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Scotland Outdoors

Master Wood Carver, David Robinson

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7756 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Mark Stephen meets master wood carver David Robinson at his studio in East Lothian. David's works mainly feature nature and wildlife

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:06.1

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0:07.6

You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.

0:10.0

It's such a wonderful listen.

0:11.7

So nice.

0:12.5

There are loads more like it on BBC Sounds.

0:14.8

Different paces, different heights, the roof is buckling.

0:17.9

Where you can also listen to live sports commentary.

0:20.2

It's right foot goes for goal.

0:21.6

Oh!

0:22.7

And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories.

0:27.7

The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.

0:31.2

And she's had to live with that.

0:32.8

So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.

0:35.8

Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:39.7

Sort of expecting that every week now this Scotland outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland

0:49.3

you know every so often you see something could be anything be anything, work of arts, a painting or a sculpture, something of the kind.

0:58.3

And you think, it's not just the conception of it, you know, that dreaming it up in the first place, it's the ability to actually make that flesh, to make a concrete object, which just captivate you.

1:09.5

A few years ago, my wife showed me something on her phone, and it was a table.

1:13.7

Now, I like wood.

1:14.6

This was a beautiful piece of wood, and at the end of the table,

1:17.3

there was what looked like a carved otter's head rising up,

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