Britains Lost Worlds - St Kilda

[witham]

Just to say I really enjoyed the programme which features Kate Humble last night, St Kilda seems like a time capusle with it being so inaccessable to modern man with even the wreckage from the old crashed plane still strewn about without having been taken by souveneir hunters etc and with the variety of birds etc on the island making it unique

[mh68]

I`ve been watching this series too.Fascinating programme. I like the mix of subjects theyre looking at in relation to the island, makes it more interesting...

Mark H

[demicav]

Tut, I actually missed this programme and intended to watch it. Sounds like it was really interesting.

[mh68]

Originally Posted by demicav

Tut, I actually missed this programme and intended to watch it. Sounds like it was really interesting.

BBC iPlayer - Britain's Lost World

There you go Demicav, my good deed for the day...you can watch last nights on there, and last week`s too

Mark H

[ChrisJB]

Originally Posted by mh68

BBC iPlayer - Britain's Lost World

There you go Demicav, my good deed for the day...you can watch last nights on there, and last week`s too

Mark H

Cheers Mark. I watched the first one and apart from the silly macho posturing, loved it. I went to the pub last night and forgot to record it.
I want to visit St Kilda before I snuff it.

Regards, Chris

[mh68]

No probs Chris. I thought the same about last week`s episode. Enjoyed this week`s...well worth catching up on

Mark H

[ChrisJB]

Just watched it. Excellent stuff. Thanks again Mark.

Regards, Chris

[demicav]

Originally Posted by mh68

BBC iPlayer - Britain's Lost World

There you go Demicav, my good deed for the day...you can watch last nights on there, and last week`s too

Mark H

Thank you so much for that. Very kind of you.

[seamusagleann]

when they left st kilda ,in the nineteen thirtys ,many of the men became employed planting trees for the forestry commission. one such place was glennahulish ,part of my forest . having done the second planting ,in my younger days i may add, i can say they must have been truly a hardy breed

[goosey]

Originally Posted by seamusagleann

when they left st kilda ,in the nineteen thirtys ,many of the men became employed planting trees for the forestry commission. one such place was glennahulish ,part of my forest . having done the second planting ,in my younger days i may add, i can say they must have been truly a hardy breed

Thanks Seamusagleann for that I was wondering what became of the Islanders when they left. I hoped it would be covered in the last of the series. It must have been such a major change and the phrase “Culture shock” probably goes nowhere in the reality of how it was when they moved to the mainland.

It has been such an interesting series and the history and insight to the life there, shoulder to shoulder with the wildlife slant has worked so well.