The Herrin’ Trail is based around a poem by Rita Bradd.

Alastair notes “To be able to find such a wonderful poet in Rita was inspiring and I asked her to compose for the filmpoem on the Clarsach (or Lever Harp, if you’re not in Scotland) and I read the poem so that she might play. Lovely to read in my native Scots, though not quite in my natural Galloway Irish!”

This film uses a film by the British Council, “The Western Isles”, with permission.