The Man Who Changed Scotland
I'm having a belated Easter break this week and using the time to catch up on some of the many programmes we've aired over the past six months. Producers tend to send me CD copies of everything so I now have my own personal audio library. Alas, most of it sits on the back seat of my car.
Today I was listening to Lucy Harland's programmes on the life and works of Thomas Telford - The Man Who Changed Scotland. It inspired me to suggest a Zed family outing along the Caledonian Canal. We parked the car at and watched as two big Jacobite Cruisers made their through the Lock. The whole waterway - from Fort William to Inverness - really is a fantastic feat of engineering and leaves you wondering why we don't have the same level of ambition today. Dualling the A9 anyone?
I took some photographs and linked them to a short extract from the programme and you can see and hear the end result on our site. Just click on the image below.
