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This Scotland Outdoors podcast with Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart from BBC Radio

Scotland.

Hello and thanks very much for choosing to listen to this.

As you know, we build the Scotland Outdoors podcast

from the live programme we do for BBC Radio Scotland,

which is called Out of Doors.

And this week it was an unexpected topic

which seemed to dominate our discussions,

and that was all about Bales.

Out of Doors with Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart

from BBC Radio Scotland.

What a difference a week makes.

Seriously, we were standing here, it wasn't standing here last week,

but it was cowering underneath the portico last week

because it was teeming rain.

This morning, it is beautiful.

I mean, really beautiful, clear blue skies.

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