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Scotland Outdoors

Women of the Cairngorms

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Science, Society & Culture

4.7756 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Stewart meets storyteller Sarah Hobbs to hear how women have shaped the landscape.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.6

Oh, hello. You have chosen a BBC podcast, but before you listen to it, we thought you might like our podcast too.

0:12.1

You might. You might. It is called Sightraught with me, Nick Grimshaw.

0:15.2

And me, Annie Mack. And we talk about the week in music.

0:18.2

All the news, all the cultural happenings in the UK and beyond.

0:22.2

And great guests.

0:23.3

And it's on BBC Sounds.

0:24.7

Yes, where you can also enjoy lots of playlists, music mixes and live radio.

0:29.9

Everything from my six music breakfast show to Radio 3 Unwind.

0:34.5

But obviously start with our podcast, sidetrack.

0:36.3

Obviously.

0:36.7

Obviously.

0:38.2

So if you like music, listen on BBC Sounds.

0:41.3

This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

0:50.1

Now, if you're itching to get outside and explore a little of the Highlands,

0:54.8

then I'm hoping this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast is going to be right up your street,

1:00.2

especially if you like history, and even better if you like finding out about the stuff that isn't necessarily that well known.

1:09.8

I'm Rachel Stewart, and recently I met up with Sarah Hobbs from Straths Bay Storywalks.

1:15.9

Now, she runs loads of events every year and she's about to do one called Women of the Cairn Gorms.

1:22.7

So to find out a bit more, we set off on a wander in search of a monument on the Kinrara estate near Avimor.

1:33.1

It's quite a stereotype, I suppose, that the mountains can be seen particularly as a male space.

1:41.5

And the Kangoms, or any area, really really there are so many stories of women embedded within

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