A Mystical Journey
Paul travels from mysterious Loch Ussie and discovers wickedness in Strathpeffer and a fairy bridge over the Dornoch Firth.
Paul starts in the hills above Stathpeffer on the waters of Loch Ussie, famous for its connections with the Brahan Seer, who predicted future calamities. Here he meets musician Lauren MacColl, who found inspiration in the legend of the seer. On a golf course above Strathpeffer, Paul discovers an unlikely connection between the conventional old spa town below and the wickedest man in the world, Aleister Crowley. In a nearby wood, the mysterious traditions of a clootie well are revealed to Paul by a member of the travelling community. On the shores of the Cromarty Firth, Paul visits a folly on a hill and discovers an ancient Pictish carved stone. At Tain, the oldest royal burgh in Scotland, he learns to blow glass before heading for the Dornoch Firth where he encounters a witch and a fairy bridge.
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Nigg’s Pictish Stone
Duration: 01:27
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Paul visits a Clootie Well
Duration: 01:00
Broadcasts
- Mon 9 Sep 2019 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland & Scotland HD only
- Sun 15 Sep 2019 20:30
- Mon 16 Sep 2019 13:30
- Wed 11 Mar 2020 19:30
- Sun 11 Oct 2020 20:30
- Wed 14 Oct 2020 19:30
- Mon 14 Jun 2021 13:30
- Mon 14 Mar 2022 19:00
- Sun 31 Mar 2024 17:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland & Scotland HD only
- Fri 27 Sep 2024 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales & Wales HD
- Thu 3 Oct 2024 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales HD & Wales only
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