Facing Your Fears on Out of Doors
Post categories: Outdoors
| 06:00 UK time, Saturday, 28 May 2011
Just been sent this blog from the Out of Doors team.
We can be rather cruel to our presenters here on Out of Doors. Don't get me wrong, they have a dream job - they get to travel all over Scotland and do exciting things. But, they also have to do some rather scary things.
This week we sent Euan McIlwraith white water rafting - which he was rather pleased about. What he didn't know was that at the end of the raft trip he'd have to cliff dive. Not one of the activities that Euan, who's afraid of heights, necessarily had on his to-do list. His interview ends with a rather loud yell and then just one, unanswered question - 'Why?'
The view of the Moray Firth from the glider cockpit
And it's not always the dangerous stuff the causes our presenters' problems - Mark got a rather sore head after walking into a door frame. He was kind enough to email us the sound evidence, which won't be broadcast, with the following description: "This is what it sounds like when a 6 foot presenter, partially blinded by the bill of his baseball cap, smacks his head off a 17th century stone door lintel. Thought it might make you laugh." And it did make us laugh - loudly.
Mark's knees and some cockpit instruments
Over the next few months we'll also be broadcasting from Fife and the south-west and we're really keen to hear about any interesting things to do and places to visit. You can get in touch with us by emailing outofdoors@bbc.co.uk.
Out Of Doors is on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Scotland, Saturday 0630-0800, repeated Sunday
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