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Mark nearly broke his neck running out of his house to photograph an impressive funnel cloud in the Aberdeenshire sky on Monday. He finds out more about this interesting phenomenon.

Helen Needham has been out and about with a new microphone this week but can you tell what she鈥檚 been recording?

A few weeks ago, a protest walk took place in Shetland under the banner of Shetland Staands wi Black Lives Matter. Following that, Helen spoke to Mara Duncan, who lives in Shetland and is mixed race, about how the global Black Lives Matter movement has prompted her to speak out about her personal experiences of racism.

As the five mile travel restriction for leisure is lifted in most of Scotland from Friday, many of us will be heading out further afield for exercise. But how do you prepare yourself for a long walk or hike after lockdown? Ramblers Scotland President Lucy Wallace has written a blog about exactly that and she joins us on the line with some hints and tips.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh opened its doors to visitors for the first time since March earlier this week. Mark speaks to David Knott, Curator of Living Collections at the garden, about the challenges they have faced and how they are planning for the future.

Radio Scotland Jazz Nights presenter Seonaid Aitken talks us though one of her favourite walks and the music that she enjoys listening to while doing it.

Our Scotland Outdoors midweek podcast this week features travel writer and sailor Philip Marsden. We have an excerpt of him telling Mark and Euan about sailing through a storm on his way to the Summer Isles.

On the weekend that the hills and mountains open up to visitors again, we look back on Mark and Helen鈥檚 trip to Lochnagar from a few years ago

Earlier this week the winners of a competition organised by Scottish Natural Heritage and Feis Rois to inspire people to connect with nature by writing songs inspired by the coasts and waters of Scotland鈥檚 nature reserves were announced. We speak to Karine Polwart, one of the judges of the In Tune with Nature competition along with Ben Ross, SNH鈥檚 head of reserves.

And Mark visits an interesting tree that inspired a listener to write some poetry.

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