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Scotland Outdoors

Embracing the Darkness of Midwinter - Walking, Stargazing and a Doric Christmas Tale.

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a Midwinter Special.

Transcript

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0:00.0

He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.

0:09.3

I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.

0:17.6

What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.

0:22.0

Tales of deception, an incredible acts of resistance and courage.

0:26.3

She was a born soldier.

0:27.4

She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense.

0:29.9

The brand new series of History's secret heroes.

0:32.8

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:36.2

The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

0:45.7

Hello and thank you very much for choosing to listen to this.

0:48.5

I'm Mark Stephen.

0:49.4

We build the Scotland Outdoors podcast from the live programme we do for BBC Radio Scotland called Out of Doors.

0:54.6

This was the last live programme of the year.

0:57.4

And given the fact that we're just on the cusp of the winter solstice,

1:01.5

what else could we celebrate except the dark?

1:04.6

You're listening to Out of Doors on BBC Radio Scotland.

1:14.5

It on BBC Radio Scotland. It is very cold this morning.

1:16.9

It's about minus three.

1:18.3

And the frost on the windshield of the car was like for mica.

1:21.6

I cannot remember the last time it was so difficult to actually scrape ice off the windshield.

1:25.3

I'm standing here with my back to the fire,

1:27.4

gently toasting my buns. Good morning.

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