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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![North Coast 500 Leg Two]()
North Coast 500 Leg Two
05/06/2019 Duration: 01h25minMark and Euan continue their journey from Castletown in Caithness.
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![Trees, Caves and Skinflats]()
Trees, Caves and Skinflats
01/06/2019 Duration: 52minMark and Euan with stories of trees and Wemyss Caves.
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![Scottish Womens Football]()
Scottish Women's Football
29/05/2019 Duration: 29minMark chats to Scotland's pioneering female footballers who changed the women's game.
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![Mark sets foot on a new walking route in Fife, Euans on the Forth and Clyde canal, a new use for hemp and heritage daffodils]()
Mark sets foot on a new walking route in Fife, Euan's on the Forth and Clyde canal, a new use for hemp and heritage daffodils
25/05/2019 Duration: 56minA new walking route in Fife, the Forth and Clyde canal reopens and heritage daffodils
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![A breakfast podcast special cooking up Huevos Rancheros on the fire.]()
A breakfast podcast special cooking up Huevos Rancheros on the fire.
21/05/2019 Duration: 12minMark, Euan and Helen with a breakfast special looking at all your delicious suggestions.
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![Planting trees, 21st Century crofting and bluebells.]()
Planting trees, 21st Century crofting and bluebells.
18/05/2019 Duration: 01h08minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with an extended Spring version of the podcast.
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![Snapshot of Scottish Agriculture]()
Snapshot of Scottish Agriculture
15/05/2019 Duration: 35minIn this podcast Mark and Euan look at a few of the current stories in Scottish farming.
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![Jellicoe Express, Badgers and the Poly Roger]()
Jellicoe Express, Badgers and the 'Poly Roger'
11/05/2019 Duration: 46minMark hears about the Jellicoe Express and Euan is on a recycled plastic boat.
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![Beaver in Scotland]()
Beaver in Scotland
08/05/2019 Duration: 23minEuan McIlwraith looks back at the journey of beaver in Scotland gaining protected status.
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![Mark and Euan discover a new species of trout, take a trip along the river Tay and some listeners from Nashville drop in past]()
Mark and Euan discover a new species of trout, take a trip along the river Tay and some listeners from Nashville drop in past
04/05/2019 Duration: 38minA new species of trout, a boat trip on the Tay and some listeners from Nashville drop by
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![North Coast 500 Leg One]()
North Coast 500 Leg One
01/05/2019 Duration: 01h24minMark and Euan set off on the NC500 route around the North of Scotland.
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![Mark and Euan encounter goats and pumpkins, discover a neolithic ball and a waterfall in a remote area]()
Mark and Euan encounter goats and pumpkins, discover a neolithic ball and a waterfall in a remote area
27/04/2019 Duration: 01h07minGoats, pumpkins, a neolithic discovery and a pioneering mineralogist
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![Jim Crumley]()
Jim Crumley
24/04/2019 Duration: 29minMark and Euan in conversation with nature writer, Jim Crumley.
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![Mark and Euan explore the river Ythan in Aberdeenshire from source to sea taking in castles, wildlife and a spot of canoeing]()
Mark and Euan explore the river Ythan in Aberdeenshire from source to sea taking in castles, wildlife and a spot of canoeing
20/04/2019 Duration: 56minMark and Euan explore the river Ythan from source to sea including a canoe journey on it
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![Ury Riverside Park, Ardeer Peninsula and The Beechgrove Garden]()
Ury Riverside Park, Ardeer Peninsula and The Beechgrove Garden
13/04/2019 Duration: 01h01minMark and Euan with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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![The Healing Power of Fire]()
The Healing Power of Fire
10/04/2019 Duration: 29minHelen Needham joins a group of recovering addicts on a wild camping trip near Aviemore.
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![Mark watches the ospreys at the Loch of Lowes, Helen visits a Christmas tree farm and how to avoid disturbing seal colonies]()
Mark watches the ospreys at the Loch of Lowes, Helen visits a Christmas tree farm and how to avoid disturbing seal colonies
06/04/2019 Duration: 54minOspreys at the Loch Lowes, Christmas tree planting and how to avoid disturbing seals
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![Roy Dennis]()
Roy Dennis
03/04/2019 Duration: 29minFrom 2015, Euan and Mark speak to naturalist and conservationist, Roy Dennis. Roy discusses his childhood fascination with nature, his career with RSPB and everything in-between.
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![A trip to Galloway]()
A trip to Galloway
30/03/2019 Duration: 01h24minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith visit Dumfries and Galloway. They find out the history behind Belted Galloways, the cattle synonomous with the area; take a trip through Kirkcudbright on an electric bike, and meet a couple of Russian Orthodox priests who are restoring a castle in the area and running a printing press. They visit Scotland's first Dark Skies park and a willow sculptor whose work has featured in Outlander. Threave Garden is also on their itinerary, not just the garden itself but the bats and osprey who make a home there.
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![Mink, canals, Glencoe and spooky sounds]()
Mink, canals, Glencoe and spooky sounds
23/03/2019 Duration: 01h02minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
