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Out of Doors: Live from the Edinburgh Festivals

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Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith live from the BBC’s festivals site at St James Quarter.

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a special live programme from the BBC’s festivals site at St James Quarter with guests including Cameron McNeish and Sarah Rankin.

Mark and Euan broadcast live from the BBC’s festivals site at St James Quarter in the heart of Edinburgh in front of an enthusiastic early morning audience!

They are joined by a host of guests including broadcaster, author and all-round man of the hills Cameron McNeish who chats about his latest book and earlier life and career.

Also appearing in the Spiegeltent is Anna Neubert-Wood, founder of WanderWomen,  which encourages groups of women to connect with nature through a combination of survival skills and mindfulness.

MasterChef finalist Sarah Rankin is in charge of breakfast, whipping up some potato rosti and telling Mark and Euan about her passion for the outdoors which started with childhood summer holidays.

And giving us the lowdown on the history of Edinburgh’s St James Quarter, the location of our broadcast, is blue badge tour guide Fraser Parkinson.

Plus, Mark finds out about the fascinating Yew Hedge at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and explores the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh along with Liz May one of the authors of a new guidebook Edinburgh the Walk.

And it wouldn’t be Out of Doors without a mystery bird.  Can you identify what Euan has brought along to Edinburgh with him?

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