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🗓️ 26 April 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Tennants of Elgin is a family quarrying business that has been operating out of the North East of Scotland for fifty years. They have had numerous impressive contracts across Europe, but have recently begun some work that’s a little closer to home – providing the granite for Aberdeen’s Union Street works. Mark went along to meet with Director Gavin Tennant, and find out more about the quarrying process.
Muirburn is a polarising issue at the moment in Scotland, particularly in light of recent wildfires across the country. Helen Needham met with Stuart Smith from the James Hutton Institute to find out more about the latest research on these land management practices.
Buckhaven on the East coast of Fife was once a thriving fishing port, although the town’s harbour has since been lost to time. Pupils at the Mountfleurie Primary School have been uncovering their local history in conjunction with the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther. Rachel met up with the head curator Linda Fitzpatrick to find out more about the town’s hidden history.
Rachel visited a community woodland in Gifford, East Lothian, to try her hand at some birch tapping. She met with Rupert Waites from Buck and Birch, who use birch sap in a number of ways, combining it with other foraged materials to make liquors and spirits, that harness the taste of the Scottish landscape.
Kris King joins Mark and Rachel on the programme to tell us more about the Highland Ultra taking place next week. This race takes place in three stages, across the Knoydart Peninsula - what he calls the UK's last true wilderness. We hear more about what inspired the race, but also how the race aims to give back to the local rural community.
The Corbenic Camphill Community is a residential care home for adults with learning disabilities. This year marks the 10th anniversary of their Poetry Path, which winds through the surrounding grounds and showcases the work of some of Scotland’s greatest poets, as well as the work of some of the care home’s residents. Mark met with Jon Plunkett, the Community Director, to find out more about the inspiration behind this project, and how they are celebrating this anniversary.
Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yacht Club have begun their spring season of sailing upon the Loch of Skene. Mark headed out on the water with them, to find out more about the club, their history, and the exciting events they host throughout the year.
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0:41.5 | This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland. |
0:49.6 | Hello and thank you very much for choosing to listen to this. |
0:53.4 | As we tell you every week, we do a couple of Scotland Outdoors podcasts, |
0:57.5 | one of which is based on the live program we do for BBC Radio Scotland, |
0:59.0 | which is called Out of Doors. |
1:02.9 | And this week we've been enjoying some fabulous wildlife encounters. |
1:08.7 | Out of Doors with Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart from BBC Radio Scotland. |
1:16.1 | I'm telling you, there's something weird going on at the moment. |
1:18.8 | Remember I told you a couple of weeks ago that ravens had flown over. |
1:22.9 | First time in 30 years in that property we've ever heard ravens or seen ravens or whatever. |
1:26.2 | The other day, my wife and I was standing outside first thing in the morning, |
1:30.5 | and she said, oh, there's a squirrel or a weasel or something up that tree, |
1:32.3 | and the cat was below the tree growling. |
1:34.5 | And it was a pine martin. |
1:36.6 | We've never seen a pine martin. |
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