Great Coastal Railway Journeys

8:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Monday 16 December
+

Lairg to Caithness

Season 1 Episode 9 of 25

The latest stage of Michael Portillo's trek takes him past lochs and castles on the Far North Line to Britain's northernmost railway station at Thurso. From Lairg on the banks of Loch Shin, Michael heads for a secret conservation area in the 18-mile-long loch to track down one of Scotland's most elusive and endangered species, the freshwater pearl mussel

Great Coastal Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday +1 at 8:00 PM, Monday 16 December. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Alison Kreps
Series Editor
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Beatrice Ni Bhroin
Director