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It is 1949. Millie (13) and her little brother Syd (nine) live in Hertfordshire, but their mother鈥檚 roots are in the Scottish Hebrides. It鈥檚 a place they鈥檝e visited and love. Determined to spend the summer holidays with their grandparents, the two sneak off without permission, only a bagful of funs, a few pennies and a load of determination.

Now, 70 years on, Syd and Millie recall how they planned the daring trip and absconded unaccompanied by train, ferry and bus all the way north west to the Isle of Lewis. Provoking a small storm in the press, they enjoyed celebrity status for a time. But they got the summer holiday of their dreams, in their mother鈥檚 native village of Tolsta. A bright and heartwarming story, exclusive to 麻豆约拍 Alba.

1949. Ann an ceann a deas Shasainn, chan eil air aire Millie Richardson agus a br脿thair beag Syd, ach aon rud. D猫anamh air Eilean Le貌dhais! An ceann-uidhe agus am p脿rras - Tolastadh bho Thuath far a bheil taigh an seanar is seanmhar. Le Millie an ceann c霉isean is Syd le earbsa na phiuthar mh貌r tha iad a鈥� d猫anamh 脿s, gun cead iarraidh bho 鈥榤 p脿rantan. Gun ach beagan is sia sgillinn nan sporan, an t-aodach a th鈥� orra, deisichean sn脿imh, leabhraichean 鈥渞ation鈥� agus poca bhunaichean, tha iad a鈥� cuir 700 m矛le siubhail romhpa An seo, cluinnidh sinn nam faclan fh猫in d矛reach mar a thachair 鈥� 脿 Hertfordshire, a Tholstadh.

In Gaelic with English subtitles