Visions of St Michael 's Mount
St Michael, Jack the Giant Killer, and the Spanish Armada - all have appeared here. Steeped in legend and history, St Michael 's
Mount has been a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of years; now thousands of tourists flock to the island and its fairytale castle. On that memorable weekend of snow and storms last April, Angela Rippon rode across the causeway to meet the two oldest families of the Mount - Lord and Lady St Levan who live in the castle, and John and Malcolm Matthews , who guide her up the tourist trail and into the sheltered sub-tropical gardens.
Meanwhile, on the windward side, Tony Soper explores the unusual natural history that gives this Cornish island its special character. From this southerly outpost of Britain, In the Country looks ahead to spring. producer CAROLINE WEAVER
Series producer PETER CRAWFORD
BBC Bristol