Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Wildcats, Spring Show, Woodland, paths and tour guides
Sat 2 Mar 2019
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Beaver, nets, paths, parks,flying sheep, a wine tower and St Drostan
Sat 23 Feb 2019
Mark and Euan with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Myrtle Simpson
Wed 20 Feb 2019
Mark and Helen meet Myrtle Simpson who in her 80s was awarded the Polar Medal.
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Mark and Euan visit a brand new fish market, a rejuvenated country estate and a Scottish rainforest
Sat 16 Feb 2019
A Scottish rainforest, a brand new fish market and a rejuvenated country estate
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Mark and Euan explore horse logging, ships made of concrete and the practice of bolting on the mountains
Sat 9 Feb 2019
Horse logging, concrete ships and bolting on the mountains
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Mark and Euan discover Scotland's first railway, a WW1 replica trench in Aberdeen plus highland cows, cranes and orcas
Sat 2 Feb 2019
Scotland's first railway, a WW1 replica trench plus highland cows, cranes and orcas
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Yoghurt, Moongazing, Apples and Blackenings
Sat 26 Jan 2019
Mark visits a dairy, and goes moongazing, while Euan uncovers a Scottish tradition.
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Mark and Euan with a red squirrel success story, an angry bird and a treasure trove of unwanted goods
Sat 19 Jan 2019
An out of sorts capercaillie, red squirrels in Aberdeen and waste busting in Morayshire
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Handa,Flying, River Almond, Beavers and Peebles Film Fest
Sat 12 Jan 2019
Mark and Euan with stories from across Scotland.
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Polly Pullar
Wed 9 Jan 2019
Mark meets wildlife rehabilitator and journalist Polly Pullar in her native Ardnamurchan.
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Out of Doors on Westray
Sat 5 Jan 2019
Mark and Euan visit the island of Westray in Orkney, Queen O' the Isles.
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Mark and Euan meet up with three mountain rescue team members who recall their experiences on the mountains of Scotland
Sat 29 Dec 2018
Mark and Euan meet three mountain rescue team members to hear their rescue stories
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Out for Christmas 2015
Boxing Day 2018
A special festive podcast from the archive, Ben Lomond, huts, poetry and pikes.
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Mark and Euan with moonlight hill walking, the winter solstice and the art of soundscapes courtesy of musician Phil Cunningham
Sat 22 Dec 2018
Moonlight hill walking, the winter solstice and musician Phil Cunningham on soundscapes
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Mark and Euan get the lowdown on whooper swans, a restored suspension bridge and electric mountain bikes
Sat 15 Dec 2018
Whooper swans, suspension bridges and electric mountains bikes
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Seals, birds, trees and motorbikes
Sat 8 Dec 2018
Mark and Euan with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast
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From the Our Story series of 2014, Mark visits Aviemore to discover how the area was once dubbed the St Moritz of Scotland
Wed 5 Dec 2018
Mark visits the Aviemore once dubbed the St Moritz of Scotland
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The Cairngorm Funicular Railway has been placed in administration. Mark and Euan take a look at the story behind the decision.
Sat 1 Dec 2018
Mark and Euan with the history of the Cairngorm Funicular Railway and its future
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Sir John Lister Kaye
Wed 28 Nov 2018
Mark and Euan visit naturalist, conservationist and author Sir John Lister Kaye.
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Mark and Euan with a rare bird sighting, a slice of Japan in the Ochil Hills and the history of an observatory atop a mountain
Sat 24 Nov 2018
A rare bird sighting, an observatory atop a mountain and a Japanese Garden in the Ochils
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Brochs, bunkers and a battery-powered train
Sat 17 Nov 2018
Euan visits an Iron Age broch and a 1960s nuclear bunker, and Mark rides a battery train.
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The West Highland Line
Wed 14 Nov 2018
Mark and Euan on one of the world's greatest rail journeys on the West Highland Line
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Out of Doors First World War Special
Sat 10 Nov 2018
Mark and Euan mark 100 years since the Armistice with a special podcast
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Mark and Euan discover a rejuvenated Highland railway, a Ford Model T and a dictionary of Scots Nature
Sat 3 Nov 2018
A rejuvenated Highland railway, a Ford Model T statue and a dictionary of Scots Nature
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, Mark and Euan indulge their love of steam trains, get close up with some reindeer and the bee that's become an internet hit
Sat 27 Oct 2018
The reindeer of the Cairngorms, steam trains and the bee that's an internet sensation
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St. Cuthbert's Way
Wed 24 Oct 2018
Mark and Euan follow an ancient tradition by making a pilgrimage but with a modern twist.
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Tools, spatulas, bees and the John Muir Trust
Sat 20 Oct 2018
Euan McIlwraith and Karen Mackenzie with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Women in farming, beavers, geese and maps
Sat 13 Oct 2018
Euan McIlwraith and Karen MacKenzie with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Mark and Euan cycle the John Muir Way starting in Helensburgh where Muir set off from to the US to his birthplace of Dunbar
Wed 10 Oct 2018
Mark and Euan cycle the John Muir way from Helensburgh to Dunbar
