One of the things I was looking forward to seeing on our trip the Scotland was the Kelpies.
About a thirty minute train ride outside Edinburgh is the town of Falkirk where the Kelpies can be seen.
Standing at 100ft tall and weighing more than 300 tonnes each, the magical Kelpies are a man-made wonder and a feat of engineering.
The works of art, created by artist Andy Scott, have become iconic on the landscape after being modeled on real-life icons of times gone by — Clydesdale horses Duke and Baron.
The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coal ships that shaped the geographical layout of Falkirk.
I wish we had planned for more time in this area as there were other things of interest to see that we missed.