Caithness features in new BBC travel show episode
The host of a new BBC Alba programme travels to Caithness to cover some of the highlights the county has to offer.
The popular Gaelic show Mach à Seo has returned for a seventh series which began on Wednesday (September 21) with presenter Ramsay MacMahon taking viewers around Caithness.
Ramsay says: "I love our country, my home, Scotland. I'm constantly amazed by how much there is to do on my doorstep.
"It's worth going north. Caithness is beautiful. It has beaches, it's rocky, it's famous. The waves are great for surfing. The landscape is filled with evidence of its history. The north definitely has an attraction."
Ramsay spends a weekend in the county for what he describes as a "busy and exhilarating few days".
Starting in Thurso he kicks off the weekend at the beach with a bracing surf lesson before learning all about the area’s unique flagstone.
With his love for quirky accommodation, Ramsay stays in the lighthouse keeper’s cottage at Dunnet Head – the most northerly point on British mainland. The next morning, he walks out to breathtaking sea stacks and visits the iconic John O’Groats. He then heads south following the coast to Wick where he meets a local to find out about the once thriving fishing industry.
The Mach à Seo series takes viewers from Caithness to the Campsies and from the big city to the Borders in an exploration of Scotland. It has English subtitles available.
The first episode can be viewed on iPlayer at this link: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001qp1q/mach-a-seo-series-7-episode-1
All episodes will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer for 30 days from first airing.