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07/05/2016

Euan McIlwraith learns how camelids make good lamb guards at the Scottish Alpaca Championship Show, plus Mark Stephen admires the work of Cousland Smiddy's young blacksmith.

In the first thirty minutes...

Euan learns that camelids make good lamb guards at the first ever Scottish Alpaca Championship Show.

Mark admires the work of Cousland Smiddy's young blacksmith.

Could Blairgowrie blossom be a tourist attraction of the future? Euan meets one Angus farmer who's capitalising on Scotland's late cherry season.

And on Callendar Estate they're converting low grade timber into wood chips for biomass boilers. Mark visits Falkirk to see how it's done.

After the news...

Claire and Euan are in Harris testing the theory that female pheromones attract brown trout.

Laura meets author, Mairi Stewart, who's compiled the memories of more than 120 Scottish forestry workers in a weighty new book.

Mark explores the coastline and wildlife of the Moray Firth then goes roller skiing in Huntly.

Mark and Euan compete in wood carving under the supervision of Harris boatbuilder, John MacAulay.

And Mike Grundon discovers that Out of Doors is partly responsible for saving the Highland village of Foyers!

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 May 2016 06:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 May 2016 06:30

Landward

Landward

Scotland's farming and countryside programme