The Corryvreckan Whirlpool | Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle sails to the notorious Corryvreckan whirlpool off Scotland's west coast, which St Columba believed had been created by God to encourage seafarers to pray harder.
Click here to subscribe to your BBC Scotland channel: bit.ly/BBC-Scot...
We’re also on other channels too!
X (formerly Twitter): / bbcscotland
Facebook: / bbcscotland
Instagram: / bbcscotland

[@smike9884]

Absolutely no information on the whirlpool itself....

[@FinlagganYT]

Corryvreckan - Coire Bhreacainn, is the 3rd largest whirlpool in the world

[@Rubmanation]

this is corryvreckan at its calmest

[@ArminGrewe]

indeed, pretty bad timing for a visit

[@Shavenuw129]

Was that it?

[@Azureecosse]

Ben really does talk complete bollocks sometimes, blethering on about saint Columba and Monks, like this was an episode of songs of praise.

[@julieclaire9862]

Keep blithering Ben... it's great to hear about your respect for the bravery and faith of those early adventurers.

[@linking-it]

haha WHAT !!.

[@craigcomerford6820]

i would like to see it rwhene it roars

[@michaelmorris9575]

Isn’t it because of the other rivers merging with the sea?

[@ArminGrewe]

No. It's because of a rock formation at the bottom of the Gulf of Corryvreckan, which creates the currents when the tides move in/out through the gulf

[@triluve]

what faith. they were scared shitless and wanted to get ashore

[@roykokomorino7133]

Scarry

[@FinlagganYT]

0:23 Paps of Jura
0:36 Corryvreckan

[@georgioskissas1538]

5000 years ago Odysseus was in these waters, where Charybdis ..

[@jamesstuart4984]

Charybdis is in the strait of Messina

[@baphomet66and6]

Ben Fogle and his dodgy pronunciation.

[@teddyshepherd2854]

Dead low water. Find another job.