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Out for the Weekend

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Nicola Meighan

Inspiration for getting out and about at the weekend with Fiona Stalker.

Fiona Stalker offers inspiration and insight into what is happening across Scotland as the weekend approaches. Includes gardening and weather news.

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Gary Sutherland joins Fiona in the studio to tell her about his new book Walk This Way.

Fiona Stalker offers activity inspiration and insight into what's happening across Scotland. Gary Sutherland joins her in the studio to tell her about his new book Walk This Way.

Travel writer Gary Sutherland joins Fiona in the studio to tell her about his new book all about his mammoth walk along Scotland's best known routes.

Having been inspired by Personal Best and their investigation into The Daily Mile, Fiona decided to give it a try herself. 

Access advocate Dave Morris chats to Fiona about his desire to make the countryside accessible for all, regardless of physical ability. 

Open Farm Sunday takes place this weekend and we hear from farm owner Rebecca Dawes about what's in store. 

If you're planning on packing the tent and heading to the hills in the summer season, George Anderson from the Woodland Trust has some top wild camping tips.

We have scouts taking over the car park as the 1st City of Aberdeen Scout Group give Fiona a crash course in pioneering.

She might not be the most enthusiastic of gardeners but Fiona's twin daughters seem to have green fingers as they give it a go themselves. 

This week see's the launch of the Edinburgh cycling festival. Event director Kim Harding is on hand to tell us what's in store and cyclist Andrew Sykes gives us a sneak peak of his talk. 

Continuing our 'adventuring hero' series, Royal Scottish Geographical Society Writer in Residence, Jo Woolf, shines a spotlight on three female missionaries and explorers. 

The West End Festival is back for its 23rd year and festival chairman Liz Scobie gives us a flavour of what we can expect. 

Karen MacKenzie recently visited The Hermitage in Dunkeld and got a tour around with ranger Hannah Patterson.

And we catch up with Paula McGuire who set off in April to swim around the UK to tackle one of her biggest anxieties - water.

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