Princes Street Gardens right in the centre of Edinburgh beneath the Castle is a public park with a long history.  It was formerly a loch and was drained to remove the stench of the city's sewage and to create a park for residents.   It's now a popular spot, so I headed into the Gardens with Hetty Lancaster of Hetty's History Walks to find out more about the park's history.
A regular guest expert on the podcast, Hetty turned the tables in the second half of the recording and asked me about why I set up Edinburgh Outdoors - something a bit different!
We met in Princes Street Gardens by the Ross Fountain
We discussed the Robert Louise Stevenson monument
and the Floral Clock 
You can find old pictures of Edinburgh and Princes Street Gardens on Capital Collections
There's one of the Nor Loch
Find out about Hetty's History Walks: https://www.hettyshistorywalks.co.uk/
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