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Scotland Outdoors

Caledonian Pines, Cider and the North Coast 500

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

A recent report showed that almost a quarter of all ancient pinewoods are at risk of disappearing altogether. Earlier this week, Mark attended Scotland’s Pinewood Conference in Fort William to find out what’s being done to preserve these woodlands

It’s prime cider making time. Rachel visits Digby Lamotte at his cider making business in Perth to follow the process of producing this increasingly popular drink

In the late 1700s, Dr James Mounsey, a physician, is said to have smuggled out several pounds of rhubarb seeds - worth more than gold - out of Russia to his home of Edinburgh, where he was soon honoured with the Freedom of the City. Author Barclay Price has written about James Mounsey and others in his new book Honoured by Edinburgh

The North Coast 500,a hugely popular tourist route in the North of Scotland, attracts thousands of visitors each year. David Richardson of the NC 500 joins the programme to talk about the new NC500 pledge - an initiative created to encourage visitors to experience the route responsibly and respectfully

Kiri Stone is the person behind woodswoman workshops in Fife. Rachel went along to one of the outdoors workshops

Tracey Howe has just embarked on 5000 mile walk round the UK coastline. Following the death of her wife of nearly 40 years, Tracey found herself depressed and unable to leave the house but owning a dog forced her to get outside. Linda Sinclair met Tracey on one her final training walks

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0:35.6

This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

0:45.2

Hello and thank you very much for choosing to listen to this.

0:47.6

We do a couple of Scotland outdoors podcasts every week.

0:50.6

One of them is based on the live programme we do for BBC Radio Scotland, which is called Out of Doors.

0:56.1

And this week, it's an apaltitious delight.

0:59.6

Out of Doors with Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart from BBC Radio Scotland.

1:09.3

Talk about seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness.

1:12.8

Harumph!

1:14.4

Last, when is it Sunday, I think it was?

1:17.1

I was working out in the garden and I thought, it's got darker all of a sudden.

1:21.1

Why did it go dark all of a sudden?

1:22.1

I turned to my left and there was just this wall of black coming towards me.

1:25.9

I thought, oh, that's not good.

1:27.6

And I actually heard the sound of hailstones, because it came at walking pace.

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