Discovering Calton Hill and the Conservation Trust
Calton Hill Conservation Trust is a relatively new team of volunteers who are preserving and enhancing the historic Calton Hill right in the middle of the city. Set above Princes Street with stunnin...
28 Jan 202523min
Dunbars Close and plant explorers with Hetty's History Walks
The first episode of Season 2: Dunbars Close on the Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town is a reimagined seventeeth century garden and is well worth a visit. Containing eight distinct areas, the garden ...
15 Jan 202534min
Geology, James Hutton and Holyrood Park
The final podcast of Season 1 discovers Edinburgh's fascinating geology and the role played in the eighteenth century by the father of modern geology: James Hutton. I met up with geologist Angus Mi...
16 Dec 202425min
Forest bathing with Anna Neubert Wood
Anna Neubert Wood runs her own business, Wander Women. She created it to take women initially - but now everyone including individuals and groups - into the wilds to find peace, tranquility and child...
2 Dec 202425min
Exploring new paths with Charlie Ellis
Charlie Ellis is a writer and walker with a keen interest in Edinburgh's former railways that are now footpaths and cycle routes. He enjoys heading off to explore old paths and to find new, or potent...
19 Nov 202421min
Beekeeping: West Linton and District Beekeepers Association
Learning all about bees: on a driech day in Edinburgh I went to visit the West Linton & District Beekeepers group in an equally driech Carlops, in the Pentland Hills. There weren't many bees buzzing ...
5 Nov 202422min
Antonine Wall: finding the Romans
Having occupied Britain for hundreds of years, the Romans had a huge impact on our culture, landscape and history. I met the team from the now complete Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project to find...
5 Nov 202429min
Hetty's History Walks: Holyrood Park
Hetty's History Walks is run by historian, Hetty Lancaster. She runs tours across the city introducing both visitors and locals to fascinating facts about Edinburgh and its past. We met on a sunny a...
1 Nov 202428min
