In this special episode Nati takes you to Lochmaddy in North Uist to discover some fragments of the fascinating history of Caledonian MacBrayne which goes all the way back to 1851. Back in the studio Coinneach and Nati have a special guest. We hear from; Mary Morrison (Port Manager at Lochmaddy) John MacDonald (Owner of the exhibition artefacts and calmac employee and enthusiast) Norman MacLeod (Operations Manager at Taigh Chearsabhagh and Curator of the exhibition) Iain Quinn (Volunteers on the world's last remaining sea-faring paddle-steamer, The Waverley) Thank you for listening to the Caledonian MacBrayne podcast. You can find out more about Scotland's west coast destinations and all topics discussed in this episode at calmac.co.uk/podcast