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The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

Hello and thanks very much for choosing to listen to this.

I'm Mark Stephen.

As you'll be aware,

we build the Scotland Out of the Live programme we do for BBC Radio Scotland, which is called Out of Doors.

Now, this week with all sorts of stuff, slow worms, skiffs, and possibly the oddest rendition

of a deep purple classic I've ever heard.

Okay, I'm going to give you a quick tree update.

The cherry blossom is out, which you might expect this time of year and what have you.

But the Rowan tree, the leaves have come out on that,

and there is just a ghosting a green on the beach trees.

So we are nearly there.

Good morning.

I'm Mark Stephen, sitting here in the car park at Beach Grove and Aberdeen, sitting about 40 miles to the north in his Bamsha Garden, Mr. Ewan McElraith.

Yeah, the plum tree is covered in blossom and so is the... Yeah, the apple just... just coming. So much

excitement. Anyway, tell us what you're doing. Get in touch.

You can email out of doors at BBC.co.com.

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