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17/09/2016

Join Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith for the latest outdoor activities from Shetland to the Borders, plus the key stories for those who live and work in the countryside.

Between 0630 and 0700hrs...
Another chance to hear a special half hour of Out of Doors as Euan and Mark climb Ben Wyvis with a mountain legend. David "Heavy" Whalley MBE was a member of the RAF Mountain Rescue for 36 years.

Over his career he was involved in over 1000 mountain incidents as well as being the senior team leader at the Lockerbie disaster.

Heavy is still an active walker and climber, getting out every week, so Euan and Mark took the chance to catch up with him in his natural habitat, up the side of a mountain in the Highlands. He gives them very open, honest accounts of his experiences many of which are very moving.

And between 0700 and 0800...
Euan gets a sneak preview of the six trees to make it to the final of the Woodland Trust's Scottish Tree of the Year competition.

Claire is up in Ullapool with Bernard Planterose, a self-taught builder and designer who has created a network of huts in his woodland home.

Mark has been across in Canada where he visited Mount Royal Park in Montreal and took a tour with Hélène Panaïoti from the park to find out about its history and importance to the city.

It's not exactly Hawaii but Emily Esson braved the weather to go surfing in Sandend on the Banffshire Coast and found that it really doesn't have to be sunny to surf but it isn't as easy as it looks.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 17 Sep 2016 06:30

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  • Sat 17 Sep 2016 06:30

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Landward

Scotland's farming and countryside programme