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This week, the future of our past. How high-tech is preserving our most

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urgent money went. -- imported my notes. And Ben is in search of

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Britain's most remote pub. Imagine if one of your country's

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most important and famous historic landmarks was suddenly destroyed.

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Maybe Stonehenge is flattened overnight, or St Mark's Square in

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Venice disappears under water forever. Well, that is what happened

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to key parts of the ancient city of, rather in Syria after it was

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captured by the Islamic State group last May. They overran the UNESCO

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Heritage site, tearing down temples and burial towers -- Palmyra. Now

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Syrian forces have recaptured it, boards have turned to fixing some of

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the damage. But should be repealed? Is there any point? If so, how did

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they do it accurately? In Trafalgar Square they have started to answer

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those questions and begun with an arch -- but should it be repaired?

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These stones are part of an exact replica of the arch of triumph, the

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gateway to what was regarded by some as the most important part of

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Palmyra. The temple now lies in rubble. This is a really delicate

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process. Nobody wants to be the person who drops any of the pieces.

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It is really intense right now. You don't have any instructions? Or you

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are a typical bloke and don't worry about instructions? It has been

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restructured using 3-D photos of the original. Egyptian marble was then

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taken to Italy where machines carved the detail into the surface. I'll

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have 50 quid, please, brother. The whole project was masterminded by

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the Institute of Digital archaeology, which sees this as the

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very beginning of something quite big. It is about doing what we can

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do, working together towards the goal, which is effectively about

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looking at what we can do in an on-site way to restore these

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objects, to give people back their livelihoods, to work in a positive,

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creative way. In regions that have been damaged either by human

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intervention or natural disaster. But this isn't the only project

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trying to rebuild ancient Palmyra, though. There are others who think

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they can do a better job. Archaeologists from Paris have

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really been on-site establishing the extent of the damage. They have used

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3-D cameras to create an initial model of the entire temple. We have

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seen this tech before. Two years ago, we went to see an exact copy of

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Tutankhamen's Tim in Luxor. That project wasn't just important for

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tourism, the data captured led to at least one important discovery --

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tomb. Due to the high-resolution nature the recordings we made in the

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tomb at that time, an archaeologist was able last year to study the data

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over the Internet at high resolution in New York, and develop a theory

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that there are hidden chambers behind the north and west wall of

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Tutankhamen. And now the same company that did that has made a

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replica of just one stone from the Palmyra arch in even higher

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resolution than the exhibit in London. It is painstaking work. Just

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one block has taken 200 hours. But they think this astonishing level of

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detail is necessary. We are constantly trying to question what

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is meaningful and what is fruitful in the application of new

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technologies? So what we hope is that academia will not go down the

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line of themepark mentalities of trying to present things simply

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Stickley, but will nurture a deeper and more objective understanding of

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the data that is being recorded -- synergistically. Of course the arch

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has been going all of the headlines. The world 's press are here. But

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UNESCO's World Heritage list has 47 other sites on it that threatened by

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anything from poaching to pollution and from urbanisation to natural

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disasters. In Nepal, for instance, 3-D cameras are being used to help

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capture shrines and temples in an effort to conserve them. Something

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that would have been so impotent before last year's earthquake

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destroyed UNESCO listed temples right in the centre of Kathmandu.

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Why is archaeology specifically important in a poll?

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Back in London, opening date for the arch. It has created quite a stir.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the art of Palmyra. Three, two, one!

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APPLAUSE What you think? I think it looks

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beautiful. I wish it was a bit bigger. The trouble was if we made a

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much bigger, it would have crashed through into the cafe beneath. That

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was the problem. It would have been about 500 tons, so we couldn't do

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that. It is a constant struggle to protect some of the relics of the

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past, and you think about what is happening in Pompeii. Every year a

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little bit of Pompeii gets lost. Maybe this technology offers hope.

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You have to be careful, though, that you don't create a kind of

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Disneyland of staff... It might stop people from seeing the well thing. I

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don't think so. I really hope people will want to go see Palmyra and go

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on holiday in Syria. I took my kids about 60 is about to see other posts

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a stop we went to Aleppo and some of the wonderful places in Syria. They

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had terrible damage now. The arch has now left Trafalgar Square, but

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it is expected to be rebuilt in Oxford, where it will be on display

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through July and August before moving to New York in September.

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If you are off on your travels any time soon, he is a guide to some of

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the money and we think you should see before they disappear -- here is

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a guide to some of the moment. The radio tower in Moscow was

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commissioned in 1919 by Lennon and broadcast news of Soviet might

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across the union. The landmark was due to be demolished in 2014 but was

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saved by city authorities. However, there is still no restoration work,

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and it has been included on a watchlist of at risk sites come part

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by the world monuments fund. One of the highlights of any London trip is

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the Palace of Westminster. But a 2012 report said it would suffer

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irreversible damage without major restoration work that could take up

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to 30 years. The report says part of the building is sinking, and the

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whole place is riddled with asbestos and dangerous cabling. Some have

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even noticed that Big Ben has a slight lean to it these days. And

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ending with happy news, one site that has extent a poor future is the

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brother this archipelago. It was taken off UNESCO's Heritage in

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danger list in 2010 after authorities restricted tourism and

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introduced programmes to manage species. It is completely unique

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within incredible number of endemic species, which UNESCO calls a

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showcase for evolution. To Peru next and while surfing is

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still chiefly a young person's sport, the older generation think

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they are just as bit as good and they are not using modern

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contraptions either. Their board of choice is more rustic.

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Still to come on The Travel Show: Michelle is back with the best

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upcoming events from around the world and a reward awaits Ben as he

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continues his attempts to find Britain's remotest pub without a

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map. The Travel Show, your essential guide wherever you're heading.

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I am Michelle, your global guide, with top tips on the world's best

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events in the coming months. Starting in the UK, with the words

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of William Shakespeare. All the world's stage and all the men and

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women merely players. In London it begins at the open-air theatre in

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Regents park, one of the loveliest venues in the British capital, with

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pre- theatre picnics in the rose garden. From June 17 Henry V will

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take to the boards. No better timing, this is part of Shakespeare

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400, celebrating the playwright in the 400th anniversary of his death.

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In the US, the Tanglewood music festival, one of the world's best

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musical events, against. In the towns of western Massachusetts. The

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Boston Symphony orchestra is in some residents here and has been for

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nearly 80 years. Concerts include a number of different genres. What

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makes it so very special is the venue, with music and summer picnics

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on the estate. The estate. This is an end September three. In Greece,

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the games open at the temple of Zeus on June ten. It was here that the

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ancient Greek celebrated the athletics festival. This modern

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revival is something professionally uncommercial. It is open to anyone

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over the age of eight. There are no medals. Take note, runners wear

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white tunics, rather than being naked as they would have been in

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agent Greece. It will be a different event in Iceland at the secret

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solstice festival. From June 16 and till 19th at this time of year

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there's no darkness so clearly no rest. The theme is local mythology

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and taking to the stage in the capital will be Radiohead and

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others. Don't miss the parties. There is one inside a place -- a

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glacier and another in a pool. Back in the UK in the market town of

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Bishop Auckland in County Durham it is the opening night of an open-air

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action packed show, telling 2000 years of British history from Roman

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times to the Viking invasions and the Industrial Revolution to World

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War II. This is a monumental production. The landscape stage is

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five times the size of a football pitch, set against the backdrop of a

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castle. That's my global guide this month. Let me know what is happening

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in the place where you live or where you love. We are an e-mail and

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across social media. Until next time.

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Last week we saw Ben begin his hike to Britain's most promote pub. To

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make things interesting week confiscated his phone and gave him a

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few natural mass -- navigation tips. This week he struggles towards

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the end of his journey on Scotland's west coast.

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I am attempting a three-day hike across the Scottish Highlands

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without any of the modern tools we use to find our way around. The

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actual navigation is the rare art of finding your way using nature. The

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sun, the moon, the stars. Before humankind invented instruments, it

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was the only navigation we had and human beings found themselves --

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their way across the whole planet. With the help of the sun and the

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stick I managed to make it to my first marker. Now I have to continue

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north to reach my final destination, the town of injury, the

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home of Britain's most remote pub. -- Inverie. It is 25 miles across

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mountainous to rain. How far can actual navigation technique? --

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terrain. I took this route headed north but along the way there's been

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a few more twists and turns than I imagined, so I am not really sure if

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I am heading in the right direction. I decide to stop to stop the Trai

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and other navigation technique. Apparently I can use a tree, just

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like this one, to make sure IMP did in the right direction. This

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technique relies on the sun. In northern countries like Scotland,

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the Scots -- the son spends more time in the southern part of the

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sky. That affects the shape of the tree. I am looking for a kick

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effect. As the branches on the sunny south grow towards light. -- tick

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effect. There is the tick which means south is that way. This must

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be north. Using the tree's bearing my route

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winds into a heavily wooded area. I don't know if you can tell, but it

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has just started absolutely pouring down.

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With a choice of parks and no sign of the sun a begin to wander off

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course. -- choice of paths. This is definitely the wrong way.

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I think I need to use the compass. It is too dangerous and wet and it

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is getting dark. Natural navigation has gotten me so

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far, but as the daylight fades and the rain gets heavier I turned to an

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old-fashioned map and compass to find somewhere to camp for the

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night. This morning I've woken up to

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torrential downpour and I've still got another, I don't know, nine

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miles or something to go. It is a long way to go, but as the

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weather lifts the full beauty of the landscape is revealed.

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Ah, there we go. After walking 30 miles in the sun and rain that right

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there is a beautiful sight. Inverie is cut off from the main

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road network, so the only way of getting there is by walking or by a

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20 minute boat journey. I am not sure which one it is. There it is!

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Let's see if I can make it in. I actually can't fit in the door. This

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is so heavy. Here we go. Hello there. Can I order a drink first?

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When you want to be out of civilisation for a moment, no

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television, everybody knows everybody, there's no policeman, you

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need to behave yourself. You need to be nice with the people. You don't

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sound Scottish. Indeed. I am from the forest in Belgium. I am a wild

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boar hunter. I came here 20 years ago. There was a house on the market

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for three years and no one was taking care of it. On a drunken

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night I had a conversation with the previous owner and he proposed to me

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to make an offer. It is maybe the best decision I have ever made. The

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noisy surroundings of the pub are a bit of a shock after three days and

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nights. Would I use natural navigation as my main way to get

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around? Problem we not, but it is not really for that. It is a

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completely different way of looking at things.

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If you are tempted to try natural navigation yourself, make sure you

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set off with the right kit. Details through this link here. But best to

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take a map and compass anyway, just in case. That's it for this week.

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Coming up next week... Christa's in New York rounding up

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our best trips from recent months, from the charismatic Cambodian

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railway to a journey deep underneath Budapest. Some great memories of

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amazing parts of the world. Make sure you join us for that if you can

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and don't forget you can follow us on social media. All of the details

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on the screen. For now, from all of us here in Trafalgar Square, it's

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goodbye! The bank holiday weekend is finally

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upon us and there will be some good opportunities for getting out

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and about.

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