Weir's Way

1. E1. Glen Affric

   Aug 17, 1979

   Tom visits Glen Affric in the central Highlands of Scotland to discover how such an expanse of remote land is managed. Finlay McRae, the district's conservation officer, takes Tom deep into Glen Affric Tom is given a tour of the western encalve of Glen Affric, which stretches as far as Kintail in the west. Former deer-stalkers describe the changes in gamekeeping. Tom learns more about how changes in modern society have altered Glen Affric.

2. E2. Inner Loch Torridon

   Aug 24, 1979

   Tom Weir visits Inner Loch Torridon to discover the history behind the road built between Shieldaig and Loch Torridon in 1963.

3. E3. Loch Maree

   Aug 31, 1979

   Tom continues his travels in Wester Ross as he visits Loch Maree.

4. E4. North & South Applecross

   Sep 7, 1979

   This episode looks at the remote coastline of North & South Applecross

5. E5. Alexander Selkirk

   Sep 14, 1979

   Climber, author and broadcaster Tom Weir explores the history of Alexander Selkirk, a real-life Robinson Crusoe, who chose voluntary exile from his birthtown of Largo.

6. E6. Anstruther

   Sep 21, 1979

   Tom Weir visits Anstruther, part of the Royal Burgh of Kilrenny. A place where the past is always present and the language of the people seems not to have changed.

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