Scotland Outdoors
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 698
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Walking the Old Lumphanan Road with the Late Stanley Robertson
Stanley Robertson was from the Travelling People and in the 1980's he published a book called 'Exodus to Alford' featuring stories associated with a particular road his people used to take each Summe…
Plants with Purpose, Pitlochry Paths and a Biomaterial Dress
Linda is in Pitlochry where a group of volunteers meet once a fortnight to help maintain the area’s much loved and well used path network. She hears why the group were founded and about the different…
Rain, Lambing, Badgers and more Rain
In this week’s Scotland Outdoors podcast, Mark chats with Landward’s Cammy Wilson about his sheep-farming career. We hear an excerpt where Cammy is telling Mark the story of Fiona, the 'world’s lonel…
Ayrshire Farmer Cammy Wilson shares his Passion for Sheep
Mark Stephen visits Youtuber and TV presenter Cammy Wilson on his farm in Ayrshire
Kelpies, Cold Water Dooking and Seaweed Pressing
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
Mountain Tales - The Cuillins of Skye
Mark revisits a series of programmes he made in the early 2000s called Mountain Tales. The programmes feature Scotland's iconic hills and mountains and what it means to those who live and work in th…
Water Voles, Point to Point and Alloway's Giant Mural
Rachel is in East Lothian where local residents are campaigning for better access across the busy A1 road. For a considerable stretch there’s no official pedestrian crossing linking the villages clos…
Music for Our Planet with Laura-Beth Salter and Ali Hutton
Helen Needham wanders around Glasgow Green with Laura-Beth Salter and Ali Hutton who have created a new album called 'From the Ground' as a response to climate change
Life on Mars, Boat Building and Rats
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
A new era at Mountaineering Scotland
Rachel Stewart speaks to Anne Butler, the new President of Mountaineering Scotland and newly appointed Chair Jo Dytch. The pair are the first women to hold the roles. During a walk up Glen Tilt near…
Blood Sucking Leeches, Skittish Whales and Horse Gymnastics
In this week’s Scotland Outdoors podcast, Mark visits what is believed to be the UK’s largest urban farm. Lauriston Agroecology farm is on a hundred-acre site near Edinburgh Airport and is a hive of …
Creating Abundance at Lauriston Agroecology Farm in Edinburgh
Mark Stephen gets a tour of the UK's biggest urban farm from Lisa Houston
Shetland Sparrowhawks, Feral Pigs and an Art Deco Pavilion
Rachel heads to Fort Augustus for a chat with Cieran Watson from Forestry Land Scotland and Morag Milne from NatureScot about how they can manage the growing number of feral pigs living wild in the S…
Rising from the Ashes - Transforming Dead Wood from Ash Dieback into Furniture
Mark Stephen speaks with furniture makers who are turning wood that has been affected by the ash dieback fungal disease into furniture and other objects.
Time for Tatties, Wooden Ships and the Art of Hedgelaying
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
Mountain Tales - Schiehallion
Mark Stephen visits Schiehallion in Perthshire. Known as the hill of the wee folk, Mark meets those who live nearby and finds out what the iconic hill means to them
Salmon, Osprey and a Self Build Plane
Mark heads to Turriff to attend the 2024 opening of the River Deveron. He hears from Richie Miller of the Deveron District Salmon Fishery Board as well as John Beattie, who officially opens the salmo…
Galloway Scots Scriever
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…
Flamingos, Fedges and Newfoundland Rescue Dogs
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 spo…
Imbolc, Natural Burial and Swimming in Cellardyke
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 f…