Falkirk Wheel

We have a lot to catch up on, so expect lots of posts!

The Falkirk wheel is quite an engineering marvel!  I'm not quite sure how to describe it.  Basically, it's a huge wheel, gear contraption that takes a boat from one canal to another canal that's at a lower elevation(or higher, depending which canal you're on).  The one wheel replaced the eleven locks that it used to take to get from one canal to the other.  And it only uses the same amount of power that eight tea kettles would use (so say the British anyways).   Here's a quick 36 second time lapse video to get an idea how the wheel works.  Pictures just don't quite capture the experience. We took the hour tour to ride on the boat to go on the wheel up to the canal and back down again.

 The kids enjoyed it, but they also liked blowing off some steam at the playground near by.
And Anna discovered these cool horse sculptures!