Glasgow to Edinburgh 1: Bowling to Falkirk

Route-researching this Scottish coast-to-coast. It goes a mere 60 flat miles, all on smooth tarmac canal towpaths. The Clyde Canal goes thirty miles from Bowling to Falkirk via Glasgow; from Falkirk, the Union Canal goes another 30 miles to Edinburgh. Ideal for families, trundlers, and lazy cycle bloggers looking for an easy ride.

*Start, at Bowling. Shame there’s nowhere in Britain called Batting or Fielding.*

*At Dalmuir the cycle racks can cope with all sizes of bike.*

*Polmont Tunnel. See, there is light at the end. Or perhaps someone with a torch bringing me more bad news.*

*Falkirk Wheel: half canal, half waltzer. Anderton must be turning in his grave.*

But Falkirk’s Kelpies are a cruel hoax. From a distance, you think these much-hyped kitsch sculptures are going to be enormous. In fact they’re TINY. Here’s PROOF.