The Falkirk Wheel, The Kelpies and the Trossach Trail

This morning started as a drizzly grey morning in Edinburgh, we set off for Oban about midmorning and went past Falkirk on the way. Falkirk is renowned for at least two things, one is the Falkirk Wheel, which is a mechanism to replace many canal locks with a wheel which takes a canal boat in the water from one level to a canal water at a different level. In this case about 24 meters or 80 ft, upward or downward.  It must have replaced several conventional locks.

The Falkirk Wheel

Of course I am happy

Above The Falkirk Wheel in action

The Kelpies, are large statues of mythical horse like creatures which reported stole small children. They are about 10k away from the Wheel.

Where we stopped for Lunch

Highland Estate House

Hamish. A Highland Cow

 A Black Hamish

  A Steam train

A Steam Train whooshing through the Scottish Countryside 

Views on the road to Oban

Oban

The nice Hotel in Oban that we did not stay at (luckily it had no vacancies for us)