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Out of Doors is on a special expedition this week, starting the journey following the River Tweed from source to sea. Mark and Rachel start off with a stop at Dawyck Botanic Gardens, to meet with curator, Graham Stewart.

Having reached the Borders, Chris Sawyers from the Peebles museum gives Mark and Rachel a wee tour of the town.

In recent years the area around the Borders has become synonymous with mountain biking. The sport brings a huge number of visitors to Peebles and has breathed new life into the Glentress Forest.

Graeme McLean, Head of Developing Mountain Biking gives a hint ahead to the upcoming UCI Cycling World Championships, which will be hosted in part by Glentress this August.

Dawn Patterson is Chair of St Ronan鈥檚 Games. 2023 marks the 196th Anniversary of the games - the oldest organised athletics meeting in Scotland, in which the Cleikum Ceremonies are at the centre of the occasion.

Galashiels is known for its connection to the textile industry, and in 2022 it became the home of the Great Tapestry of Scotland. Mark and Rachel chat with centre director Sandy Maxwell-Forbes.

We meet Catherine Maxwell Stuart, the 21st Lady of Traquair, Scotland鈥檚 oldest inhabited house. Visited by 27 Scottish Kings and Queens, Traquair dates back to 1107 and has been lived in by the Stuart family since 1491.

We meet author and historian, Alastair Moffat, the founder of Borders Book Festival and co-chairman of The Great Tapestry Of Scotland.

We join Jamie Stewart, director of the Tweed Foundation on a little boat trip down the river, for a chat about the water itself.

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