Scotland Outdoors

The Pirates Graveyard, Peas and a Zulu Fishing Boat


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We have another excerpt from the teams Whithorn Way pilgrimage, this time Rachel meets Stuart Wilson and Brian Boyd from the Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers and hears all about a very surprising annual event!

Mark has a trip on a Loch Ness with Frida Newton as they celebrate Jacobite Cruisers 50th anniversary

Rachel visits the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther where they have the only Zulu fishing boat in the UK. Curator Julia Branch and musician Esther Swift - who has composed a piece of music inspired by the vessels, are there to meet her.

Give Peas a Chance is a pilot project whose aim is to get locally grown organic split peas into school meals.

This week, Rachel and some pupils who’ve been enjoying the peas, visited farmer Phil Swire and heard all about the journey from the soil to plate.

Rachel is in Dundee to view a new whale memorial by Scottish artist Michael Visocchi. The sculpture which is heading to Georgia very soon, represents the shift from hunting whales in the past to conservation. Alison Neil from the South Georgia Heritage Trust has positive news regarding whale numbers in the area.

Mark is in Cromarty to visit a very unusual cemetery nicknamed The Pirates Graveyard. David Alston explains what the engravings mean and who or what is in the oldest part of Cromarty - the Crypt!

After some positive news regarding the ever elusive Capercaillie hit the headlines this week, Mark and Rachel find out more from Dr Jack Bamber from the University of Aberdeen.

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