Grand Tours of Scotland's Rivers

BBC Scotland HD (Freeview)

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday 7 January

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Paul Murton explores the upper reaches of the Spey, hearing the story of clan chief Cluny Macpherson, who hid with his gold for nine years in an inaccessible cave, and visiting a secret Victorian love-nest located in a remote glen where the wilderness is returning. Paul hears tales of loggers who floated timber down the river from the 17th century onwards, then takes to the water in a canoe and discovers the rare and endangered freshwater mussels that were once harvested for their precious pearls