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Out of Doors: 22/10/2016

22/10/2016

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Mark Stephen finds out how potatoes make their way from field to fork.

The latest outdoor activities from Shetland to the Borders, featuring a look at how potatoes make their way from field to fork.

Mark finds out how the potatoes we eat make their way from field to fork. He visits the nuclear stock of seed potatoes at SASA, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture, on the outskirts of Edinburgh to see how seriously the health of seed potatoes is taken. He also visits Scanstone outside Forfar who manufacture equipment for harvesting potatoes all around the world. And his final stop is Taypack near Perth to find out how a tattie gets turned into a crisp.

An appeal has been launched to generate enough cash to establish an extension to one of the most important nature reserves in the south west of Scotland. Euan finds out more.

Bees are on the decline...we know this. But what is being done about it? Helen recently met Meg Beresford at Wiston Lodge near Biggar who feels very strongly about raising awareness of their plight.

Cultybraggan in Perthshire is the last remaining example of a purpose-built prisoner of war camp in the UK. A few years ago through the Comrie Development Trust, the nearby village bought the site from the Ministry of Defence. Mark went to see how things have moved on with Fiona Davidson from the Trust.

While the Out of Doors team were in America they didn't encounter any bears but someone who has is Greg Boswell. Euan chats to him about his scary experience.

Euan finds out how Police Scotland train their horses to face rowdy crowds when their natural instinct is to run away. He speaks to officers and trainers at Blairfield Farm, their training base in East Ayrshire.

Ramblers Scotland has launched a new app which allows people to report issues with paths and places they walk so that access can be improved. Laura takes a look at it with Danny Carden as they take a walk around the Den of Alyth.

The Scottish and British finals of The Tractor Pulling Championships were held in Aberdeenshire recently. Emily Esson went along to find out what exactly goes on.

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