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Rural Cost of Living
With dramatic rises in the prices of domestic heating oil and fuel for transport, rural homes are increasingly affected. Dougie Vipond travels to Speyside to discover how one farming family is coping.
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World Horse Welfare
Lee Mackenzie continues her series on the work of World Horse Welfare, a charity dedicated to giving abused and neglected horses a second chance in life. This week she finds out how Spencer is faring after spending the last two years in recovery.
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Glenmore Lodge Instructors
For those with a passion for Scotland’s countryside becoming an outdoor activity instructor may seem like a dream job, but how do you take your first steps on this career ladder? Sarah Mack visits Glenmore Lodge – Scotland’s National Outdoor Training Centre – to learn about the Nightwatch training scheme.
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Place Names
Sometimes obscure, often unpronounceable, Scotland has some fascinating place names. In the second part of her short series Amanda Hamilton visits Fife - home of Gallows Knowe, Templeland and Aberdour - to discover the factors that determined such unusual names.
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Wreck Diver
For 25 years Rod Macdonald has been fascinated by wreck hunting; the seabed around our rugged coast is littered with the ruins of ships sunk by weather, human error and war. Along with a dedicated team of fellow enthusiasts Rod scours the Aberdeenshire coast, diving to unchartered wrecks and using careful detective work to identify them. Euan McIlwraith has been to meet the man whose life passion is underwater investigation.
Credits
- Series Producer
- Simon Cousins
- Presenter
- Dougie Vipond
- Presenter
- Sarah Mack
- Presenter
- Amanda Hamilton
Broadcasts
Podcast
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Scotland Outdoors
Your free, weekly, pocket guide to the Scottish outdoors. A flavour of the countryside in 15...
