大象传媒

'S ann aig Loch Tollaidh, letheach-slighe eadar Ge脿rrloch agus Poll I霉, a tha Ailean Caimbeul agus Uilleam MacRobbie a' stad sa phr貌gram an-diugh agus eachdraidh aig Uilleam mu Chlann 'ic Le貌id agus 'ic Choinnich a' sabaid a ch猫ile airson l脿mh an uachdair fhaighinn air oighreachd Ghe脿rrloich.

Tha Ailean cuideachd a' faighinn eachdraidh beatha Uilleim agus e ag innse mun chiad chuimhne a th' aige air taigh a sheanair 's a sheanmhair anns an Leathad agus a' leantainn air chun 脿m a chaidh e gu muir. Tha Uilleam cuideachd ag innse mar a th貌isch e a' cluich a' ph矛ob fhads a bha e a' toirt a-mach a che脿rd an Glaschu, agus e a' dearbhadh, 脿s d猫idh tr矛 fichead bliadhna agus a deich, gun urrainn dha port math a thoirt aiste fhathast!

Allan Campbell and Willie MacRobbie are at Loch Tollie midway between Poolewe and Gairloch and Willie tells some of the history of how the Macleods of Lewis and the Mackenzie families united, and fought, over the Gairloch Estate. Allan also hears part of Willie's life story from his earliest visits to his grandparents' home in Laide to his joining the Merchant Navy as a junior engineer. Willie also describes how he started learning the pipes when serving his apprenticeship in Glasgow, and he demonstrates that over 70 years later he can still play well!