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Another short day today, descending the locks to the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Last night we were a little later to bed than usual as we discovered the Falkirk Wheel was illuminated with coloured lights. These gradually changed and we have a whole range of different coloured photos to choose just one for this blog.

Then this morning we set off down locks 16 to 3 when we reached the Carron Basin where lock 2 allows exit onto the River Carron which then leads to the Firth of Forth.

Falkirk Wheel illuminated with coloured lights at night

There is no lock 1 as the end of the canal was lost under the motorway and another road (cheekily called the Forth and Clyde Way). The original locks 1 and 2 were also lost and one new lock replaces the two old ones.

There is a plan to split the channel of the River Carron to extend the canal back to the docks at Grangemouth where the disused docks, once connected to the canal’s original route, will be turned into a marina.

Now we have cruised the whole of the Scottish Lowland Canals and we will be heading back up to somewhere above lock 20 tomorrow.

Carron Basin

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