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Scotland Outdoors

Exploring the islands of the West Coast of Ireland and Scotland by boat with travel writer, Philip Marsden.

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Mark and Euan hear about the history and folklore connected to Philip's voyage.

Transcript

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0:00.0

He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.

0:09.3

I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.

0:17.6

What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.

0:22.1

Tales of deception and incredible acts of resistance and courage.

0:26.3

She was a born soldier. She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense.

0:29.9

The brand new series of History's Secret Heroes. Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:35.6

Hello and thank you very much for downloading the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

0:38.8

I'm Mark Stephen and as ever I'm sitting in my usual spot in my garden in rural Aberdeenshire

0:43.7

and you can hear birds singing in the background.

0:45.7

There's a blackbird and sparrows and probably a woodpecker out there somewhere too,

0:50.1

the sky larks in the field.

0:52.0

And you can hear the hum of bees and the rhododendron off to my right.

0:55.2

So it sounds like summer, right?

0:56.5

Okay?

0:57.3

It's not.

0:58.4

It's grey.

0:59.4

It's claggy.

1:00.5

There's an easterly coming in today.

1:02.1

So it's blown the har,

1:03.2

straight off the North Sea,

1:04.3

five miles away,

1:05.5

and covering the fields all round about me.

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