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New series of Scotland's countryside magazine. In the first programme, Dougie Vipond looks at the development of skiing in Scotland.

Landward is back with a new look for a new series of Scotland's countryside magazine programme.

In this first episode, Dougie Vipond looks at the development of skiing in Scotland, Euan McIlwraith goes in search of the elusive pine marten and Nick is in the heart of Edinburgh with the Landward Street Food van.

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Sun 30 Mar 2014 17:30

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Skiing in Scotland

Skiing in Scotland

Dougie Vipond puts on his skis and takes to the slopes at Cairngorm and Glencoe to look at the history and development of the skiing industry in Scotland. He meets some of the early pioneers and examines how much the industry has grown in the last hundred years.

Forestry v Farming

Forestry v Farming

Euan McIlwraith has exclusive access to a new report which compares the economic benefit of sheep farming and forestry in upland areas. The controversial report produced by the Timber industry body CONFOR is bound to spark a heated debate about land use in Scotland’s upland areas.

Nick and Dougie's Street Food Van

Nick and Dougie's Street Food Van

Nick Nairn and Dougie Vipond take their mobile food van in to the heart of Edinburgh to cook some new season Blackface lamb. Scots traditionally eat much less lamb than people in England and Wales and sales have generally been falling across the UK. Lamb is viewed as more expensive than chicken and pork and there is a perception that it has a fatty taste. Nick cooks some Blackface lamb chops and attempts to convince the Edinburgh public to fall in love with lamb again.

Pinemarten

Pinemarten

Euan gets a unique insight into the elusive Pinemartens when he joins a research project in Glenmore Forest Park. The project involves trapping Pinemartens and fitting them with GPS tags to enable researchers to learn more about their movements and habitats. The long term aim is to reintroduce Pinemartens to England where they were wiped out by persecution.

Myrtle Simpson

Myrtle Simpson

Dougie meets one of Scotland’s greatest female adventurers. Myrtle Simpson was born in Hampshire but fell in love with the Mountains when she started work as a Radiographer at Belford Hospital in Fort William. Her passion led to a lifetime of adventures in the Arctic, China and South America. She was also one of the founders of the early Scottish Ski Centres and went on to become Chair of the Scottish National Ski Council.

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Series Producer Simon Cousins
Presenter Dougie Vipond
Presenter Euan McIlwraith

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