 0:21:58which is a lot greater than it is in the spring because there are more birds around.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03Especially during gales, we get large numbers of seabirds going by here.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- Sometimes up to 10,000 Manx shearwaters in a day.- Really?- Yeah.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21I'd better get a move on if I'm going to meet up with Euan and Sarah,
0:22:21 > 0:22:26but if you have time and you want a great wildlife experience, this is the place to come.
0:22:27 > 0:22:33# It always leads me here
0:22:35 > 0:22:40# Leads me to your door... #
0:22:40 > 0:22:47In 1966, a very famous Paul McCartney bought a 200-acre farm here on the Kintyre peninsula,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50a place to relax and spend time with his family,
0:22:50 > 0:22:55as well as a refuge from the headiness and hysteria surrounding The Beatles.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59In a tribute to the twisting and turning B842,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02he wrote the song The Long And Winding Road.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06# The long and winding road... #
0:23:06 > 0:23:11But the area was immortalised into popular consciousness in 1977
0:23:11 > 0:23:13with the song Mull Of Kintyre.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17It was the first single ever to sell over two million copies
0:23:17 > 0:23:21and was the biggest-selling hit single of the '70s.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25# Mull of Kintyre
0:23:25 > 0:23:30# Oh, mist rolling in from the sea
0:23:30 > 0:23:32# My desire... #
0:23:32 > 0:23:38The promotional video was filmed here at Saddell Beach with members of the Campbeltown Pipe Band.
0:23:38 > 0:23:44John Brown was a member of the band and both played on the track and took part in the iconic video.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- John...- Euan. - How do you do?- Not bad.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- So this was the beach? - This is the very one, aye.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Initially, we never really believed it.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59The pipe major said, "We're going to be doing a recording with Paul McCartney."
0:23:59 > 0:24:04He produced the music in front of us and said, "We've got a couple of weeks to learn this."
0:24:04 > 0:24:06PIPE BAND PLAY: "Mull Of Kintyre"
0:24:10 > 0:24:14It was a lovely day. The sun was shining. Beautiful day.
0:24:14 > 0:24:20And we marched across this beach, the whole way across from that side over to this side.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- We had a few takes which was hard going on this surface.- Not easy.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Bad enough walking, never mind playing the pipes on it.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33# Mull of Kintyre Oh, mist rolling in... #
0:24:33 > 0:24:36John, were you ready for the transformation into a rock star?
0:24:36 > 0:24:41I was only 16. It was all pretty much to take in, to be honest with you.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46- What was Paul McCartney like to work with?- He was a gentleman, a really nice guy, down to earth.
0:24:46 > 0:24:52- What did you feel about the song itself?- Never in a million years did we think it would do what it did.
0:24:53 > 0:25:00Och, you still... You're on this beach and you get flashbacks of what it was like all these years ago.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04It was 36 years ago. It's a long time. You still get a good feeling.
0:25:04 > 0:25:11# Carry me back to the Mull of Kintyre... #
0:25:11 > 0:25:15At night, a lot of the locals came up.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19A few hundred people came up for the end of the video, the bonfire scene.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It was great, a great atmosphere.
0:25:21 > 0:25:27# My desire is always to be here
0:25:27 > 0:25:32# Oh, Mull of Kintyre... #
0:25:37 > 0:25:43At this point, I'm supposed to be going to the other side of the peninsula to meet Sarah and Dougie,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- but there's a bit of a... - TURNS ON IGNITION
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- A bit of a problem. - ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:25:51 > 0:25:54ENGINE SPLUTTERS AND DIES
0:25:56 > 0:26:04# To the long and winding road
0:26:07 > 0:26:11# You left me standing here
0:26:14 > 0:26:19# A long, long time ago
0:26:21 > 0:26:26# Don't keep me waiting here
0:26:29 > 0:26:34# Lead me to your door
0:26:36 > 0:26:40# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... #
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- Hey, hey, Mr V! - How are you?- We meet again.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- How was your walk? - Good, yeah, fantastic. Long.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57- Sore feet?- No, I'm fine. I'm absolutely fine. It was really good. But where's Euan?- Good point.
0:26:57 > 0:27:03- Where is Euan?- I'm hearing stories that things didn't go particularly well for him.- OK. In what way?
0:27:03 > 0:27:08- Apart from the obvious. - We'll let him reveal all when he finally arrives.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- Hello!- Oh, here we go. Got a tune for us?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14No, I'm going to spare you that.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- What happened?- The camper van. Trusty camper van, not so trusty.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Decided to... We left it a long way away.
0:27:22 > 0:27:28- How was the surfing?- Fantastic. It was the highlight or not getting up on the board was my highlight.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33- Your highlight?- The Seabird Observatory, alive with wildlife.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35My highlight would have been a camper van!
0:27:35 > 0:27:40Here we are on the southern tip of Kintyre and, sadly, the end of our Kintyre special.
0:27:40 > 0:27:45We just have time to tease you about what's on next week's programme.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49We'll be meeting the small cows with the big taste,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51otherwise known as Dexter cattle.
0:27:52 > 0:27:58Please join us for that and much, much more next week, Friday night, seven o'clock on BBC Two Scotland.
0:27:58 > 0:28:04- In the meantime, from all of the team in Kintyre, thank you so much for your company. Bye-bye.- Bye.- Bye.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd