This cutting comes from Sir Alastair Dunnett's own scrapbook.If this interest you, I'll give a presentation using these photos and video at the Scottish Canoe Association's Paddle 07 event. It's at 1pm in Perth on Sunday 28th October.
After his kayak voyage up Scotland's west coast in 1934, Alastair Dunnett collected all his photos and newspaper cuttings into one scrapbook. I interviewed his son Ninian last week, chatting as we flicked through this small piece of Scottish history. Ninian has kindly given me access to the photos and cuttings from that book.
Ninian was the final interview for our Canoe Boys programmes. Since the last recording, all the audio material has been played into a computer in Newtonmore, ready for editing. As I write, Ninian's interview is probably going in too.
Getting all the audio into sync is taking time, since it was often recorded on three separate machines. Once that's done, the producer Margaret Wilks picks out the best bits and arranges them into a structure.
I'll stay with her for three days at the weekend to help put it all together. I'll also write and record any commentary that's needed.
Provisional transmission dates are 14th, 23rd and 28th November on Radio Scotland with a TV piece on The Adventure Show on 4th November.
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