:00:32. > :00:47.Welcome to the highlights of the Royal Highland Society 2014. We have
:00:48. > :00:53.had a flint has to time. You will not believe what these two will get
:00:54. > :01:17.up to. If you did not get down here, this is what you missed.
:01:18. > :01:21.Over the Highland Show weekend one of the most prestigious competitions
:01:22. > :01:45.is the Overall Beef Interbreed Championship. These are some of the
:01:46. > :02:08.best breeds. A lot of the skill comes from the person handling the
:02:09. > :02:16.cattle. What have we got here? We have got a Shorthorn. You are not
:02:17. > :02:33.getting judged. He is getting judged. He is outstanding. He is
:02:34. > :02:44.very special. Are you confident? I would like to have a chance. The
:02:45. > :02:53.crowd are excited. How do you decide which one will be the overall
:02:54. > :03:10.champion? What are you judging them on? I am judging them on their own
:03:11. > :03:19.lead characters. Is there pressure to pick the likes of the Aberdeen
:03:20. > :03:28.Angus? I am not biased towards any one particular breed. He is about to
:03:29. > :03:45.make his final decision. You can feel the tension. It is a big
:03:46. > :03:55.decision. He has made his decision. The Aberdeen Angus has won it. A
:03:56. > :04:04.beautiful beast. It popular choice. It is a beautiful beast.
:04:05. > :04:14.Congratulations. Did you expect to win? You can never expect to win. He
:04:15. > :04:23.has done OK. Who would you have picked? I do not know. You cannot
:04:24. > :04:55.look at them when you are going round. It is a magnificent beast.
:04:56. > :05:05.I have climbed one of these polls before, but today Sarah and Doogie
:05:06. > :05:14.are going to race up them. Here we are, ready to go. I did back in
:05:15. > :05:21.2006. There was controversy. Some said two and a half minutes. I said
:05:22. > :05:29.19 seconds. Now I feel nervous. I was feeling
:05:30. > :05:38.quite brave. But not some arch now. We need some crowd support. Give us
:05:39. > :05:49.each year. We will have to work on that one. Safety is vital. Any tips?
:05:50. > :05:59.You are attached. Listen to what the lads say on the ground. It is very
:06:00. > :06:07.hard on the legs. Doody and I are still nervous. We cannot speak. A
:06:08. > :06:18.good time would be ten seconds. Let us show them.
:06:19. > :06:27.They are ready to go. We will bring you more on that later in the
:06:28. > :06:28.programme. The Royal Highland Society is home
:06:29. > :06:38.to some serious silverware. The most prestigious of them all is
:06:39. > :06:41.this one here?it?s the Queen?s Cup. The cup was first awarded
:06:42. > :06:44.by the Queen herself in 1960. The class rotates
:06:45. > :06:49.between the champions And this year it?s the turn
:06:50. > :06:58.of the light horse. These horses are smaller than
:06:59. > :07:00.the powerful draft horse breeds I?m here with Joyce Coltart, the
:07:01. > :07:10.woman tasked with the very tough What qualities are you looking
:07:11. > :07:27.for in the winner? I am looking for a horse that comes
:07:28. > :07:33.into the ring and shouts that it is a supreme champion. I am looking for
:07:34. > :07:45.quality, beauty, and potential to do a job. They are the best of the
:07:46. > :07:51.best. They are all champions in their own right. It is difficult to
:07:52. > :08:00.choose? It is difficult to choose. You have got to be very fair. You
:08:01. > :08:05.equate what is the best animal of its type on that particular day. How
:08:06. > :08:21.it goes for you. The overall picture. Good luck in making the
:08:22. > :08:37.choice. And I like your evenings. And this is the winner.
:08:38. > :09:05.Congratulations. This is the first time I have ever shown her. She is
:09:06. > :09:08.now the best of the best. Well done. I am heading off to see one of the
:09:09. > :09:20.most unusual exhibits. Owner Ben Potter has brought three
:09:21. > :09:23.vultures to the Highland Show as There are 32 species
:09:24. > :09:27.of vulture around the globe and over Ben?s vultures all came from
:09:28. > :09:56.failed conservation programmes. Telly about this vulture. It is the
:09:57. > :10:05.most. Then will introduce as. It is bizarre to be this close to a
:10:06. > :10:24.vulture. A feeding vulture is surrounded by Kainene as. --
:10:25. > :10:29.surrounded by hyenas. Vultures are always associated with the remains
:10:30. > :10:43.of a lion kill or something else dying. As if that is their fault.
:10:44. > :10:56.You do not see them portrayed as beautiful things flying in the
:10:57. > :11:08.skies. It is always a blood spattered gory scenario. These birds
:11:09. > :11:12.are beautiful, but I am glad to be out of fear. Next, we are finding
:11:13. > :11:29.out about food that is so special it is protected by European law. I am
:11:30. > :11:40.heading for a standard that has a special anniversary to celebrate.
:11:41. > :11:56.This man's family has five generations experience of smoky
:11:57. > :12:06.production. This goes back to the days of Viking settlements. They
:12:07. > :12:26.brought fresh preservation skills. The original barrels. Even the Hess
:12:27. > :12:40.Iain Banks on top. When did the Arbroath Smokie get protected name
:12:41. > :12:51.status? 2004. You are making my mouth water. Can I taste one? Yes.
:12:52. > :13:00.Give it a gentle squeeze. Pop it off the bone. Break the skin known to
:13:01. > :13:22.the deal. The ball comes out as easy as that. That is just amazing. --
:13:23. > :13:29.the bone. That is Calgary magic. -- that is magic. What an extraordinary
:13:30. > :13:38.flavour. Let us hope that more Scottish foods follow in the
:13:39. > :13:44.footsteps of the Arbroath Smokie. This event is a great showcase for
:13:45. > :13:51.the countryside. It is also where policy is discussed. Half of
:13:52. > :13:57.Scotland's's land is owned by less than 500 people. The Scottish
:13:58. > :14:04.Government has stated that they do not think that is the ideal model
:14:05. > :14:08.for man ownership. They have committed to introducing a new model
:14:09. > :14:13.for land ownership. In 2012 decommissioned a group of experts to
:14:14. > :14:22.come up with recommendations. The Government said they wanted radical
:14:23. > :14:25.suggestions. They got them. One of the recommendations was to limit the
:14:26. > :14:30.amount of land any one individual can own. I am heading over to the
:14:31. > :14:40.stand of Scottish land and estates, the body that represents landowners.
:14:41. > :14:43.What is your reaction? It is hard to see what the drivers are. People are
:14:44. > :14:54.confusing scale of ownership with control and monopoly. You can be a
:14:55. > :14:59.great landowner with 100,000 acres. I really cannot see the driver
:15:00. > :15:04.behind it. But there are states that are less than perfect, maybe not the
:15:05. > :15:10.majority. I think there is bad practice, as there is in every
:15:11. > :15:16.sphere of the world. But we are talking about bad land use. It is
:15:17. > :15:22.not about bad land ownership. I think it suits some people to betray
:15:23. > :15:25.it as if we are under attack. Our members deliver benefits every day
:15:26. > :15:30.for Scotland, economic, social and environmental. We are working to try
:15:31. > :15:34.and deliver the successful Scotland that we all want. The government has
:15:35. > :15:40.already stated that it wants 1 million acres of land in the hands
:15:41. > :15:45.of community groups by 2020. What difference could that make to our
:15:46. > :15:48.countryside? I am meeting up with John Hutchison from community land
:15:49. > :16:00.Scotland. They represent community landowners. Are there concrete
:16:01. > :16:07.examples? If you look at the island where the population before 1997 was
:16:08. > :16:12.63. Deep operation is now 99. -- the population. People have left and
:16:13. > :16:18.come back again. We have a load of businesses with a community owned
:16:19. > :16:21.electricity scheme. It is self-reliant on electricity for 95%
:16:22. > :16:25.of the time. That is a really big deal. People now have confidence to
:16:26. > :16:30.build their own businesses and go forward in the future. Why should
:16:31. > :16:38.the taxpayer pay for people to have an idyllic lifestyle? Well, people
:16:39. > :16:43.are very supportive of the concept of this. Public subscriptions are
:16:44. > :16:49.possibility. The national lottery is a possibility. There is European
:16:50. > :16:55.funding. If we do not support these fragile areas, who is going to do
:16:56. > :16:58.that? Huge sums going to the Edinburgh bypass and that sort of
:16:59. > :17:02.things. We need to support fragile areas as well. Since the
:17:03. > :17:09.18th-century, large sporting estates have been the dominating feature of
:17:10. > :17:12.the Scottish countryside. But it seems to me that in the future,
:17:13. > :17:20.other models of land ownership will become common as well.
:17:21. > :17:24.When you buy a ticket for the show, you pretty much get access to all
:17:25. > :17:33.areas. That is apart from Ingliston house, headquarters of the Royal
:17:34. > :17:36.high and society. But I have been given access to see some of the
:17:37. > :17:40.unique pictures that hang in the building. And to find out about a
:17:41. > :17:43.project that will give the public the chance to own their own copy of
:17:44. > :17:51.some of the rarely seen works of art. It is almost like stepping back
:17:52. > :17:58.in time when you come into Ingliston house. This room is just one part of
:17:59. > :18:03.the archive. Almost every piece of correspondence for the last 250
:18:04. > :18:09.years is here. Today, I am not too interested in documents. I have my
:18:10. > :18:17.eye on some art. I am meeting antiques dealer George. How you
:18:18. > :18:19.doing? He has been given the responsibility of making the society
:18:20. > :18:25.artworks available to the wider public. How impressive is the
:18:26. > :18:30.collection of artwork at Ingliston house? It is a very impressive
:18:31. > :18:37.collection. These paintings are incredibly revel stoppages so hard
:18:38. > :18:42.to find paintings of this quality. It is a great thing. Looking behind
:18:43. > :18:54.you, this poll, I do not recognise this, at all. It no longer exists.
:18:55. > :19:00.It died out in the early 1900. They were found up in Aberdeenshire.
:19:01. > :19:05.Sadly as years progressed, it died out but now we know what it looks
:19:06. > :19:12.like. It is so important and that is the thing about the collection. How
:19:13. > :19:15.did you go about reproducing them? We chose paintings we felt were more
:19:16. > :19:22.likely to be of interest to people in Scotland. This is why we selected
:19:23. > :19:29.this one. And another 15. The actual process itself turned out to be a
:19:30. > :19:33.little bit more competent it than I thought. I managed to source a
:19:34. > :19:38.couple of very good guys in Edinburgh. They scanned the
:19:39. > :19:41.paintings from side to side. We then printed out onto a canvas type
:19:42. > :19:47.fabric to give it more of a realistic look. And we had them
:19:48. > :19:53.vanished to look like the brush strokes. And then we had them framed
:19:54. > :20:01.in suitable frames. What is your favourite? I am a beef farmer. The
:20:02. > :20:07.Highland cow at the end, I am very fond of it. Many of the paintings
:20:08. > :20:11.were created by the artist Curly Steele. He was appointed animal
:20:12. > :20:20.painter for Scotland by Queen Victoria in 1872. Here we have what
:20:21. > :20:27.was called at that time, 1860, a West Highland cow. Of course, if you
:20:28. > :20:33.turn to your right, this is a copy that we had done. With some of the
:20:34. > :20:36.paintings in the house, they are a little bit faded over the years.
:20:37. > :20:38.Because of the modern techniques, they have managed to pick up a lot
:20:39. > :20:47.of the pigments of the original paintings. The colours are stronger.
:20:48. > :20:51.If I wanted to leave this with -- leave with this in my possession,
:20:52. > :20:55.how would I go about it? They are available today in the showground
:20:56. > :20:59.and in the members pavilion. And a couple of other places in the
:21:00. > :21:02.showground. And you can contact the society and they will be happy to
:21:03. > :21:09.help you purchase one of these things. It has been a rare privilege
:21:10. > :21:12.to see the original artworks inside Ingliston house and it is nice to
:21:13. > :21:17.know that people will be able to see some of the paintings, albeit in
:21:18. > :21:20.print form. The direction you would have to have a pretty good idea to
:21:21. > :21:28.the difference between the originals and the prints.
:21:29. > :21:32.There are many reasons that people come to the Royal high and show but
:21:33. > :21:36.if you are a farmer and you are into tractors, there is one exhibit that
:21:37. > :21:49.is a must see. This is it. One of the biggest tractors in the world.
:21:50. > :21:54.What a machine. Look at it. I have come to meet Fiona Ross from Case
:21:55. > :22:05.Machinery to find out about the machine that is causing a stir.
:22:06. > :22:14.Fantastic, isn't she? All the best tractors are red. She is very
:22:15. > :22:20.special. This is 4-wheel drive. It is huge, isn't it? Why would you
:22:21. > :22:23.want one? It gives you very low ground pressure and the benefit of
:22:24. > :22:37.that is it is it -- it does a lot less damage to the soil. You can
:22:38. > :22:45.drill and plough. 10,000 acres plus. A completely different farming
:22:46. > :22:51.operation. Isidore space age technology? It looks like that when
:22:52. > :22:57.you walk in the cab but it is simple. You have an integrated
:22:58. > :23:01.control and all. You could drive it. Sadly, we are not allowed to drive
:23:02. > :23:12.it on the show today. Crunch question, how much? A quarter of ?1
:23:13. > :23:18.million. Would you do me a discount? I am sure we could come to an
:23:19. > :23:22.arrangement. I really need one. Now it is time to find out a bit
:23:23. > :23:29.more about our oceans and see what seafood is on offer. Around the
:23:30. > :23:34.coast of Scotland are trawlers and fishermen provide us with a rich
:23:35. > :23:38.range of nutritious delights. And in order for kids to explore the world
:23:39. > :23:43.of seafood, there is a host of activities for them to do right here
:23:44. > :23:47.at the show. These schoolchildren are some of the many groups here
:23:48. > :23:54.today getting a chance to sample different fish and seafood. Nikki
:23:55. > :24:01.from seafood Scotland is running a taste test challenge. We have got
:24:02. > :24:07.the fresh fish for them to look at. And we also show them what it looks
:24:08. > :24:12.like on the supermarket counter. These students are just some of the
:24:13. > :24:18.children getting the chance to try different fish and seafood and I
:24:19. > :24:24.think I am going to join them. Can I join in as well? Is that OK? First
:24:25. > :24:35.ago, it is the touch test. Tell us was that you are feeling. Slimy. I
:24:36. > :24:43.know what that is. Next, taste. Enjoy. Thank you. Then, smell. I am
:24:44. > :24:52.going to say again I think it is macro. It is clap. Zero out of three
:24:53. > :24:57.for me. I am not surprised you have got your tasting wrong. It is a
:24:58. > :25:05.smoky flavour, fishy, it is read as good if you shut your eyes. They
:25:06. > :25:13.were brave. -- really difficult if you shut your eyes. What have you
:25:14. > :25:16.taken away from today? It can benefit you a lot in health, or mega
:25:17. > :25:20.three is really good for you. This is just one example of the work
:25:21. > :25:26.going on the show to educate the next generation about our food.
:25:27. > :25:29.Thousands of schoolchildren have had the chance to visit Ingliston and
:25:30. > :25:38.learn about where our food comes from.
:25:39. > :25:47.Back down at the forestry area, Sarah and Dougie are poised to race
:25:48. > :25:56.up the 100 foot climbing poles. Are you ready? Three, two, one. And they
:25:57. > :26:07.are off. Sarah has made a stunning five feet already. I think my record
:26:08. > :26:15.is safe. It is looking good. Dougie is getting into it. Look at that.
:26:16. > :26:27.Sarah, catch him up. Dougie is well into this. I think there is an
:26:28. > :26:44.element of cheating going on here. Enough! Serious cheating going on.
:26:45. > :26:54.Lots of the crowd shouting, cheat! . Nice view. A nice view is little
:26:55. > :26:58.recompense for apparently being beaten by Sarah. Back on the ground,
:26:59. > :27:09.there will have to be a stewards enquiry. There was definitely a
:27:10. > :27:13.clear winner and it was not me. I was going up and I thought I must be
:27:14. > :27:24.near the top, I could not even see the top. Did you win? It was you.
:27:25. > :27:31.Two very tired and happy competitors but I can reveal the school. Sarah
:27:32. > :27:37.got up there in 43 seconds. Dougie, you did it in 58. But there was a
:27:38. > :27:45.suggestion that yours was manpower assisted. Victory for the spirit of
:27:46. > :27:48.competition and that brings us to the end of this programme. We have
:27:49. > :27:54.had fun and we have had a fantastic series. We have all had a great time
:27:55. > :27:57.at the show and we will do it all over again in the autumn. In the
:27:58. > :28:06.meantime, if you have any stories, get in touch. The address is on the
:28:07. > :28:07.screen. In the meantime, from all of the team, exhausted, thank you for
:28:08. > :28:12.watching, goodbye.