two of the main characters, niamh and ruairidh, with the gaelic spelling of ruairidh and niamh of course, which a lot of irish people will be familiar with as well, but you need to get people into the sound world, don't you? you do, yes, otherwise they are repeating in their own heads a mispronunciation right from the start. and that would be unfortunate because what you want to do in evoking the place, its strange, largely flat contours, its kind of bleakness but its beauty that can hold you, you know, in a trance on a fine day, which... there aren't that many of on the west coast of lewis. no! but it's a very haunting place, isn't it? it is. you know, as i say, ifilmed up there and we had a daily schedule and you were at the mercy of the elements the whole time. and they were very rarely in your favour. so it was hard, hard work and it makes such an impression on you. i mean, the minute you step off the plane, there, you are struck by the wind and the wind never stops and it's there the entire time. very few trees. yeah. let's talk about the plot. as i said at the beginning, there's an