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Tha An Lot air ais le sreath ùr agus sinn a’ leantainn a’ chroiteir òg, Dòmhnall ‘Sweeny’ MacSuain air a’ chroit aige ann an Leòdhas, croit a tha air a bhith san teaghlach son còrr is 100 bliadhna.

Ghlac Sweeny aire luchd-amhairc ´óÏó´«Ã½ ALBA an toiseach ann an 2015 anns a’ chiad sreath, agus e ag amas beòshlaint’ a dhèanamh à croitearachd làn ùine. 4 bliadhna air adhart, agus ‘s iomadh dùbhlain a th’ air a bhith ann dha agus e ag amas air a' mhiann sin. Le Sweeny a-nise san darna bliadhna na chroitear làn-ùine tha e an-còmhnaidh a’ lorg dòighean a theachd a-steach bho ‘An Lot’ à thoirt dhan ìre as àirde.

Sa chiad phrògram de 5, tha e a’ coimhead ri diofar dòigh feum a dhèanamh dhen chlòimh aige, ag ullachadh airson 600 cearc ùr, agus a togail seada le bùth sònraichte na bhroinn son an luchd-turais. Tha e cuideachd a’ dèanamh air baile mòr Dhùn Èideann son Duaisean Dùthchail na h-Alba, far an deach ainmeachadh son duais, mus till e gu a bheatha mar chroitear agus àm breith nan uan – agus nan cois na madainnean thràth! Rud nach eil a’ còrdadh idir ri Sweeny!

We catch up with Donald ‘Sweeny’ MacSween on his croft in the Isle of Lewis, one that has been in his family for over 100 years.

Sweeny first captured the imagination of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Alba viewers in 2015 in the first series, as he tried to turn his passion for crofting life in to a full-time occupation. Over the last four years there been many challenges as he strives to fulfil his dream. Now in his second year full-time, Sweeny is always on the look out for something new to maximise his income.

He looks at different ways of using wool, gets ready for 600 new hens and builds a shed shop for the tourists. Sweeny also heads to the bright lights of Edinburgh for the Scottish Rural Awards, where he is nominated, before heading back to the realities of crofting life and lambing - and early mornings. Definitely not Sweeny’s favourite time of the day!

In Gaelic with English subtitles.