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00:00Under the earth, but now I've come back to the home of my birth.
00:06We're trying earth birth.
00:08For these are my mountains, and this is my glen.
00:20Big finish.
00:22For these are my mountains, and I'm coming home.
00:28Literally, because I am Alan Cumming, and I am home.
00:34I don't know him.
00:37We don't know him.
00:38Hang on, we'll have to cougar him.
00:41Why not go straight to the source?
00:43Allow me.
00:44I am Alan Cumming.
00:46Now, you might have seen me in Cabaret,
00:49The Traitors, The Good Wife,
00:52and in many, many other misunderstood,
00:55tormented and sinister roles over my 40-year career.
01:03I'm also an activist for various causes dear to my heart.
01:07All the values I hold very dear, and I think Scotland holds very dear,
01:10it's under threat if we don't have an independent Scotland.
01:13And a proud Scot.
01:15And whether you need to Google me or not,
01:16I am bringing you to my happy place,
01:20the Scottish Highlands.
01:21MUSIC PLAYS
01:51I love to close my eyes and just listen to the sounds of the forest.
02:14I feel at home here.
02:17I love the smell of trees.
02:20I love the wind.
02:24Ever since I was a little boy,
02:25I have associated being in the forest with my dog as safety.
02:31Run like the wind!
02:32Like this forest.
02:34It's just outside Inverness, the capital of the Highlands.
02:37Now, I'm originally from the east coast of Scotland,
02:40so I didn't grow up here.
02:41But the Highlands are a second home to me, both physically and spiritually.
02:47It's a connection that began early in my childhood.
02:50I would come to visit my granny, away from my dad.
02:56He was a very violent, angry...
02:59I can smell the sea air!
03:02My childhood was not a happy one.
03:04And I was sort of spoiled, I suppose, by my granny.
03:06She would take me into films when I was too young to see them and things like that
03:11and let me read comics in bed with sweeties.
03:16Go, Lala!
03:18Go, look at that!
03:19And so I think I've always associated Inverness, that town,
03:22and the experiences I had on the holidays when I was a little boy there,
03:25with just sort of fun and safety and kind of innocence.
03:29Lala!
03:29Come on!
03:30I call New York City my home, but Scotland is my home home.
03:36I feel a deep sense of calm when I'm here.
03:39I breathe.
03:40I slow down.
03:42I connect.
03:44I left in my early twenties to pursue my career,
03:48firstly in London and then in the States.
03:52But over time, the attachment to my roots has only deepened.
03:55I don't return to the highlands to relive my past, though.
04:00It's more of a reset, a way to move forward
04:03by reminding myself of who I am and where I come from.
04:10I feel the spirit of my granny whenever I return to Inverness.
04:14She was hilarious and always up for a good time.
04:19So when I'm back, I always try to relive some of the fun we had,
04:23and it always starts here.
04:25I used to do this with my granny as a little boy.
04:30Find the best bouncy spot.
04:34And it's not in the middle.
04:36No.
04:37This side.
04:40No.
04:41I must look so insane.
04:44Ha, ha, ha, ha.
04:45But yes.
04:48Small pleasures.
04:49Oh.
04:53Oh.
04:55It's so nourishing to be in a place where I have strong childhood memories.
05:00But I have a full life here now, too.
05:03Come on up.
05:04Hello.
05:05Hi.
05:06My lovely dog Lala and I are off to visit my friend Claire at her new tartan shop.
05:10Welcome to Rebel Row.
05:12I love it.
05:13We've got some new dresses.
05:14She's a forward-looking, avant-garde designer who uses sustainable practices in her designs,
05:20living up to her motto, changing the future and disrupting the past.
05:26Well, we have our surfer's pouch there, our big robes, cool little jackets.
05:31Oh, this is our kilts.
05:33Nice.
05:34You could say, I know a little bit about tartan.
05:38Shut up.
05:40This is a tartan called Allium, designed by my good self and Claire.
05:45Yes.
05:46How exciting.
05:46Sorry, I should have said it.
05:47I'm in a knitting magazine.
05:51You know, Lala, we're going to the Highland Games.
05:54There's a best rescue competition.
05:57I'm making her compete.
05:58I was saying, what does she have to do?
06:00Because, you know, she's gorgeous and well-behaved and everything, but she's not a show pony.
06:04And so they said that all she has to do is just be gorgeous.
06:08Her gorgeous self.
06:09She has to stand there in a beautiful kilt.
06:12Fantastic.
06:15She's sample size.
06:16Like her dad.
06:18After a quick session with the tape measure, we pick out a tartan suitable for my slim-hipped beauty.
06:24Oh, yes.
06:24Look at those.
06:26The bees will be your best friends.
06:29Here's a fun fact.
06:30The idea that different tartans are specific to a clan or family is a bit of a Georgian-era myth.
06:37But that shouldn't stop people from getting attached to particular patterns, should it?
06:41Even though people don't know the full history of tartan, they feel tradition.
06:45Yeah.
06:45In wearing it.
06:47When people sometimes in Scotland feel like tartan isn't for them.
06:50You know, it's for people who want to visit.
06:52Right.
06:52And it's people.
06:53So trying to remind people that it's ours and we can wear it every day has been such a joy.
06:58That tartan, not just a kilt or a scarf or a pattern, but as a sort of a school of thought, has always gone in these huge ups and downs and it sort of manages to be comforting and sort of traditional and punk at the same time.
07:16It's a fascinating thing.
07:18It's a fascinating thing.
07:18It's this collection of lines and colours.
07:19Yeah.
07:20And when you think about the way that it was banned.
07:22I know.
07:23And it was seen as this really seditious thing to wear.
07:26But I always think if they didn't ban tartan after Culloden, would tartan be a thing?
07:32By Culloden, we mean the Battle of Culloden of 1746, where the British crown defeated us Scots who wanted to place their own man on the throne.
07:43To crush the rebellion, England's parliament outlawed all Scottish culture.
07:48Kilts, Gaelic, tartan, the whole shebang.
07:52But our defiance could not be contained.
07:57And after decades of suppression, our culture came roaring back.
08:09Celebrated all over the country at events like these, Highland Games, which are held every summer.
08:16The Games were the highlight of my year when I was a kid, and I still love coming to them.
08:22They're just so Scottish.
08:24What?
08:25Jesus.
08:26You have tradition and history, coupled with a celebration of community.
08:34The Games in the Highland Games include the Caber Toss and the Hammer Throne, which you can watch whilst listening to a pipe band or sipping on a local whiskey.
08:45That's really nice.
08:47But we Scots are never nervous about tinkering with tradition.
08:51This year, for example, women have been added to the so-called heavy events for the first time.
08:57I love a good gender parity upgrade.
09:01Claire has joined me this year to help dress Lala for the dog show.
09:05Hi.
09:07Hello.
09:07This is Lala.
09:08She's kind of shy.
09:09She's not scared of me.
09:10She's not scared of you, no.
09:12I like your kilt.
09:13You must be a piper.
09:14Be a piper?
09:15It's a piper of tomorrow.
09:17He is, honestly.
09:18It's less than an hour until the dog show, and I am an anxious daddy and need some of the comforts of home to steady my nerves.
09:28I want to head to see if there's mushy peas.
09:31We're on a quest.
09:33Are those mushy peas?
09:35Where?
09:35Where?
09:36Where?
09:37It's curry sauce.
09:39Do you have mushy peas?
09:40Mushy peas, no, sorry.
09:41Too much different.
09:43Got it.
09:45Can't handle the peas.
09:47You can't handle the peas.
09:50I'm kind of appalled that there's not mushy peas at the Highland Games.
09:55Let's go to the booze bits.
09:56Yes.
09:57We'll go for something else that's green.
09:58A green drink.
09:59A green drink, maybe.
10:00Ask and you shall receive.
10:02Scottish absinthe.
10:03Yeah, it's got this first absinthe.
10:04Oh, is it really?
10:05Absinthe, if you didn't know, is the powerfully intoxicating drink known as the Green Fairy.
10:13Nice.
10:15As we kicked it.
10:16You get that absinthe face.
10:17It's actually delicious.
10:20So the name of the absinthe is myrmican, so that's an old Scots word for a wicked fairy.
10:24Oh, I love that.
10:27Why do you sing?
10:28Sorry.
10:30I'm shocked.
10:31There's no mushy peas at that fish and chip van.
10:34Is that not quite interesting?
10:35I think that's terrible.
10:37Mushy peas?
10:38Sorry?
10:39I don't think mushy peas are English.
10:40No, I always have mushy peas when I come to Scotland.
10:43Do you not have them in Aberdeenshire?
10:44I don't think so.
10:45Seriously?
10:45Are they under the counter?
10:49I am quite pissed off about this.
10:51I can see that.
10:51Yeah.
10:52Thank you very much.
10:54No, I want mushy peas.
10:56Yeah.
10:56I'm sorry to go on about this.
10:57My friend Claire and I are at the Gordon Castle Highland Games, surrounded by rugged competition, ancient traditions, and as it turns out, some fascinating headgear.
11:15Oh, my gosh, you guys, I love that.
11:18That's like your purse in there.
11:19It's got my lipstick in it, my sunglasses in it.
11:23Lipstick and a kind of strong boy in your hat.
11:27Hilarious.
11:27Do you want to tie it on?
11:28Do you want to tie it on?
11:29Yes.
11:30Oh, there we go.
11:31Look at this.
11:33Awesome.
11:34Okay.
11:34And speaking of fabulous accessories, we have one last errand to run to get Lala ready for the runway.
11:42Should we go into the craft fair?
11:43Oh.
11:44Look, Lala.
11:46On a collar.
11:47Oh, my God.
11:49I can't pay the rent.
11:51You must pay the rent.
11:52I can't pay the rent.
11:53You must pay the rent.
11:54You can't.
11:55I can't pay the rent.
11:56I'll pay the rent.
11:57My hero.
11:59Never fails.
12:01And now it's time for Lala's glam squad.
12:03We have the reveal of Miss Lala Kill.
12:09Protect the modesty.
12:10I have to say I've gone full Mama Rose.
12:12I don't care.
12:13I am laser focused on her success.
12:16Lala, you're like a supermodel right now.
12:18You're so cute.
12:21Lala.
12:22And, of course, I am wearing a matching sash.
12:32I made my Broadway debut with less anxiety than this, but as we step out onto the stage, we transform.
12:39Walk round, please.
12:39It's time to slay.
12:43She's poised.
12:44She's polished.
12:46She's a star.
12:47Go Lala.
12:48Go Lala.
12:50There's the costume aspect as well, I feel we should take into account.
12:54Right.
12:54Can we line up now, please?
12:56So, hello.
12:58Where does your dog come from?
12:59She comes from Costa Rica.
13:01Costa Rica.
13:02Exotic dogs.
13:03And she was a street dog.
13:05And she was a street dog, and so she had a hard, hard life, and she could really do with a pep in winning this prize.
13:11Oh, no pressure.
13:12Oh, no pressure.
13:18Archie, came from Spaniel, ADK.
13:20So, this is Wilson.
13:21He's a Bosnian rescue.
13:23Another exotic dog from Bosnia.
13:25There's Ashley.
13:26She's also a Bosnian rescue.
13:28She's had a hard life as well.
13:29Yeah, you see.
13:31And we've got two beautiful dogs here, Bosnian dogs.
13:35OK, so, who would like this beautiful dog to win?
13:43Who would like this beautiful dog to win?
13:48This one?
13:51And who would like these two beautiful big boys?
13:57But two for one, I'm afraid, has got the winner.
14:02Congratulations.
14:02Thank you very much.
14:03Devastated.
14:05Devastated.
14:06Devastated.
14:07It's over.
14:08La-la.
14:09Graceful.
14:10Such a good girl.
14:11Beautiful.
14:12Just to pour salt in the wound, I've been asked to present Best in Show.
14:17So, all the winners of the categories, please come and be judged.
14:21So, you won what?
14:23Best crossbreed.
14:24Best crossbreed.
14:25And what's your dog's name?
14:26Nala.
14:27Nala.
14:27That's kind of like La-la, my dog's name, that didn't win the Best Rescue category.
14:32Next.
14:34He won the Golden Oldie.
14:35Golden Oldie, how old is he?
14:37Ten.
14:37Oh, that's the age of my dog, La-la, that didn't win the Rescue.
14:42Next.
14:43Best sausage catcher, what's his name?
14:44Archie.
14:45Archie.
14:48Nailed it!
14:48And?
14:49And it's Arvin and Conan.
14:51They won Crash Rescue.
14:53Best, that's right.
14:54Best Rescue, yeah.
14:56I'm not sure they'll be winning, but who will receive Best in Show?
15:04Gosh, it's tough.
15:06It's a tough choice.
15:09Gosh, those two rescue dogs are taking their time.
15:11Can we have a drum roll, please, audience?
15:23Archie.
15:25The sausage catcher.
15:26Bravo, Archie.
15:27I've got no sausages.
15:29There you go.
15:30Thank you very much.
15:31The winner.
15:32But everyone's a winner, including my dog, La-la.
15:34With our egos bruised, La-la and I return to Inverness to shake off our merciless defeat at the dog shop.
15:46La-la, come on.
15:47Thankfully, I have a little fun lined up.
15:49Now we're going to McGregor's because they're naming a drink after me.
15:54McGregor's is owned by my friend Bruce McGregor, legendary fiddler and fierce advocate for traditional Scottish music.
16:02When you're in Inverness, there's nothing better than hearing him play airs, jigs, waltzes and reels.
16:12Bruce believes that the key to the Highlands' future lies in this very old music from the past.
16:19There are just so many people coming to Inverness from all over the world.
16:22We're actually just discovering in the Highlands that we're actually a destination to go to.
16:28I think for years and years, we just kind of, ah, well, Edinburgh and Glasgow deal with the tourists.
16:35You know, Church Street, we've got about three or four pubs that are all doing traditional music.
16:40When I was a kid, that did not exist.
16:44It's what people want.
16:45We've spent years and years doing golf and whiskey.
16:49Yeah, that's fine.
16:50The people want something to do in the evening.
16:52And our music is incredible.
16:54We're beginning to get to grips with what we could do in this country.
16:58And that's quite exciting.
17:06Bruce is a typical Highlander in many ways.
17:09Friendly, generous and proud of his heritage.
17:12He's named many of the drinks at his bar after Scottish legends like warrior William Wallace, philosopher David Hume, and one of my heroes, the poet Robert Burns.
17:26And as of today, I'm very proud to say me.
17:30I'm off to the mixologist's lab to help create this libation.
17:34So, Jimmy, what have you got?
17:35Anything you could ever imagine?
17:37Whiskey?
17:38Gin?
17:39No to gin.
17:40I made some very bad decisions.
17:42Really?
17:43I'm a vodka man.
17:44Vodka man?
17:44Yeah.
17:45Excellent.
17:45But I have, of late, started to dabble, and I've had an agroni.
17:50Ah!
17:51And I know an agroni's got gin in it, but I don't know.
17:53I just felt crazy one day, and I had a few.
17:55Okay, let's make an agroni with vodka.
17:59How does that sound?
18:01What?
18:02Yeah.
18:02Yeah.
18:03Yeah.
18:03We're breaking down walls here.
18:05Let's do it.
18:06Yeah.
18:12Delicious.
18:25Gorge.
18:26Yeah.
18:29Voilà.
18:30There we go.
18:31So, what is this going to be called?
18:32The Activist.
18:33Sure.
18:36Anyway, cheers.
18:37Cheers.
18:37Slange.
18:37Thank you very much.
18:42That is delicious.
18:43Good.
18:43I'm glad you're here.
18:44I'm not just saying it because it's my cocktail.
18:45Yeah.
18:46The vodka is...
18:48It's remarkable, isn't it?
18:49It changes everything.
18:50How it can be so smooth and creamy.
18:52Mmm.
18:55So, it's just a agroni...
18:56Yeah.
18:57...with vodka instead of gin?
18:58Absolutely, yeah.
18:59Absolutely.
19:00Yeah, there's probably the agroni priest on their way right now.
19:02Someone's built it.
19:03Some little Italian man zooming over here on a Vespa.
19:06We've locked the door, so it's all right.
19:08We'll get in.
19:08So, Lala, community-owned Isle Martin Jetty...
19:20Oh, running today.
19:23Hello?
19:24Could I get the ferry?
19:26Would you like to get over?
19:27I would, yes.
19:29That would be lovely.
19:30OK, see you soon.
19:32Bye.
19:32Oh, that's good.
19:33Bye.
19:34Bye.
19:34Bye.
19:36The Highlands.
19:38I always feel so nostalgic when I'm back here,
19:43but my connection to the Highlands is so much more than that.
19:46It's visceral.
19:47It's primal.
19:48And it's always been redefined,
19:51as I'm always having new adventures when I'm here.
19:58A man stands alone on a remote pier,
20:03waiting for an unknown person to come
20:06and take him to an uninhabited island
20:08with his faithful dog.
20:10What could possibly go wrong?
20:15Coming to screen soon.
20:19Are you the ferry?
20:20I am the ferry.
20:22Yes, she is the ferry.
20:23Hi, I'm Alan.
20:24Hello, Alan.
20:25I'm Angelica.
20:26Angelica?
20:27Yes.
20:27This is Lala.
20:28Hello, are you coming with us as well, Lala?
20:29She's coming too.
20:30This is the first time to you to the island?
20:35Yes.
20:35Yeah?
20:36I'm very excited.
20:37I've always, I've heard tell.
20:39It's sort of like a mysterious island,
20:41and there'd be like a light flashing on it,
20:43and then there'd be a tunnel that would go under.
20:45That's what I feel Martin's like.
20:48That's probably about right about Martin.
20:50Yeah.
20:51But I haven't found the bodies yet.
20:53I have some chocolate and a piece of string
20:56in case anything goes wrong.
20:57That's good.
20:57But nothing can go wrong with anything.
20:59Yeah.
21:00I'm fascinated by abandoned islands,
21:03and there are loads of them in these parts.
21:06This is Isle Martin.
21:08Population?
21:09Zero.
21:10When I saw they were advertising for a caretaker,
21:13I knew I had to visit.
21:15There was a virtual stampede of resumes
21:18from around the world,
21:19and the job site got overwhelmed.
21:21A deserted island with a waiting list?
21:25How fabulous.
21:27Hello.
21:27Hello.
21:28Welcome.
21:30I'm one of the trustees of the island.
21:33And you're from, not from these shores.
21:36From New Zealand, actually.
21:37New Zealand.
21:37Why are you here?
21:39Well, fine replace.
21:40There you go.
21:46So it's an uninhabited island,
21:48but people stay for weekends.
21:50We run workshops,
21:52residencies,
21:54festivals.
21:55And why is it so special?
21:56Not every island has a festival
21:57and a caretaker.
21:59There is a real disconnect with the mainland.
22:01There's an immediate disconnect
22:02with the stuff,
22:04the usual daily trappings.
22:05Because there's no electricity at first time.
22:06No electricity.
22:07Do you get phone signal?
22:08Well, no.
22:10Put it away.
22:12What?
22:14How?
22:14Put it away.
22:15We do.
22:16No, we do.
22:17I'm going to need a writing novel.
22:18There are walking paths
22:23and tumble-down cottages
22:24and even a little museum
22:26with a gift shop.
22:27Actually, Angelica,
22:28our ferry boat person,
22:31has recently got her doctorate
22:32in arts.
22:33This is her work.
22:34I love these.
22:35Look at the sort of
22:36foggy, misty...
22:38Gosh, Angelica hiding your light
22:41under a bushel.
22:42It used to be the schoolhouse.
22:43Right.
22:44We Scots are very egalitarian.
22:47So it's no surprise
22:48that the Highlands
22:49has many small folk museums
22:51devoted to the histories
22:52of everyday people.
22:54No matter how sad...
22:56The rest of the crew had drowned.
22:57Yes.
22:58So it's our son as well.
22:59Or silly.
23:00In 1855,
23:01John Imack
23:02produced the largest turnip
23:04ever seen in the district,
23:05weighing in at 17 pounds,
23:07nine ounces,
23:08six kilos.
23:09My God!
23:09We had three Lallas.
23:10Lana?
23:11You're a third of a turnip.
23:14And now here's an old boot.
23:16Probably washed up on the beach,
23:17I suspect.
23:18They do say touch.
23:19I said, what?
23:20It's like an old...
23:21Old boot.
23:22Victorian boot.
23:23So these are just all things
23:24you found?
23:25Found here,
23:26on the property,
23:27on the beach.
23:28Maybe we can find something
23:29on the beach.
23:30You just go down here
23:30in front of the museum,
23:31we see.
23:32Maybe we'll find something.
23:33I've explored islands before
23:35where the residents left
23:37so quickly
23:37there were still
23:38biscuit tins
23:39sitting on the kitchen tables.
23:41But people on Isle Martin
23:42left more gradually
23:44after their fishing industry
23:45collapsed.
23:46And you have to resort
23:47to looking through
23:48the things they left behind
23:49to learn more about them.
23:51So here,
23:51broken plates,
23:52if things were broken,
23:53they didn't hang on to them.
23:55So they just shoved them
23:56on the beach?
23:57Chucked it out.
24:00There we go.
24:01Look at that.
24:01We just found a 240-year-old brick.
24:04Oh, a little piece of crockery.
24:06Oh, look at...
24:06Oh, jeepers!
24:09That was mine!
24:09It's got a pattern on it.
24:10It's better than mine.
24:12Oh, my gosh.
24:13Look at this.
24:14This is, like, the one in there.
24:18I think you should keep it, actually.
24:19Do you think...
24:20I was actually wanting to,
24:21but I didn't want to say it.
24:22What?
24:23Just say.
24:24Oh, I...
24:26My pleasure.
24:27So this is pieces of balls.
24:29The brick.
24:30That's my lovely piece of china.
24:32Hewn soft by the ocean.
24:35I thought maybe you might
24:41want to use the facilities.
24:42Oh!
24:44Now, come on in.
24:44I thought this was a nice sofa.
24:46Here we go.
24:46This one's for you.
24:48Is that where you sit?
24:49Come on, come on.
24:49There you go.
24:50Get in there.
24:51Come on, play the game.
24:53And I'll just sit on this one.
24:55Not bad, is it?
24:57This is so great.
24:59Just blew down.
25:00There you go.
25:01What did you do?
25:03That wasn't me.
25:04That was the approach.
25:04It was a wet mark.
25:09Not guilty, my lad.
25:10You're not supposed to really use it.
25:15What did you look for?
25:16Like a really flat one?
25:17Yeah, just a flat, round stone.
25:18Actually, a wee bit of weight's not bad.
25:19Does it have to be round?
25:21Ah!
25:22I kind of nailed that.
25:23That way.
25:29Even though I'm from Scotland,
25:30the beauty of this place never gets old.
25:33But as a teenager, of course, I found the countryside dull, boring, and I could not wait to get away.
25:46So imagine my delight when, as a young actor on tour with a play, I ended up here, in Ullipool, in the Northwest Highlands.
25:56It was a little oasis of culture, and when I think back to it, I realized that was when I first fell in love with the Highlands.
26:05When I heard that DJs Siggy Whittle and Jemima Fasikin were in town to stage what they call the remotest club night in Scotland, well, I could not resist a visit.
26:17Yes!
26:18So it's called Balabayle.
26:23Balabayle.
26:24Balabayle.
26:25So Balas...
26:26Gaelic, it means village, and then baile means dance in Spanish.
26:31And why do you have the Spanish word?
26:33My mum's Spanish.
26:34Oh, she's Spanish?
26:35So I've grown up speaking Spanish my whole life.
26:37And I grew up speaking Gaelic at school, like I did all my primary school education in Gaelic.
26:42Oh, really?
26:43And I just thought that was funny that they were the same words.
26:45Well, it's spelled the same way.
26:46Spelled the same way.
26:47Ah, I see.
26:48That's really lovely.
26:49So it's both parts of your culture.
26:50Yeah.
26:51So, you're from just outside London?
26:54Yeah.
26:55What does this feel like to you?
26:57Lovely.
26:58Yeah.
26:59It's completely different.
27:00Yeah.
27:01People kind of know who I am, I suppose, now, and say hi to me as I'm like walking down the street.
27:04And I think they know when I'm here there's an event about to happen or something.
27:08You're the party girl.
27:09Siggy, you're from here and you went away, but you've come back.
27:14I feel the same because I've gone away from my homeland and sort of, I feel the draw.
27:19You kind of want to come back, actually, relatively early so that you can contribute more than just being kind of like an older person.
27:26Because that's a general problem is that there's no young people.
27:29Ullapool, like, consistently is always punched above its weight in terms of a cultural scene.
27:33Yeah.
27:34Has that changed?
27:35It has massively changed over the last decade, I suppose just with cuts, budget cuts.
27:39Austerity.
27:40Austerity, all that type of stuff.
27:42And just...
27:44Again, the very sinister government.
27:46Yeah, it just means that people don't have as many things to go to and that's one of the things we kind of wanted to do here.
27:53When you are living in remote places with not much going on, music makes you understand that there are other people that connect with you even though you don't know them.
28:03But like Kate Bush, do you know her?
28:05Yeah.
28:06When the kick inside her first album came out, I was 14.
28:09And I just remember thinking, oh, there's other weird people in the world.
28:13Do you know what I mean?
28:15Yeah.
28:16I mean, I've always been hugely into music.
28:18Here it's all traditional music growing up.
28:21Although I love it, like I'm obsessed with traditional music, our night was kind of trying to reintroduce a wee bit of that variety.
28:27All right, the dance floor is calling. Let Bala Baile begin.
28:40Hey.
28:44Fantastic.
28:49I own my own club in New York City and I'm a big believer in the healing powers of a good night out.
28:55I also love being behind the bar.
28:59Now it's a party.
29:00What would you like?
29:01Uh, rum and coke.
29:03Rum and coke.
29:04Although, I have to admit, my enthusiasm far exceeds my skill.
29:09In this kind of glass?
29:10I love the earth.
29:13Ice cubes, though.
29:16Push the glass up.
29:17Oh, got it.
29:20You go, sir.
29:22I just adore going out in the Highlands.
29:25Quick on the full day.
29:26All the way, all the way, all the way fast.
29:28I don't mind 15% ahead.
29:31Stop being dirty.
29:32That's not bad, not bad.
29:34That's worse than the past ones.
29:35Have you ever drank before?
29:38You do look familiar, but I can't remember anymore.
29:40Do you watch a lot of porn?
29:42Yes, I do.
29:43That'll be it.
29:45You get to wait for it to come.
29:48Oh, I didn't know you were allowed to do that.
29:50It's such fun today.
29:51I really loved it.
29:52I enjoyed it very well.
29:53Yeah.
29:54Cheers.
29:55Cheers, Adrian.
29:56Do you want a drink?
29:58Club nights in remote places are all about community.
30:04In Scotland, our Cayleys, as we call them, are where the whole village comes out and has fun.
30:12You don't even have to wait for the sun to go down.
30:14colourful
30:22selection
30:26Breedём
30:32Gorgeous.
30:36The highlands are the perfect mix!
30:37The quiet beauty of the countryside surrounding the bustling city of Inverness.
30:42Inverness come on come on. I love a good brisk walk through the streets although this trek is motivated by hunger
30:50I'm on the prowl for a vegan lunch and hopefully some mushy peas. I love this place
30:59It's a little close
31:01Hootenanny
31:02Live music and if you end up with Hootenanny, it's been a good night
31:06Well, that's the oldest home in Inverness and thankfully it's owned by the National Trust for Scotland
31:14Hello
31:17You've stepped back in time ah
31:20Childhood favorite of mine the Victorian market, you know
31:23I remember coming here as a little boy with my granny, but it's been used up massively since then so funny
31:29And you get a little flashes of the past
31:31Yeah, my children will never meet again
31:36On the bunny, bunny banks of Loch Lomond
31:42Oh
31:44And we have the regulation
31:47Heelan Coo, it's translated as Highland Cow, beautiful animal, native to Scotland
31:53One of the great things about Scotland is that it's got this very modern forward-looking energy as a country
31:58It's very progressive politically and socially, but it has also a really strong connection with his past and sort of the best of both worlds
32:05You know, it's not
32:07Relying on past and the sort of kitchen as a bit, but it respects and recognizes it at the same time
32:14The more time I spend away from Scotland the more I've come to understand what being Scottish is all about
32:20We never want to rest on our laurels or take ourselves too seriously
32:24I say to everybody we don't all wear kilts and dance around, you know
32:28cut to I
32:30think
32:31Possibly there were more gay people in the past
32:44Vegan street food qua, what would the Victorians think?
32:48But wontons are really popular for-
32:50wontons, let's have that
32:52Vegan street food in an old Victorian market
32:55I love the evolution
32:57Thank you very much
32:58See you
32:59And yeah, I'm all
33:01Holy shit
33:03Not for you, Lena
33:06Mmm
33:07Mmm
33:08I mean, delicious
33:10I'm just going to stand here and use it whilst all the crew look on hungly
33:13And that's show business, ladies and gentlemen
33:21Can't believe I'm going into Judith glue
33:23I've taken pictures of it every time I've come past here for the last few years and sent it to Ethan my assistant
33:28He just loves the name Judith glue
33:30Is Judith glue a real person?
33:32Yes, she is
33:33It's so funny, you know because my old assistant was obsessed with the fact that there was a shop called Judith glue
33:38When he went in drag he called himself Judith glue
33:42Ethan's going to be so jealous
33:45See what I mean?
33:47Everywhere, gigantic healing coup
33:51Guess what?
33:53Healing coup
33:54Come on that
34:08Oh, give me a drink after that
34:13I wonder if they've got Scottish vodka
34:16Could you do it just chilled?
34:19Straight
34:19Straight is the straightest thing you'll see me do today
34:22One of the many things about Scotland is that we grow lots of potatoes here and wheat and barley and stuff
34:28And so obviously whiskey
34:30Um, famous from Scotland has been made here for years back
34:33There's so many blooming potatoes in Scotland
34:36I just think why is it taking us so long to give Scottish vodkas and gins made when I was a little boy
34:41We'd think of the tatty holidays that in in the autumn you get two weeks off school to go and pick potatoes from the fields
34:48It was back-breaking and horrible
34:51This torture continued well into the 1980s when machines finally took over the task and thank goodness for that
34:58Believe me. It was no way to spend a holiday
35:06Mmm, delicious
35:08Liquid gold
35:10What, Lala? What are you thinking? What are you thinking?
35:15D'oh
35:17I smell chips
35:30I smell chips
35:32Oh my god
35:33Foot trucks
35:34There's chips, Lala
35:35And if I smell chips, it can mean only one thing
35:38Hello
35:39Hello there, sir
35:40Have you got mushy peas?
35:41Yes, we do, yep
35:42I'm a bit of a mushy pea connoisseur
35:44Okay, listen, let's hope our mushy peas hold up for that
35:47I'm sure they will
35:48Delicious, delicious
35:55Delicious, good texture
35:57Lots of flavour
35:58Off it is
35:59Wow
36:00Mmm
36:01Look at the colour
36:03American people don't understand mushy peas and also they can't pronounce it
36:07Like my husband says, mushy peas
36:10It's my mushy
36:11Mushy peas
36:12Superb
36:13Mushy peas at last and I found them in Inverness Scotland
36:23Mushy peas at English
36:25What rummage
36:26Oh, this is nice
36:38I've spent years exploring the highlands but there are still many spots left to discover
36:44I've been passing this sign for years and have long wondered what is actually behind these gates
36:51This is Findhorn eco-village about 40 minutes outside of Inverness
36:57The residents here call themselves spiritual questers, artists and eco-activists
37:03They build their lives around the old Celtic belief that the earth is a sacred entity
37:08So you grew up right in the centre of all this
37:10My dad ended up as the main gardener at Killern Gardens where they grew most of the vegetables at that time
37:15For the community
37:16Ah, right, nice one
37:17It's also the childhood home of one of my friends, Ellie
37:20Who has made my day by offering me a tour
37:23Your mum and dad, when did they come here?
37:25When I was seven
37:26They wanted to live more closely and more intentionally with other people in community
37:31I'm really fascinated by this place
37:33But this seems like it's brought people from all over the world
37:36Lots of different people, lots of different interests, lots of different skills
37:39And it's a bit of a melting pot and that's what makes this area of kind of like rural northeast Scotland
37:44So interesting
37:45Yeah
37:46I love the community's mystical origin story
37:49Legend has it that the founders were led by spirits to grow a vegetable garden in sandy barren soil
37:56Here we are
37:57Oh
37:58A little woo-woo?
37:59Maybe
38:00But people here are actually quite practical
38:02Another hat
38:03Clothes are shared with the entire village
38:06This is free
38:07Yeah
38:08Oh, look at these
38:09This one?
38:11Happy days
38:12I actually like this hat
38:14I've got a little scarf
38:15This is not far from actually what I would wear in real life
38:22Everyone thinks I'm a big fashionista
38:24But if I had my druthers, I would wear basically pyjamas
38:28And mismatching colourful pyjamas
38:30So this is like nirvana for me, this shop
38:33I love that sweatshirt on you
38:34Yeah
38:35It's me
38:36There are around 500 residents here
38:40All focused on their relationship with the natural world
38:43And almost nothing goes to waste
38:45This is a nature sanctuary
38:47Built by Ian Turnbull
38:49Oh
38:50Himself
38:51Some people call it a little hobbit hole
38:53Like all the stones and everything you just found and brought here
38:56We should go inside
38:58Nah, it's gorgeous
39:00This is a space for meditating
39:02People come and just have a little down time
39:05When I talk about recycling, it's barrel staves
39:09Oh
39:10Whiskey barrels
39:11Yeah
39:12Are they really?
39:13Here you see a little hollow shape
39:14Yes
39:15That's all barrel staves
39:16Oh
39:17The window frames
39:18I get commended for bending wood
39:20But it's just barrel staves
39:21Cheater
39:23See
39:24I mean all I knew about Fenton before I came here was the plants growing
39:27Vegetables growing in the sand
39:28How do you ascribe the magical qualities of this place?
39:33It's a mythology
39:34Don't burst my bubble in
39:35Oh no
39:36They really looked after that garden
39:39They packed it full of compost and seaweed
39:42You know it's a big dream that we all subscribe to
39:45To create a way of life which is packed with friendship
39:49Creativity
39:50Shared values
39:52A place like this where we kind of sing together
39:55Where there's a collective experience
39:58This is so great
39:59Thank you very much for letting us see your sanctuary
40:02I do feel very safe here
40:06Findhorn just embodies all that I love about the Highlands
40:09In particular, communing with nature
40:15And whenever I return home
40:17I recognise how deeply these Scottish values reside within me
40:24Do you never think of a sauna with a view?
40:26Yeah
40:27So this is the North Sea?
40:29Yeah
40:30One of the coldest seas in
40:31Basically
40:32In the world
40:33And I'm about to jump into it later
40:35Yeah
40:36Okay, time
40:37I think I'm mink and cooked
40:40Let's do this
40:41Ooh, thank
40:42Rocks on
40:44Rocks on
40:50Oh
40:51I love it