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Scotland Outdoors

Naturalist Roy Dennis on a lifetime dedicated to conservation.

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Roy Dennis speaks to Mark and Euan about his book 'Cottongrass Summer.'

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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.

0:45.1

Hello and thanks very much for downloading this podcast.

0:47.8

I'm Mark Stephen coming to you from my home in Aberdeenshire.

0:51.4

I was all set to give a really sort of glo you know, gloom and doom. This is terrible

0:55.7

Scottish wintertime, ice on the ground, freezing outside. But the truth of the matter is that

1:00.2

the sun has broken through. And I've actually had to close the curtains because I couldn't see

1:04.9

the screen to figure out what was actually happening here. So actually here, in this particular corner of Aberdeenshire, it's actually pretty good.

1:13.6

With me in this edition, Mr. Ewe and McElwraith.

1:15.9

Yeah, I'm in Bamshare. I'm about 40 miles north of you.

1:18.9

The snow is coming lightly down.

1:21.5

The roads are like an ice rink, actually, went out with a couple of curling stones earlier on today.

1:27.7

And seeing the dog doing four-wheel drive skating all over the place was an absolutely delight.

1:33.3

And I'm doing kind of little granny steps to stop me falling over.

1:36.5

But it's lovely at the moment.

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