The Bowling Boat Basin on the Firth of Clyde which forms the western end of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Opened in 1790, this was the world's first sea-to-sea canal designed specifically to shorten shipping routes, and paving the way for the likes of the Panama and Suez Canals.
The large white building at the right hand side of the photo is the former Customs House from where movements into the canal were controlled.
J'ai visité ce dimanche le parc du château de Courances (75 hectares), non loin de Fontainebleau.
Un jardin d'eau très poétique, dont les étendues de verdure et les vastes pièces d'eau offrent de superbes perspectives qui portent à la contemplation.
Made myself leave the house - ostensibly to pick up a "too good to go" order and some groceries, but honestly mainly to leave the house. Was rewarded with a pretty city (and some tummy Greek pastries).
Just learned the story of the Union #Canal, connecting #Edinburgh to #Glasgow. Amazing history of engineering, technology, and politics.
There’s an episode of “Great Canal Journeys” featuring the Union Canal on Prime Video with some great aerial views of #aqueducts, #locks (not lochs!), and the #Falkirk Wheel.
At day's end, I tied up the boat near a Canal & River Trust service shack: water, elsan, toilets and shower.
A shower! 🚿
I hurried from the boat to the CRT building in only my shorts, T-shirt and shoes, towel and soap in hand. (These places lack clothes hooks, so fewer items is better.) They did have a wooden bench, and a disabled grab handle that I used as a towel rack.
> Le groupe #Canal+ a envoyé des emails commerciaux sans avoir le consentement des personnes ciblées. La #CNIL le rappelle à l'ordre, souligne qu'il est responsable de l'encadrement de ses sous-traitants et lui inflige une amende de 600 000 euros, sanctionnant au passage d'autres manquements au #RGPD.
Engineering at its most magnificent. The unique and uniquely beautiful Falkirk Wheel rotary boat lift opened in 2002. It fulfils a role originally accomplished by a flight of 11 locks when the Union Canal opened in 1822. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/falkirkwheel/index.html
Living on a boat with a refillable water tank, I've learned to conserve water.
I wash daily but only shower once a week, because:
It's a waste to run lots of water over your body and then pump it overboard.
Human skin is great at keeping clean and oil-free without any help from Proctor & Gamble IF you let it recover from the chemical abuse of "body wash" etc.
The Pinkston Basin in the North of Glasgow. At one time this formed the junction between the Forth and Clyde Canal (completed 1792) and the Monkland Canal (completed in 1794). The Monkland Canal has now mostly been filled in and replaced by the M8 motorway.