Out of Doors

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Out of Doors: Rough Castle, Pylons and a Paddle-Out protest

Rough Castle, Pylons and a Paddle-Out protest

BBC Radio Scotland - Out of Doors, Rough Castle, Pylons and a Paddle-Out protest

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

Mark heads to Rough Castle, home of the Antonine Wall, to meet with the newest, and first female President of the National Trust for Scotland, Jacki Bird. 

A proposal to create a new one hundred mile overhead powerline in the Highlands, with pylons erected between Spittal and Beauly, is proving controversial amongst locals, with campaign groups forming to fight the plan by SSEN. 

Rachel talks with Lyndsey Ward from Communities B4 Power Companies, and joins a public meeting to hear from SSEN’s Greg Clarke.

A new Wet Wheels boat has just arrived at Port Edgar. Fully accessible, the boat is designed to be driven by people of all abilities, and it’s designed to be fast and fun. Mark tests it out on the Firth of Forth, with Chris Bradby- Director at Edinburgh Marine Academy.

Producer Phil explores the benefits of exercise for Mental Health with Jeff Zycinski and Marie Law from the Partnerships for Wellbeing charity, at the Walking and Wheeling festival in Inverness. 

Paddle-Out Protests will be taking place at popular beach spots around the UK, including Portobello Beach, mobilised by action group Surfers Against Sewage. We chat with Charlie Allanson-Oddy, a volunteer rep for the organisation, ahead of the demonstration. 

Ladderfest was designed to bring festival goers and their ladders, out of their houses and onto the Meadows, to stand a little higher up than usual. Maud Start stands atop her ladder to interview organiser, Daniel Lawrence.

An extract from our midweek podcast, Scotland Outdoors, sees Helen Needham cycling along with author Markus Stitz to discuss his new book, Bikepacking in Scotland.

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