Synopsis
Your free, weekly, pocket guide to the Scottish outdoors. A flavour of the countryside in 15 minutes! From BBC Radio Scotland
Episodes
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![Has Scotland become divorced from nature? Mark Stephen meets journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch to find out]()
Has Scotland become divorced from nature? Mark Stephen meets journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch to find out
18/07/2018 Duration: 29minMark 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]()
Mark and Euan visit the Holm of Papay, a very special building in Speyside and meet a musician with a passion for birds
14/07/2018 Duration: 48minA 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 worlds shortest scheduled flight.]()
Mark and Euan travel from Westray to Papa Westray in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight.
11/07/2018 Duration: 29minMark 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]()
Mark visits the places in Orkney which were the inspiration for the writer George MacKay Brown
07/07/2018 Duration: 56minMark'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.]()
Fiona Stalker chats to Sir Chris Bonington about his life of climbing.
04/07/2018 Duration: 26minAn extended interview with legendary climber Sir Chris Bonington.
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![Transport special - steam, vintage landrover and the worlds shortest flight.]()
Transport special - steam, vintage landrover and the world's shortest flight.
30/06/2018 Duration: 45minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from around Scotland.
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![Mark and Helen visit Scotlands premier agricultural event of the year - The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston]()
Mark and Helen visit Scotland's premier agricultural event of the year - The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston
23/06/2018 Duration: 01h24minMark and Helen are at the Royal Highland Show - Scotland's premier agricultural event
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![Royal Northern Spring Show]()
Royal Northern Spring Show
20/06/2018 Duration: 27minBack in snowy March, Mark and Euan visited the Spring show at the Thainstone Centre
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![Westray Queen O the Isles]()
Westray 'Queen O' the Isles'
16/06/2018 Duration: 01h24minMark and Euan spend a day on Westray part of the Orkney islands.
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![Renewable Energy in Orkney]()
Renewable Energy in Orkney
13/06/2018 Duration: 29minMark investigates what makes Orkney a hub for renewable energy
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![Beachcombing, photographing lifeboats, trains and bridge defences.]()
Beachcombing, photographing lifeboats, trains and bridge defences.
09/06/2018 Duration: 43minStories from around Scotland with Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
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![Dementia and the Outdoors]()
Dementia and the Outdoors
06/06/2018 Duration: 55minMark 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.]()
Puffins, thatched roofing, island dairy and mussel picking.
02/06/2018 Duration: 01h07minMark and Euan with stories from Gigha, Orkney, the Isle of May and beyond.
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![A community land special.]()
A community land special.
30/05/2018 Duration: 34minCommunity 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]()
The Telford Bridge in need of some TLC, Achamore Gardens on Gigha and how easy is it to avoid plastic food packaging
26/05/2018 Duration: 40minA 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.]()
Mark and Euan in Norway looking at how land is owned and managed there.
23/05/2018 Duration: 01h05minWhat 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]()
Mark goes bike packing in Argyll, Euan finds out how to photograph dolphins and a trip down the River Dee from source to sea
19/05/2018 Duration: 55minBike 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.]()
A Royal Deeside special with Mark Stephen and Helen Needham.
16/05/2018 Duration: 01h06minClimbing 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.]()
Helen Needham with a tribute to Ashie Brebner - a pioneer of Scottish mountaineering and nature tourism.
09/05/2018 Duration: 52minIncluding 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]()
Mark goes on a wildlife safari in the Angus Glens, Euan discovers how to ID birds by their song and avoids an angry bird
05/05/2018 Duration: 01h08minA wildlife safari in the Angus Glens, an angry bird and how to ID birds by their song
