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Two Midget Submarines, a Bamboo Bike and a herd of Water Buffalo

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

Mark visits the Blair Horse Trials, to get a sense of how much goes into planning an equine event.

The Knockando Woolmill in Moray, one of the last district mills of its kind in the country, is now on the hunt for a new weaver. Rachel chats with Emily Scott to find out more about the history of the mill.

Kate Rawles has built a bamboo bike and ridden eight thousand miles through South America, all in the name of biodiversity research. Maud Start meets Kate for a chat and a look at the bike.

Mark visits Aberlady Nature Reserve at low tide with Warden John Harrison, to take a look at two unlikely relics from the Second World War.

Nick Ray, of Life Afloat, is finishing up a 365 day kayak adventure around Scotland. We catch up with him on the final days of his trip, to find out what’s next.

Rachel meets Steve Mitchell, a Kirkcaldy farmer who is the first in Scotland to produce Buffalo Mozzarella.

A citizen science project run by the James Hutton Institute, β€˜Mountain Heights – Hidden Depths’, hopes to uncover more about the biodiversity of alpine soils. Helen Needham joined Soil Scientist from the Institute Andrea Britton on Schiehallion in Perthshire.

The Edinburgh Society of Model Engineers, or ESME, has a miniature railway which they have been working hard to relocate to the Almondell Model Engineering Centre, in Ratho. Mark and Rachel travelled down to take a look.

Rachel joins an Immersive Soundwalk in Moray, as part of Scotland’s Covid Community Memorial Programme.

1 hour, 31 minutes

Last on

Sat 26 Aug 2023 06:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Aug 2023 06:30

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