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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![Cairngorm Climate, Glasgow Central Station and Snorkelling]()
Cairngorm Climate, Glasgow Central Station and Snorkelling
14/03/2020 Duration: 37minHelen Needham and Mark Stephen with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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![Mark and Euan visit the mysterious Goblin Ha, Almondell country park and hear about the not so melodic corncrake]()
Mark and Euan visit the mysterious Goblin Ha', Almondell country park and hear about the not so melodic corncrake
07/03/2020 Duration: 41minThe mysterious Goblin Ha', Almondell country park and the not so melodic corncrake
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![Whats the future of farming? Mark attends the New Entrants to Farming Gathering to find out why its still an attractive job]()
What's the future of farming? Mark attends the New Entrants to Farming Gathering to find out why it's still an attractive job
04/03/2020 Duration: 22minWhat's the future of farming? Mark visits the new entrants to farming annual gathering
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![Ben Dolphin, Eriskay Ponies, Owls and Leap Day]()
Ben Dolphin, Eriskay Ponies, Owls and Leap Day
29/02/2020 Duration: 50minMark and Euan with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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![Mark and Euan meet a reluctant alpaca, take a trip on a trishaw, how to own a woodland and the underground life of a mole]()
Mark and Euan meet a reluctant alpaca, take a trip on a trishaw, how to own a woodland and the underground life of a mole
22/02/2020 Duration: 59minA reluctant alpaca, a trip on a trishaw, how to own a woodland and the life of a mole
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![Mark and Euan meet Heather Morning of Mountaineering Scotland to find out about her lifelong career in the outdoors]()
Mark and Euan meet Heather Morning of Mountaineering Scotland to find out about her lifelong career in the outdoors
19/02/2020 Duration: 23minHeather Morning of Mountaineering Scotland on her lifelong career in the outdoors
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![Mark and Euan discover the skill of stone masonry, explore the future of ski-ing in the Cairngorms and the beauty of paths]()
Mark and Euan discover the skill of stone masonry, explore the future of ski-ing in the Cairngorms and the beauty of paths
15/02/2020 Duration: 51minThe skill of stone masonry, ski-ing in the Cairngorm and the beauty and benefits of paths
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![Walking, squirrels and stone]()
Walking, squirrels and stone
08/02/2020 Duration: 50minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this week's Scotland Outdoors.
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![Mark takes a spin on an electric bike, Helen discovers mud, glorious mud and the history of The Aberdeenshire Canal]()
Mark takes a spin on an electric bike, Helen discovers mud, glorious mud and the history of The Aberdeenshire Canal
01/02/2020 Duration: 01h03minElectric bikes, mud, glorious mud, canals and wetlands
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![Mark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to his farm near Dumfries and his favourite inn]()
Mark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to his farm near Dumfries and his favourite inn
25/01/2020 Duration: 52minMark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to the Dumfries area
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![How to get around the country without a car. Mark and Euan find out with the help of listener suggestions]()
How to get around the country without a car. Mark and Euan find out with the help of listener suggestions
22/01/2020 Duration: 12minHow easy is it to get around without a car. Mark and Euan find out with listener help
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![A flexitarian approach to our diet, bluebells of any sort and a super speedy fish]()
A flexitarian approach to our diet, bluebells of any sort and a super speedy fish
18/01/2020 Duration: 38minA super speedy fish capable of over 40 mph, bluebells of any kind and flexitarian diets
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![A Plant Themed Podcast]()
A Plant Themed Podcast
11/01/2020 Duration: 01h01minMark and Euan with a podcast looking at trees, berries and much more.
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![Nature is Good For You - a blast of fresh air for the New Year and why we should all spend more time outdoors.]()
Nature is Good For You - a blast of fresh air for the New Year and why we should all spend more time outdoors.
04/01/2020 Duration: 01h25minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a special New Year podcast.
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![Wood ants, the fish with the cucumber smell, tailless cats, a disobedient falcon and field full of whooper swans]()
Wood ants, the fish with the cucumber smell, tailless cats, a disobedient falcon and field full of whooper swans
28/12/2019 Duration: 52minMark and Euan look back at some of their animal encounters over the past year
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![Mark and Euan are joined by storyteller Pauline Cordiner, Euan boards a Santa steam train and Mark visits a Christmas grotto]()
Mark and Euan are joined by storyteller Pauline Cordiner, Euan boards a Santa steam train and Mark visits a Christmas grotto
21/12/2019 Duration: 55minStory teller Pauline Cordiner joins Mark and Euan for some festive tales around the fire
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![100 Years of Forestry in Scotland]()
100 Years of Forestry in Scotland
14/12/2019 Duration: 54minMark and Euan with a look back at a centenary of forestry in Scotland.
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![Euan meets up with Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and finds out about insects as foodstuffs]()
Euan meets up with Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and finds out about insects as foodstuffs
07/12/2019 Duration: 38minEuan meets Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and pasta made from crickets
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![Wanderings, Wild Gardens and Lapwings]()
Wanderings, Wild Gardens and Lapwings
30/11/2019 Duration: 46minMark goes for a wander, Helen plants a wild garden and Euan looks for lapwings.
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![Geese at Daybreak]()
Geese at Daybreak
27/11/2019 Duration: 29minMark and Euan spend the morning at Caerlaverock wetland centre with author Steven Rutt.
