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Hello and thank you very much for downloading the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

I'm Mark Stephen. He's you at McElwreath.

Yeah, we've had a great week all around the country as usual.

Big stories to break later on about Beaver and Scotland that's kind of rock society here

a wee bit,

but brilliant stuff, some amazing history, and just some good stories.

I went to a place, I mean, my father's side of the family from Fraserborough,

which is up in the north-east coast.

It's kind of on the corner to a certain extent.

And I went to a place there, and in the corner of the lighthouse museum,

there is this big tower called the

wine tower but you know was wine kept in it what was the reason for it's a really good

story I remember being told it years ago it's fascinating there's a nice be legend to it

earlier this week Scotland hosted an international marine conference and you attended yeah this is a

big thing the Scottish government thing three-day event speakers from all over the world this is a big thing. The Scottish Government thing, three-day event,

speakers from all over the world.

That was a big, huge thing.

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