The Falkirk Wheel joins the Union and Caledonian Canals together and replaces 9 f 11 lochs which used to be used. It would take 8-10 hours to move along the lochs. Now with the wheel it takes 4 and a half minutes. The Wheel opened on the 24th of May 2002.
This is the wheel half way through the way up from the Union Canal.
The highlight of the day was a playpark... an Irn Bru playpark at that. Kids had a good run about in there and it was rather busy between boat rides.After our boat trip and play in the park we headed over to The Beefeater in Falkirk for a late lunch. All in all a very nice quiet day.
