A fungi foray at Arbroath, a special rowan tree near Moffat and the origins of frankincense

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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A fungi walk, an award winning rowan tree and the origins of frankincense

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0:24.1	The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.
0:33.9	Hello and thank you very much for downloading this podcast.
0:36.9	I'm Mark Stephen.
0:38.5	We built the Scotland Outdoors podcast out of the live program we do for BBC Radio Scotland.
0:43.0	And this week, we do all sorts of things on the go, to be honest.
0:46.3	Trees started off as a Scottish tree of the year, became a UK tree of the year.
0:49.8	Could it be a European tree of the year? We will find out.
0:56.4	I need to explain to you why there is a smile in my voice this morning. It has been a couple of
1:01.8	really miserable days weather-wise. It's been raining very heavily. The rain's going off,
1:06.1	which has cheered me up a wee bit, but that's not the whole thing. About 15 minutes ago,
1:09.9	a carpools into the car park,
1:11.2	and outstep Sandy Bremer, formerly of this parish, former news editor here, with homemade
1:18.1	clouty dumpling, still warm out of the pot, individually wrapped. Now, he is a wise man,
1:24.8	he was bearing gifts. God bless him. You we've passed it round and we've had it.
1:30.5	And it's just really that one random act of kindness has brought a big smile to my face this morning.
1:37.0	40 miles to the north, clouty dumplingless.
1:40.0	Is that a word? Probably not.
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