New Series Starts Tonight...........

[Victoria]

Great British Journeys, BBC 2, 8pm - 9pm

just incase anyone interested...

Thomas Pennant: A Tour in Scotland
New series. Geographer and writer Nicholas Crane follows in the footsteps of eight British explorers, beginning with the route taken by scientist Thomas Pennant through the roughlands of Scotland. He discovers why the expedition diverted from Ledbeg in Sutherland and took an 18-mile detour through bogs and mountains to the obscure island of Inchmaree

[changilass]

Cheers for that Victoria, I have set sky to record it in case I forget to watch it later

[Angela]

Thanks Victoria, I will either watch or record it....so long as another senior moment doesn't come along and prevent me :roll: ....it sounds very promising! :)

[helenwyler]

Sounds interesting Victoria, thanks:).

Excuse my ignorance but where is Inchmaree?

[Victoria]

I have no idea! I'll guess i'll be more the wiser after 8pm!:lol:

[karia]

Sounds interesting Victoria, thanks

Excuse my ignorance but where is Inchmaree?

Hi Helen,

It's a reasonable question but despite Googles best efforts the best I can do is tell you that it is , and I quote,..... 'an isolated Island':roll:

As Victoria says, we'll just need to watch and see.

The hour approacheth!;)

Karia

[helenwyler]

Thankyou for googling karia!

I'd done the same and come up with nothing better, so at least I wasn't just being a complete numptie[lol]!!

[dunderheed]

could be wrong but isn't inchmaree off the north west coast just round the corner from cape wrath and down a bit ?

[Victoria]

i cant find it anywhere on any map!

I can see a few tiny un-nammed islands - could be one of them

[obiron]

sounds very interesting but im thinking the footie will be on in our house.

[dunderheed]

ach obiron, you should have watched the match last night that way no hankies would have been injured in the making of this match!! ;)

[dunderheed]

victoria , i've had a look on google earth, if you go round the top of the scottish coast at cape wrath there is indeed some unamed islands , i think that inchmaree is one of them

[percy toboggan]

Great British Journeys, BBC 2, 8pm - 9pm

just incase anyone interested...

Thomas Pennant: A Tour in Scotland
New series. Geographer and writer Nicholas Crane follows in the footsteps of eight British explorers, beginning with the route taken by scientist Thomas Pennant through the roughlands of Scotland. He discovers why the expedition diverted from Ledbeg in Sutherland and took an 18-mile detour through bogs and mountains to the obscure island of Inchmaree

You bet we're interested!
Enough room on Sundays 'Ben Nevis' disc to fit this one on too.
Can't get enough of this kind of thing.

[Anne x]

excellent programme and on a different thread so was Ben Nevis on sunday great viewing all round and know one does it like the beeb ;) Ax

[dunderheed]

on a closer look the island i thought was inchmarie turns out to be hanna island

[Victoria]

watching it now - its in the middle of Loch Maree - by Gairloch

[percy toboggan]

I was a tad disappointed by this prog.
Crane - or his director - seems obsessed by his own image! His gauntish face and angular, leggy frame seemed to be in every other scene. Also the scenic shots and the script were below par - maybe the weather and the light was not kind. I saw enough to know why he was ousted from his presenter post of 'Coast'

[golach]

on a closer look the island i thought was inchmarie turns out to be hanna island
From the programme Inchmaree is in Loch Maree

[Victoria]

I was a tad disappointed by this prog.
Crane - or his director - seems obsessed by his own image! His gauntish face and angular, leggy frame seemed to be in every other scene. Also the scenic shots and the script were below par - maybe the weather and the light was not kind. I saw enough to know why he was ousted from his presenter post of 'Coast'

I must admit his voice does start to annoy me after a while!