the falkirk wheel
Recommendation added: 10/10/2006 21:17
By: jyb2 (YSUK rating +145)jyb2 has been thanked 3 times for this contribution
"Now this is one attraction I have taken some time to visit, as I just never thought it would be of much interest to the children as they are both still so small, but at last we have been. The Falkirk wheel is a rotating arm with gondolas at wither end. It is supposed to turn like the sails of a windmill and lift and lower boats in the gondolas from one lever to another, joining the two canals. Why not take the boat trip where you will be lifted up by the 115 foot wheel, you enter at the front of the visitor centre and head to the wheel its self, where you will enter the bottom gondola, as the wheel rotates to the top you then sail along the top aqueduct, and then through the roughcastle tunnel. And then you return to the start, the views as you are returning are totally amazing, this whole journey takes around an hour. Also here there are play areas for the little ones to have some fun and burn of all there extra energy. Be sure to pop into the visitor centre where you can get the best view of the wheel as it goes around, here they also have an interactive display and scale model of the wheel, there is a gift and souvenir shop, and a café where you can get hot and cold food and a picnic area for those of us who like to take our own lunch with us, and don't for get to take a walk along the canal. If you still have time to spear then try visiting Falkirk its self"
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