Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Mark and Euan get the lowdown on peat, a new island distillery and the farmer who turned his life around
Sat 6 Oct 2018
Mark and Euan get lowdown on peat, a new distillery and life as a New Zealand farmer
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Mark visits Scotland's Air Ambulance, finds out about Nature Deficit Disorder and Euan discovers another side to angling
Sat 29 Sep 2018
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance, Nature Deficit Disorder and another side to angling
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Peter May on Lewis
Wed 26 Sep 2018
Mark Stephen visits the Island of Lewis with the author, Peter May.
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Venison, vertical farm, mussels, Mingming, rafts and puffins
Sat 22 Sep 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Mark Stephen's aboard the Aberdeen lifeboat, Bon Accord and Laura Cuthill unearths some of the lesser known facts about Dundee
Sat 15 Sep 2018
Mark's aboard the Aberdeen lifeboat and Laura delves into the history of Dundee
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Mark and Euan spend time with David 'Heavy' Whalley who spent 36 years as a member of the RAF mountain rescue team
Wed 12 Sep 2018
Mark and Euan spend time with David 'Heavy' Whalley, a veteran of RAF mountain rescues
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Torry Battery Coastal Special
Sat 8 Sep 2018
Mark Stephen and Karen MacKenzie with a coastal themed podcast.
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Out of Doors Goes Forth Two
Wed 5 Sep 2018
Mark and Euan travel along the south side of the River Forth.
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Sheepdogs, mountain art, bugs, gas holders, segways and pine martens
Sat 1 Sep 2018
Mark Stephen and Karen MacKenzie with the latest Scotland outdoors podcast.
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Out of Doors Goes Forth
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan follow the River Forth during the building of the Queensferry Crossing.
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Mount Stuart House, Jenny Graham, Oystercatchers and the West Island Way
Sat 25 Aug 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this Saturday's Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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The Heart of Scotland
Wed 22 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan attempt to answer one simple question: where is the heart of Scotland?
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The Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh railway
Sat 18 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan travel the 82 mile Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh railway line.
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Charlie Gammack
Wed 15 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan meet Charlie Gammack, a well known Speyside saddler at his shop in Aberlour
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It's festival time - Mark and Euan are in Edinburgh in the midst of the action but also hunting out some quieter spaces
Sat 11 Aug 2018
It's festival time in Edinburgh but Mark and Euan find a quieter space at Blackford Hill
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In 2015, Euan McIlwraith took a flight with a RAF Sea King Search and Rescue helicopter and got involved in a real life rescue
Wed 8 Aug 2018
Euan McIlwraith's on board a RAF Search and Rescue helicopter en route to a rescue
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Mark and Euan visit the Forvie Sands ternery, the art deco Rothesay Pavilion and find out how to grow truffles
Sat 4 Aug 2018
Terns, truffles and one of Scotland's most significant art deco buildings
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Mark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston. They hear about its history, go rock pooling and tackle a beach picnic
Wed 1 Aug 2018
Mark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston for some beachcombing and a picnic
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Mark and Euan get up close to squirrels and seahorses and discover the history of the Shipping Forecast
Sat 28 Jul 2018
The history of the Shipping Forecast, the life of a seahorse and a red squirrel up close
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Microadventures
Wed 25 Jul 2018
Mark goes bivving with two travellers looking for microadventures close to home.
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Pike, Swifts, Cullen and a bunkhouse
Sat 21 Jul 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Has Scotland become divorced from nature? Mark Stephen meets journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch to find out
Wed 18 Jul 2018
Mark Stephen meets Lesley Riddoch who thinks Scotland has become divorced from nature
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Mark and Euan visit the Holm of Papay, a very special building in Speyside and meet a musician with a passion for birds
Sat 14 Jul 2018
A visually stunning building in Speyside and the musician with a passion for birds
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Mark and Euan travel from Westray to Papa Westray in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight.
Wed 11 Jul 2018
Mark and Euan take to the skies in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight
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Mark visits the places in Orkney which were the inspiration for the writer George MacKay Brown
Sat 7 Jul 2018
Mark's in Orkney visiting the places which inspired writer George MacKay Brown
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Fiona Stalker chats to Sir Chris Bonington about his life of climbing.
Wed 4 Jul 2018
An extended interview with legendary climber Sir Chris Bonington.
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Transport special - steam, vintage landrover and the world's shortest flight.
Sat 30 Jun 2018
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from around Scotland.
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Mark and Helen visit Scotland's premier agricultural event of the year - The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston
Sat 23 Jun 2018
Mark and Helen are at the Royal Highland Show - Scotland's premier agricultural event
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Royal Northern Spring Show
Wed 20 Jun 2018
Back in snowy March, Mark and Euan visited the Spring show at the Thainstone Centre
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Westray 'Queen O' the Isles'
Sat 16 Jun 2018
Mark and Euan spend a day on Westray part of the Orkney islands.