and the state of gujarat, with a thousand miles of coastline, served as a shipping gateway to africa,beyond. this is as far west as you can get in india. it's the mingling of all the influences from overseas that have helped make gujarat what it is today. the region is known as kutch and its beaches, like here, are a popular domestic tourist attraction. but this ancient port town's economy is still anchored in a much older maritime tradition. this is genuinely incredible. i'm in heaven. a huge shipyard with boats and ships at various stage of construction, all made from wood. in an industry dominated by bulky and expensive container ships, these smaller, more agile vessels are still in huge demand. so here we are close up to these incredible hulks, really. this one's in mid—construction. we can actually go inside, which i'm going to see how they actually make these things. apparently, each of these dhows takes about 2.5 years to make. for many of the workers, ship building is a family tradition. this ancient craft is now attracting unexpected new admirers. the region of kutch was home

for the next part of myjourney i'm heading to the south—east of gujarat, to the town ofjunagadh.ng sums up this country better than the indian railway network. more than any political act, they say that this is what unifies this country. i remember as a small child being on an indian train and being totally overwhelmed by it. but i love it. horn blares. ah, this feels imminent! who knows when this was made, this train. it looks pretty damn old to me! but wow, look at that! it's a network that ferries millions of passengers daily across tens of thousands of track to nearly 7,000 stations. it's one of the world's biggest employers. if there is one defining legacy of british rule, it's the vast, sprawling, creaking indian railway network. it's still the lifeblood of the country today. all sing. i'll tell you this. you wouldn't get this on a suburban train on a cold wednesday morning in london, or any other western city. this is unique. singing continues. you know everyone on this carriage? yeah. yeah, from the train journey? trainjourney, yeah. ah! train friends. you are train frien

for the next part of my journey i'm heading to the south—east of gujarat, to the town ofjunagadh.o me, nothing sums up this country better than the indian railway network. more than any political act, they say that this is what unifies this country. i remember as a small child being on an indian train and being totally overwhelmed by it. but i love it. horn blares. ah, this feels imminent! who knows when this was made, this train. it looks pretty damn old to me! but wow, look at that! horn blares. it's a network that ferries millions of passengers daily across tens of thousands of track to nearly 7,000 stations. it's one of the world's biggest employers. if there is one defining legacy of british rule, it's the vast, sprawling, creaking indian railway network. it's still the lifeblood of the country today. all sing. i'll tell you this. you wouldn't get this on a suburban train on a cold wednesday morning in london, or any other western city. this is unique. singing continues you know everyone on this carriage? yeah. yeah, from the train journey? trainjourney, yeah. ah! train frien

i began in gujarat, in the far west. this is genuinely incredible. i'm in heaven.pretty crowded. and this week i have travelled 2,000 miles over to the north—east. i am on the banks of the mighty river brahmaputra and i am about to go to a very spiritual place. it is one of india's lesser—known regions. we're really high up, and just to my right is the border with bangladesh. a part of the country that prides itself on its traditions. he makes it look so easy. but it's incredibly difficult. but it is also looking forward and embracing progress. so now i am on my way to go and see assam's very own eco—warrior. it is going to be an incredible adventure. india's north—east. a collection of eight states almost cut off from the rest of this vast country, but for a tiny strip of land. at partition, a large swathe of the region was sectioned off to become east pakistan which later became bangladesh, leaving the indian area landlocked. it is geographically and culturally out on a limb. this is frontier country, little known to tourists and other indians alike. they call it

from gujarat in the west, to assam in the east, along one of the longest railway lines in the countryrecent adventures, you can find us on the bbc iplayer, we are also on social media, just search bbc travel show, we are on most of the major platforms. until next time,do keep planning those trips wherever you may be heading, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. good evening. i suspect most of you want some settled summer sunshine for the beginning of august — why not? unfortunately, today, it was a slightly disappointing story. there was more cloud around than there was sunshine, as you can see by this weather watcher picture. there were also some nuisance showers yet again, drifting their way steadily south by a cold front. it may well enhance some thundery showers over the next few hours. the best of the breaks in the cloud, well, that was further west and we keep those clear skies as we go into tonight. the cold front will ease away, this ridge of high pressure will build. that's going to quieten things down for monday and tuesday, but with that ridge of high pressure and the cleari

from gujarat in the west, to assam in the east, along one of the longest railway lines in the countryd like to see more of our recent adventures, you can find us on the bbc iplayer, we are also on social media, just search bbc travel show, we are on most of the major platforms. until next time, do keep planning those trips wherever you may be heading, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. good afternoon. it's the 1st august, summer holiday season in full swing but, unfortunately, the settled summer sunshine has deserted us, not only for today but for the week ahead. this is a fairly typical story of what's happening out there. there is a little bit of sunshine around but quite a lot of cloud at the moment and you can see also some showers. it's a weak weather front that's drifting its way steadily south and, actually, we could see those showers turning thundery in the far south—east by the end of the day. the best of any brightness will come with the best of the warmth, probably, but it's a quiet story. there's not that much in the way of showers around further north, so a good deal of

from gujarat in the west, to assam in the east, along one of the longest railway lines in the countryyou'd like to see more of our recent adventures, you can find us on the bbc iplayer, we are also on social media, just search bbc travel show, we are on most of the major platforms. until next time,do keep planning those trips wherever you may be heading, and we will see you soon. bye bye. hello. sunny spells aplenty on tuesday, but there'll be showers around, too. and in fact it's going to stay quite showery for the rest of the week, and, if anything, it'll turn even more unsettled towards the end of the week. now, thejet stream's not on our side. we're on the cool side of the jet. the jet stream separates the cool air from the north and the warm air to the south, and it also sends weather systems in our direction. so, actually much of western and central europe is feeling the effects of that cool air. you can see the yellows there, whereas the hot air is in place across the balkans, greece, turkey and into russia. in excess of a0 degrees there. obviously not for us, not that we'd wan

from gujarat in the west, to assam in the east, along one of the longest railway lines in the countrylike to see more of our recent adventures, you can find us on the bbc iplayer, we are also on social media, just search bbc travel show, we are on most of the major platforms. until next time,do keep planning those trips wherever you may be heading, and we will see you soon. bye bye. hello. between the showers on saturday, we reached 23 celsius in suffolk. we had nine hours of sunshine in parts of cornwall. that is often the case when we have sunny spells and showers. the north york moors saw about 17 mm of rain from the showers during saturday as well and they haven't altogether died out through the night because we've got the complication of a weather front. what it is is cooler in the north. temperatures into a single figures in rural parts of scotland and northern ireland. that's because we're behind this cold weather front. as i say, that's complicating our sunny spells and scattered showers scenario because we've actually got rather more cloud to start across parts of northern en

from gujarat in the west, to assam in the east, along one of the longest railway lines in the country of our recent adventures, you can find us on the bbc iplayer, we are also on social media, just search bbc travel show, we are on most of the major platforms. until next time, do keep planning those trips wherever you may be heading, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. good morning to you. part two of the weekend is looking pretty similar to how we saw conditions yesterday. that is mainly dry with some sunshine, but also a few showers. these are likely to pop up across more southern parts of england. further north it should tend to be drier but with our winds coming down from the north it's not going to feel particularly warm for the time of year, but it's this whether front moves == for the time of year, but it's this weather front moves towards the south of britain which is going to generate these showers through the afternoon. again, some of them could be heavy and thundery so as we move through the morning, these showers will get going pretty quickly. you see the bright colours in

that refined in the new testament, but what's particularly appealing, i think, in the accounts of gujarat to me is americans in the wake of independents, and the aftermath of this war, they have to build a new government. and they see in the history of israel, having departed from egypt, the same exercise taking place, the building of a new nation with its various political institutions. and this is a particular attraction to americans in the founding era, who see themselves engaged in a similar project. now, to be sure, they're drawn to many other texts. yes, do their on me is particularly appealing, but they're also going to look to text like romans 13, which speaks of the obligations to be in submission to those of authority over you. they're going to be particularly drawn to the exodus narrative. this is a story about liberty and liberation that they think speaks very much to their own circumstances. they're also drawn perhaps in appropriately, we can debate this to some of the new testament text that speak of liberty. escalations five one, stand faster for and liberty wherein christ

the areas that have been affected our gujarat and punjab, which are some of the key areas.rops will see a reduction , because alack you're in has reduced the sowing areas. one more thing we watch as we have gone by what has happened in the past, this year because the monsoon was more erratic, the farmers have been trying to stay in step with that, planting at a later stage as monsoons have been delayed. it is something to watch. what we do know is that the optimism with which we started the season has probably reduced because of the lack of rain. rishaad: if you could answer briefly, the thing is, covid has also been a big thing in the rural parts of india as well. tragedy has unfolded there. that must have had an impact on and had other knock-on effects. siraj: covid did impact the rural areas significantly than in the past. but the larger impact time was between april and may and early june while the sowing period started onward. so sowing was not really affected by covid. certain districts may have had an impact but overall, i don't think covid impacted the sowing becaus

i began in gujarat, in the far west. this is genuinely incredible. i'm in heaven. is one of india's lesser—known regions. we're really high up, and just to my right is the border with bangladesh. a part of the country that prides itself on its traditions. he makes it look so easy. but it's incredibly difficult. but it is also looking forward and embracing progress. so now i am on my way to go and see assam's very own eco—warrior. it is going to be an incredible adventure. india's north—east. a collection of eight states almost cut off from the rest of this vast country, but for a tiny strip of land. at partition, a large swathe of the region was sectioned off to become east pakistan which later became bangladesh, leaving the indian area landlocked. it is geographically and culturally out on a limb. this is frontier country, little known to tourists and other indians alike. they call it the land of clouds but that is because of the severe monsoon season. hilly, remote and the air is so crisp and fresh and the views... well, simply spectacular. it is this cool climat