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16/12/2017

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Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the latest outdoor activities.

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.

Euan finds out about a campaign by Scottish Land and Estates to raise awareness of fly tipping. Care in the Countryside also highlights issues faced by landowners when illegal mountain bikes trails and jumps are built on their property. 

An Aberdeenshire dairy has invested in a novel way for people to buy their milk, by vending machine. It's popular in Europe, but will it take off here? Mark tries it out.

This week the Scottish government gave financial backing to an ambitious project to return golden eagles to the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. Euan was at the launch, chatting to some of the key people involved. 

Mark gets a behind the scenes tour at Blair Drummond Safari Park. How do animals that are used to sub-Saharan temperatures cope with the Scottish winter? Keepers show him around during the closed season and he meets some of the park's residents as they settle in for winter. 

Euan visits a boat that has been given a new lease of life after being saved from being scrapped. 

Christmas is just nine sleeps away and if you're stuck for present ideas, what about an apple tree? Euan finds out that it's a great time of year to buy your loved one a fruit tree. 

Mark attempts to take to the water sea-kayaking but the December weather gets the better of him.

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