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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.

I'm Mark Stephen.

As you probably 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 I have struggled to pronounce one of the highlights.

It is not a via frittata.

It's a via ferata.

I know it's only the end of January but this is something of ananas marubilis already I have to say because you know 10 days ago sheet ice absolutely sheet ice

last Monday Tuesday it was 15 degrees with us seriously I mean sitting mean, sitting outside in T-shirts, remarkable weather.

I'm Mark Stephen. I'm standing here in the car park in BBC Aberdeen sitting across the other side of the fire.

Rachel Stewart. And I have to say, I'm quite enjoying that. It's nice that it's beginning to get a bit milder.

I know it's technically too early, but it is really quite pleasant. And even today,

you know, it's a lot milder than last week. It's quite pleasant to be sitting outside.

Yeah, no, I don't think there's actually rules about, you know, there's no penalty as such for it being

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