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Euan meets Mervyn Brown, a shepherd and farmer, who has been collecting data on the arrival of spring for several decades. He shows him the signs that spring has sprung and discusses the reasons behind this season arriving earlier than normal.

Dougie meets campaigners trying to change the law to offer greater protection to cyclists. The concept of 鈥減resumed liability鈥� would mean that if a cyclist and a motorist were involved in a collision the motorist would be assumed to be liable under civil law unless they could prove otherwise.聽

聽The devastating equine disease was first seen in Angus around 1907 and remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of veterinary science and the disease that horse owners fear most.聽 The Animal Health Trust is trialling a vaccine that works against bacteria that may be linked to Grass sickness. For more information about the trial visit

It is ten years since the first 鈥淢onitor Farm鈥� was established in Scotland. The concept originated in New Zealand and involves farmers opening their farm gates and their accounts to fellow farmers. Euan meets some of the farmers in the scheme and finds out how being a 鈥淢onitor Farm鈥� has improved their businesses.

In the first of a three part mini-series on aspiring Commonwealth Games Athletes training in the Scottish countryside, we meet triathlete Florie McLeish. She does much of her training in the hills above Bridge of Allan and she is currently waiting to hear if she has been selected for the Scottish Commonwealth Games team.