"And lying offshore - to get to." "that island life weather can often mean and in this series I'm setting out of the Scottish islands," "Crisscrossing north to the Bass Rock in the south." "There are nearly 300 islands big that surround the myriad of stacks and skerries the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea." "For the first" "The island of Foula is officially the edge of the world." "You can still take west of Shetland." "four days a week to Foula." "of cliff-girt terrain" "Now here we are," "Experienced travellers tells you everything from airport to hotel" "where the sense of remoteness is surely true of Foula - living on a small island could be a In the past especially," "fair share of hardship." "visiting strangers like me island people used to put" "Now I like to consider myself" "Now, Bryan..." "Yes, Paul." "it's an active thing, yeah." "Well, you see that's the thing, not that I know of." "So you've three days for it to know of and it'll develop." "Right." "So was there a history of disease and they won't catch anything." "And then there was the influenza, Did it really?" "half the population were gone." "So what was it?" "to run his B" "Well, no, I just looked it upon as the island, would you say?" "Like most islanders, Bryan has" "a lot of call for that one." "Bryan also keeps some sheep to their needs, a great skua with Bob," "Whilst it's OK for bonxie Bob Are you going to catch it?" "That's it." "All groceries and booze now have to but it closed years ago." "I meet up with two island women, Flouting quarantine etiquette," "Da Sneck o da Smaallie, they both agreed to guide me to see is that a Norse word as well?" "and Fuglaey is the Norse word well, it's from Fuglaey" "Right." "So not too long." "No, not yet." "known as Da Daal," "It doesn't actually look much like some of Bob's relatives I suspect.'" "They must be quite difficult birds" "laid their eggs yet," "Now this looks very our way to Da Sneck o da Smaallie." "It's like a Grand Canyon of Foula." "the Grand Canyon." "Penny and Fran disappear down" "Look at these huge chalk stones" "I think it's best not to think just waiting to fall on my head." "walk underneath it." "'Folk who've left the island one of Foula's secret places." "'where the Atlantic surf pounds 'At last we emerge onto the shore," "'this time they're not so 'bonxie Bob's relatives," "Phsssh!" "Phssssh!" "'as fearless protectors upheld their clan's reputation search of a more restful sea view.'" "This magnificent sight is called in Britain." "back in the old days, cliffs and collect the eggs for their dinner." "and it was all done by hand, that you ate" "Every family had maybe of sheep vegetables, everything." "'A film shot in 1972, shows life on were better at building than others, of building." "or great granduncle, I think, 'were filmed playing to an 'an accomplished singer/songwriter" "'He wrote four or five songs the first time was when he went on in his life," "It was OK I suppose, a bit crowded." "I take the ferry" "in Britain." "Neil Henderson" "the average North Isles man," "..I can put on an Orkney Fair Isle lad." "boat o'er is 11 metres." "were on to something," "With 70 residents, and, unlike Foula, it has a shop." "a bar somewhere on the island," "Isle punches way above its weight" "But perhaps the main reason that the name of a sea area." "world famous." "'From the 1920s woollen garments.' and a lot of the patterns that you The Vikings, they settled this area indeed all round in Scandinavia," "and they were making virtually The winters could be quite severe was a huge benefit." "Trading with foreign ships knitters across the seas." "In 1902, the garments" "King Edward VIII was painted wearing a Fair Isle V-neck." "'Back at Stewart's home, coming in two days' time as possible to sell the tourists." "painstaking work.'" "Do you think" "on their knitting machine." "I think the term knitter of a finisher rather than a knitter." "The fame of Fair Isle knitting a liability" "lighthouse, and the bombs that fell and badly injured their daughter." "New Year, and this time the bombs killed the deadlier force - the lighthouse." "by this plaque over here." "Now it's terrifying to think that" "But this mini Blitz in" "a dogfight with the RAF." "And this is the wreckage of" "Fair Isle is an important breeding to be precise." "than anywhere else in the UK, making are more rare species found here" "We're very, very keen to see" "We've had three, what they call and two thrush nightingales." "I think it's not the most We are very fond of the puffins." "The unique status of Fair Isle" "Today, the whole island is owned was first recognised in the 1930s." "and bird watchers alike." "I'm joining the island's keenest riches on offer," "Erm, also a lot of," "'I was once a proud member" "There's a lot of fulmars What else have we got?" "Of all the sea birds that you're there's three birds." "Oh, yeah!" "Oh, that's a hard question." "So how long does a puffin Yes, I do enjoy puffins actually." "It's almost four times your age." "Henry's accent a migrating bird himself, 'artist Tommy Hyndman, when I meet his father, that you're not from these parts, tell from your accent" "'Tommy has lived on the island New York." "'The weather's not helping either." "through the fog on this," "keepers to Fair Isle, their families and their traditions, a couple of sets of golf clubs." "they devised a little golf course." "In those days, they would use a flag on it, stuck in the ground." "Pretty rudimentary stuff." "I'm a pretty good player." "You beauty!" "No, no, I see it." "It's miles away!" "let's go and find those balls." "demolition site than a golf course." "six holes to play." "Well, in February... washed out by humongous waves." "they were actually the highest waves" "Tommy tells me through the rubble, was decommissioned," "an interesting thing to reinstate," "Right, so it's a tourist attraction?" "do besides bird watching."" "Perhaps it's the thought of playing" "Oh, no!" "No!" "No!" "Stop!" "that's me out of the game really." "There's a lot at stake here" "Oh!" "You're a gentleman, sir," "by the light of a setting sun." "and rocky headland, magical, peaceful island." "than to watch the sun set over Grand Tour of Foula and Fair Isle, to experience the delights of Loch when I'll be voyaging south" "Brand new..."