Out and About

I have been away for the past few weeks and these are some of the places I have visited.

The Falkirk Wheel is a canal boat hoist that lifts the narrowboat from ground level. I was lucky to see it operating.

You can see the different levels. The ''bottle opener' head rotates to move the boat

The narrowboat on the higher level

There are two small Kelpies at the Falkirk Wheel.

Slightly horse

The azaleas are vibrant in their vivid hues.

Zing

Acid yellow gorse cover the hillsides and verges.

It smells of coconut

The horse chestnut is coming into bloom.

Horse chestnut candles are just beginning to form

Little Salkeld Watermill in Cumbria is like stepping back in time.

Powerful pink

Old buildings

Former animal pens

Flour is still ground using the waterwheel

A primrose and a snail.

Beauty and the beast

I visited the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. An amazing building.

The offices

The debating chamber

I love the pattern of the seating, like speech marks

White honesty and cow parsley dance in the hedgerows.

White froth

Graffiti.

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