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Scotland Outdoors

BBC Radio Scotland

A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.

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28:26

Twenty Years of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/12/03

Mark and Rachel speak to delegates at the Scottish Outdoor Access Network conference.

82:38

A Daredevil Photographer, a Winter Climber and an...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/29

The Spirit of Adventure Festival is hosted this weekend by Paralympic champion Karen Darke and features Claire Alldritt, who embarked on a 1000 mile trek with her horses in 2022. Rachel joins them to chat next adventures.In this week’s podcast excerpt, Mark meets climber Guy Robertson whose latest book, The Great Mixed Climbs of Scotland, co-produced with photographer Hamish Frost, highlights winter climbs in the country.In a few days, Milli Abrams of Tribe Yarns in East Neuk, will start a 3000 mile

33:37

Winter Climbing with Guy Robertson

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/26

Mark Stephen meets Scottish based winter climber Guy Robertson. Guy's latest book, The Great Mixed Climbs of Scotland, co-produced with photographer Hamish Frost highlights the best winter climbs in the country. Mark also finds out what it takes to be a winter climber

83:12

A Doggy Special - Sheep Dogs, Dog Walkers and a...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/22

Forvie Nature Reserve is known for its seal population. Ythan Seal Watch are a volunteer group who promote responsible viewing of seals, Mark met up with them to find out more.Rachel heads to the beach at Broughty Ferry to chat with Isla Fowler and Jessica Giannotti about SeaDyes, a young company working with the James Hutton Institute to create natural dyes from seaweed.”Listener and professional dog walker, Liz Merchant challenged Mark to join her and two of her dogs for a walk in a very wet

23:31

The Stalker and the Chef

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/19

Mark Stephen goes out on the hill at Finzean in Aberdeenshire with stalker Hedge Shand and Chef Sanjay Bhattacharya to discuss deer management and venison.

84:06

Outdoor Saunas, Walking with Goats and A Library of...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/15

Photographer, filmmaker and researcher Jill de Fresnes has encapsulated the experiences of twelve Scottish women who worked as herring gutters from the 1920s to the 1960s in a new exhibition at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. Mark meets Jill there to chat about Silver, Salt and Stories – Images and Memories of the Scots Herring Women.Two friends in Fife set up the Wild Scottish Sauna during lockdown after seeing the popularity of wild swimming. In this week’s podcast excerpt, Rachel

23:47

Saunas and the Sea

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/12

Two working mothers in Fife set up Wild Scottish Sauna during lockdown after seeing the popularity of wild swimming.

80:43

Magpies, Dark Skies and Cairngorms Pride

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/08

Cairngorms Pride is a new nature-led organisation set up in Cairngorms National Park with the motto: “here for the planet, queer for the planet”. Rachel chats to Dan Cottam and Kath Pierce about the social enterprise.Coinneach Rankin and Hamish Macleod are climbers and filmmakers who make the series Dàna on BBC Alba in which they capture their adventures in the outdoors. Helen Needham joins them in Lochaber to discuss their approach to adventuring, filmmaking and the Gaelic language.The first grey

26:39

Adventures in Gaelic with Coinneach Rankin and Hamish...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/05

Coinneach Rankin and Hamish Macleod are both climbers and filmmakers who make the series Dàna on BBC Alba in which they capture their adventures in the outdoors. They discuss their approach to adventuring, filmmaking and the Gaelic language and landscape.

83:09

Daydreaming, Rare Moss and Photographing the River Spey

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/11/01

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

22:08

The Battle of Culloden

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/29

Mark Stephen visits Culloden Battlefield to meet archaeologists involved in a recent dig there to find out what they have uncovered

83:01

Saltmarshes, Shinty and A Horse's Tooth

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/25

The Mither Tap forms part of the range of hills collectively known as Bennachie in Aberdeenshire. Mark takes a stroll with Peter Stock and Alan Henderson of Bailies of Bennachie to discover plans to restore the path to the Mither Tap.Jenny Graham joins the Strong Mum Club baby hike near Inverness to find out how mums in the group are benefitting from getting outdoors and socialising together.In this week’s podcast excerpt, Rachel meets Tom Bowser, author of Waters of Life, Fighting for Scotland’s

23:58

Tom Bowser, author of Waters of Life, Fighting for...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/22

Rachel Stewart meets Tom Bowser, author of Waters of Life, Fighting for Scotland's Beavers at his farm in Perthshire where in November 2021 a family of beavers were relocated

55:25

Campervans, Catching Leaves and a Community Garden

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/18

Mark Stephen and Jenny Graham with stories from the great outdoors.

18:48

The Power of the View with Alec Finlay

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/15

A conversation between geographer and writer Hayden Lorimer and Alec Finlay, in which Alec describes his creative practice around limit and how he came to appreciating and celebrating the View.

82:31

The Sound of Beavers, Larch Trees and the Home of the...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/11

A multimedia installation which explores the role of beavers on an estate in Perthshire is part of this year’s soundfestival in the north east. Rachel joins composer and musician Dave Maric to learn more about Silent Architects.Mark takes a stroll in Falkirk with writer Rebecca Smith to appreciate the beauty of larch trees and new techniques to protect them.One of Shetland's small outer Isles recently saw the first working tractor in over thirty years tend to the land. Eva Runciman meets Ethan

26:23

Roy Dennis - Highland Cows and Capercaillies

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/08

Mark Stephen meets conservationist Roy Dennis to explore an innovative project in Moray, where the introduction of Highland cows to a wooded landscape is helping to restore Scotland's capercaillie population.

84:13

Snorkelling Artists, Acorns and Access

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/04

Since 2021, Argyll Hope Spot’s Snorkelling Artists Residency has been offering artists the opportunity to explore the marine habitats of Argyll and create artwork inspired by what they find beneath the waves. Mark dons his wetsuit to join printmaker Louise Scammell and artist and writer Jane Smith who are helping to run the residency.Last week, Scottish Ministers approved a new seasonal byelaw to ban campfires and barbecues in the Cairngorms National Park at the most high risk times of the year

27:39

An Historic Sailing Ship - The Bessie Ellen

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/10/01

The Bessie Ellen is a unique sailing ship which has been lovingly restored by Nikki Alford. Originally from the South West of England, she spends most of her time sailing in Scottish waters. Writer Linda Cracknell has a personal association with the ship after she started looking into her family history and discovered that she comes from a long line of sea farers. Helen Needham gets a tour of this beautiful ship whilst she was moored up in Inverness and hears about Linda's book 'Sea Marked'.

82:19

A Kitchen Garden, The Trossachs Explorer and 200...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2025/09/27

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

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