Actor meets a colourful cast of Cairngorms characters
Actor David Hayman will meet a cast of colourful characters – two legged and four legged – when he arrives in the Cairngorms.
The second episode in the latest series of Hayman's Way airs on STV at 8pm tomorrow (Monday).
In this outing, Hayman travels down the spine of Scotland from the Cairngorms to Glen Lyon.
He starts his journey in the Cairngorms meeting zoologist Tilly Smith and the famous herd of 150 wild Nordic reindeer which wander the surrounding hills.
With beautiful views as a backdrop, Hayman and Tilly feed the hardy animals.
From there, Hayman heads to the River Spey with Johnny Freshwater to find out why it is Scotland’s most popular area for canoeists.
They paddle to Ruthven Barracks on the outskirts of Kingussie.
Hayman then heads to the Highland Folk Museum at Newtonmore to meet with author, broadcaster, and mountaineer Cameron McNeish.
Series spokeswoman Katie Martin said: "Cameron shows David around the museum which provides visitors with the opportunity to look at what life was like in the Highlands hundreds of years ago before telling him a little of his life as a writer and mountain walker."
Hayman then moves on from the strath and visits Blair Castle, the white castle – and the ancestral home of the Clan Murray.
He assists with some conservation cleaning of the castle – meeting some of the team of four who spend the winter months maintaining the relics in the house.
In Glen Lyon, in the village of Fortingall, Hayman seeks out the oldest living thing in the British Isles, a yew tree which may be up to 3000 years old.
The tree is thought to have magical properties – and is a huge attraction to visitors as a place of pilgrimage.
Finally on his visit, Hayman ends his journey in rural Perthshire where he visits a memorial to the Black Death, which wiped out at least a third of the local population.
