Saturday October 26, 2024
So the next morning we woke up quite early. To early for a vacation day, but as stated before, we went to bed way to early. Luckily for us Starbucks was opened so we had a good start. We went wandering around the ship, also looking at sunrise.
After leaving the harbour we came across ‘the sign’:
From there we went to the Helix park which is the home of the Kelpies.
Standing at 100ft tall and weighing more than 300 tonnes each, the magical Kelpies are a man-made wonder and a feat of engineering. The works of art, created by artist Andy Scott, have become iconic on the landscape after being modelled on real-life icons of times gone by — Clydesdale horses Duke and Baron. The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of Falkirk.
The Kelpies’ name reflects the mythological transforming beasts that possess the strength and endurance of 100 horses; a quality that’s analogous with the transformational change of the area’s landscapes, endurance of its inland waterways and the strength of its communities.
Having admired this impressive work with even bright skies(!) we set off to Balloch which was still a 45mile drive.
