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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.

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Favourite Places: Darach Croft

Here, listen to Hugh Asher as he shares his favourite spot at Darach Croft a social croft which works promote well being. mindfulness and to bring people closer to nature.

Ford Model Ts Up Ben Nevis

Listen to the incredible backstory behind the Bronze Model T Ford car - a perfect replica which stands just outside the West Highland Museum and remembers an impossible feat which scaled the heights of Ben Nevis.

In Focus - The Grin Iron Wife

"...my mind went ten to a dozen imagining what she would have looked like...as a kid you give it arms, legs and everything else..."

Photographing the Cairngorms

From tips getting the perfect shot to dealing with the infamous Highlands' weather, join James Gordon as he discusses his experience photographing the Cairngorms.

Badenoch in the snow, Winter 2022

Favourite Places: Ben Nevis

"...so that was a double celebration for my 50th birthday - climbing Ben Nevis and getting a miniature bottle of whisky!"

River Lochy, Ben Nevis

Favourite Places: Aviemore, Ullapool and the West Coast

"...I think it does the soul good."

Favourite Places: Grantown-on-Spey

"...here's as good as any...we've got the woods, we've got the river, we've got a really good climate, we've got a great wee town with some unique shops - it's probably here."

Arriving in the Highlands

"...he didn't know from Adam! It was just amazing!"

View of Bow Fiddle Rock, Moray, from the coast. Pink flowers line the headland

In Focus: From Grain to Glass - North Uist Distillery

" ...whisky has really got the ability to capture the essence of a place. There's a romantic nature about it and Uist has got all the great raw materials required for making a great whisky."

In Focus: Harris Tweed - The Making of an Icon

Join Miriam Hamilton, of The Weaving Shed, as she takes us behind the scenes and explains just what makes the world-renowned Harris Tweed - a cultural icon of Highlands and Islands.

Dark clouds are moody over a bed of machair near a beach.