By The Way

It was a bleak day when I sought shelter in Dunkeld Cathedral only to come across the Dunkeld Handbell Ringers. The team play there every other Thursday afternoon during the summer season. I met some of the group before a practice session just across the river Tay in Birnam.

Not only did Torylinn Creamery make outstanding cheese it also used milk from Arran's dairy cows. Now the creamery has been closed the jobs of those who worked there have gone, jobs have gone on farms and the very milk production of the island is collapsing and a great cheese is lost. Angus Adamson sees the effects first hand.

I've known Crofter's, as it is now, through many incarnations and proprietors. Today's custodians are father and daughter team Dónal and Ealána Boyle. As their business has evolved they've embraced modern principles caring for their staff, sourcing local and sustainable produce and presenting musicians with personality. They believe they've got a winning formula.

Mike Bailey is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. He talks about what it's like to be a musician and how he feels about Arran - his home.

Graham brought another supercar to Arran for the weekend. As he said it's got a proper engine - 5.2 litres, V10, naturally aspirated 631hp. Checkout Drive Canada, the story of Graham's road trip two ways across the continent.

Exploring Corrie, one of Arran's most picturesque villages on the East coast of the island I discover more about Corrie Capers. Back in the 1970s, 80, and 90s Corrie Capers was a week long celebration of mischief, exuberant games and partying. Today there's loads of cultural and historic connections to be made in Corrie

Many of our favourite foods and drinks start with fermentation. Microscopic organisms transform our food and scientific studies confirm what folklore has always known: Fermented foods help people stay healthy.

My interview with Michael Russell MSP and a report from the Scottish Cabinet public meeting on Arran on 27 August 2018 chaired by First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

The story of serial road tripper and car enthusiast Graham Chappell's plans to drive the length of the Trans Canada Highway with his dad. Graham's first car-delivery trip at the age of 22 is followed by years driving the south-west states of America to culminate in the drive of a lifetime across the Trans-Canada Highway from St. John's to Vancouver and...

We've come to regard some foods as totems of our culinary heritage. We may regard them with reverence. We may hold them in contempt. I explore Scotland's guilty food secrets and ask how to deal with the adverse effects.

Music and song are a lifelong, fundamental part of Tim Pomeroy's life. It's from this perspective that he gives a remarkably frank assessment of the part music and song play in his art and his life.

Tim Pomeroy, one of the UK's foremost sculptors, lives and works on the Isle of Arran.  I've re-edited this episode where Tim talks freely and honestly about his work, his inspirations and his ambitions.

The erudite George Grassie bakes wonderful loaves at the Blackwater Bakehouse he owns on the Isle of Arran. We've often talked about food, travel and people and now I've been able to record our chat about bread – the good, the bad and the ugly.