Helensburgh and Garelochhead will feature on BBC2 tomorrow evening, in the latest TV series by Michael Portillo.
As one of his ‘Great Coastal Railway Journeys’, he will take the West Highland Line from Helensburgh to Ben Cruachan and thence to Connel Bridge and the waters of Loch Etive.
Along the way, Michael he investigates the Highland Boundary Fault, which separates the Highlands from the Lowlands, and learns how Scotland’s geology has influenced its history.
And the former UK Defence Secretary will explore the deep waters of Garelochhead at Faslane, where Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines are based.
Later he ventures inside the hollow mountain of Ben Cruachan (right) to visit the power station and meets one of the ‘tunnel tigers’ who dug out the mountain in the early 1960s.
And at Connel Bridge, Michael joins a marine biologist on an RIB to collect phytoplankton from Loch Etive as part of a long-term project to monitor the health of the waters.
The programme will be screen on BBC2 tomorrow (February 15) at 6.30pm.
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