Well, in the early days, when i was here crewing fed up with late mail . The coastguard helicopter here, well, 85 years ago, a german i noticed quite a number of lochs scientist came up with his own plans for speedier delivery, attempting to deliver mail to the isle of wight by rocket. With little islets on them. He failed, but his idea has inspired they didnt look natural at all. A british inventor whos they looked like they were just too round. Some had walls round them successfully recreated the trip, and i thought, well, using a jet engine powered suit. I wonder what was going on in these Duncan Kennedy watched the flight. Lochs many, many years ago . So tell me, what did you find in this loch and other lochs around here . What i did find was beautifully decorated ceramics what do you think this has in common under the water here. But i think the more specific find i did make, with this . Surprisingly, this. Yes, on the bottom of this loch around the island here, near the island, mail, or more specifically how to was an almost complete bowl. Deliver mail. Exactly 85 years ago someone deliver mail. Exactly 85 years ago someone had the idea of setting up my archaeologist friend, mark elliott, i gave him a phone the worlds first rocket mail call and he came down delivery service, right here across to have a look at the stuff. And he took his glasses off, the solent from the isle of wight. Put them back on again and he said, where did you find this stuff . I said, i found it in the loch this was a test launch in germany. Here, and he said we dont find that stuff here. I said, well, i didnt put it there. He thought he had the idea of letter he says, you dont know what you found here, boy. This is early neolithic. Its not supposed to be here. All these islets and islands over lift offs licked, but he didnt only go back to the iron age. Change in the history of scotland. Thats quite some feat for a bowl. I think for a bowl alright, yes, quite go to plan. In 192a he came to it certainly was, aye. Can anyone come out here and started rummaging around under the water there to find some amazing relics . Britain, but was he a scientist or a no, before i go to any loch, bit of a scoundrel . The question is what i do initially is seek permission from the state or from the trust or from anybody that owns this area. His intention to develop a serious alternative to mail being carried by i get permission before i start, before i stick my head into the water. Rocket . 0r chriss finds make some alternative to mail being carried by rocket . Or was the plan to make of these crannogs older than egypts pyramids. Money by selling stamps that were attached to letters that had gone on he is now working closely this ride in the rocket . But he with archaeologists from england to see what other secrets ignored their suspicions and went on with his test flight. It was another they can unearth. First class disaster, the wind blowing the rocket into oblivion. While the crannogs in the outer hebrides are certainly some of the oldest, hundreds of these stone islands are scattered so, is rocket mail really possible . Across scotland, forgotten and overgrown in its lochs. The bbc team decided to find out. Im headed back over to the mainland to the Scottish Crannog centre they asked richard browning, a in the highlands. Pioneer ofjet suits, to make the same crossing of the solent. Im keen to find outjust how pioneer ofjet suits, to make the they were used thousands same crossing of the solentm of years ago. Looks like its longer than 1. 3 the timing is pretty great kilometres, or whatever it is because we are in the middle supposed to be. Carry a letter. Of an iron age festival. Folk music plays. Travelling slightly faster than your average postman, it tookjust 75 so this is a bone whistle, that is one of the earliest musical seconds. I think i have instruments in human history. And im going to give it a go. Average postman, it tookjust 75 seconds. I thinkl have a average postman, it tookjust 75 seconds. I think i have a delivery whistle toots. To make, i had better go and find 0h, 0k the recipient. 85 years late, perhaps, but gerhard zuckers idea whistle toots. Has finally found the stamp of approval. And this is what some of the crannog now its time for the travel show. Would have looked like. Hello and welcome to the travel show, wow, look at this coming to you this week from bonny scotland, hello there where we will be discovering some hello, welcome of this regions distinctive welcome to the crannog. Welcome to the crannog, yes. Dwellings stretching back this is much bigger to the neolithic age. Than i thought it would be. Also coming up on this weeks show its very spacious, we pay a visit to one of the most its like a tardis, isnt it . Small on the outside remote bars in the world. And you come in and. We have always been wowed by that illusion. Mike looks ahead to the its both large but very cosy. Rugby world cup in trending travel. And we are in buenos aires you have essential hearth and a domestic seated area for everybody to sit around, where tangos been given to eat their meals a bit of a shake up. At the end of the day. I prefer to follow, and my favourite behind you we have a little pen thing about following is that every 00 04 11,357 2147483051 38 50,394 leader has a different 2147483051 38 50,394 4294966103 13 29,430 story to tell. For putting the animals in over the winter, we think. And weve got whats here . Well, basically, youve got an upper level here for sleeping in. If youve got about 20 people to get into the crannog and sleep at night, then some of them may well have to sleep on these upper levels. The festival around the reconstructed crannog helps give a sense of what it might have been like. With people teaching traditional crafts and life skills, essential to iron age living. The plan is to make butter out of this cream using only my bare hand. Ill see how i go. Its quite cold. Who needs a whisk . That, my friends, is butter made with my bare hand. Ill give it a little go. Its definitely butter. 0oh, yes nice fresh butter i will never buy butter again. And apparently they use coracles, yes, that round thing made of animal skin to navigate the lochs and waterways. 0oh, its cold what do you think top speed is for the really accomplished coracle paddler . Not much quicker than i am going right now, ill be frank with you. So, how old would this kind of structure have been . So this one is we dated it to 500bc. This kind of thing because this is recent. How much effort and time would Something Like that have taken to build . It took us three years to build this crannog, we think for them 10 months at the very most. Yes, in this building, weve got over 700 trees together, whereas compared to a round house on the land, you are looking at about 75 trees. So why did they go to all this effort to build something out on the water . Its a good question and theres a simple archaeological answer, is that we dont really know. But thats whats brilliant about the prehistory. Realistically, we think there are three main reasons. Its a secure structure, it is out on the water with a walkway going on, you have a one way on, you have one way off. The other way you can look at it is with it being on the water, trade would play a role with this. Youre out for everyone to see for miles around. On top of that as well, what you might be looking at is, arguably, status. I mean, why go through all the time and effort . It could just be to show off. And true to scottish weather, it has started to rain. So what better way to stay dry than gathering back inside the crannog, listening to folksongs, similar to the ones that might have been sung during the iron age or even the neolithic age, over 5,000 years ago. Now, from one group of remote islands to another. Youll find the azores, way out in the atlantic ocean. And theyre home to one of the most remote bars in the world, where sailors from around the globe collect their mail during their voyages across the atlantic. This is definitely somewhere, which every cruising sailor, when they are visiting the azores, wants to come to cafe sport. Jose enriques grandfather, this was long before the marina was built, and yachts would be anchored here in the harbour and his grandfather would row out to the yachts to find out whether they needed provisions, whether they needed assistance, and a lot of them asked, could he possibly hold mailfor them. And this very quickly became known in the yachting community, that you could have mail forwarded to cafe sport, and when you arrived in horta, there would be a pile of mail waiting for you. Do stay with us on the travel show, because coming up, mike has the latest in what is trending and travel. And the tango that is shaking things up in buenos aires. So dont go away. Welcome back to the travel show, and we are in the Little Village of kenmore, just across the loch from the crannog centre, and this is home to scotlands oldest inn, or so they say. Lets go check it out. Tell me a bit about your hotel. It was built in 1572 when it was given permission by the local laird of taymouth castle, to provide food and beverage to local community and travellers. So i see a lot of rabbie, known locally as rabbie burns, robert burns, the famous scottish poet, theres a picture up on the wall, what is the connection . Rabbie burns visited this hotel in 1782, and he wrote a poem on the wall. Its still there. This is the original . Wow he had a few whiskeys i am presuming, from behind the bar, stood on a chair, inspiration struck, and he wrote it on the wall. Thats quite remarkable. I cant imagine there are many hotels around that can boast their own handwritten robbie burns poem. No, the first example of graffiti in this area. Up next, its mike with trending travel. Its now time for trending travel, our regular pick of the top photos, videos and stories all happening online this week. The chance for you to legally climb uluru is officially and quickly coming to an end. October 26 this year is the date that has been chosen to ban people from climbing the World Heritage listed site, which is also one of the planets most recognisable natural landmarks and a sacred site for the local people. Butjust remember, you will no longer be able to climb it after the 26 october. Is this a brand new way to travel to the uk . French adventurer Franky Zapata has made the first ever successful English Channel crossing between the uk and france on his jet powered flyboard. On his previous attempt the frenchman fell into the sea but this time he flew his own invention that he created three years ago across the 35 kilometres stretch of water in just 22 minutes, reaching speeds of up to 170km h. Thats a lot faster than crossing the channel by ferry. In more conventional flight news from france, starting next year all flights departing the country will be implementing an eco tax, as the government plans to invest in eco friendly transport infrastructure. You will pay between 1. 5 and 18 euros depending on your ticket and destination, but the fee will not apply to flights heading to france or connecting there. Does sorting out visas put you off visiting some countries . Sri lanka is hoping to attract tourists back following the april terrorist attacks and a drop in tourism with the offer of free visas to residents in 48 countries. If you qualify you have until1 january to take up the offer. After that the fee returns. This month marks the start of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which runs through to the end of october. This is the first time the competition is being held in asia, so here is ryuzo with our trending guide to what to see, do and expect if you are planning on heading to japan. Japan caused a lot of excitement at the last Rugby World Cup when we famously beat south africa. Now it is our time to host. You might remember last year i sent off carmen the challenge to see three of the sites in six host cities within the time it takes to see a rugby match. Now the Rugby World Cup is about to kick off here injapan, this is my guide to anyone who is visiting to see the mighty blossoms in action. All Ticket Information is available at the Rugby World Cup website. But tickets are selling fast so get in quick. Be sure to confirm your travel plans before you arrive. I say your best bet is taking our public transportation. If you plan to visit multiple cities, be sure to get a japan rail pass as it is much cheaper and easier. Keep in mind there are fan zones in each city near the matches. Its a great place to spend time and there are a lot of events going on. If you have your ticket, be sure toarrive one hour before to go through security and find your seat. If you are leaving the host city after the match, take some time to see the sights before you move onto the next city. This will you avoid the crowds. Check our Youtube Channel to see the full guides to these cities. Remember, a little japanese goes a long way. Here are some useful phrases you can learn . Thats it for now. Make sure to keep sending us your stories and your photos of the places you live and places you love. Maybe next time you will be trending in travel. To end this week we are off to the argentine capital of buenos aires. In recent years it has become known as one of south americas most lgbt friendly and open minded cities. But its biggest cultural export, tango, is not exactly known as the most inclusive of dances. Despite the fact that in its early days men often danced the tango together, mainly because of a lack of available female partners. Tango music. Tango is part of our identity as argentinians. And maybe also of the men and women image, it is also very connected with our culture. Tango is very machista. The only way to dance tango was with a man, and only men could ask women to dance. The idea of queer tango was something very strong when we proposed it, because it was something against our culture, like breaking the rules. I usually lead but i prefer to follow, and my favourite thing about following is that every leader has a different story to tell. When i am leading i am only telling my story. When i am following, i get to hear everyones excitement or sadness orjoy in their own dance. Tango music. We already achieve many things, but what still is a challenge is the possibility for the queer people, for the gay and lesbians or trans people to dance, be comfortable and freely in the traditional milongas. Dancers there in argentina shaking up the tango world. Thats all we have time for on this weeks programme, but coming up next week lucy is in switzerland, taking part in a Wine Festival that only happens once every 25 years. And getting into a flap in the process. The sun is blazing, its so hot, im melting. Totally worth it look at this atmosphere and in the meantime, dont forget you can catch up with us while were out on the road in real time by checking out our social media feeds, and sharing your travels with us and the rest of the world. Until next time, from me, Christa Larwood and the rest of the travel show team here in scotland, its goodbye. Hello. Theres a trend to something cooler for all of us in the week ahead. Still not much rain across parts of east and south east england and barely a cloud in the sky in sevenoaks on monday afternoon. For others, weve had more cloud and outbreaks of rain, some of which has been heavy, especially in scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of Northern England. More rain in the forecast on tuesday. But in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, Northern England, quite light and patchy but some mist and fog developing along western coasts. We start tuesday with some spells of sunshine for central, southern and Eastern England. Also for the Northern Isles and channel islands, which will hang on to that sunshine in the afternoon. Cloud building north and west, bringing rain into Northern Ireland, northern and western scotland. Likely to be heavy in places. Maybe a bit patchier in southern scotland, Northern England and parts of wales and dry in central, southern and Eastern England with temperatures up to 22 celsius, just 111 15 where we had the cloud and rain in scotland. Eastwards on tuesday evening and this rain sliding south and east along england and wales, some of which could be heavy. Clearer skies developing behind and a fairly mild start for most with temperatures in double figures. Weve still got this band of rain to deal with first thing on wednesday morning, soon pulling away from east anglia and south east england. Sunshine developing behind. Notice how the isobars start to squeeze themselves together. A much windier day on wednesday, particularly for northern and western coasts. The rain out of the way for east anglia and south east england with sunshine behind. Showers soon developing, though, in Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England, merging to give a longer spell of rain in places, and some showers pushing down to wales and south west england. Much windier day with gales developing in the western isles. Add the strength of the wind to temperatures ofjust 12 celsius, really a chilly day in parts of scotland, with temperatures getting up to 20 or 21. Further south and east, it will feel cooler given the strength of the wind. Now, all these fronts start to pull away eastwards as we go into thursday. The isobars becoming a bit further spaced apart, so the winds will fall lighter. Still showers and longer spells of rain to deal with, particularly for northern and western scotland. A few may filter into the far north of england. For Northern Ireland, england and wales, thursday will be a day of sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud. Fairly brisk breeze, not as windy as wednesday, and a cooler feel. This continues into friday and the weekend. Temperatures not much higher than 18 or 19 celsius. Still some outbreaks of rain at times the further north and west you are, but drier further south and east. For the latest on hurricane dorian, youll find all the details on our website. Goodbye. We break this is bbc news welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. Im mike embley. Our top stories borisjohnson claims there are no circumstances that would make him delay brexit but is the uk on course for a snap election . Hurricane dorian claims at least 5 lives in the bahamas and causes widespread damage. The Prime Minister calls it an historic tragedy. The devastation is unprecedented and extensive. Many homes, businesses, and other buildings have been completely or partially destroyed
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