Day 12 extras

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Stats
74.4 miles (120 km)
6:04 hours cycling
12.2 mph average
34.4 mph max 
889 m of climb
4161 kcals !
Longest day of the trip
Arriving above Greenock we are rewarded with views across the Clyde to the Trossachs and Western highlands

Following the Forth and Clyde canal through and out of Glasgow; here we climb past the Maryhill locks
(https://canmore.org.uk/site/44153/glasgow-forth-and-clyde-canal-maryhill-locks)


The Falkirk wheel
The fabulous Kelpies - this sculpture straddles the penultimate lock on the Forth and Clyde canal on its way to the River Carron and then out into the Firth.
At the Kelpies
At the Kincardine bridge - we've just crossed the Forth for the first time.


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