And Finally, Falkirk!

 I'd said before we left Norfolk that I'd love to see the Falkirk Wheel, and the Kelpies. In fact I've been muttering about seeing the wheel since they first built it 21 years ago. We drove south to Falkirk. The Kelpies were first stop. These amazing 30m high steel sculptures of horses heads [Duke and Baron] were designed by Scots artist Andy Scott. The exhibition was excellent, with models showing the height of these horses in comparison to The Angel of the North, and Tower of Pisa [I've seen both] Also images showing the whole bodies under the water [no they just have supports... But these are higher than the heads themselves.

Here's Bob standing between them. My mouth continues to improve, although my lip is still swollen. These signs either side of one of the walkways felt like a "before and after" 

Next stop The Wheel. Check out here if you don't know about this genius piece of modern engineering. One simple fixture does away with a whole staircase of locks on the canal. And only needs the same amount of energy as 8 kettles to rotate. 

We had lunch in the café. For the third day in a row, I had "soup of the day". Which, just like Pitlochry and Dundee, turned out to be lentil. Good job I like lentil soup. 

Outside was one of those huge deckchairs designed for tourists to take holiday snaps. 

Feeling less anxious about my appearance, I asked Bob to take a photo. The chair was higher than ones I'd encountered previously. My darling husband decided to make a video! [I hope this works] 

As you can see, the disaster last Sunday has not stopped us finding joy in silly things!