4.7 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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The birds of Loch Garten, the history of Nigg Ferry, Longhorn cattle and a colourful tree
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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. |
0:22.0 | Tales of deception and incredible acts of resistance and courage. |
0:26.3 | She was a born soldier. |
0:27.4 | She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense. |
0:29.9 | The brand new series of History's Secret Heroes. |
0:32.8 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
0:35.8 | Hello and thank you very much for downloading the Scotland Outdoors podcast. |
0:39.1 | I'm Mark Stephen. He's you and Magalry. |
0:40.5 | Yeah, I've been up north looking at the last remaining ferry on the east coast of Scotland |
0:44.2 | and unpicking the mysteries of the gigantic, mysterious copper beach. |
0:49.6 | I went across the Loch Morlach, which sits just at the foot of the Kerngorms, |
0:53.4 | and it is one of the most |
0:54.7 | picturesque places in Scotland that actually has a sailing club it's inshore sailing but nonetheless |
1:01.6 | tricky for that anyway the Finthorn Valley lies a few miles just outside for us it's a really |
1:08.3 | pretty part of the country we went there to a place called Randolph's |
1:11.8 | leaf down beside the river. And we didn't. No, we didn't. No, it looked too stupid. But in the |
1:18.2 | valley itself, you'll find Logie Stedding. It's owned by the Ling family. It is a really busy |
1:23.5 | place, everything from woodland gardens to a whiskey shop. Pining Ling gave me a whistle |
1:27.9 | stop tour of the estate and the first stop was her rather beautiful herd of longhorn cattle. |
1:33.6 | We've had them here since the 80s. They're the oldest indigenous British breed. Well, the breed |
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