Loch Longs will feature on the BBC this autumn
A TV crew was filming at Cove this week, for Paul Murton’s latest BBC series.
The presenter, who was born in Ardentinny and whose ‘grand tours of Scotland’ have been popular UK-wide, had been filming around the Cowal Peninsula this summer.
And on Tuesday he was at Cove Sailing Club, sailing on a Loch Long with Erin Macleod.
A spokesperson for BBC Scotland confirmed that Paul was filming for a new series, Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs, and one of the episodes this year is a trip from the Kyles of Bute to the Cobbler.
The six-part series is due to be screened on BBC One Scotland in the autumn, although exact date shave not yet been confirmed.
Erin said the BBC had been put in touch with her and her husband Alan as their Loch Long ‘Pied Piper’ is the oldest sailing vessel at the club.
“We were Joined on Tuesday afternoon by Paul, a camera man , sound man and producer,” she said.
“Cove Sailing Club commodore Stewart Brown very kindly gave up his afternoon to drive the club RIB as a support boat for the team.
“We had a pleasant sail/ float around Loch Long. The filming was fun and Paul put me at ease in front of the not-so-small camera.
“We are looking forward to seeing the finished article in the autumn of this year.”
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