Forth and Clyde Canal

A wet morning to start with, brightening later.

We had a morning meeting in Glasgow and after lunch we headed for my sister-in-law's home in Cumbernauld. Rather than use the Motorway, we went the 'back roads' and came across a point where the road crossed the Forth and Clyde Canal. As you can see, several boats were moored, quite possibly because The Stables Pub was located at this point.



The Canal was opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish mainland. It is 35 miles (56 km) long and it runs from the River Carron at Grangemouth to the River Clyde at Bowling, and had an important basin at Port Dundas in Glasgow.

After a pleasant time with my sister-in-law and her family, we headed back home.