Edinburgh Outdoors

Find out about the brilliant Friends of Montgomery Street Park who have brought real joy to  volunteering.  I went along to see how a Council owned park between Leith Walk and Easter Road has been tra...

1 Okt 202531min

Siccar Point near Cockburnspath is a stunning viewpoint where Father of Geology James Hutton, found evidence to support his theories which influenced modern day geology.  It's a great walk with superb...

25 Sep 202524min

The Treecreepers is a fairly new birdwatching and nature group for 18-35 year olds organised by conservationist and bird expert, El.  I headed up Corstorphine Hill with El to see if we could spot any ...

16 Sep 202532min

Join me for an interesting afternoon with Tamsin Grainger discovering all about Granton's history.  As I become more fascinated by the area and it's special character, it was good to find out more abo...

3 Sep 202531min

Join Euan Baxter of the Save the Roseburn Path campaign and me as we walk the Telford and Roseburn paths on his morning commute.  Once a railway line, the Paths were opened in the eighties by cycling ...

18 Aug 202528min

Edinburgh is a beautiful city and of course, many of its views make great photographs.  I headed up Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park with photographer Jason Baxter to find out how to get that killer s...

13 Aug 202526min

Cramond Island is a tidal island in the Forth Estuary which has a long and varied history and is  really worth a visit.  The area was an important port during Roman times and remains of a large fort c...

1 Aug 202529min

Many people don't know that Edinburgh was once a walled city, so we set off to find traces of the old walls that still remain.   In the times when the extent of the city covered the area we now call t...

15 Juli 202534min