Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs
Paul Murton sets out to explore the lochs of Scotland, travelling from the wilds of the west coast to the Grampian Mountains, discovering the secrets of these iconic features of the Scottish landscape.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Paul Murton , Geoff Shelton , John Carpenter , John 'Gonna' O'Donnell , Roderick Maciver , Natalie Hicks , Aila McWhinney , Jess McWhinney , Murray Wilkie , Ian McWhinney , Amanda Parzeniewski , Andrew Grey Muir , Norman McNab , John Murdo Mackenzie , Alasdair Eckersall , Brian Haslam , David Bleazard , Kenny Munro
S2.E1 ∙ Written in Stone
Paul Murton explores Kilmory Bay on Loch Sween, Lilly Loch in Knapdale Forest and Loch Awe. Meets a group of steam enthusiasts restoring a puffer on the Crinan Canal, checks out some Stone Age rock art and tries his hand at driving a herd of Highland cows.
S2.E2 ∙ Take My Breath Away
This Grand Tour takes Paul to some breathtaking scenery among the lochs and mountains of Wester Ross. Speaking to locals he discovers that the loch-side communities were only finally connected by road in the 1970s. Before then, boats linked people who lived an almost island existence. Paul borrows a bike and cycles over the infamous Bealach na Ba - one of Britain's highest and steepest mountain passes, before reliving the glory days of the Kishorn oil rig fabrication yard, which in the 1970s built the world's biggest moveable structure. Journey's end is on an island in Loch Carron with a curious connection with Peter Pan.
S2.E3 ∙ Point to Pap
Paul travels from the westernmost point of Britain in Ardnamurchan to the Pap of Glencoe. On the way he stops off in Strontian, at Lochs Sunart and Linnhe, and recreates a scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail at Castle Stalker.
S2.E5 ∙ Hidden Lochs of Galloway
Paul discovers the strategic wartime importance of Loch Ryan and meets a man whose memory of those days is tinged with tragedy. In Stranraer, Paul discovers a legacy of Arctic exploration and an old can of bully beef, then meets a clan chief who tends a unique garden surrounded by two lochs. Reliving the days of steam trains, Paul walks the old railway line towards Loch Ken, where a monster lurks beneath the waters. On the banks of Loch Trool, he discovers some rocky evidence of Bruce's victory over the English in 1307, and then climbs the highest mountain south of Ben Lomond - the mighty Merrick.
