It can be hard to find a different angle to capture well-photographed landmarks. This is my attempt at doing so for one of the Kelpies, a pair of 30 metre high sculptures which mark the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
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The magnificent Bella the Beithir at Stockingfield Junction on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the north of Glasgow. Created by Nichol Wheatley, when finished Bella will be 121 metres long as her body weaves through the hill above the Stockingfield Bridge. Commissioned by Scottish Canals, it's a companion piece to the Kelpies in Falkirk.
The original Vulcan was scrapped in 1873, by which time canals had been superseded by railways as the fastest way to transport large numbers of people over long distances, but this replica was built in 1987 by apprentices at a shipyard in Govan. It's now housed in the Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge.
This is a replica of the Vulcan, the world's first all-iron hulled boat. It was designed to carry passengers to and from Glasgow along the Forth and Clyde Canal. Launched in 1819, it was pulled by two shire horses and could carry up to 200 people, and helped turn the canal in Scotland's first mass transit system.
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Glasgow University from the Forth and Clyde Canal, which sits on a hill above the West End of the city.
The magnificent head of Bella the Beithir at Stockingfield Junction on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the north of Glasgow. Created by Nichol Wheatley, when finished Bella will be 121 metres long as her body weaves through the hill above the Stockingfield Bridge. Commissioned by Scottish Canals, it's a companion piece to the Kelpies in Falkirk as both feature Scottish mythological beasts associated with water.
