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

I'm Mark Stephen. He's you and Macalraith.

Yeah, we've been all over the country as usual.

I've been hearing about a strange beast scene for the first time and a long time in the

Murray Firth near Inverness and learning the secret arts of sled dog racing.

I went to the site of what's regarded as being Scotland's oldest railway,

so old, in fact, that it was actually made out of wood.

And one of the great iconic images of Scotland is the Heelan coup,

this big ginger, hairy critter, etc.

With the horns sticking out on the other side.

There's a lady out in D-side in Aberdeenshire,

and she's working away with Highland cows and producing some beautiful beef.

But what I really like about it and admire about it is the way she's packaging up the entire experience.

Man, there's real bagpipes.

Indeed.

Anyway, have you ever looked at a beach

and wondered about where all the pebbles and rocks came from?

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