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
Stories and Music About People and Trees with Cellist Jessica Kerr
Helen Needham hears about some special trees from musician Jessica Kerr
Wildcats, Caves and a Honey Sommelier
Rachel ventures into the sea caves at East Wemyss in Fife to hear about how coastal erosion is threatening the Pictish carvings on their walls.
Last summer, the Saving Wildcats project released 19 cat…
Honey tasting in Edinburgh
Rachel meets Dr Gino Jabbar from Simply Honey in Edinburgh. He is a honey producer and sommelier and runs classes introducing people to the art of honey tasting. He believes that honey is a "taste o…
Snow, River Management and the Perthshire Creative Trail
Perthshire is known for its big trees and stunning countryside, and it is also home to a large number of artists. Rachel hears about the Perthshire Creative Trail which has been established to encour…
Down on the Farm with Perthshire Farmer Martin Kennedy
Mark and Martin discuss the various issues facing farmers in Scotland including river management, beavers, new entrants, the future of agricultural support and why farming is the best job in the worl…
Winter in the Mountains, Willow Coffins and Puddles
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
A Green Pharmacy with Herbologist Catherine Conway-Payne at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh
Helen Needham visits the Physic Garden at the RBGE with Catherine Conway-Payne
Squirrels, Crannogs and the Taj Mahal of Arbroath
Mark is in Hazlehead Park in Aberdeen hearing how the team from Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is working to remove the grey squirrel population from the city.
In June 2021 fire destroyed the replica…
Charlie Allan - A Tribute to a North East Man O' Pairts - Broadcaster, Writer, Farmer, Singer and Sportsman
Helen Needham with archive recordings from Charlie Allan
Bothy Culture - A Celebration of 70 Years of the Secret Howff
Mark Stephen hears tales of bothying including some very special cookery
Bothies, Dark Skies at Braemar and a Festive Tractor Parade
Mark uncovers tales from the secret howff bothy in the Cairngorms.
Mark and Rachel explore the dark skies in the hills above Braemar and Rachel finds out the lengths farmers go to to decorate their…
Cinasium Soundscape
The twin brothers behind the music project Kinbrae were commissioned to make a soundscape of an unusual building at Crail Airfield in Fife as part of the East Neuk Festival in 2023. The building was…
Earth, Wind and Water
Mark visits Alex Brewster at his farm near Pitlochry. Ten years ago, Alex changed his approach to farming to a more regenerative one, conserving and rehabilitating the soil. He shows Mark the impact …
Connecting With and Writing about Nature through Chronic Illness and Disability with Louise Kenward
Helen Needham speaks with writer Louise Kenward about the anthology 'Moving Mountains'
New National Parks, Green Cumbernauld and Meikle or Muckle...or even Puckle?
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
Cider Making in the North East of Scotland
Mark Stephen meets Christian Stolte of the Wee Scottish Cider Company
Shining Guest Ants, Mushrooms and Coco Chanel
Rachel is on Deeside where a rare and elusive ant which hadn’t been spotted in the area for over 70 years has been rediscovered in large numbers. She hears from the man who found it.
And Rachel also c…
Living Off Grid in a Family Hut in Argyll with Peter MacQueen the Highland Hutter
Mark Stephen visits the family hut of Peter and Graham MacQueen in Argyll
Trees, Permaculture and Hutting
Earlier this week Mark went along to Agriscot, a farm business event held at Ingliston just outside Edinburgh. He spoke to Bob Carruth from NFU Scotland about who attends and what the topics were up …
Creating a Food Forest on the Side of a Hill in Aberdeenshire
Helen Needham visits James Reid of Tap O' Noth Farm to hear about his approach to farming