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🗓️ 20 June 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Finding edible goodies on a beach in East Lothian.
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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. |
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0:32.8 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello and thanks for downloading the Scotland Outdoors podcast brought to you by BBC Radio Scotland. |
0:41.0 | I'm Helen Needham. |
0:42.3 | In this edition, I indulge in one of my most favourite things to do, foraging. |
0:47.6 | John Wright is someone I've been wanting to meet for ages. |
0:51.1 | He's made a name for himself through the various books he's written for the river |
0:54.6 | cottage guides about mushrooms, the edible seashore, hedgerows and booze. They all share the theme |
1:01.3 | of how forage materials can be turned into beautiful and delicious food and drink. And now he's |
1:07.2 | published a book about foraging all year round. He's based in Dorset normally, but recently visited Scotland, |
1:14.5 | where he regularly takes people out on seashorees. |
1:18.2 | I met him on a beach in East Luthian, |
1:20.2 | where he took me on a wonder to find some things I'd never heard of. |
1:23.7 | It's a perfect still evening now, no, or late afternoon. |
1:26.9 | It's gorgeous, actually actually because it was raining |
1:28.6 | quite a lot earlier but now it's easing off and the light's changing, isn't it? Yeah, it's just |
1:34.5 | glorious. It's so peaceful down here and there's a few people walking their dogs and it's just |
1:40.4 | enormous vista. You can see the waves breaking in the far distance. |
1:44.8 | It's about half a mile away where the water is still deep. |
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