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June 11, 2008 -
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Well, the plane flights
were okay, but the airline lost my luggage. After two days I am
still waiting for it. I have had trouble getting to the Internet,
but now have a connection at "Bytes and Pieces" so I should be able
to file updates. There won't be much style, just pictures and a few
lines of explanation for each.
Yesterday I accomplished
a major goal. I took a trip on two canals through the Falkirk
Wheel. I've even been getting some videos. I also saw a famous piece
of the Antonine Wall and got the picture that is always seen on
other sites, plus a couple others. Below is Lock 11, one of six
locks between Falkirk and the Falkirk Wheel. There are another 10
downstream toward the Firth of Forth |
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At Lock 16 I saw a cute little tour
boat, the Bonny Barge. It took me up the Forth & Clyde canal,
through the Wheel and on to the Union Canal for several miles, then
came back. Lock 16 is where the original connection between the two
canals was made through a series of 11 locks coming down from behind
the Union Inn. For greater understanding and a map go to
http://www.canaljunction.com/canal/forth_clyde.htm. But please
come back
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The Wheel, and further on the Union
Canal is the Falkirk Tunnel. |
 
When the Union Canal was built in the
1820s, to connect Edinburgh with the F&C Canal, and thus Glasgow, it
was built from both ends and met at the tunnel. The tunnel crew had
a tough time and met with a lot of deaths, so at the bridge just
east of it they carved a sad face. On the other side, they had an
easy time so they carved a happy face. This is the Laughin' and
Greetin' Bridge. Greeting in Scotland means crying in grief. |
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