SOS Ep04 - The Sea Wall

This Week:

• Archaeologist Erica Willis returns to Skara Brae, where new buildings have been uncovered.
• The Sleeper makes a bid for freedom.
• Craig stumbles across something unusual.

This week’s news story:

Sea threat to Neolithic village

changed to the alternative:

New find at Neolithic Village

Work due to start to improve protective sea walls near the neolithic village of Skara Brae has been put on hold due to previously unidentified signs of human settlement being found at the site. Experts have been called into the monument site in Orkney to examine the find and alternative plans are now being drawn up to protect the village.

SOS Ep03 - Awakening

This Week:

• A dusty figure wakes in a sealed room after years of sleep.
• Jim Sykes gets a disturbing update about the cameras found at the Palace.

This week’s news story:

Community hit as island mansion burns

changed to the alternative:

Island mansion avoids mystery blaze

Raasay House, near the isle of Skye, was apparently subject to a fire which mysteriously disappeared. The fire broke out some time during the night, with workmen who are currently renovating the building discovering the lower floor full of smoke. They raised the alarm, but a thorough search of the building revealed no source of the smoke and no fire damage.

SOS Ep02 - Wreaths

This Week:

• Craig Fullarton's trip to his mother's grave takes an unsettling turn.

This week’s news story:

Graveyard ghouls stealing wreaths

changed to the alternative:

Graveyard ghouls stealing wreaths

Grampian police have appealed for information about a series of thefts from graveyards in the Moray area over the course of the week. A number of people have reported stolen wreaths as well as damage to headstones.

SOS Ep01 - The Palace

This Week:

• Edinburgh cop Jim Sykes is called into a puzzling case.

This week’s news story:

Palace plans found in park

changed to the alternative:

Palace plans found in park

A set of architectural drawings of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, have been found on a footpath in the Roseburn area of Edinburgh. Security around the Palace has been increased and a full investigation has been launched into the source of the document. The plans were found by a journalist who was walking her dog along the path leading to the Water of Leith. The plans appear to show the whole of the Palace, including the private quarters of the Royal family, and have now been returned to security staff. A spokesperson said “We acknowledge this has been a security breach which we are taking very seriously and are currently investigating.”

SOS Ep00 - Introduction

This is an introductory instalment of the “Some Other Scotland” podcast, explaining what is different about it from other podcast fiction you may have read.

Polls will normally be posted on Sunday nights at the end of the news week.  You have one week to vote, but early voting gives me advance warning of the final outcome which means more time to write!

Podcasts will be available up to one week later, by Sunday night at the latest.

Feedback about the podcasts or ideas for involving listeners other than the polls are welcomed.  Please contact me either by leaving a comment below or emailing me at mickbordet @ gmail . com.

I have kept this introduction short so that, if you want to build up the story over the weeks as a collection of mp3 files, you can quite easily leave this one out without losing any of the story or having this background detail included in your collection.

I hope you enjoy the journey through an alternative Scottish 2009, starting with the first full podcast very soon.

The music for this podcast is from the track “No Strings Attached” by The Lunacy Board, who can be found at www.lunacyboard.com

Some Other Scotland by Mick Bordet is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.