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Bailtean Fraoich: Episode 6: Geàrrloch/Gairloch

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Episode 6: Geàrrloch/Gairloch

Geàrrloch/Gairloch

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Fraoch Nic an Deòir a' tadhal air Geàrrloch. Heather Dewar visits Gairloch.

Heather Dewar explores remote and picturesque villages along Scotland's coast. In this final episode she travels through the parish of Gairloch in Wester Ross.

Ann am "Bailtean Fraoich" tha Fraoch Nic an Deòir a Ìle a' tadhal air feadhainn dhe na bailtean cladaich is iomallaiche agus is bòidhche ann an Alba. Anns a'phrògram mu dheireadh dhen t-sreath, tha i a'gabhail cuairt tro Gheàrrloch air taobh siar Rois. Tha i a'tachairt air eòlaiche eachdraidh, Uilleam MacRobbie, a tha ag innse dhi cho cudromach sa bha Loch Iù aig àm a'chogaidh. Bha e na àite tionail dhan luingeas a bha gu bhi a' seòladh tarsainn a'Chuain an Iar, no suas gu tuath dhan Ruis. Dh'fhairich an sgìre a chuid fhèin de lathaichean duilich, agus tha Iain Murchadh MacCoinnich ag innse dhi mu thachartas a chunnaic esan aig aois dusan bliadhna, nach dì-chuimhnich e ri mhaireann. Tha Fraoch a'tadhal air an stèisean rèidio ionadal, Dà Locha, airson facal fhaighinn air craoladair a'phrògram Ghàidhlig agus an luchd-èisteachd.

Islay-born Heather Dewar visits some of Scotland's most picturesque and remote coastal communities.

In the last programme in the series she travels through the parish of Gairloch in Wester Ross. Heather meets historian William McRobbie, who tells her about Loch Ewe's important role during World War II. This vast sea loch was used as a convoy assembly point for ships bound for the Atlantic and latterly Russia. Unsurprisingly the area saw more than its share of tragedy during this period, and John Murdo MacKenzie tells Heather about an event he was witness to at 12 years of age which he will never forget. 

Heather pops into the local radio station, Two Lochs, to meet the presenter of the weekly Gaelic programme and chats to some of its loyal listeners.

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Heather Dewar explores remote and picturesque villages along Scotland's coast.

Heather Dewar explores some of the most remote and picturesque villages along Scotland's coast.

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