We're boating again.

[haggis]

But not on KELPIE.  We are on our baby boat, GAMEBIRD, the Sea Otter.

We are going to an event to celebrate 25 years since the Lowland canals reopened . A short day today from our mooring to Linlithgow where we are moored in the basin watching the world go by. No locks today but lots of beautiful old bridges. The stonework is a lovely sand colour and the original rope marks are still visible on most of them - no " fake " iron ones as seen on some bridges in Englandshire.

No water shortage up here. 

Tomorrow we go down the Wheel but before that we go under the Laughin Greetin bridge and through the amazing Falkirk tunnel.

 

[Hudds Lad]

*hastily scrambles for live webcam on YouTube

 

Yup, there you are, behind a hire boat  

 

 

[haggis]

Yes, that's us ! 

Fortunately the web cam doesn't show that the boat badly needs repainting. It was done in 2002 and despite spending hours trying to remove the caked mud this week she still.looks a bit neglected.

We moor in a Scottish Canals yard and all the dust blows onto the boat

 Scottish Canals are very strict about the appearance of boats and have removed some because they looked untidy. Can't see that happening down south 😟

[ditchcrawler]

3 hours ago, haggis said:

But not on KELPIE.  We are on our baby boat, GAMEBIRD, the Sea Otter.

We are going to an event to celebrate 25 years since the Lowland canals reopened . A short day today from our mooring to Linlithgow where we are moored in the basin watching the world go by. No locks today but lots of beautiful old bridges. The stonework is a lovely sand colour and the original rope marks are still visible on most of them - no " fake " iron ones as seen on some bridges in Englandshire.

No water shortage up here. 

Tomorrow we go down the Wheel but before that we go under the Laughin Greetin bridge and through the amazing Falkirk tunnel.

 

Photos

 

[haggis]

I can take photos with my phone but they are too big to post on here and my technical abilities don't stretch to reducing the size.😃

[Stroudwater1]

1 hour ago, haggis said:

I can take photos with my phone but they are too big to post on here and my technical abilities don't stretch to reducing the size.😃

You may find it’s ok now. The allowance has gone up. I had trouble too but OK now. 

[GUMPY]

2 hours ago, haggis said:

I can take photos with my phone but they are too big to post on here and my technical abilities don't stretch to reducing the size.😃

Just display the picture on your phone and take a screenshot then post that. It's an easy way round resizing images.

[haggis]

Thank  you. I'll try that. Rain during the night but dry and warm now.

[haggis]

The greetin bridge so called because the contractor who had to build that section had to tunnel through rock as the landowner didn't want a canal going near his house

[haggis]

A wee update. Came down the Wheel on Friday and moored in the basin . After the site closed Iain and another chap had fun in the kids playground - lots of big bits of equipment teaching them about things like the Archimedes principal.

Came to ,Auchenstarry yesterday which involved a lift bridge being worked for us and ,4 locks done by volunteers. The locks are wider than double locks and have no ground paddles just very fierce gate paddles. Had a BBQ last night when we had a chance to catch up with friends we hadn't seen for a while..setting off in a few minutes back to the wheel in the pouring rain

 

Edited August 30 by haggis

[haggis]

The last leg back to our mooring, having come up the wheel this morning.

I mentioned the lovely canal bridges on the Union canal and here( hopefully) I a photo of one. The bridge numbers are actually carved in the stone