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Scotland Outdoors

Tattie Tastic Light Fantastic

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Potato Enthusiast Bob Donald talks to Rachel about a community growing project in Aberdeen which has led to libraries in the north east handing out seeds and seed tatties.

Mark speaks with volunteers from a walking group in Govan, who share their personal experiences with homelessness and social hardship. They’re now involved in an innovative project that aims to turn them into city tour guides.

As we enter British Summer Time, Professor Danny Smith from Edinburgh University joins us to explain the importance of daylight for our body’s circadian rhythm and its impact on our wellbeing.

Phil Sime, who is completely blind, offers his perspective on life without the ability to tell if it’s light or dark, shedding light on the challenges of navigating the world without sight.

Helen Needham heads to the Scottish Borders to meet writer and outdoor enthusiast Kerri Andrews, who shares insights from her book about motherhood and the identity shifts that come with it.

Mark talks to young farmer Nicola Wordie about the pressures and demands of farming during lambing season. Nicola also discusses her involvement in a project aimed at tackling isolation within Scotland's farming and crofting communities.

Rachel visits St Fillan’s Cave in Pittenweem, where she uncovers the history behind the cave’s name and discovers that Christian services are still held at its ancient stone altar today.

Mark speaks to Mike Vass, Director of the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music, to hear about his journey of blending music with maritime experiences, following an illness in 2013 that inspired him to compose music drawn from the high seas.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.4

My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.

0:10.8

The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.

0:17.5

With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to

0:22.4

helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put

0:28.3

together by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life,

0:34.9

check out BBC Sounds.

0:41.5

This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

0:49.4

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

0:53.0

As you probably know, we do a couple of Scotland outdoors podcasts every week and one of them is based on the live programme we do

0:55.9

for BBC Radio Scotland which is called

0:58.0

Out of Doors. And this week we didn't

1:00.2

mean for this to happen but

1:02.0

we've kind of gone a bit tattie daft.

1:05.0

Out of Doors

1:05.8

with Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart

1:08.1

from BBC Radio Scotland. That was the sound of the dawn chorus when we actually came into the car park this morning.

1:38.8

I made flatbirds, wood pigeons, probably Robin Robin I think

1:44.6

There was gulls at one stage

1:46.8

Just grumbling in the background

1:47.8

There's the crow again

1:48.8

Yeah it's nice

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