I enjoyed this journey through Scotland: so many interesting aspects such the as Highland Games, the whisky production, the Cawdor Clan in the Highlands, the tweed industry, the ecology or the music in Glascow.
Glasgow is a town full of muical life: we meets Gregor G-Man James , the leader of the "Bags of Rock" (fusion between bagpipe and rock and roll), this night they play at the ABC hall og¡f Glascow. In Queens Street Tam Coyle a music producer encourage the young musician of Glascow and there is a new concert hall called "The Arches" under a railway station: many concerts and many different styles of music with bagpipes.
In the Strathspey (Valley of the Spey)there are about 30 whisky distilleries; on the countryside the farmers grow barley: we visit the "Cardhu" distillery where Andy Cant explains the making of single malt whisky (in barrels for 12 years): the vistors can prepared their own blend. Susan Colville, a whisky specialist explains how you have to choose a good whisky (colour, taste). Besides the Dutch writer Hans Offringa explains that whisky and jazz are an excellent combination.
Scotland has very huge spaces of nature: in Skye Alastair Mc Pherson of the "John Muir foundation" is taking care of the natural reserve (reforesting) and helping the tourists in their hikings. Besides in the Highlands there about 17.000 crofts (small farms): Bill Barber has an organic farm and manages a guesthouse and his guests can eat fresh vegetables. On the other side Fiona travels with visitors through the forests, moorlands and seaside (freedom of roaming) to harvest edible plants (wild garlic, algae) shows them how to prepares this plants and algae.
In the Highlands we meet Angélika Cawdor of the Cawdor Clan who now manages her castle built in 1370 and beautiful gardens: a part of the castle has been transformed into a hotel.
Finally one of the great traditions of Scotland are the Highland Games: bagpipes bands, Scottish traditional dances and sports like caber toss or tug of war.
About the Gaelic language we see the Gaelic School of Skye where the students can meet Charlyie Mc Gallevray , a farmer who speak Gaelic.
I enjoyed very the encounters of Jérôme with Coinneach MacLean in Glasgow, with Finley MacDonald (the modern bagpipe), with David Mac Lennan in the pub installed in a church,with Kasey Hanson, the employee of "Heritage of Scotland), with Alf Mc Gregor in the Cairngorm National Park, with Paul Blount (the restoration of old steam locomotive and the travel by train), with Mick Woodcook and Patrick Walker in Saint Andrews, with Maggie Sheddan in North Berwick (th boat tour near Bass Rock) and with Tom Watton in Edinburgh (The Beltane Fire Festival): very nice encounters with very kind Scottish men and women.