Smartify: Audio Collection
What does the 'spirit' of the Highlands and Islands mean to you? Here, listen and discover the 'spirit' of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the people who know it best in this series of interviews carried out by the brilliant team at Smartify.
Clanship
Learn about the complexities of the clan system and the changing face of clanship with Professor David Worthington - Head of the Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands.
In Focus: Bringing People Together - The Highland Games
"...visitors pick up on that vibe, that air of friendship that's seen at Highland Games throughout Scotland...everyone who is on, be it, car parking duties or on entrance gate they're all volunteers. The majority of them will live in the community and they want to give a unique welcome to friends family and visitors."
The Ferry Bar
"...great times, they were really great times."
The Phone Box, the Lighthouse and the Dog
"...I know it sounds ludicrous, it's totally true...It could only happen in the Highlands!"
Voices in the Archives
"You're never alone in a strong room because there's always so many different people in there with you."
Favourite Places: The Hills of Ullapool
"...I have done that walk maybe like 10 times...the trip going down Ullapool that way is very beautiful..."
Escaping Civilisation with Surfing Seals
"People just think 'oh you're off your head, seals don't surf', but they were blimming good surfers I tell you!"
Favourite Places: Slochd & Drumochter
"...the Cairngorms on one side, the Monadhliaths on the other and the A9 blocked at Slochd and Drumochter and so you would feel like you were enclosed in this sort of little bowl of safety and home..."
Favourite Places: Glen Affric
"...you have almost the Highlands in a microcosm on that journey."
Favourite Places: Arisaig
"I fell in love with it from a very young age - the landscape, the people I met, the music I heard...I will always go back..."
