Hill group to hold series of winter talks

FRIENDS of Corstorphine Hill have arranged a programme of winter talks about the hill and the surrounding area.

The first talk, on October 20, will be on the "Work of the River Forth Pilots", where Forth pilot Ian Cumming will explain how the traffic is organised and controlled on the river.

On November 23, Carol Terry of East Lothian Bat Hospital will talk about the bats on the hill, how and where they live, and the work of the Bat Hospital.

The hospital have also raised the prospect of a bat watch on the hill next year.

Then on February 17, Dr David McAdam, a geologist who wrote the leaflet "Geology and Archeology of Corstorphine Hill" will talk about the evolution of the rocks on the hill millions of years.

The free events are due to take place at the Capital Hotel, Clermiston Road, at 7.30pm each day.