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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 from the live program we do for BBC Radio Scotland, which is called Out of Doors.

And this week was a whole variety of things.

Squirrels, we had a walk I did just to the north of Oben, which was beautiful, first thing in the morning.

And of course, Ewan has to go and find something just utterly incredible.

The sun is shining just after my left there through the trees

and it's picking up the blue smoke coming off the fire.

In front of me there is a rowing tree which is in full blossom at the

moment below that yellow azalea off to the left behind that an absolutely huge 80 foot high beach

tree normal colour then a copper beach beside that. See that copper beach? It is just glowing in the sunshine

this morning up against the blue skies. Gorgeous. I'm Mark Stephen coming to live from the BBC Aberdeen Car Park. Join glowing in the sunshine this morning, up against the blue sky. It's gorgeous.

I'm Mark Stephen coming to live from the BBC Aberdeen Car Park.

Joining me this morning from the sun-kissed and squirrel-infested pastures of rural Banshure, Mr. Ewan

Mackleif.

It is one of the best mornings of the year.

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