The Keezees in the UK: Scotland

Now where were we?? It's been a bit busy lately with spring in the air. Suddenly everything's on again (work, school, nursery, kids concerts, gardening, cleaning, the sun, etc. etc.) and those photos from Scotland we meant to upload have been left waiting. Anyway, we're getting back on track, so hope you enjoy these pics from the Scottish Highlands.

After Edinburgh, we headed north-west to Loch Eil, near Fort William for the next part of our visit. We were crossing the country from coast to coast which is a bit of a hike by UK standards so we were sure to make a few rest stops (with photos) on the way.

Not long on the motorway out of Edinburgh, Keezee saw signs for the Falkirk Wheel, and having seen this on the Locks & Quays Channel on SkyTV (one of the UK's most popular channels after Model Trains TV), he knew he had to see it for himself. It was truly a thing of wonder!

We also skirted past some lovely lochs and massive mountains in the Loch Lomond and Trossarchs National Park, before making it to Oban for some fish n chips; which really were a cut above anything we've had in a long time. Then it was onto Loch Eil to our "four-star" caravan park. Four stars is really a bit of a stretch (it was a wee bit wee, as the Scots would say), but the view over the loch made up for it.

This is the Falkirk Wheel, which Keezee thinks is just about the coolest thing he has ever seen

What it does right, is.... see those long boats in the lake, well, they hop on the wheel, and it spins round until they come out in the canal on top. From there, it's only a short hop to Edinburgh. The wheel replaces about 14-odd locks, which used to take a day to navigate a few years back. Of course you could always drive to Edinburgh instead.