Caraidean

Welcome to the wonderful world of Caraidean, which means 'Friends' in Gaelic, a new online soap where you control what happens! Join Sìleas and Marsaili and their friends each week to listen to a new Gaelic phrase and decide what course their lives take.

The storyline with the most votes will be used the following week. Use the voting options at the bottom of the page to cast your vote. This vote will close on 7th October at 12 noon. Be sure to come back and visit Marsaili and Sìleas to find out what happens next! This vote complies with the BBC's policy on voting and competitions.

Episode 45

Sìleas stops many people and asks them where on earth the name Lochmaddy comes from. She has whipped herself up into a frenzy imagining that this island is a hotbed of wolf-like action. “Is this place even safe?”, she wonders. Eventually, she meets a wise old woman. This woman knows the origins of the place name. Sìleas prepares herself for a tale of woe and tragedy. Instead the woman points to the rocks in the entrance to the loch. The woman explains that the rocks are shaped like dogs' or wolves' heads, they are known as Na Madaidhean, or The Wolves.

Although she feels safer, Sìleas is bitterly disappointed. She wonders if rocks can ever be interesting? Marsaili suddenly bursts into life and says of course they can and she knows all about this chambered cairn in North Uist, Barpa Langass. Sìleas still wants to investigate native wildlife, namely the corncrake!