Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Brochs, bunkers and a battery-powered train
Sat 17 Nov 2018
Euan visits an Iron Age broch and a 1960s nuclear bunker, and Mark rides a battery train.
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The West Highland Line
Wed 14 Nov 2018
Mark and Euan on one of the world's greatest rail journeys on the West Highland Line
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Out of Doors First World War Special
Sat 10 Nov 2018
Mark and Euan mark 100 years since the Armistice with a special podcast
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Mark and Euan discover a rejuvenated Highland railway, a Ford Model T and a dictionary of Scots Nature
Sat 3 Nov 2018
A rejuvenated Highland railway, a Ford Model T statue and a dictionary of Scots Nature
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, Mark and Euan indulge their love of steam trains, get close up with some reindeer and the bee that's become an internet hit
Sat 27 Oct 2018
The reindeer of the Cairngorms, steam trains and the bee that's an internet sensation
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St. Cuthbert's Way
Wed 24 Oct 2018
Mark and Euan follow an ancient tradition by making a pilgrimage but with a modern twist.
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Tools, spatulas, bees and the John Muir Trust
Sat 20 Oct 2018
Euan McIlwraith and Karen Mackenzie with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Women in farming, beavers, geese and maps
Sat 13 Oct 2018
Euan McIlwraith and Karen MacKenzie with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Mark and Euan cycle the John Muir Way starting in Helensburgh where Muir set off from to the US to his birthplace of Dunbar
Wed 10 Oct 2018
Mark and Euan cycle the John Muir way from Helensburgh to Dunbar
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Mark and Euan get the lowdown on peat, a new island distillery and the farmer who turned his life around
Sat 6 Oct 2018
Mark and Euan get lowdown on peat, a new distillery and life as a New Zealand farmer
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Mark visits Scotland's Air Ambulance, finds out about Nature Deficit Disorder and Euan discovers another side to angling
Sat 29 Sep 2018
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance, Nature Deficit Disorder and another side to angling
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Peter May on Lewis
Wed 26 Sep 2018
Mark Stephen visits the Island of Lewis with the author, Peter May.
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Venison, vertical farm, mussels, Mingming, rafts and puffins
Sat 22 Sep 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Mark Stephen's aboard the Aberdeen lifeboat, Bon Accord and Laura Cuthill unearths some of the lesser known facts about Dundee
Sat 15 Sep 2018
Mark's aboard the Aberdeen lifeboat and Laura delves into the history of Dundee
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Mark and Euan spend time with David 'Heavy' Whalley who spent 36 years as a member of the RAF mountain rescue team
Wed 12 Sep 2018
Mark and Euan spend time with David 'Heavy' Whalley, a veteran of RAF mountain rescues
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Torry Battery Coastal Special
Sat 8 Sep 2018
Mark Stephen and Karen MacKenzie with a coastal themed podcast.
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Out of Doors Goes Forth Two
Wed 5 Sep 2018
Mark and Euan travel along the south side of the River Forth.
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Sheepdogs, mountain art, bugs, gas holders, segways and pine martens
Sat 1 Sep 2018
Mark Stephen and Karen MacKenzie with the latest Scotland outdoors podcast.
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Out of Doors Goes Forth
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan follow the River Forth during the building of the Queensferry Crossing.
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Mount Stuart House, Jenny Graham, Oystercatchers and the West Island Way
Sat 25 Aug 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this Saturday's Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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The Heart of Scotland
Wed 22 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan attempt to answer one simple question: where is the heart of Scotland?
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The Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh railway
Sat 18 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan travel the 82 mile Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh railway line.
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Charlie Gammack
Wed 15 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan meet Charlie Gammack, a well known Speyside saddler at his shop in Aberlour
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It's festival time - Mark and Euan are in Edinburgh in the midst of the action but also hunting out some quieter spaces
Sat 11 Aug 2018
It's festival time in Edinburgh but Mark and Euan find a quieter space at Blackford Hill
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In 2015, Euan McIlwraith took a flight with a RAF Sea King Search and Rescue helicopter and got involved in a real life rescue
Wed 8 Aug 2018
Euan McIlwraith's on board a RAF Search and Rescue helicopter en route to a rescue
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Mark and Euan visit the Forvie Sands ternery, the art deco Rothesay Pavilion and find out how to grow truffles
Sat 4 Aug 2018
Terns, truffles and one of Scotland's most significant art deco buildings
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Mark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston. They hear about its history, go rock pooling and tackle a beach picnic
Wed 1 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston for some beachcombing and a picnic
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Mark and Euan get up close to squirrels and seahorses and discover the history of the Shipping Forecast
Sat 28 Jul 2018
The history of the Shipping Forecast, the life of a seahorse and a red squirrel up close
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Microadventures
Wed 25 Jul 2018
Mark goes bivving with two travellers looking for microadventures close to home.
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Pike, Swifts, Cullen and a bunkhouse
Sat 21 Jul 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
