they're fighting against prejudice i don't hold cable like i did nothing i'm just dancing up and form ripping. me off or look at stars on the big stage. it's stunts most of them to come. close. scotland is wild expansive and beautiful. a land of breathtaking countryside. and mostly cities. the whole of life and of course full of scots many of whom are wondering these days what it actually means to be scottish. because

there's always that sense of community in the cheekiness that you get from squash people and i pride myself on not people just telling you how they feel they don't go about it to anyone from an awful lot of mine are the worst little stapled if you like to. do england i think has grown in the other way from other players play many scots feel they are fundamentally different from their english neighbors and want to be governed differently as well particularly since brits. once grounded mainly in the realm of folklore the idea of the scottish character may now have serious political ramifications for the united kingdom.

24 year old sophie gaul doesn't need a home office her workplace is already isolated and very well ventilated. but it's in the middle of scotland in the heart of the highlands at the foot of ben alder. so she spends the whole day outdoors among the mountainous logs and more land. you know the basics. but. it's a person from the tiny. right up to the clouds in the sky. feeding the horses is also one of her tasks and even unskilled workers can help out . fingers and the others are already waiting. in the summer the

working ponies carry the deer carcasses down the mountain. in winter they need more to eat than the barren highlands can offer. the young scots woman says that becoming a deer hunter was the best decision she's ever made. there is something i'm really proud of. wildlife. wildlife as you can see the stags in the distance. even more there's always that sense of community in the chicken that's. him or. so if he works on a private estate your dog when he in the highlands. on pandemic times it's a popular destination for hunters and holiday makers. but sophie sees

herself as a paid environmentalist. that. whether she is reforesting or restoring people more she sees her job as serving nature and the land ready. hunting as part of the. ready ready ready winter impacts older animals in particular ready today so if he spots a herd that needs. there's there's definitely a few older heinz field or leave i would have preferred to take out there was a lot more condition over the winter than i would so they could walk to them before they get to that stage before their stuff for them is what we pride ourselves on doing as well. it may seem cool to shoot the animals but scotland has the highest density of red deer in europe and they breed like rabbits.

left unchecked so if he explains the population would grow so fast that the animals would over graze the lamp star or succumb to diseases. but these hinds are in luck today they're too far away for sophie to get a clear shot. they've just got a bit of darwin's. a little bit of a fright but they know there's no threat so they've already we are in full view here in full sight and if we start walking towards them they would know where they wouldn't be holding holding back until. stalking them would take until evening. since it's not possible to shoot today it stays quiet and then alter. but this refrigerated rooms contents are testimony to sophie's hunting skills.

sophie loves her work caring for the animals all she has to do is rattle the food box and they come running down the mountain. right at the front is sophie's favorite amish. sophie's job may seem cut off from the world at large but she's always thinking about the bigger picture. the things i'm doing in the job will affect everything from on the street to the waiter. and that's the magic thing and that's i suppose it's about the legacy. as we see again and again on our journey it's hard not to follow up with scotland. and the desire to express this love is not just felt by scott's.

fishing dirt out of the water raking up leaves maintaining the concrete. keith who is english and david who is scottish have spent many a weekend doing this for the last 20 years. these mysterious man. which the men treat with such love are part of the world's largest 3 dimensional map of a country. it's in peoples in the scottish borders region. when keith 1st discovered the map while on a walk in 1907 it was completely overgrown. looking down into the undergrowth i i noticed the shape and. the shape of the mole of galloway which is a very conspicuous peninsula on the southwest side of the scottish coastline. and

at that point i thought well no i just got no right to not a nation. just out of curiosity i thought but it can't be if it was then if i walked northwest i should find an island and to cut a long story short 10 minutes later i had walked snow off discovered ben loeb and walked across around the more climbed over ben nevis and arrived at the north coast of scotland at the white house to ensure realising that this was an astonishing relief model of the whole of scotland. the relief model features all the mountains and loss of the scottish landscape. keith a nuclear engineer set out to find the creators of his patriotic work to no avail. it lost in the local memory. and. being an engineer.

this offended me because a lot of creative design went into producing it who had made it and why and it eventually led to me discovering my colleague david cameron. david cameron is a retired architect from edinburgh is this be a part of the tree that. he knew that the relief was the brainchild of young. a polish 2nd world war veteran who had married a scottish one. became a successful local hotel and bought the barony castle hotel in people. he wanted to create a monument to express his love for his adopted country. and calling it the great polish map of scotland he had his compatriot cousin yet a rough us client to build it. david had met cousin yet

in the early 1990 s. . the polish photographer was quite elderly and haven't been to scotland for a long time. he asked david to search for his relief map. this was. true. to. a pool of water on the left here. shells everywhere from. and i reported back to him and he was so sad about it it looked so they're putting all this time into it all these trips over and so i just made this rush promise. david hadn't got very far with his promise until keith stumbled upon the map. then the 2 men founded a charity scotland and in 2013 the relief was finally fully restored. at the time britain was still a member of the e.u.

with stop mind in the same political union as paul. of course this is no longer the case for heading for troubled waters here because i i have supported breaks it very strongly for a long time and still do so this is where david and i diverged i think it's a romantic idea that experience has shown to be totally impractical and i think a european union is a dysfunctional mess showing no signs of getting its act together i'm not going to accuse keith of having neither and most of mind or anything like that but i think. so we see although we're one aisle and i think somehow my impression is that english people inshallah. and perhaps. more so but jordan looking at least that's how i like to think of it more and more scots

believe that their country would be better off if it were as independent as it looks here in this pond. david is no fan of the government of london and believes in the fundamental differences between the scottish and the english were ignored. but he sees a total detachment from england as an impossibility if only for geological reasons . i think is rather interesting in a way that scotland in fact is geologically parts of the north american plate. and at one stage there would have been. scotland and england when scotland. england england went under and then volcanoes came off in the light and so were silver stapled if you like to . do england i think is rather difficult to get away from the.

problem of the shetland islands do not have. they don't fit on the relief map at all they're so far north of the scottish mainland closer to norway than to edinburgh. yet shetland is still quintessentially scotland with its beautiful landscape and sparse population. the sense of community here is important and people take a great deal of pride in their small islands but there's a lot of curiosity about the wider world too. shetlanders have been buoyed by their oil which was 1st discovered here in the 1970 s. . the revenues from the oil industry have been invested wisely in the local community to build roads and public institutions. now with an eye on the future shetlanders are slowly transitioning to wind power.

yet fishing is still the major source of income and. more fish are caught here than in england northern ireland and wales put together. victor lawrence and isn't catching anything at the moment. he's been stuck in the harbor for over a month. before he can take his ship the radiant star out along the west coast the self employed fisherman means a spare part from sweden the them. go to. the trouble with. the stupidest thing. i don't. know what you mean i don't. keep. the

majority of the fishermen all over the united kingdom voted for it. because it isn't the only one who disapproves of european colleagues encroaching on british waters. with their huge ships they take more than their fair share of the cash. yeah yeah. the church bells in the crowd town hall of blair wake are still like big ben. but now that britain has detached itself from the e.u. and scotland wants to separate from britain the desire for independence has spread to shetland to.

stephen coots and the other local councillors think that shetland should liberate itself from both britain and scotland. the benefit to the local community like it should money is flowing in. and we want just thought to get to. the westminster. way but these are life impacting decision. any local political. viktor wants no more discussions about independence it costs him 1000 euros for every day he spends at sea in fuel alone. he has 2 children and doesn't want any more uncertainty about the future. if you.

go. your way to be. if you. solidarity and sticking together are things talk about often. but ideals in reality are not always aligned. glasgow is certainly familiar with this. the old working class city is a tough place. struggling to combat drugs violence and unemployment. what scotland's biggest city it's also the center of design culture and literature . on buchanan street in the city center we meet up with jamie god like. the comedian is well known all over the country. in 2020 she won the scott speaker of

the year award. the 59 year old has lived by the river clyde all her life i love the 3. this is the this is. this is. where you get this. star glasgow was a poor and it brought in so many people from all over the world and the school. that is well you know we have problems like you have this site. but the one thing about it was this people just tell you how they feel they don't go out. on the floor. you don't get. this is done. cheney grew up poor married young and ran a pub with her husband for 15 years. when they had to give it up she became

a comedian. for many here she has become the voice of scotland funny honest and unpretentious. but some people cannot stand her. boyfriend. one reason is that she's anything but ladylike. when we swear especially a female because if you're. female and yes waiting is sounds like you're just being cheeky but if you're a female and you're. like everyone else in showbusiness janey's life has been hard hit by the coronavirus. this is the biggest dog. anyone from outside.

how you did not want to. just. but her online audience is larger than ever. in deep jamie's popularity has grown along with that of nicholas sturgeon the scottish 1st minister. the coronavirus statistics are not much better in scotland or in england but sturgeon's empathetic manner and factual information of one people over. cheney does a voice over a sturgeon's daily briefings in her own words the 1st minister started to do these daily briefings i decided the message just became. known and i thought well where can i get the us to be attention you know get attention for that so i started to do us and see the things she's really wanted to see like status but i'm going to die if you go i'm going to stick my top the clock. i became her.

translator basically i don't buy it. i'm going to do what's right for the country and found rush things through and people die i almost can't see that you're going to begin with but this is then. for months a consistent majority of the scots have said that prime minister boris johnson is going too far. the english politician is fixed really unpopular here. jenny also hopes that nicola sturgeon will win the election to the scottish parliament in may and that there will then be a 2nd referendum for scottish independence. that has made a fundamental difference to the situation. we were told by continue 14 we people who support independence and the as we voted the independence they will protect and

keep it up. and it's basically a mom and dad same like going back to italy when you wake up you will have a pony and you're going to bed you sleep in your break up and there's just a cushion in the shape of a cat instead and that's. just light belied and they lived in the light and that's what they died. for cheney scottish independence is the only way forward. more and more scots are dreaming of being able to vote directly on the issues that affect them. the coronavirus epidemic has forced the folk singer to give to stay at home in israel which. he normally tours through the country and sings. during the lockdown he and the other inhabitants of wanlockhead the highest village in scotland altitude was decided to start a revolution. for hundreds of years one market is belong to. mr cradock family.

now the community wants to buy back 15 hectares of land from the current duke of a clue. why is this has. to get them to history buff you know why is that why is all this line he has is a lot just a private line do not in the u.k. because he's a jerk of have a clue how to keep a clue as we call him and why. what did he do to get it what's he done to keep but what's he done to improve the done nothing all he does is. to recently like to shoot bugs so sky and get to actually from the london homes you know say the done nothing what. certainly nothing for the community. lincoln rich bold move from england to wanlockhead scotland. to live in a civilized self-reliant country at last as he puts it. we're looking at this

area here would mean we end somewhere along that horizon line now. the land that we will be had for the boy. one 3rd of scottish land belongs to just a few large landowners. he didn't have a revolution when he did. not that kind of revolution you know these landowners go back into the norman conquest so. it's a it's a long time situation really. you know you're not going to get me to say much about this. instead of chasing the feudal lord off with a pitchfork and the old fashioned way they want to offer him 1600000 euros for the rugged land the barren hills and a few sheep. in the 18th century when it was worth owning the village but then duke of the clue built mines

and smelting plants there. thanks to its lead in gold reserves wanlockhead was dubbed god's treasure trove. of clue also ran a hunting lodge here. these days the tiny village is of little interest to the duke but the wanlockhead locals love their religion their party which is after all the highest pub in scotland. during a pandemic people are keeping their distance. the only 2 tourists are from england they're impressed by david lincoln's bold plan he's ordered $1000.00 we are going to be one of the decency to do anything i want and if this works interesting we've got more young people. maybe that's why one of the things we want to do is trying to get to local jobs. simply saying it's amazing absolutely amazing. be. cool choice you. can go to

the. richardson people walk in here. you know you'll be wise you're doing your job that you love here you do your job one market is not alone and it's endeavor all over scotland local councils have now bought up some 3 percent of the land. the scottish government to supporting this late land reform is best as it came. if an application is convincing the state will finance the acquisition. of that there's only about half of one markets $200.00 inhabitants have voted to pay off the duke lincoln is worried he might not get the necessary funding but he's firmly convinced that his project is part of an overall trend. in. this very different country to england with. substantially different values. much more school is much more in tune to europe than england and i am an englishman

that's why i live in scotland so it's just a natural step. to go from there and here. it is a sign of things there. are so few things that independence is a question of attitude. like most of her fellow scots she wanted to stay in the european union. while a slight majority of scots feel that brooks it is a good enough reason to separate from britain so few would rather wait. pride myself and call myself school as before and if i do still love and. i absolutely love it as well but i can see where people are coming from west and the fan that's right now but if there is to be another referendum i don't think now is the time i think we'll that's the hend things and. once we know where

we're a lot where were our feet are. then we can make another decision. independence of self-determination mean different things to different people. geography and history brought the scots to a point where many can picture a future outside the united kingdom. which only recently and only through english voters became a reality was supposed to make britain more independent. but what it has shown most clearly is just how different scotland is something that could spell the end of the united kingdom in its current form.

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