Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Has Scotland become divorced from nature? Mark Stephen meets journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch to find out
Wed 18 Jul 2018
Mark Stephen meets Lesley Riddoch who thinks Scotland has become divorced from nature
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Mark and Euan visit the Holm of Papay, a very special building in Speyside and meet a musician with a passion for birds
Sat 14 Jul 2018
A visually stunning building in Speyside and the musician with a passion for birds
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Mark and Euan travel from Westray to Papa Westray in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight.
Wed 11 Jul 2018
Mark and Euan take to the skies in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight
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Mark visits the places in Orkney which were the inspiration for the writer George MacKay Brown
Sat 7 Jul 2018
Mark's in Orkney visiting the places which inspired writer George MacKay Brown
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Fiona Stalker chats to Sir Chris Bonington about his life of climbing.
Wed 4 Jul 2018
An extended interview with legendary climber Sir Chris Bonington.
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Transport special - steam, vintage landrover and the world's shortest flight.
Sat 30 Jun 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from around Scotland.
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Mark and Helen visit Scotland's premier agricultural event of the year - The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston
Sat 23 Jun 2018
Mark and Helen are at the Royal Highland Show - Scotland's premier agricultural event
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Royal Northern Spring Show
Wed 20 Jun 2018
Back in snowy March, Mark and Euan visited the Spring show at the Thainstone Centre
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Westray 'Queen O' the Isles'
Sat 16 Jun 2018
Mark and Euan spend a day on Westray part of the Orkney islands.
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Renewable Energy in Orkney
Wed 13 Jun 2018
Mark investigates what makes Orkney a hub for renewable energy
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Beachcombing, photographing lifeboats, trains and bridge defences.
Sat 9 Jun 2018
Stories from around Scotland with Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
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Dementia and the Outdoors
Wed 6 Jun 2018
Mark takes a look at how spending time outdoors can alleviate the symptoms of dementia.
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Puffins, thatched roofing, island dairy and mussel picking.
Sat 2 Jun 2018
Mark and Euan with stories from Gigha, Orkney, the Isle of May and beyond.
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A community land special.
Wed 30 May 2018
Community Land Scotland Conference. And the island of Gigha 16 years after their buyout.
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The Telford Bridge in need of some TLC, Achamore Gardens on Gigha and how easy is it to avoid plastic food packaging
Sat 26 May 2018
A Telford Bridge in need of repair, Gigha's Achamore Gardens and plastic packaging
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Mark and Euan in Norway looking at how land is owned and managed there.
Wed 23 May 2018
What can Scotland learn from Norway in terms of how we connect to, own and manage land?
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Mark goes bike packing in Argyll, Euan finds out how to photograph dolphins and a trip down the River Dee from source to sea
Sat 19 May 2018
Bike packing in Argyll, how to photograph dolphins and a trip down the river Dee
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A Royal Deeside special with Mark Stephen and Helen Needham.
Wed 16 May 2018
Climbing Lochnagar, gliding, cycling, running at Balmoral estate and a hearty breakfast.
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Helen Needham with a tribute to Ashie Brebner - a pioneer of Scottish mountaineering and nature tourism.
Wed 9 May 2018
Including his personal account of building the Secret Howff of Beinn A Bhuird.
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Mark goes on a wildlife safari in the Angus Glens, Euan discovers how to ID birds by their song and avoids an angry bird
Sat 5 May 2018
A wildlife safari in the Angus Glens, an angry bird and how to ID birds by their song
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Mark Stephen with an in depth look at Scottish hill sheep farming from Dumfries and Galloway.
Wed 2 May 2018
Mark spends the day with hill sheep farmer Lorraine Luescher during lambing.
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Mark discovers the secrets of Banff, pays a visit to an ice sculpture whilst Euan's hears about the regeneration of Glenfeshie
Sat 28 Apr 2018
The regeneration of Glenfeshie, the secrets of Banff and a very unusual ice sculpture
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Celebrating the life of John Muir in Yosemite National Park.
Wed 25 Apr 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a bonus podcast on the life of John Muir.
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Cabbage, swifts, charts,John Muir and clouds
Sat 21 Apr 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this Saturday's Scotland Outdoors podcast.
