Tom Weir in Affric and Loch Mullardoch on STV film event
The photograph was taken by the late Finlay MacRae who was a District Officer in the Forestry Commission based in Dingwall at this time. The images are courtesy of his daughter Donna.
No details of this film event are noted other than the date (1979) and the name Tom Weir. The Scottish icon was an author, broadcasting personality and an accomplished mountain climber and walker who brought the outside and wild Scottish landscape into the living rooms of listeners and viewers in the 1970s and 80s.
There is an internet mention of film episode from 1979 “Tom visits Glen Affric in the central Highlands of Scotland to discover how such an expanse of remote land is managed. Finlay MacRae, the district's conservation officer, takes Tom deep into Glen Affric. Tom is given a tour of the western enclave of Glen Affric, which stretches as far as Kintail in the west. Former deer-stalkers describe the changes in game keeping. Tom learns more about how changes in modern society have altered Glen Affric.”
Here Tom is enjoying a refreshing open air lunch with matching spirits while chatting with Donald MacLennan (The Charm), Affric Forest Head Wildlife Ranger in between helicopter and vehicle travels.
Any further details very welcome
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