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[WaylanderToo]

 

[WaylanderToo]

 

[WaylanderToo]

 

[WaylanderToo]

 

[Foxbat]

Nice shots Waylandertoo. I particularly like the kid with the pigeon on his head
Here's some shots of the Falkirk Wheel.

 

[WaylanderToo]

Cheers Foxbat - loving the FW. Seems like quite something to see in person!

Something a little more sobering

 

[WaylanderToo]

and now for something a little more up-beat

 

[WaylanderToo]

 

[Foxbat]

Work Makes You Free
Very sobering indeed.
Here's a couple of pictures of a Jaguar still in its Gulf War colours. It has a lovely rear on its nose

 

[Foxbat]

The majestic Kelpies

 

[Droflet]

Hey Foxbat, inquiry from long, long away. What exactly is the Falkirk Wheel?

 

[The Ace]

You are, of course permitted (and indeed required) to shoot anyone who can't identify her.

 

[The Ace]

Nice shots Waylandertoo. I particularly like the kid with the pigeon on his head
Here's some shots of the Falkirk Wheel.

I know it well, and the Antonine fort just over the crest of the hill (we've guided tourists there a few times, and you REALLY appreciate caligae).

 

[The Ace]

Hey Foxbat, inquiry from long, long away. What exactly is the Falkirk Wheel?

In simple terms, it's a lock, connecting the Forth and Clyde/Caledonian canals.

It replaces 11 conventional locks, and is so perfectly balanced that it operates on the same amount of power as a domestic kettle.

We get involved because - as the shortest distance between two points - the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Antonine Wall parallel each other, despite being constructed 1700 years apart.

 

[Foxbat]

In simple terms, it's a lock, connecting the Forth and Clyde/Caledonian canals.

It replaces 11 conventional locks, and is so perfectly balanced that it operates on the same amount of power as a domestic kettle.

We get involved because - as the shortest distance between two points - the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Antonine Wall parallel each other, despite being constructed 1700 years apart.

Apparently the lead architect (Tony Kettle) used his daughter's Lego to produce a working model to demonstrate the principle of operation. The Lego Group must have been fair chuffed when they heard this

 

[Droflet]

Again, forgive my ignorance but is this the set of locks joining the Atlantic Ocean with the North Sea?

 

[Foxbat]

The Forth and Clyde Canal runs from the Forth at Grangemouth (North Sea) to the Clyde and on to the Atlantic. The Falkirk Wheel connects the Union Canal to the Forth and Clyde. The Union Canal runs from Falkirk to the heart of Edinburgh and stops there. The Wheel replaces a series of 11 locks. You can't reach the North Sea or Atlantic directly from it and would have to do that via the Forth and Clyde.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Canal_(Scotland)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_and_Clyde_Canal

 

[Droflet]

Ta.

 

[Alex The G and T]

The Falkirk wheels a truly amazing bit of engineering. Watch it work:

And Here's one for fan's of the old war birds. Take a 25 minute, pilot's eye flight in a P 51. Even getting the engine started is a fascinating process.

 

[Venusian Broon]

In my old flat in Hackney London, 30 minutes walking South from my front door would take me just past Hackney town hall, deep in zone 2 London...

...now from my current front door walking 30 minutes south I get this view - slightly different: