Evergreen Dazed
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Re: Weir's Way
Dec 03, 2016, 09:29
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I love Weirs Way, great stuff.
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moss
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Re: Weir's Way
Dec 03, 2016, 10:25
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Dog in fog wrote:
Never come across Weir before will watch later on. There is also a 2 part series about Fair Isle on BBC at the moment, the first is on catch up here;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b083xzhb/fair-isle-living-on-the-edge-episode-1
The next will be on Monday, it seems an idyllic way of life but very tough to live in isolation on these islands.
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spencer
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Re: Weir's Way
Dec 03, 2016, 10:59
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Cheers DiF, I'd forgotten about those programmes and him. All 45 of them, possibly in better quality than on Youtube, are available to watch here: http://player.stv.tv/summary/weirs-way/ You may find that there are other topics and locations in the programmes in addition to those summarised. A documenter of Scottish tradition, reminds me in a way of Jack Hargreaves south of the border..a breed now gone.
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Dog in fog
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Re: Weir's Way
Dec 03, 2016, 11:03
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spencer wrote: Cheers DiF, I'd forgotten about those programmes and him. All 45 of them, possibly in better quality than on Youtube, are available to watch here: http://player.stv.tv/summary/weirs-way/ You may find that there are other topics and locations in the programmes in addition to those summarised. A documenter of Scottish tradition, reminds me in a way of Jack Hargreaves south of the border..a breed now gone.
Yes, I thought of Jack Hargreaves, too: I loved watching those with my grandparents as a youngster. I watched a dozen Weir's last night due to insomnia, and it was like being in a half dream, so very restful nonetheless!
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spencer
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Weir's Aweigh
Dec 03, 2016, 11:08
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Tom Weir doing for the Scottish islands what he did for the mainland. http://player.stv.tv/summary/weirs-aweigh/ ..also on Youtube.
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Dog in fog
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Re: Weir's Way
Dec 03, 2016, 11:09
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moss wrote:
Thanks, Moss. Unfortunately I can't access iplayer as I'm living in Germany at the moment: the BBC allow radio access, but not telly.
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Dog in fog
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Re: Weir's Aweigh
Dec 03, 2016, 11:23
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spencer wrote:
Thanks! Here's another, of Eriskay, from 1934.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9_tOh6NYOs
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tiompan
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Re: Weir's Aweigh
Dec 03, 2016, 12:31
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Wee tribute from the splendidly maned Aberfeldy .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxnr0y0ZxAc
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Dog in fog
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Re: Weir's Aweigh
Dec 03, 2016, 18:55
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tiompan wrote:
:-)
Beer! Good idea!
PS Anyone - it's driving me mad, as I can't remember the name of another lovely Yorkshire chap who used to present wildlife / rural affairs progammes in the 80s. Big chap with an accent and a slow speaking manner. Aaargh!
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moss
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Re: The Sun and the Serpent
Jan 16, 2017, 08:44
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Okay, suspend your disbelief, tie up your cynical tongues, 20 minutes of not very good film but still a joy to watch the energy (not a ley) line called St Mitchell that travels across England. Hamish Miller and Paul Broadhurst. In the end it is just one of the historys of our time.
https://vimeo.com/50859627
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