There are few places as beautiful and as remote as Applecross in the West Highlands of Scotland. The only access by road is over the Pass of the Cattle: it's a daunting road even in summer, with hairpin bends and gradients of one in four: in winter, snow and ice have kept it closed for as much as six months at a stretch.
Because of this isolation Applecross has preserved a way of life unique on the main-land of Britain. But in lecent years the population has been declining. Now fewer than 300 people live there, most of them middle-aged and elderly. In this radio portrait people who live there talk about the place as it was and as it is today.
Introduced by ALAN HAYDOCK