The Skye Trail - broadcast date confirmed
BBC 2 Scotland (Skye Channel 990) will be broadcasting our hour-long documentary - The Skye Trail, on Sunday December 27 at 7pm.
The route starts at Rubha Huinish on the northern tip of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye and follows the rolling escarpment down to Portree. From there we trek through the area known as The Braes to Loch Sligachan then follow the north shore of the sea-loch to Sligachan Inn. We wander down Glen Sligachan, visit Loch Curuisk, cross the Bad Step and climb Blaven from Camasunary. We then trek around by the head of Loch Slapin, visit the lost villages of Boreraig and Suisiniah and wander along the Marble Trail to finish in Broadford. In between all the hiking we take time to visit Raasay and Hallaig, in celebration of the great Sorley MacLean. We have some great interviewees and it’s a fantastic walk. I haven’t seen any of the rushes yet - we’re still working on the project, but we hope it might inspire a few folk during the dark days of mid-winter.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Hello!
My husband and I would love to see your documentary, but we can’t get the station it will be playing on (we’re in the U.S.).
Might we be able to purchase a DVD of the documentary?
Thank you!
Teresa McCaskill
December 8th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Hi Teresa,
Lovely to hear from you. Of course you won’t be able to view the programme - even the BBC doesn’treach that far, but we will have a DVD of the programme which will be on sale early in the New Year. I’ll put an entry in this diary to say when it will be available. Have a great Christmas and a propserous New Year!
December 21st, 2009 at 10:05 am
Hi will this programme be on any other BBC2 apart from Scotland as we are in Wales.We really want to see it. Thanks
December 21st, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Afraid not Sylvie but it will be broadcast on Sky Channel 990 at the same time. It will also appear on the BBC I-Player for a week from broadcast date , ie Dec 27th.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Hi Cameron,
Really looking forward to watching the programme tonight. I am so pleased that this walk is starting to attract the attention it deserves.
There is no doubt that although challenging, it beats all other comers hands down in terms of scenery, wildlife and wow factor.
We started offering it as a self guided walking holiday in 2009 and the feedback on the trail has been overwhelmingly positive.
Lets hope your programme gets some momentum going for the trail and it can achieve the recognition it deserves.
Cheers,
Neil from Macs Adventure
December 29th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Dear Cameron,
We watched the programme yesterday on BBC iplayer and really enjoyed it, as it brought back lovely memories of our honeymoon on Skye in June 2009.
I especially loved the part about the Skye poet. I’d like to learn more about him, but can’t recall his name. Was it Sorley MacLean?
Thanks so much and have a great year ahead.
Dawn