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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![Charlie Gammack]()
Charlie Gammack
15/08/2018 Duration: 26minMark and Euan meet Charlie Gammack, a well known Speyside saddler at his shop in Aberlour
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![Its festival time - Mark and Euan are in Edinburgh in the midst of the action but also hunting out some quieter spaces]()
It's festival time - Mark and Euan are in Edinburgh in the midst of the action but also hunting out some quieter spaces
11/08/2018 Duration: 01h23minIt's festival time in Edinburgh but Mark and Euan find a quieter space at Blackford Hill
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![In 2015, Euan McIlwraith took a flight with a RAF Sea King Search and Rescue helicopter and got involved in a real life rescue]()
In 2015, Euan McIlwraith took a flight with a RAF Sea King Search and Rescue helicopter and got involved in a real life rescue
08/08/2018 Duration: 55minEuan McIlwraith's on board a RAF Search and Rescue helicopter en route to a rescue
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![Mark and Euan visit the Forvie Sands ternery, the art deco Rothesay Pavilion and find out how to grow truffles]()
Mark and Euan visit the Forvie Sands ternery, the art deco Rothesay Pavilion and find out how to grow truffles
04/08/2018 Duration: 50minTerns, truffles and one of Scotland's most significant art deco buildings
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![Mark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston. They hear about its history, go rock pooling and tackle a beach picnic]()
Mark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston. They hear about its history, go rock pooling and tackle a beach picnic
01/08/2018 Duration: 55minMark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston for some beachcombing and a picnic
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![Mark and Euan get up close to squirrels and seahorses and discover the history of the Shipping Forecast]()
Mark and Euan get up close to squirrels and seahorses and discover the history of the Shipping Forecast
28/07/2018 Duration: 52minThe history of the Shipping Forecast, the life of a seahorse and a red squirrel up close
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![Microadventures]()
Microadventures
25/07/2018 Duration: 29minMark goes bivving with two travellers looking for microadventures close to home.
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![Pike, Swifts, Cullen and a bunkhouse]()
Pike, Swifts, Cullen and a bunkhouse
21/07/2018 Duration: 46minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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![Has Scotland become divorced from nature? Mark Stephen meets journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch to find out]()
Has Scotland become divorced from nature? Mark Stephen meets journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch to find out
18/07/2018 Duration: 29minMark Stephen meets Lesley Riddoch who thinks Scotland has become divorced from nature
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![Mark and Euan visit the Holm of Papay, a very special building in Speyside and meet a musician with a passion for birds]()
Mark and Euan visit the Holm of Papay, a very special building in Speyside and meet a musician with a passion for birds
14/07/2018 Duration: 48minA visually stunning building in Speyside and the musician with a passion for birds
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![Mark and Euan travel from Westray to Papa Westray in Orkney on the worlds shortest scheduled flight.]()
Mark and Euan travel from Westray to Papa Westray in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight.
11/07/2018 Duration: 29minMark and Euan take to the skies in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight
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![Mark visits the places in Orkney which were the inspiration for the writer George MacKay Brown]()
Mark visits the places in Orkney which were the inspiration for the writer George MacKay Brown
07/07/2018 Duration: 56minMark's in Orkney visiting the places which inspired writer George MacKay Brown
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![Fiona Stalker chats to Sir Chris Bonington about his life of climbing.]()
Fiona Stalker chats to Sir Chris Bonington about his life of climbing.
04/07/2018 Duration: 26minAn extended interview with legendary climber Sir Chris Bonington.
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![Transport special - steam, vintage landrover and the worlds shortest flight.]()
Transport special - steam, vintage landrover and the world's shortest flight.
30/06/2018 Duration: 45minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from around Scotland.
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![Mark and Helen visit Scotlands premier agricultural event of the year - The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston]()
Mark and Helen visit Scotland's premier agricultural event of the year - The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston
23/06/2018 Duration: 01h24minMark and Helen are at the Royal Highland Show - Scotland's premier agricultural event
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![Royal Northern Spring Show]()
Royal Northern Spring Show
20/06/2018 Duration: 27minBack in snowy March, Mark and Euan visited the Spring show at the Thainstone Centre
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![Westray Queen O the Isles]()
Westray 'Queen O' the Isles'
16/06/2018 Duration: 01h24minMark and Euan spend a day on Westray part of the Orkney islands.
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![Renewable Energy in Orkney]()
Renewable Energy in Orkney
13/06/2018 Duration: 29minMark investigates what makes Orkney a hub for renewable energy
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![Beachcombing, photographing lifeboats, trains and bridge defences.]()
Beachcombing, photographing lifeboats, trains and bridge defences.
09/06/2018 Duration: 43minStories from around Scotland with Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
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![Dementia and the Outdoors]()
Dementia and the Outdoors
06/06/2018 Duration: 55minMark takes a look at how spending time outdoors can alleviate the symptoms of dementia.
