Ben Fogle’s Secret Islands

A friend of mine caught this on the TV the other week and was intrigued to find out more.

On the 3rd of July after much planning Ben Fogle turned up in pouring rain for a days filming. The day went well with lots of twists and turns in the conversation. You always wonder what the production team will make of Rona but decide for yourselves.

They arrived in the rain and left in the rain. The sound man knows Scotland, obviously!!!

Link below to the programme. We are 46 minutes in:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0010f16/scotlands-sacred-islands-with-ben-fogle

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About Bill Cowie

I've been living on the island since April 2002, alone for the first 5 years, my partner L joined me in 2007. We manage the Island for a Danish family who bought the Island in the early 90's. Their hopes for the Island are to make it self sufficient supporting its inhabitants and that is where we come in. We look after the stock, 3 holiday cottages, machinery, boat and of course the visitors. It is pretty challenging but it is a beautiful place to live and work, we love it and strangely enough we love it even more in the depths of winter when all is quiet apart from the gales and rain. We do a bit of fishing, stock work, stalking deer and loads of other stuff. We have good support from lots of people whom we have met over the years and have become involved in the Island. Too many to mention here but keep an eye on the blog, they'll be there for sure in the future.
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4 Responses to Ben Fogle’s Secret Islands

  1. Loz Colyer's avatar Loz Colyer says:

    Think it might be a link for a different Ben Fogle episode but we did find the one with the Oscar-winning performance by Bill, understated and not over thinking it all like that Fogle guy! Good one Bill. Hope you’re well, Loz and Sarah, Cumbria / Ardnamurchan.

  2. I found the link too starting at 47.35mins in
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001sbkc/scotlands-sacred-islands-with-ben-fogle-series-2-episode-4

    My goodness Rona is beautiful and the church is very special.
    Nice to meet you Bill

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