The Comfort Inn

watching boats climb

by ndahl

Falkirk would seem an unlikely place to find what is fast becoming a major tourist attraction, but tourist attraction there is.
Scotlands' network of canals, that once linked edinburgh and Glasgow, rivers Clyde and Forth and provided a route inland for the delivery of goods from around the world as well as providing a fast route from the atlantic to the north sea had fallen into disuse, become silted up or just covered over.
Trains and trucks had replaced pleasure steamers and cargo boats.
British waterways, in association with other bodies have begun a process of renovation and modernisation of these neglected watery arteries and with the introduction of the falkirk wheel are turning derelict and dangerous stagnant areas into fresh and pleasing recreational areas throughout the central belt of scotland

Callendar House - Antonine Wall

by stevezero

Callendar House Park, also contains sections of ditch of the Antonine Wall. Built by the Romans in AD 138, it originally stretched from thr Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. Stretcges of the wall can also be seen in other places.

When I'm not elsewhere ....I'm here!

by Chrisss01

"Place to live"

Falkirk...Medium-sized town in Central Scotland, conveniently close to both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Home to - er - the Wheel (see other entries). Rich industrial heritage from coal-mining and iron-founding, both sadly now departed. Interesting Roman remains, and a compact and useful shopping centre.