Meet at the big purple boat on Fountainbridge green EH11 1BF Refreshments on the Lochrin Belle canal boat after the walk booking your free place is recommended, remaining spaces allocated on the day booking link, https://forms.office.com/e/XxuM0NQ8VD Any questions, check our FAQs below, or contact Fiona@fcct.scot 07706580147 Our Walking Group is […]
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Thursdays at 10 is a good time for a walk. Our Canalside Walking Group continues to walk every week over the summer. We always meet at “the swans” at Fountainbridge Square and walk for about an hour with the option of tea/coffee afterwards. Last week there were real swans at our meeting […]
Partnership with the SocialprescribED Tastival The event is all about raising awareness, and understanding, of the varied social prescribing programmes listed on the University of Edinburgh’s SocialPrescribED webpage. The Tastival will run across two weeks in March, centred around Social Prescribing Day 2024, on Thursday 14 March.Social PrescribED developed out […]
Following our Festive Break we intend to begin our weekly walks again on Thursday 11th January 2024. Details and our flier can be found here We usually walk for about and hour, setting off from the swans in Fountainbridge Square at 10am, new walkers are always welcome and January is […]
Our Canalside walking group is celebrating its first birthday in October 2023. One year of walking, enjoying getting exercise, making new friends, getting to know our local area, community and wildlife better. We walk each Thursday setting off from the swans at 10am for about an hour and new walkers […]
For news and links for booking Autumn events please download newsletter link here Below is a quick summary of some of what is on offer….
Heritage Discovery Walks 2-hour led local walks around Fountainbridge and the Canalside to explore the connections between people, place and our historic environment.Includes interactive discussions, led jointly with Keep Scotland Beautiful, that will feed into our upcoming Community Action Plan – come share your knowledge and views of the local area! Wed […]
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2023 (SMAHF) this year will take place from 4- 22 October with the theme ‘Revolution’. Canalside Stories To celebrate Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, FCCT is running a mini-series of workshops, walks and boat trips that will allow people to creatively explore and experience the […]
Our Thursday walking group sets off at 10am each Thursday in all seasons. Here are some of our photos of the changing seasons since we began our weekly walks…. Ducks growing up… Many thanks to Juliet from Friends of North Merchiston Cemetery for joining us and showing us round, it […]
This popular event took place on Thursday 23rd and Saturday 25th March with 25 walkers in total. Richard shared fascinating information and there were lots of questions too. Many thanks to Richard for sharing and to all the people who came along. You are invited to join our Canal History […]