Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Polly Pullar
Wed 9 Jan 2019
Mark meets wildlife rehabilitator and journalist Polly Pullar in her native Ardnamurchan.
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Out of Doors on Westray
Sat 5 Jan 2019
Mark and Euan visit the island of Westray in Orkney, Queen O' the Isles.
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Mark and Euan meet up with three mountain rescue team members who recall their experiences on the mountains of Scotland
Sat 29 Dec 2018
Mark and Euan meet three mountain rescue team members to hear their rescue stories
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Out for Christmas 2015
Boxing Day 2018
A special festive podcast from the archive, Ben Lomond, huts, poetry and pikes.
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Mark and Euan with moonlight hill walking, the winter solstice and the art of soundscapes courtesy of musician Phil Cunningham
Sat 22 Dec 2018
Moonlight hill walking, the winter solstice and musician Phil Cunningham on soundscapes
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Mark and Euan get the lowdown on whooper swans, a restored suspension bridge and electric mountain bikes
Sat 15 Dec 2018
Whooper swans, suspension bridges and electric mountains bikes
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Seals, birds, trees and motorbikes
Sat 8 Dec 2018
Mark and Euan with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast
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From the Our Story series of 2014, Mark visits Aviemore to discover how the area was once dubbed the St Moritz of Scotland
Wed 5 Dec 2018
Mark visits the Aviemore once dubbed the St Moritz of Scotland
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The Cairngorm Funicular Railway has been placed in administration. Mark and Euan take a look at the story behind the decision.
Sat 1 Dec 2018
Mark and Euan with the history of the Cairngorm Funicular Railway and its future
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Sir John Lister Kaye
Wed 28 Nov 2018
Mark and Euan visit naturalist, conservationist and author Sir John Lister Kaye.
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Mark and Euan with a rare bird sighting, a slice of Japan in the Ochil Hills and the history of an observatory atop a mountain
Sat 24 Nov 2018
A rare bird sighting, an observatory atop a mountain and a Japanese Garden in the Ochils
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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.
