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Episode 14

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie goes in search of Scotland's best biking road on a Triumph Bonneville, while Sarah visits a stunning restored walled garden.

This week Landward is on the go as Dougie takes to the tarmac on a Triumph Bonneville in search of Scotland's best biking road, while Euan lets off steam with some very special trains. Also, Sarah visits a stunning restored walled garden and Dougie finds out why now is a good time to eat Scottish lamb.

28 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 Feb 2017 14:00

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Lamb

Lamb

Scotch Lamb farmers are having a tough time with demand and prices falling. They are trying to spark a revival by taking their β€œWham Bam Lamb" campaign direct to the consumer.Β  Dougie meets Perthshire Farmer John Ritchie who is optimistic that there will be a Scotch lamb revival.

Walled Garden

Walled Garden

Sarah visits Gordon Castle Estate in Moray to see how work is progressing on the restoration of an eight-acre walled Garden – one of the biggest in the country.

Best Bike Roads

Best Bike Roads

Dougie begins a four part journey exploring some of Scotland’s best driving roads on a Triumph Bonneville motorbike. This week’s journey takes him up the A9 from Inverness to Thurso.

Little Trains

Little Trains

Euan get to play with model trains! The Edinburgh Society of Model Engineers is currently based at Newliston House near Edinburgh. It has over half a mile of tracks at its current location but is about to relocate to a new eleven acre site a few miles away. By next year the Club hope to have created the largest model engineering centre in Scotland.

Cabrach Memorial

Cabrach Memorial

In 2014 Landward featured the Cabrach in Aberdeenshire which was depopulated during the First World War. The wild moorland area has been described as the biggest War Memorial in Europe but until now the area has not had a formal memorial to its war dead. After seeing the programme current Cabrach residents decided to build their own memorial. Dougie went to see it.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Dougie Vipond
Presenter Euan McIlwraith
Presenter Sarah Mack
Executive Producer Rachel Bell
Executive Producer David Harron
Series Producer Simon Cousins

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