Read any travel blog or guide book about Arran, and you are likely to see the island described as "Scotland in Miniature". Like all good tourist slogans, this quickly becomes rather twee and irritating, but how accurate is it?
Dr Bob Gooday takes us through half a billion years of Arran's geological history and its' unique landscapes in search of an answer.
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