Two hundred twenty years ago this week, Capt. Meriwether Lewis and an 11-man crew were 87 miles into their cross-continental Voyage of Discovery expedition when they maneuvered their 55-foot barge
and it hundreds of people come to see her and it keeps adding to that mystery and it keeps adding to that mystery and building it overthe and it keeps adding to that mystery and building it over the decades. paul, and building it over the decades. paul. you and building it over the decades. paul, you have reaffirmed the visitor centre and they have got this incredible forest around it and it has got aleister crowley s the satanist s old house on the hill. if nothing is shown up this we can come in a sense what happens? this nothing is shown up this we can come in a sense what happens? in a sense what happens? this is about enthusing in a sense what happens? this is about enthusing the in a sense what happens? this is about enthusing the next - in a sense what happens? this is - about enthusing the next generation of nessie hunters and it doesn t matter right now whether you are a sceptical cynic, you are walking along the banks of loch ness and you are looking, you might be t
around 150 people on board. and we watched that process of the plane touching down, people being helped off that military plane and put on little coaches on the tarmac and then taken to right where we were standing and filming into a processing centre, lots of support there, but also of water, medical support. then the weight as people wait to get done flights and finish theirjourney back to the uk. at the main bit of the airport, i spoke to one man who told me about his journey so far just be for he one man who told me about his journey so farjust be for he got on his flight back to the uk. it journey so farjust be for he got on his flight back to the uk. his flight back to the uk. it was a bit tough. you his flight back to the uk. it was a bit tough, you know. his flight back to the uk. it was a bit tough, you know. you - his flight back to the uk. it was a bit tough, you know. you see - his flight back to the uk. it was a i bit tough, you know. you see some people bit tough,
gunfire as there were clashes she got caught in gunfire. she is now safely on a flight or has been on a flight and is in cyprus now. i had other friends who once they were dropped off, there are sudanese husbands were not allowed to get on the flight with them their sudanese husbands. three of them tried to get back and were held up at a checkpoint and had guns pointed at a checkpoint and had guns pointed at their heads, shot above their heads and threatened. on their way to the airfield, one of the cars was stopped. the son of one of the sudanese, they tried to kidnap his son, so it s a very terrifying journey to get to the airfield. i completely understand there is no
people are saying part of the difficulty was just getting from their home to the airfield because it s so dangerous. there is gunfire, the roads are unsafe. has there been some criticism of the foreign office and the british government for not being able to help people with that particular part of the journey. yeah, to be clear, some countries started evacuation as early as sunday, a good couple of days before the uk. germany, for example, is in control of that airbase just north of khartoum that people had to try to get to. they have taken out hundreds of people and are effectively kind of winding down operations, the british using that same base are now taking over, they have 120 personnel in place ready for that transition but since that just that simple timeline tells you that other countries are doing