Scotland Outdoors
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 696
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Westray 'Queen O' the Isles'
Mark and Euan spend a day on Westray part of the Orkney islands.
Renewable Energy in Orkney
Mark investigates what makes Orkney a hub for renewable energy
Beachcombing, photographing lifeboats, trains and bridge defences.
Stories from around Scotland with Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
Dementia and the Outdoors
Mark takes a look at how spending time outdoors can alleviate the symptoms of dementia.
Puffins, thatched roofing, island dairy and mussel picking.
Mark and Euan with stories from Gigha, Orkney, the Isle of May and beyond.
A community land special.
Community Land Scotland Conference. And the island of Gigha 16 years after their buyout.
The Telford Bridge in need of some TLC, Achamore Gardens on Gigha and how easy is it to avoid plastic food packaging
A Telford Bridge in need of repair, Gigha's Achamore Gardens and plastic packaging
Mark and Euan in Norway looking at how land is owned and managed there.
What can Scotland learn from Norway in terms of how we connect to, own and manage land?
Mark goes bike packing in Argyll, Euan finds out how to photograph dolphins and a trip down the River Dee from source to sea
Bike packing in Argyll, how to photograph dolphins and a trip down the river Dee
A Royal Deeside special with Mark Stephen and Helen Needham.
Climbing Lochnagar, gliding, cycling, running at Balmoral estate and a hearty breakfast.
Helen Needham with a tribute to Ashie Brebner - a pioneer of Scottish mountaineering and nature tourism.
Including his personal account of building the Secret Howff of Beinn A Bhuird.
Mark goes on a wildlife safari in the Angus Glens, Euan discovers how to ID birds by their song and avoids an angry bird
A wildlife safari in the Angus Glens, an angry bird and how to ID birds by their song
Mark Stephen with an in depth look at Scottish hill sheep farming from Dumfries and Galloway.
Mark spends the day with hill sheep farmer Lorraine Luescher during lambing.
Mark discovers the secrets of Banff, pays a visit to an ice sculpture whilst Euan's hears about the regeneration of Glenfeshie
The regeneration of Glenfeshie, the secrets of Banff and a very unusual ice sculpture
Celebrating the life of John Muir in Yosemite National Park.
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a bonus podcast on the life of John Muir.
Cabbage, swifts, charts,John Muir and clouds
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this Saturday's Scotland Outdoors podcast.