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Scotland Outdoors

Pike, Swifts, Cullen and a bunkhouse

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Did you know that you can listen to many of your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds?

0:06.6

Like Desert Island Discs, where you can hear castaways like Cher, Gareth Southgate and Nick Cave,

0:12.7

and enjoy longer versions of the music they've picked.

0:15.7

Good things come to those who don't wait.

0:18.7

Listen to your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds.

0:23.5

Hello, this is the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

0:25.7

I'm Mark Stephen, he's Hugh and McElroy.

0:27.4

Thank you very much for downloading us.

0:28.8

It didn't hurt at all.

0:29.8

So, pain-free radio.

0:31.8

I've been looking at the mysteries of the pike.

0:35.4

Fish with all teeth.

0:37.1

And I've been away hunting for a tiny little bird that just moves at blinding speed.

0:42.9

We anticipated their arrival.

0:44.8

They have come back.

0:45.9

See how we go on later in this podcast.

0:48.7

Up on the Murray Firth and the northeast coast of Scotland, Cullen is a really pretty wee town.

0:55.7

It's really known for its impressive railway viaduct.

0:58.7

There's no trains on over it nowadays, but it's a great piece of building.

1:02.0

But another local landmark is Castle Hill.

1:04.8

Recently, a group of volunteers got together to reinstate the paths up Castle Hill

1:08.8

and generally open up the space.

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