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The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

Hello and thanks very much for downloading this.

I'm Mark Stephen.

We build the Scotland Outdoors podcast out of a live radio program we do for BBC Radio Scotland called Out of Doors. Now this week we did all sorts of things. We've got the usual mystery bird as ever. I looked at a character here in the northeastern Scotland, who's very well known. But to be honest, I didn't know as much about him beforehand as I now do.

And we discovered something really interesting.

People really care about sheep.

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

I was going to say good morning, but frankly, there's nothing good about it.

I'm jammed as far back as I can undercover to try and get away from the rain and the wind.

And without a word of a lie, I am sitting more or less on top of the fire,

and I have a plastic bag wrapped around my legs just to try and keep the onslaught off. This is ridiculous. I'm Mark

Stephen, live and somewhat damp in the BBC Aberdeen Car Park, equally siper I would imagine,

from his rural surroundings in Bamshire. Mr. Ewan McElriff. Yeah, sometimes the glamour goes out

to this job, but it is sleeting misery here. It was, beautiful. Winter's Day yesterday, not a cloud in the sky. Great to be alive. This morning. It's all gone wrong. You can get in touch with this. Out of doors at BBC.co.com. UK. And cheer us up. If you are listening to this from bed at the moment, seriously, all tucked up, cosy, warm, just pull the dovy over your shoulder.

Lucky, lucky you, that's all I'm saying.

Coming up, the art of wassailing.

They can't touch you for it.

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