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Episode 17

Episode 17 of 26

Dougie and the team look at how crofting continues across areas of the Highlands and Islands. Meanwhile, Anne lends a hand on shearing day in Harris and meets a crofter of the future.

A special crofting episode looking at this traditional way of life in the Highlands and Islands.

Anne is at home on the Isle of Lewis, where she retraces her crofting roots and discovers how this unique system of land ownership developed. Meanwhile, Dougie is in north Sutherland to visit the Melness Crofting Estate as the community marks 30 years since taking ownership of their land.

Elsewhere, Anne is in Harris to lend a hand on shearing day with a teenage crofter of the future. She then travels to North Uist to find out how a crofter is rearing cattle on the unique machair habitat. And Arlene is in Lewis to find out how a couple from County Durham found a croft to call their own.

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28 minutes

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Wed 8 Oct 2025 20:30

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Presenter Dougie Vipond
Executive Producer Deidre Bryce
Series Producer Laura Mitchell

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