In the Borders, gritters have been deployed to spread sand over roads to try and reflect heat and cool the surface
A previous bid to secure protection for the Langholm Moor goats was refused by the Scottish Parliament.
A committee is told it is "utterly bizarre" that gulls are protected while the "cute goats" are not.
From Edinburgh the race heads through Midlothian, the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway to Carlisle.
A string of bike and walking trails across southern Scotland have been closed for safety checks.
Plans have been unveiled for an 18-turbine wind farm on the hills near Newcastleton in the Borders.
How has the first decade of the Edinburgh to Tweedbank line gone - and what does the future hold?
A growing number of pump tracks is helping increase the popularity of the sport in the Borders.
The local authority in the Scottish Borders says another six sites could close in the summer.
