Simmer Down on Your Bed with a Tea and Crumpet Watching this...

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"Weir's Way" ran in the Scotland region of ITV, STV. This is a 3 part full episode on youtube, entitled "The Seven Men", and with some research, it was transmitted in 1981. Oooohh, fancy. It's a great, relaxing programme to watch. Presented by climber, traveller and author Tom Weir, who we follow on his travels to small but interesting corners of Scotland, usually in the rural countryside. Weir comes across as a very natural presenter, very much giving you time to take in the wonderful scenery and his educational narration. Very likeable and absolutely not, the type of in-your-face, centre of attention type of presenting you may see now and again, these days. And no great clutter of music every few minutes!

In this episode, Tom visits Loch Morar and Loch Nevis, which is situated in the North West corner of Scotland, not far from Fort William. He follows in Bonnie Prince Charlie's footsteps after the Battle of Culloden that took place in 1740's against the Jacobite Uprising, comprising of Highland Scots. Weir also talks about the story of Seven Men of Glen Morrison.

"Weir's Way" ran from 1976, and was broadcasted for the next 20 years. Surprisingly, although popular in Scotland, in interests of the internet goliath's like IMDB and Wikipedia, the show and Tom Weir does not appear at all on the radar on IMDB.com, while he has a page on Wiki, but not for the show itself. He received a 'Personality of the Year Award' in 1978 for Scottish Television. He was brother to actress Molly Weir, who appeared in "Rentaghost" as Hazel the McWitch the Scottish Ghost. Weir was passionate in the subject matter of natural history and carried on climbing and walking, after the show had finished. Weir died at the age of 91 in 2006. However, his legacy lives on, as his show has been repeated on late-night-early-morning STV, and still pulling in the viewers. It's actually a great time to watch it just before going to bed, as the programme flows gracefully, with Weir's gentle commentary and patter.