Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Bracklinn Falls, Needle Felting and The Cabrach Distillery
Sat 8 Mar 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Preserving Antarctica's Heritage Buildings with Conservation Carpenter Graham Gillie
Wed 5 Mar 2025
Mark Stephen hears from Graham Gillie about his extraordinary working life in Antarctica
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Kingfishers, a Gunpowder Mill and a Halifax Bomber Relic
Sat 1 Mar 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present stories from the great outdoors
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Wildlife on the Water of Leith
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Walking the Water of Leith with photographer Tom Kelly
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A Soutar's Shop, Jigsaws and Gorillas
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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The Glasgow Seed Library with Rowan Lear
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Helen Needham meets seed librarian Rowan Lear
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Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Snowdrops and a Beaver MOT
Sat 15 Feb 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
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Sunset Song - Exploring The Mearns - Part 2
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Mark Stephen explores the landscape of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song
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Water of Leith Otters, Salmon Fishing on the River Tweed and a Famous North East Cow
Sat 8 Feb 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Sunset Song - Exploring the Mearns - Part 1
Wed 5 Feb 2025
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith explore the Mearns with Sunset Song in hand
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The Festival of Imbolc, World Wetlands Day and the Big Farmland Bird Count
Sat 1 Feb 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Burns on Birds, Golden Eye and How to Make Haggis
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Wandering Morven - A Wander up Morven with Artist and Adventurer Morven Stewart
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Helen Needham walks up Morven in Aberdeenshire with Morven Stewart
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Endurance Racing, the Ness Islands of Inverness and a Mini Kilted King
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Tam O' Shanter and the Poetry of Robert Burns
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Mark Stephen chooses some Burns favourites including his rendition of Tam O' Shanter
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Nordic Skiing, Lynx and Mountain Rescue
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
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Behind the Lens with Shahbaz Majeed
Wed 8 Jan 2025
Rachel Stewart speaks to photographer and Landward presenter Shahbaz Majeed
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A Wild and Wonderful Sound Journey with Musician and Composer Cosmo Sheldrake
Sat 4 Jan 2025
Helen Needham meets musician and composer Cosmo Sheldrake
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Life on the Island of Jura
New Year's Day 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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A History of the Palace of Holyroodhouse
Christmas Day 2024
Mark Stephen gets a tour of the Palace with Curators Deborah Clarke and Emma Stead
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A Winter Solstice Special
Sat 21 Dec 2024
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart mark the turning of the year on the Winter Solstice
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Kidnapped and the Stevenson Way - Part 4
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Mark Stephen follows the route from Balquhidder to Corstorphine in Edinburgh
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Firth of Forth Oysters, Soil Cubes and Dolphin Communication
Sat 14 Dec 2024
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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An Orkney Hurricane, Sightings of the Loch Ness Monster in the 1930's and Terrifying Sounds from the Hamilton Mausoleum
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Helen Needham presents some audio gems from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland's archive
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Queen Victoria's Picnic Cottage, Thick Trunk Tuesday and Swimming in the Clyde
Sat 7 Dec 2024
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Kidnapped and the Stevenson Way - Part 3
Wed 4 Dec 2024
Mark Stephen follows the route of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped
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St Andrew's Day, Central Belt Badgers and Temperature Blankets
Sat 30 Nov 2024
Rachel Stewart and Helen Needham with stories from the great outdoors
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The Hidden Histories of Scottish Wood with Woodworker Callum Robinson
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Helen Needham meets woodworker and author Callum Robinson
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Ealing Beavers, Cosaig Growers and a Wonderful Steam Ship
Sat 23 Nov 2024
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Kidnapped and the Stevenson Way - Part 2
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Mark Stephen follows the route of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped