A huge thanks to the *3,650* people who signed our joint petition calling for the urgent reopening of Edinburgh's #RadicalRoad !🙏🏽

Our supporters included walkers, climbers, runners, geologists, civic leaders and leading health & safety experts!

Now Historic Environment Scotland, over to you...

Lovely pic. But are they really 'plugs'?! Eroded volcanic areas always have loads of intrusions of different shapes and sizes. If it is circular (in map view) and not too big it gets called a plug and the assumption is there was a volcano above. But do we really know?

Historic Environment Scotland Thanks to >100 people who packed our public meeting with Edinburgh Geological Society, Mountaineering Scotland, Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) & ScotWays on Sunday to discuss how we'll fight to get the #RadicalRoad open for all to enjoy. It was agreed to launch this new petition.

Please sign NOW: ramblers.org.uk/radicalroad

Great turnout at our meeting on the future of access at #RadicalRoad in Holyrood Park with Ramblers Scotland Mountaineering Scotland ScotWays Edinburgh Geological Society Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust)

This Sunday 3 December, 2-4pm: public meeting on the Radical Road: Past, Present, Future? Join us and partners to agree how we can persuade HES to urgently reopen this 200-year-old path. See you there! edinburghgeolsoc.org/radical-road-p…
Ramblers Scotland Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) Mountaineering Scotland ScotWays

Join us at a public event to explore the past, present and future of the Radical Road in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park - a much loved walking route since 1822. Sunday 3 December 2-4pm edinburghgeolsoc.org/radical-road-p…
Ramblers Scotland Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) Mountaineering Scotland ScotWays

It was excellent to see John MacDonald giving his Clough Memorial Award lecture Edinburgh Geological Society tonight. Who knew slag could be so interesting?

A great night, fascinating, entertaining talk and a inspiring conversation between Tom Sharpe Dr Katie Strang and Dr Elsa Panciroli, chaired by Hermione Cockburn from Dynamic Earth - all our palaeontologist panel started young, exploring local coal tips, beaches and hills.

Today's the day! See you at Dynamic Earth 6pm tonight for our annual public lecture.
edinburghgeolsoc.org/public-lecture/

The 2023 EGS Public Lecture is on Fri (6th Oct 6:30pm) at Dynamic Earth: “Mary Anning & her Sea-Dragons” by Tom Sharpe.
After his talk, Tom will be joined by palaeontologists to answer questions & discuss Anning’s legacy & their journeys into palaeo.
🎟 - eventbrite.co.uk/e/egs-public-l…

I'm looking forward to International Geodiversity Day next Friday, 6 October, and my Edinburgh Geological Society public lecture on the remarkable #MaryAnning and her sea-dragons, in the company of Dr Katie Strang and Dr Elsa Panciroli. It's at 630pm Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. To book: edinburghgeolsoc.org/public-lecture/

Today's post brings the autumn newsletter of Edinburgh Geological Society with notice of my talk on 6 October Dynamic Earth on #MaryAnning and her sea dragons for International Geodiversity Day. If you're in or around Edinburgh, then do come along! To book: edinburghgeolsoc.org/public-lecture/

Excellent new The Guardian story on Historic Environment Scotland's farcical ongoing closure of Edinburgh's #RadicalRoad . 👇🏾

It's now five years and counting... but together with Mountaineering Scotland, Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust), Edinburgh Geological Society & ScotWays, we're not giving up. 🚶‍♀️

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/s…

New paper 📢
The stable isotope (C, O, S) record of Paleoproterozoic marbles, #Scotland .

#OpenAccess #ScottishJournalGeology

lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/sj…

Historic Environment Scotland accused of 'broken promises' after it said that “further reviews” were needed about access to the Radical Road on Arthur’s Seat.

theferret.scot/footpath-re-op…

Great to be in Eyemouth tonight with a room The Hippodrome packed with tourism enthusiasts & local enterprises. Great opportunity to catch up with some exciting people and SSDA - South of Scotland Destination Alliance

If Scotland starts anywhere on the Berwickshire coast is a great place to start!

Interesting series of walks this Saturday (1 July) in Craigmillar and Niddrie, including Deep Time with Alistair McGowan Al_McGowan

eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in-t…

Happy to share my first first author paper from my PhD 🥳❤️

'The Long-Term Efficiency and Compatibility of Hydrophobic Treatments in Protecting Vulnerable Sandstone at Arbroath Abbey (Scotland)' mdpi.com/2352548 #mdpiheritage via Heritage MDPI

Thanks Stuart, looks great!