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You're a tosser.

Cheers, Abs.

I was going to go on a long voyage of self-discovery,

but I don't have to bother now!

Your father came all this way to make peace and you turned your back on him!He's 30 years too late.

He comes all this way, hoping you might give him a chance to explain.

You reckon that's why he's come? Yes.

He probably needs a kidney.Oh, don't be such a prat.A prat?Yes.

Well, am I a prat or a tosser? Oh, Kenny!

He walked away. He should've kept on walking.Oh, that's really generous.

Yeah, it is. Save everyone a lot of bother.Snap out of it. You're acting like a pillock.

Oh, a pillock?Yes.

I'm a tosser, a prat AND a pillock? One day you'll wake up and hate yourself for not taking this chance.

I've already woken up and hated myself.

When you're a kid and your old man walks out, who do you blame? Him? Course not, cos he's your dad.

You blame yourself and you hate yourself. YOU know nothing about this.Oh, yes, I'm completely thick.

I thought you were a kind, forgiving, big-hearted...Pillock?Yes.

You should've stopped at the bit where you said you was thick.The kids like him.Bring on manipulation.

Field your best team.People change. I bet he's not the same man you knew.

I never knew him.I like him, too.

Let him adopt you, then.

Kenny, did it change your life when he walked out?

Having him back might change your life!

We didn't need each other. If it ain't broke...He needs you now.

Well, he's too late. I checked my best-before date. It's expired. I've gone off.

# In the Navy Da-da-da-da-da...

# In the Navy Da-da-da-da-da...

# In the Navy Da-da-da-da-da... #

You're a fine first mate.Thank you. Are you from London, the same, then?

They had two moulds, but they dropped one.That's the sort of thing Kenny would say.Is it?

You two are a lot alike. That's a bit scary, innit?

You said it. I didn't. Let's head into port.To the left?

No. Home-port, not left-port. Aye-aye, Captain.

A little to the right, helmsman. A little to the Starbucks right it is.Ah, now, steady as she goes.

Aye-aye, Captain.

You were never suited to that woman. She's trouble in a skirt.

I can't help thinking about her. You're not thinking with your head.

I don't know what I was doing. Curiosity got the better of you.

Got an appetite for a little English. I can't blame you for that. Change of scenery won't do you any harm.

Aye. No English girl can hold a candle to a wee Scots lass.

but you wouldn't want to live there.

It was more serious than a holiday.

That's where you went wrong. Carolyn is a gorgeous girl. If you weren't so greedy, you'd still be with her.

I wasn't just messing, Jerry.

That's where you're wrong. That's all you were doing.

And you're better off out of that!

I don't want to go back to her.

If she's smart, she'll keep pushing you away

until that's the only thing you want.

You can't keep avoiding Carolyn.

Speak to her before this afternoon.

You've got to. I have nothing to say to her.

But you've plenty to say to me about it?

I can't accept what she's done.

You've got to draw a line between who she is and what she's done.

There is no line, Douglas. She took another life.

There's nothing to be said.

Maybe not now.Maybe not ever.

# In the Navy Da-da-da-da-da...

# In the Navy... #

Want a game of football?

No, I've got to go in. All right. See you later.

See you, then. Bye, Peter.

See you later, Jerry. Yeah.Shoes off before you go in the house. Dirty clothes in the basket.

What's that? A bucket for building sand castles. It was buried in the rocks.

It's not really a bucket, is it? It's almost as good as one.

Right, you've got three wishes.

Avoiding the ferry?

Granted.

Go on, another two.

Pun...the Ronansay Pun?

Two pieces of string, right, walk into a pub...

Run!

The Ronansay Run.

Here, do you think we can pawn it?

I'll ask Douglas.What, will he know?

Well, it obviously belongs to someone. He might know whose it is.

Are you coming this afternoon?Yeah.

Good.Here, how do you dress for a scattering?

SHE PLAYS A FEW NOTES

I thought maybe we should stay overnight in Edinburgh, leave on Friday?Did you?

Give us more time to look over the campus.Aye. We'll see.

You used to sing.

Why don't you any more?

Don't have a call to.

Never used to need one.

I forget the words.

Are you going like that?You go on.

I've got things to do here. It would be good for you to get out.

Never liked Murdo. Don't see why I should go.Do it for Malcolm, then.

He won't miss me.I will. You'd better get over that.

You'll be off again soon.

That gives us a good reason to spend some time together now.

You've got an answer for everything.

I see I won't win.No, you won't.

I let him call me Captain and by the end he even gave me a salute.

What, two fingers? No, no, with the whole hand!

He's a good laugh. We're going drinking tonight. Who knows what trouble we'll get into!

I've just had a blinding thought. Why don't you come with us?No, thanks.

He can tell a story, that Terry.

A nicer man you're not going to meet.

I nearly wet myself with him talking about being a children's entertainer.

One lad thought he was invisible, so he's trying to entertain an invisible child and all his invisible mates.

The boy didn't believe he was invisible. He was pretending.Has he told you that story, then?Yeah.

It was meant to be a surprise party, but he came a day early and ruined the surprise.

It was the boy's real birthday. That's the one!But the party was meant to be the next day.

The kid was so wound up that he didn't have any mates,

he pretended that they were invisible and he was, too.

Yeah, well, it's funnier when he tells it.

Douglas!

You haven't seen Douglas, have you?

What are you stirring up now?

Look, Mary, you've got the wrong idea about me.

Of course. You're a wonderful woman. It's everyone else with the problem.

- Whatever. - Aye, "Whatever," as you say.

YOU! You go about ruining other people's lives and all you can say is "Whatever."

I don't know where Douglas is.

Douglas!

With Murdo passing, I don't know, we all lose a little something,

things that tie us together.

What have you got there?

Charley found it. It says "The Ronansay Run". I thought you might know who it belonged to.

Where'd Charley find it?

Buried in the sand on the beach.

We used to have a race here.

Crofters would bring horses from all over - Skye, Barra, Uist. Ah, it was a great day.

I haven't seen this cup since I was a boy.

Few years after the war, it stopped. I don't remember why.

It was a great day. Who does it belong to, then?

It was kept in pride of place in the winner's home until the next race. I don't remember who won it last.

My father had a book with the runners' names in it. It will be there. I'll find it.

I'm almost ready, Douglas.

We should do this before.

Easier in private.

There's nothing to be done.

OK.

I was wrong to think maybe we had things to say.

I've nothing to say to you.

I'm having the baby.

I've read this twice and I can find no mention of my great success as a father.

It's yesterday's paper. Oh! That explains it, then.

You'll come with us, yeah?I'm not very good around dead people. Well, the people going are alive.

I haven't got a great track record with the living, either.

Kenny's hoping you'll come.

He wants to see you.

Spot the porkie.Yeah, well, he hasn't realised it yet.

Do you love him?

Not fair.

You should.

Do you?

Do we have children because we love them,

or is it our vanity that tricks us into believing that we do when, in fact, we really love ourselves?

This is bullshit. It's not meant to be.

No.

It's a way of avoiding what you've been avoiding for 30 years.

You think?Yeah. And it's good because it makes you sound clever.

But you're scared and clever is how you get past that. Who's being clever, then?

FOOTSTEPS

First!Not fair! You pushed me.You were trying to block me.I was not.

First is worst!Are you coming? I've never seen somebody who's actually been burnt up before!Ugh!

Come on. ..Terry, take a deep breath and get on with it.

Let's go stand with Terry and Abby. I'm all right here.

We can see better from over there. I'm fine here.I want to go and stand with Terry.Well, go, then!

Sh-sh.

Ida, Peter and I would like to thank you all for coming today.

Dad, too.

Dad wasn't much for organised religion.

Never much for a to-do...

so I won't disappoint him in that.

Well, Murdo...

Dad said the island was in him.

I figure the best thing I can do is put him IN the island.

I know this was hard for you. And I know you feel alone.

But I don't want you to worry about Alistair standing by you because that's where I'll be standing.

A double knot is what you want.

I can show you a sailor's knot later that will keep your laces nice and tidy.

You go on, Gordon. I'll catch up. I don't mind waiting. He'll catch us up.

We're not in a rush, are we? Gordon, will you walk me down?

I was just looking for land mines. Shall we get this done?Why not?

Well, you came here. You start.

My name's Terry Marsh. I'm your father.

What am I supposed to say to that?

Nice to see you?

Fathers stick around. You left.

You haven't been my dad since you walked out.

They didn't need to find a replacement, so the job was made redundant.

I was around, Kenny.What, dressed as a clown at my tenth birthday?

Yeah, that was awful. Well, it's awful when I tell it.

When YOU tell it, it's so funny, Gordon almost wets himself. I got the day wrong.

I didn't even know you were there, anyway.Your mum didn't want me around.So you dressed as a clown?

Mrs Doubtfire costume taken, was it? She was angry. She didn't want me sharing time with you.This is good.

We're progressing here. So, it's her fault, is it?That's not what I mean.Well, it is. You married her.

I didn't stop caring about you. I stopped caring about YOU.

I watched you grow up.Yeah, sure.

I went to your school plays when she wasn't around.

I remember once when you were the...pink flamingo.

Of all the ones you could have gone to and you went to that one?

You don't know how hard that was. Oh, I do. I was the bloody flamingo.

Hard for me watching you and not being able to talk to you, telling you how proud I was.

You were proud of that, were you? Well, I wasn't.

Proud of the way you were growing up. I stopped trying after a while. I couldn't take not seeing you.

So many times I wanted to knock on your door when you lived on that estate just to say hello.

But I was frightened how you'd react

and then when I did, I found out you'd moved up here.So, then what?

You came here to ruin my life again. Your life doesn't look ruined to me.

You're no expert on my life.I know. I came up to see how you were. I didn't think it would be this small.

Well, it's hard to hide, innit?

Yeah.

Well, I'm fine.

Ruined, but fine.

OK? So, job done. Drop your guard, Kenny. I can't do anything to hurt you.

Why did you leave?

I had to.That's not an answer. That's a poor excuse.

OK, we've gone through this reunion business. Thanks for listening to me. You've turned out all right.

Why not tell Gordon you're my dad?

That's something we should discuss before sharing, don't you think? You told Abby.No, she guessed.

I wanted to tell you... She guessed?!I'm here because you are a part of me that I got wrong.

I've watched you with those kids. You're good. Oh, I have to go. Yeah, you're good at walking.

I'm not proud of it, Kenny. Why did you leave?

To go to prison?

Join the Foreign Legion?

Get caught shagging someone else?

Hello?

I'm asking you a question.

You're unbelievable, you know that?

You come here. You want to get all touchy-feely with me.

Share your loss, purge your soul and reclaim your long lost son.

But you can't answer the one question that needs an answer before I can look at you with any respect.

I realised I was gay.

I had to go.

Oh, shit.

You stepped on the land mine...

..then it went off. Last week I had no father.

This week I've got one who's gay! What happens next week?

Focus on yourself. Don't worry about his struggle.Yeah, right.

"Oh, meet my dad. He's gay. I'm a freak of nature." Here, you don't think it's genetic, do you?

What difference does it make if he's gay?How many people do you know who've got gay dads?

Look, he's put himself on the line to tell you that. What's so odd is that you're being such an arse about it.

Can we please not mention "arse"?

Got a little Murdo, there.Ta. No bother. He always liked coming down here to watch the football.

McGowan?

I was hoping Kenny would join us. Yeah, I imagine he could use a drink.

Why didn't he go off and do something heroic?

Like protect democracy or go on a pilgrimage to Tibet for spiritual truth? Lovely.

He told you the truth. That's pretty heroic. Kenny...

he told you something about himself that he didn't have to to help you understand why he did what he did.

You wanted to know. He gave you what you wanted. Accept the gift.

Don't throw it back in his face.

I hate talking to you.

So, what am I going to do, then?

I don't remember the race, but the stories of it made you feel like you were there.

That's all anyone would talk about. Why did it stop?I don't know.Murdo would have known.We'll ask Malcolm.

Aye.Who won it the last time?In my father's book, it says "McGowan".

Get it back to Marjorie before she accuses you of nicking it.Aye.

Kenny...Abby.

Gordon.

What you drinking?

I'm a lager lout. I'll get it.It's OK, I'll get it.

No, Kenny. Let me.Gordon, I said I'd get it.Kenny, let me!Gordon! I want to buy my father a drink!

OK?

Two pints of lager please, Douglas.

This year?

Oh, aye. Right away.

Abs?Glass of white wine, please, Douglas.

Thank you.

I'm surprised.You're surprised?!

I thought you'd be a Babycham man.

It wasn't very good for my figure.

(Thank you, Abby.Pleasure.)

You've got yourself a fine father there, Kenny. No doubt of that.

Yes, he does.

Single malt?

Aye.

All around!

I'll do that, Malcolm. Thank you, Gordon.

What time is it?

Just water in that one, Douglas. Carolyn isn't drinking.

To Murdo! ALL: To Murdo!

Well...

I think we should have a shindig!

MUSIC PLAYS

Come on, I'll buy you a drink. Wet your whistle.

- They'll all be in there. - Good. Face them down. Don't let them decide how you live your life.

I've had enough of people telling me what to do.

Don't let them drive you away like they did me. Courage, Ally.

Let's spit in their eye.

Your father is a good dancer.

Yeah, you should see him do ballet.

We're here for you.I know.

You just ask.I will.I'll keep your mother on a short leash. Och, you've no chance of that.

I don't know how to thank you.You don't need to.You're very special.

You're embarrassing me. You belong together. You know that?

I think your dad has his eye on Abby.

You do?Ah, yes.

You have no idea, have you?

- Can I buy you a drink, Carolyn? - I'm not drinking.

- You're not drinking with me? - No, Alistair. I'm not drinking.

He shouldn't be drinking.

You know what happens. He's got that boy to look after.

- Don't you be telling me what to do, Douglas. - Douglas, don't. It's Murdo's day.

Murdo would agree with me.Why don't you look me in the eye, Douglas?

I know what drink does to you.

Jerry, go home.

That's what they do to you, Ally.

Put you in a box. Never let you out.

Go and look after your boy.

Jerry, Jerry, I'll buy you a drink... if you'll raise a glass to Murdo.

That's what I was intending to do.

A pint, Douglas, if you please.

HOOFBEATS

INAUDIBLE

Come on, Ronansay!

Run!

Douglas?

Coming back in?

I just didn't want to ruin the day.

I was wrong, Malcolm.

It wasn't the right thing or the right time.

Your dad would have been proud of you today.

I was proud of him.

Why did we stop the Run?

Murdo ever tell you?Men took their horses off to war with them.

Dad always said the women cried more for the horses going than for the men.

I loved that race.

I never saw one myself.

Murdo told me about them every summer.

I felt like I had.

You going to come back in?

I'll be along later.

You go on.

What you doing?

Nothing.

They look so peaceful.

Untroubled.

Wouldn't it be good if they never knew anything else?

You can't protect them from everything, you know.No.

We have to teach them to be strong.

Yeah.

I'm going to pop over to the McGowans'.

You were strong today.

I was pretending. You could have fooled me.

I almost fooled myself.

So, was it meant to change my life?

What?

The father and son reunion.

I don't feel anything.

I wanted to. I tried to. But I don't.

Nothing.

So, what was the point?

It might change his.

But I look at Alfie,

all of me...

..just...

I look at him.

I don't come close.

# My grandfather was a sailor

# He blew in off the water

# My father was a farmer

# And me his only daughter

# I took up with a no-good mill-working man from Massachusetts

# Who died from too much whisky

# And left me these three faces to feed

# Mill work, it ain't easy

# Mill work, it ain't hard

# Mill work, it ain't nothing but an awful boring job

# I'm waiting for a daydream to take me through the morning

# To put me in my coffee break

# Where I can have a sandwich and remember

# Now my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm

# I can see my father smiling as I'm swinging on his arms

# I hear my grandad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie

# The vessels and cargoes and fortunes

# And sailors' lives were lost

# It's my life that's been wasted

# And I have been a fool

# To let this manufacturer use my body for a tool

# I go home every evening

# Staring at my hands

# Swearing through my sorrow

# That a young girl ought to stand a better chance. #

KNOCK AT DOOR

Marjorie?

Sorry to call by so late. I wanted to return this to you.

Charley found it buried on the beach. And what was she doing on the beach?

Marjorie, I'm just trying to return the cup.

If she comes on my property again, I'll box her ears.Touch her and I'll rip your heart out.

MARJORIE LAUGHS That was meant to scare you.

Oh, it did. It did.

You've got bite on you. That's good.

You raise two kids by yourself, you get the bite for free. Don't I know.

My father won this.

Heather was about eight when she took it down to the sand and the waves stole it away.

Thank Charley for me.

I will.

Oh, um, Heather must get her talent from you.

Let's not get too friendly. Goodnight.

That's when he knew that the bear was interested in something more than what was in his pocket.Yeah, yeah.

When he was...It's a terrific story, but I gotta love you and leave you. Said the actress to the bishop.

You're the most! Goodnight!Night, see you.

There you are. I came back here just to see if I could find you.

I'm glad you came.

Not here tonight.

In general.

So am I. It means a lot to me that you let me back in your life.

I haven't.

You're my dad. Great.

I don't feel anything for you.

I might.

Because I told you why? No. Don't be stupid.

It's because you weren't there.

And we can't go back and make you there.

We've both got to earn that.

But I wanted to be there.

Yeah.

You weren't.

OK.

OK.

Well, everything looks fine.

Thanks.Just need to get you with a midwife to follow through, but there's nothing to worry about.

- Are you sure? - Mum!

Now watch this - a magic coin. Watch...watch...watch... Where's it gone?

It's that one.No, it's not. It's gone, it's gone, no, don't.

Terry?Yeah.Are you leaving? Yeah, I've got to get back to real life.

Oh... Oh, and I've got a cheque for you.

Alfie, run and get Kenny.No. It's all right. We've said our goodbyes.

When are you coming back? I don't know.

Where will you be? How do we find you?

I'll write...when I have time.

Mike?

Douglas Raeburn.

HE CHUCKLES I'm grand.

Aye.

Visitors are down here as well.

We'll survive.Everything is fine. Nothing to worry about.

I'm calling about the Ronansay Run.

It's a race, like the one you used to have in Barra on the Cockle Strand.Douglas?

We're going to do it. It's what we need. ..Aye. It's been a while.

OK, more than a while, but we're bringing it back.

You don't sound so excited.

Oh, well, suit yourself, but everybody else is coming. Let me look at the list.

Aye, nearly a dozen so far.

I knew you couldn't pass up a challenge. I'll send you details. You look after yourself.

Marvellous news about Carolyn.

It's a sign. This is going to be a day for great news!

You've got nearly a dozen to ride?!

It's a small exaggeration. How many?

One.

Two, if you count us.

But I'll have a dozen by the end of the day. You mark my words.

Oh!

That's where it went to.Thank you.Bye.I don't want you to go.

Um, you need to put your address on the back of the cheque, or they won't cash it.

It's a local bank.

Oops...!

Here. I'll bend over.

There you are. There's a picture of me leaving.

# In the Navy! Ah-la-la-la-la

# In the Navy! Ah-la-la-la-la.. In the Navy... #

Hurry up, then!

Come on!

You missed him.

I think he saw us.Yeah, me too.

The visit tomorrow.Aye. Well done.

I'm not going to let you down, Mum. I'm going to grab my chance.Aye.

Now stop it, that's enough! And no hitting!

I imagine that goes for me as well.

A bit awkward.

Not for me.

No. Perhaps not.

Congratulations. You're a member of the race organising committee.

The what?

Douglas needs your help.

To organise the Ronansay Run. Can't do it without you.

So, was it his idea or yours to come talk to me?

His. Which doesn't mean to say that I don't approve of the idea.

Which I do. I apologise. That's obviously what you need to hear.

I don't need to hear anything, Mary.

She's my daughter.

You can't blame me taking her part.

What does a member of the committee do?

I've never even been on a horse. I'm a man of the water. Never had any need for a horse.

But I'll happily join the committee. So will I.Why?If you're on the committee I want to be, too.

All volunteers are welcome. Be a good little earner.

- I don't think it's about money. - Of course it is! Hotel full of tourists coming to see the race.

It isn't just that, Gordon.Oh, aye.

- It isn't! - After all these years, Mary, do you not know how the man's mind works?

Maybe he's just doing it for the crack.Not everything's about money.

That's right!All you ever think about is making a profit.

Some things aren't about profit.

OK! It's not about profit or tourists. I'll do what I can to help.

Thanks, Gordon.Thanks, Gordon. Ta.

How much do you think we can charge to unload a horse?

- I don't know how to ride, Douglas. - You must do! You're a farmer.

Does it look like I've got any horses?

No!Just thought I'd ask.

We're desperate. She doesn't mean it like it sounds.

Aye. I do.

Does it have to be someone from the island?Aye. That's one of the rules. Has to be from here.

As I said, we're desperate.

I won't waste my breath.

Mum, are you ready? Almost, sweetheart.

CRASH

Mum?

Mum? Oh, my God!

Mum, are you OK? Mum!

Help me! Help me, please!

My mum needs help!

Quick, please!

There's nothing broken. The bruising on your neck and shoulder's deep.

I want you to rest. I don't want you moving about.

I'm sorry, Heather. I've ruined everything.

Don't worry. We can go another time.

- She's all right. - Of course. She's indestructible.

A little sympathy, Gordon. That wasn't sympathetic?

She'll be fine. You were right to get me out, though. Keep an eye on her?Yeah. Thanks for coming.

I'll run you back.

All right? You can get to Edinburgh another time.Yeah.

You WILL go.Yeah.

See you.

Does HE ride?

- I don't know. - He seems to like horses. He had paintings on the wall. ..Douglas?

Um...Dr Talbot, you don't ride by any chance?Aye.

- How well? - Gordon! It doesn't matter.

You don't own a horse, do you? Aye. It's liveried in Portree.

- So, when did you move from the island? - It can't have been that long ago.

Don't go over the edges.

Let's see.

Mary, Mary, come on, down a bit!

Hold it, Mary. You're doing a grand job.

We should see them coming soon.

How many?I wanted 12, got ten. Some of the smaller islands couldn't find a horse.

- That's good going, Douglas. - Everyone's out.

Just how I remembered it.

The good news is, if anyone gets hurt, the doctor will already be here!

Your father would have loved this, Kenny.

Oh, you beauty!

What's his name?His name's George.

A regular fare to get here, but when the tourists want to leave, that's when I hit them.What tourists?

Anything?

No.They'd better come soon or the tide will be in and you won't have a beach to run on.

Yes, I know, Gordon.

Sorry, Douglas.

Typical of Douglas, isn't it?

No-one's coming. I never did like the idea. Knew it wouldn't work.

I'm sorry, Douglas.

It's not your fault. You tried your best.

Aye. Tried my best and I failed.

No-one's coming.

Let's just take it all down, forget the whole thing. I was a fool to think it might work.

- I couldn't stop her from coming. - Everyone's here. Look around.

Remember the reason why you wanted to do this in the first place.

You'll be needing this, won't you? I polished it up for you.

Can't have a one-horse race.

Aren't they the best kind?

All right, then! Starter's orders.

Mount your horses for the annual Ronansay Run!

Doctor, just stay on your horse and you'll be taking home the cup.

Come on, now! You all know your jobs! We're losing the tide.

Come on!

Go!

They're running.

All ten horses got a clean start.

Uist noses in front. Barra in second with Harris in third and Ronansay trapped.

It's soft going by the water. Talbot uses his whip to urge his horse on.

Uist is still in front as they bend with the strand.

Come on, Ronansay!

Come on, Ronansay!

Come on!

Come on, Ronansay!

SHOUTING AND CHEERING

Come on!

Hurra-ay!

Yes!

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