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Scotland Outdoors

The West Highland Line

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Mark and Euan on one of the world's greatest rail journeys on the West Highland Line

Transcript

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0:00.0

Did you know that you can listen to many of your favorite podcasts first on BBC Sounds?

0:06.6

Like Desert Island Discs, where you can hear castaways like Cher, Gareth Southgate and Nick Cave,

0:12.7

and enjoy longer versions of the music they've picked.

0:15.7

Good things come to those who don't wait.

0:18.7

Listen to your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds. I'm Mark

0:27.9

Stephen standing here on the platform at Fort William Station, preparing to jump aboard the

0:31.9

Jacobite steam train to Malik. Now the West Highland Line's been voted as one of the world's

0:36.2

most spectacular train journeys.

0:38.3

It's got everything, it's got scenery, it's got glamour, and of course the association

0:42.3

with Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Express.

0:44.3

Over the next hour we're going to be exploring this celebrated landscape and bringing some meaning to the scenery.

0:49.3

My fellow traveller here is you and Magalrich.

0:51.3

This is so exciting. We've got 370 people who are just loving this.

0:55.4

This is brilliant.

0:56.5

We're rushing because the train is just about to leave.

0:58.8

But what's been clear from exploring

1:00.5

we've done over the mountains, the locks and the caves

1:02.8

between Fort William and Malig,

1:04.6

they've all got a particular story to tell about our nation's history.

1:11.1

The posteared walk 2,000 foot from the lox shore up to the rock

1:15.4

and deposit the parcels and whatever else.

1:20.3

I can't imagine my posty walking up there to deliver my post.

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