{"id":3962,"date":"2024-10-19T12:09:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T12:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/?page_id=3962"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:46:44","slug":"7-stop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/7-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"7. Stop: Holyrood Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Welcome to &#8220;Walking Woods Edinburgh&#8221;, a self-guided audio tour around the centre of Edinburgh that takes a closer look at the history of the city through the eyes of a wood scientist.<\/em> <em>The tour was developed<\/em> <em>as part of the 20th annual meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE), but it is meant to be interesting for wood scientists and laypeople alike.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/walking-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go to the route map and list of stops<\/a> [Next &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/8-stop\/\">New Parliament<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-spreaker wp-block-embed-spreaker\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Stop 7: Holyrood park - Walking Woods Edinburgh\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=62333202&#038;theme=light&#038;playlist=false&#038;cover_image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net%2Fimages.spreaker.com%2Foriginal%2F4fecee51c26cabfb7de3f01e75bdcc44.jpg#?secret=dlQlzYC00Z\" data-secret=\"dlQlzYC00Z\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/10\/Holyrood-Park-transcript-to-publish.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download transcript of the episode.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case you don&#8217;t know what you are looking at or it is too foggy or dark to see (which happens&#8230; a lot), this is Arthur&#8217;s seat and the Salisbury Crags:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/10\/as.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3968\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This picture was taken from Calton hill, which is also well worth a visit if you have the time. Picture credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Arthur%27s_Seat_from_Calton_Hill.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Knight, Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the audio, Matt and I are touching on why much of Scotland &#8211; just like Holyrood Park &#8211; is not covered in trees. Here is an article that goes a bit more into detail: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wimbornehistorytrail.uk\/history_woodlands_britain-vf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A brief history of woodlands in Britain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most important takeaway from that: Woods did not disappear because of timber production, but because they were replaced where other uses, like agriculture, were more profitable. Forests were often not maintained and not re-planted once harvested, because no timber industry existed that would buy the wood, and so the effort of planting and managing woodlands would not pay off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nowadays we do have profitable timber industries in the UK, and we are creating woodlands even where they might not necessarily pay off from a monetary perspective, because they provide ecological and social benefits. But even in these woodlands some timber production can help to bear some of the costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt and I are also talking about two special tree species that you can find in the park. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/trees-woods-and-wildlife\/british-trees\/a-z-of-british-trees\/rock-whitebeam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rock white beam<\/a> is still listed as <em>Sorbus rupicola <\/em> on the website of the Woodland Trust, but it was recently re-classified as <em>Aria<\/em> <em>rupicola<\/em>. The unifoliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/trees-woods-and-wildlife\/british-trees\/a-z-of-british-trees\/ash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ash<\/a> that Matt describes seems to be rare enough so you don&#8217;t even find pictures of one on the internet. And you won&#8217;t be able to see it for yourself either, so you&#8217;ll just need to imagine it&#8230; Matt says he has not seen any signs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestresearch.gov.uk\/tools-and-resources\/fthr\/pest-and-disease-resources\/ash-dieback-hymenoscyphus-fraxineus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ash dieback<\/a> on the tree, so perhaps you will see much more of this ash variant around, should it prove to be resistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To do some tree identification at <a href=\"https:\/\/scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk\/reserve\/bawsinch-and-duddingston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bawsinch<\/a>, you can reach out to the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The nearby Duddingston loch is freely accessible year-round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next Stop: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/8-stop\/\">Scottish Parliament<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Welcome to &#8220;Walking Woods Edinburgh&#8221;, a self-guided audio tour around the centre of Edinburgh that takes a closer look at the history of the city <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/7-stop\/\" title=\"7. 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