The Anonymous Widower

Searching For The Kelpies

On my visit to the Commonwealth Games, I had to travel back to Glasgow, so I thought I’d go via Falkirk and see the Kelpies. On looking it up before I left London, I found that the web site was rather vague  This is what it said.

From Edinburgh to Falkirk High (25 minutes) or Falkirk Grahamston (35 minutes)

From Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk High (20 minutes) or Falkirk Grahamston (50 minutes)

From Stirling to Falkirk Grahamston (15 minutes)

From London direct to Falkirk Grahamston (5 hours) or change at Edinburgh or Glasgow

There are also services to Polmont Station, Larbert Station and Camelon Station.

It mentions several stations but which one is the nearest?

On the way up Princes Street, I got talking to a young lady and by chance, she said she’d been and had taken the train to Falkirk Grahamston station and then walked.

I though I’d check in the Tourist Office at Waverley Station and they said to go to Falkirk High station.

As I’d got one vote for each Falkirk station, I decided to ask a Scotrail Customer Service Agent. He gave me exactly the same story as the young lady, so I went to Falkirk Grahamston.

I took these pictures at Falkirk.

You will notice that none show any information on how to get to the Kelpies. One does show a distant picture of the Kelpies (?) from the train as I approached.

So in the end I walked back to the station and got another train to Glasgow.

Give Falkirk this, they have got the station name in Gaelic and two good maps, even if neither shows the Kelpies or the Falkirk Wheel.

July 29, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel, World | Art, Scotland, Two Days At The Commonwealth Games, Walking