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Argyll and Bute
This week Joe Crowley is your guide. Out on the wild West coast of Scotland, the administrative area of Argyll and Bute has over 3,000 miles (4,800km) of coastline which is claimed to more than the whole of France. Inland is some of the finest landscape to be found anywhere in the British Isles.
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Not the West Highland Way
National trail The West Highland Way takes you through some of the most stunning mountainous area of Scotland. Whilst walking the Devil’s Staircase, Joe talks to Ronald Turnbull author of “Not the West Highland Way” a guidebook about the joys of going off the beaten track and getting higher than the national trail suggests.
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Not the West Highland Way
National trail The West Highland Way takes you through some of the most stunning mountainous area of Scotland. Whilst walking the Devil’s Staircase, Joe talks to Ronald Turnbull author of “Not the West Highland Way” a guidebook about the joys of going off the beaten track and getting higher than the national trail suggests.
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The massacre of Glencoe
Joe tells of the horrific fate handed to the MacDonald clan of Glencoe by the Campbell clan. The Massacre is infamous for its brutality and even to this day the old Clachaig Inn at Glen Coe carries the sign on its door, 'No Campbells'.
To learn more about Glencoe the visitor centre run by the National Trust Scotland has all the information you’ll need -
Midge traps
Joe meets Dr Alison Blackwell to learn about Scotland’s most aggressive native the Midge!! There is no getting away from them but you can minimise your chances of getting bitten by consulting the Scottish Midge forecast before you travel.
check the midge forecast
Credits
- Series Producer
- David Smith
- Presenter
- Joe Crowley
- Executive Producer
- Sarah Moors
