An Lot/The Croft

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Documentary following Donald MacSween as he tries to make it as a full-time crofter.

An Lot/The Croft: Series 1: Episode 5

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Sweeny makes his show debut with some of his beloved sheep - and some of his hens.

Fifth in a six-part series following Donald MacSween as he tries to make it as a full-time crofter. In this episode, Sweeny makes his show debut with some of his beloved sheep.

Tha Dòmhnall MacSuain - no Sweeny mar as fheàrr a dh' aithnichear e - na chroitear à Leòdhas le miann sònraichte. Na Niseach pròiseil, tha e an-dràsta ag obair pàirt-ùine, ach bu mhath leis sin atharrachadh gu tur agus barrachd ùine a chur seachad anns an àite as bòidhche fon ghrèin na bheachd-san - Nis, gus a bhith na chroitear làn ùine. Leanaidh sinn e thar bliadhna san t-sreath
ùr seo de 6 earrannan, 's e a' feuchainn a rùn shònraichte a thoirt gu buil.

Tha ùidh air a bhith aig Sweeny ann am beathaichean agus croitearachd bhon a bha e na ghille òg agus chuir e seachad tòrr ùine le a sheanair air lot an teaghlaich. Bhon a ghabh e os làimh e ann an 2005 tha e air ùine a roinn eadar an obair làitheil agus croitearachd - rud nach robh furasta, ach anns an Iuchar 2014 ghabh e a' chiad cheum le a phlanaichean dìoghrasach.

Sgeulachd Sweeny, cròitear à Leòdhas a bu mhiann a bhith ri croitearachd làn ùine. Tha dìle-bhàite a' toirt buaidh air an là Gala sgìreil, tha Sweeny a' dèanamh air aon de na fèilltean sgìreil son a' chiad uair a-riamh leis a chuid chaorach - agus a chearcan; agus leis an Samhradh cha mhòr seachad, tha e ag ullachadh airson Geamhradh eile agus a' toirt na mònach dhachaigh.

Donald MacSween - or Sweeny as most folk know him - is a Lewis crofter with a dream. A proud Ness man, he is currently working part-time but aims to change all that so he can spend more time in what he considers to be the best place in the world, Ness, and be a crofter full-time. We follow him over a year in this six-part series as he tries to make his dream become a reality.

Sweeny has had an interest in animals and crofting from a young age and spent a lot of time with his grandfather on the family croft. Since taking over the croft in 2005, he's juggled the demands of the day job with crofting, but in July 2014 he embarked on the next stage of his ambitious plans.

In this episode, a downpour threatens the local Gala day, and Sweeny makes his show debut with some of his beloved sheep - and some of his hens. As the summer comes to an end, Sweeny prepares for another winter and gets the peats home.

An Lot/The Croft: Series 1

Series following Donald MacSween as he tries to make it as a full-time crofter.

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