The Kelpies

We are in Stirling tonight, having travelled through the village of Glencoe where we did a very pleasant walk through trees to the Lochan, a beautiful scenic area. We then took to the road through Glencoe/Ben Nevis areas, very impressive mountains, lots of waterfalls and some of the area reminded us of the Lindis Pass, sparse and remote.  Obviously this is a popular tourist route as there were dozens of buses on the road with pull off parking areas in appropriate places.

We had lunch at Ardlui which is at the top (or is it the bottom) of Loch Lomond.  A scenic drive along the shores of the Lake, with large fabulous trees right down to the shore line was just beautiful.   We turned off at the far end of Loch Lomond, the country side changed dramatically.  

From here on to Stirling the land was rural farming, still lots of crops to be harvested, lots of cattle and sheep. 

Arriving at Stirling around 3 pm we found ourselves a BnB, had a rest then went in search of The Falkirk Wheel – our “helpful lady on the dash” gave us directions; unfortunately we had just missed the last boat.  Instead we researched the wheel, I took photos (asIdo) and we will return tomorrow for the tour with commentary.  This is an ingenious engineering construction.

Off to The Kelpies (which are closeby, see map).  I had seen these incredible sculptures on blip many times, but actually seeing them myself blew me away – they are huge.  The light was very grey and flat, so have gone for a black and white.  Took many pictures, but have gone for the overall one to show how big they are in comparison to the trees.

 The facts:  weighing 300 tonnes each, 30 metres high, 928 unique stainless plates, built on site in 90 days.
Some extras from our day :)

Rainie