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Sunday was kind of Architecture Day. It started with The Pineapple, a retreat or folly of one Lord Dunmore, built in 1761. it was much in ruins when acquired by Historic Scotland. |
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Before and after restoration in
1970
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Another bonus was the Airth Castle on
the way to The Pineapple. |
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Then it was off to
Linlithgow for a ride on the other canal, the Union Canal from
Edinburgh. Linlithgow, I discovered, is the birthplace of Mary Queen
of Scots. Below is the Royal Palace since the 1400s |
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Below is the second longest aqueduct in
the UK, the Avon aqueduct over the Avon River on the Union Canal. On Wednesday, I will take a wee little drive on this wee little boat, for a wee bit on the canal. The boats stationed here belong to the Linlithgow Union Canal Society, anothe group instrumental in preserving the canals
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Across from the canal basin is this unusual dovecote.
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