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Scotland Outdoors

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24:25

Galloway Scots Scriever

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/02/14

Rachel Stewart meets Susi Briggs, the newly appointed Scots Scriever. The National Library of Scotland revealed that Susi would be the Galloway Scots Scriever in November 2023. Susi is a poet, author, storyteller, musician and podcaster with a passion for the Scots language. In her new role, she will be tasked with creating original written work in Scots. Rachel visited her in Gatehouse of Fleet to find out how her local landscape and love of nature has inspired her creative work over the years

83:22

Flamingos, Fedges and Newfoundland Rescue Dogs

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/02/10

If you added up all the land currently forming playgrounds and playing fields around Scotland’s schools, it would be roughly the same size as Dundee. Most of that is tarmac or grass cut short for sports but as Helen Needham discovered when she visited Levenmouth High School in Buckhaven in Fife, it’s possible for schools to use some of their land in a different way to improve biodiversity and benefit learning and wellbeing.Two rare needlework samplers thought to have been embroidered by Robert

84:54

Imbolc, Natural Burial and Swimming in Cellardyke

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/02/03

Mark visits Aviemore Bikes to hear about a scheme encouraging locals to take up the use of an e-bike free of charge. He hears who has been using them and why.This week’s Scotland’s Outdoors podcast features cellist Jessica Kerr telling Helen Needham about her project ‘Stories of People and Trees’. She’s been gathering stories relating to trees and has commissioned some new music inspired by them. We hear an excerpt where they admire the trees in Maxwell Park in Glasgow.Back in lockdown in 2020, a

23:55

Stories and Music About People and Trees with Cellist...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/31

Helen Needham hears about some special trees from musician Jessica Kerr

83:43

Wildcats, Caves and a Honey Sommelier

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/27

Rachel ventures into the sea caves at East Wemyss in Fife to hear about how coastal erosion is threatening the Pictish carvings on their walls.Last summer, the Saving Wildcats project released 19 cats in the Cairngorms as part of efforts to prevent the species becoming extinct. Mark visits the Highland Wildlife Park where the next kittens that will be released have been bred, to hear about how the project is going.We’ve all heard of wine tasting but have you ever thought of giving honey tasting a

30:11

Honey tasting in Edinburgh

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/24

Rachel meets Dr Gino Jabbar from Simply Honey in Edinburgh. He is a honey producer and sommelier and runs classes introducing people to the art of honey tasting. He believes that honey is a "taste of the landscape" and there are marked differences in the taste of the product depending on the season and location of the bees. He invites Rachel to sample different products and explains how different plants and trees influence the taste.

81:52

Snow, River Management and the Perthshire Creative Trail

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/20

Perthshire is known for its big trees and stunning countryside, and it is also home to a large number of artists. Rachel hears about the Perthshire Creative Trail which has been established to encourage people to explore the great outdoors while soaking up some art at the same time. She meets one of the organisers and an artist involved.Mark meets Mike Scotland, the founder of Community cleanUP. The Aberdeen-based group organises litter-picks to clean up the city. But as Mark hears, starting to

29:32

Down on the Farm with Perthshire Farmer Martin Kennedy

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/17

Mark and Martin discuss the various issues facing farmers in Scotland including river management, beavers, new entrants, the future of agricultural support and why farming is the best job in the world.

84:45

Winter in the Mountains, Willow Coffins and Puddles

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/13

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors

29:00

A Green Pharmacy with Herbologist Catherine...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/10

Helen Needham visits the Physic Garden at the RBGE with Catherine Conway-Payne

80:55

Squirrels, Crannogs and the Taj Mahal of Arbroath

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/06

Mark is in Hazlehead Park in Aberdeen hearing how the team from Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is working to remove the grey squirrel population from the city.In June 2021 fire destroyed the replica Iron Age Crannog on Loch Tay. In the years since, the Scottish Crannog Centre has moved location to the other side of the loch and the team has been working to create a new replica Iron Age village. Rachel went to see their progress and explore the new site.The Memorial Chapel in Arbroath’s Western

32:49

Charlie Allan - A Tribute to a North East Man O'...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/01/03

Helen Needham with archive recordings from Charlie Allan

30:50

Bothy Culture - A Celebration of 70 Years of the...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2023/12/27

Mark Stephen hears tales of bothying including some very special cookery

81:37

Bothies, Dark Skies at Braemar and a Festive Tractor...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2023/12/23

Mark uncovers tales from the secret howff bothy in the Cairngorms. Mark and Rachel explore the dark skies in the hills above Braemar and Rachel finds out the lengths farmers go to to decorate their tractors for a festive run through the streets of Inverurie

16:50

Cinasium Soundscape

Scotland Outdoors ·

2023/12/20

The twin brothers behind the music project Kinbrae were commissioned to make a soundscape of an unusual building at Crail Airfield in Fife as part of the East Neuk Festival in 2023. The building was called a cinasium - a cross between a cinema and a gym. This was the social hub for the airfield when it was still active during World War Two. Andy and Mike Truscott used field recordings and created their own sounds, without using samples, to replicate the audio that would have been heard during the

80:26

Earth, Wind and Water

Scotland Outdoors ·

2023/12/16

Mark visits Alex Brewster at his farm near Pitlochry. Ten years ago, Alex changed his approach to farming to a more regenerative one, conserving and rehabilitating the soil. He shows Mark the impact that change has made to his land and explains how it all happened.Lake District climber Anna Taylor became the first woman to complete the 'classic rock' challenge all under her own steam. She tells Rachel about how she cycled between the routes on the challenge and more about her climbing career.The

26:59

Connecting With and Writing about Nature through...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2023/12/13

Helen Needham speaks with writer Louise Kenward about the anthology 'Moving Mountains'

84:20

New National Parks, Green Cumbernauld and Meikle or...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2023/12/09

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors

19:32

Cider Making in the North East of Scotland

Scotland Outdoors ·

2023/12/06

Mark Stephen meets Christian Stolte of the Wee Scottish Cider Company

80:38

Shining Guest Ants, Mushrooms and Coco Chanel

Scotland Outdoors ·

2023/12/02

Rachel is on Deeside where a rare and elusive ant which hadn’t been spotted in the area for over 70 years has been rediscovered in large numbers. She hears from the man who found it.And Rachel also chats to Dr Jenni Stockan, an insect ecologist at the James Hutton Institute who confirmed the ant discovery. She explains the process of identifying insects.We hear an excerpt from this week’s Scotland Outdoors podcast which features author Peter MacQueen. Peter’s family have a hut in Argyll but to get

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