Scotland Outdoors

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Latest episodes

• Edinburgh's Surf Resort, Wallace, Glasgow's Fire Dog and the Wild Plants of Deeside

  October 3, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

  Funding is being made available to improve core paths in Aberdeen over the next few years and Rachel joined Chris York from environmental consultancy Walking the Talk to find out what a core path actually is Mark visits a surf resort and…

• The Cities of the Future with an Eye to the Past

  September 30, 2026 · 28 min

  Helen Needham meets up with writer Gabriella Bennett to discuss her book 'How to Build a City'. They meet in Glenrothes in Fife where Gabriella spent part of her childhood.

• Wasps, Coos and Doos

  September 26, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

  Up until now, access from the top station of the Cairngorm funicular railway onto the mountain was not allowed outside the winter snowsports season, unless visitors were accompanied by a guide. However, as Mark went to find out, a trial is…

• The History of Portsoy Marble

  September 23, 2026 · 30 min

  Rachel Stewart finds out about a major heritage project linked to the distinctive stone.

• Sounds of the Canal, Rosie the Cow and a Garden on a Carpark

  September 19, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

  The Denburn car park in Aberdeen city centre is well known by locals, but not many people might be as familiar with what sits on top of it. Around the derelict health centre, a community group, Upper Denburn Gardens, is working to improve…

• The Healing Power of Horses with Jock Hutchison

  September 16, 2026 · 29 min

  Horseback UK is a charity run by Jock Hutchison and his wife Emma bringing together horses and humans to overcome some of the stresses of everyday life

• Scottish Rain, Productive Worms and an Archive of Soil

  September 12, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

  Mark visits the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen where researchers are carrying out a project to restore, preserve and digitise irreplaceable soil and peat maps, aerial imagery, field notebooks and survey records collected since 1947…

• Capturing the Wild with Photographer Karen Miller

  September 9, 2026 · 25 min

  Mark Stephen talks to former colleague Karen Miller about swapping her desk for wildlife.