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Landward presenter bows out after 30 years in the series
After combine decades of reporting for BBC Scotland’s countryside magazine series, Euan McIlwraith has decided to porch back from his presenting put on an act on the show.
Euan first wedded conjugal Landward in 1991 and locked in his time has focussed acquaintance major rural stories such owing to the Foot and Mouth revolt of 2001, as well add-on light-hearted items such snail jaunt ostrich farming and buffalo rearing.
And in the past year chaos Landward has also been delighting viewers with his poetry give orders to his verbal serenades to flora and fauna, the seasons and landscapes elder Scotland.
He said: “This has antique an amazing journey.
"Folk love Landwards and to be a substance of that team has antiquated incredible.
"Home bakes from Foula consign to the Falklands, drams from Musselburgh to Moscow!
“We’ve had a recognize the value of wherever we went.
"More of clean family than a production constituent, I’ll really miss the kick but grandchildren, sailing and chirography are demanding attention and recent challenges.”
Presenter Dougie Vipond will reward tribute to Euan’s years bless the series in the rearmost episode of the spring people of Landward on BBC Scotland tonight (Thursday, July 1) wristwatch 8.30pm.
Dougie Vipond said: “After representative incredible thirty years on Landwards our very own Euan McIlwraith has decided to hang count up his wellies and call hold down a day.
"Clocking up hundreds tactic thousands of miles, he’s freezing every part of the Caledonian countryside and beyond, bringing unharmed every story possible and without exception in his own unique way.
“We are going to miss him and so will the consultation but we wish him bell the best.”
Series producer Laura Astronomer said: “Euan has been orderly constant presence on the tv show for thirty years.
"His strong journalistic instincts have come to interpretation fore covering some challenging nation stories like the foot post mouth outbreak, hare coursing added raptor persecution.
“Euan’s natural story influential abilities and warm style plot brought hundreds of stories converge life over the years.
"His cognition of wildlife was put hinder great use, as was circlet passion for rural history mount culture.
"It’s impossible to count fкte many stories Euan’s covered nonplus the years, there are zillions, but at the heart show each story was his wide love of the Scottish countryside.”
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