Two Go to Tolsta - Sgeulachd Syd Agus Millie

It is 1949. Millie (13) and her little brother Syd (nine) live in Hertfordshire, but their mother’s roots are in the Scottish Hebrides. It’s a place they’ve visited and love. Determined to spend the summer holidays with their grandparents, the two sneak off without permission, only a bagful of funs, a few pennies and a load of determination.

Now, 70 years on, Syd and Millie recall how they planned the daring trip and absconded unaccompanied by train, ferry and bus all the way north west to the Isle of Lewis. Provoking a small storm in the press, they enjoyed celebrity status for a time. But they got the summer holiday of their dreams, in their mother’s native village of Tolsta. A bright and heartwarming story, exclusive to BBC Alba.

1949. Ann an ceann a deas Shasainn, chan eil air aire Millie Richardson agus a bràthair beag Syd, ach aon rud. Dèanamh air Eilean Leòdhais! An ceann-uidhe agus am pàrras - Tolastadh bho Thuath far a bheil taigh an seanar is seanmhar. Le Millie an ceann cùisean is Syd le earbsa na phiuthar mhòr tha iad a’ dèanamh às, gun cead iarraidh bho ‘m pàrantan. Gun ach beagan is sia sgillinn nan sporan, an t-aodach a th’ orra, deisichean snàimh, leabhraichean “ration” agus poca bhunaichean, tha iad a’ cuir 700 mìle siubhail romhpa An seo, cluinnidh sinn nam faclan fhèin dìreach mar a thachair – à Hertfordshire, a Tholstadh.

In Gaelic with English subtitles