Family, Kelpies and The Falkirk Wheel.

Joc, Lan, Lorraine and Renee are travelling down to the Peak District from Scotland today so we’re meeting them for morning tea in a little village not far from us at Another Tillie’s Tearoom. We got there a bit early and the homemade cakes had us salivating while we waited for the girls to turn up. It was lovely to share a bit of what we’ve all been doing the last couple of weeks. And the cakes lived up to expectations as well.

The sun was trying to come out after morning tea so we decided to try our luck visiting The Kelpies. At 30 metres high, The Kelpies is the largest equine sculpture in the world. The two steel horse heads rear up by the Forth and Clyde Canal. Sculptor Andy Scott was inspired both by the myth of the kelpies and by the Clydesdale horses that once powered Scottish industry by pulling barges transporting goods and materials for manufacture. It really is an imposing piece of art, and so much bigger than I was expecting.

Next up was the Falkirk Wheel, The world’s only rotating boat lift, The Falkirk Wheel links the Forth & Clyde Canal to the Union Canal 35 metres above, allowing vessels to sail through the sky thanks to a unique fusion of art and engineering – and the same power it would take to boil eight kettles.Lue lisää