Ricky Ross and Lorraine Mcintosh of Deacon Blue in Fife

Ramblings

BBC

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Clare Balding is joined by singers Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh of the band Deacon Blue to walk one of their favourite coastal routes in Fife. Starting at Elie they walk along the beach passing through the village of St Monan's ending in the picturesque fishing town of Pittenweem. Ricky and Lorraine have been married for over thirty years and perform together as part of the band, as well as having their own careers in broadcasting and acting. They say the secret to their enduring relationship is doing things together as a couple and sharing the same interests, one of which is walking. One of their favourite areas to walk is the East Neuk in Fife reputed to have some of the driest sunniest weather in the UK because of its sheltered position between the Rivers Forth and Tay.

Producer: Maggie Ayre

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0:43.3	Claire Balding with another edition of Ramblings.
0:49.1	And out of the west coast,
0:52.1	villages and the towns.
0:56.0	I'll be on my holidays They'll be doing rounds
0:58.0	If you are a child of the 80s, then like me, your teenage years will have had a very specific soundtrack.
1:19.6	And for me, it was the music of Deacon Blue, whether it was Dignity or Fergus sings the Blues or Real Gone Kid.
1:25.6	I am transported back as soon as I hear them to my school days and the beginning of my university life.
1:32.2	So it is a real pleasure on this first programme of the new series of ramblings to walk with the two people who created that music.
1:40.3	Ricky Ross and his wife Lorraine McIntosh, who I think her backing vocals just make it so ethereal and beautiful.
1:48.8	And yeah, anyway, I'm not going to say any of this in front of them because it would sound too gushing.
1:53.0	But I have come to the Kingdom of Fife to a place called Ely.
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