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The Kelpies

            The largest equine sculptures in the world reside in Helix Park near Falkirk Scotland. Although a Kelpie is a mythical creature that is said to take the form of a horse, a pony, naked women or hairy men…just to name a few…all to lure one into a certain death. In this case, these amazing 100’ sculptures, created by Scottish artist Andy Scott were created to pay homage to the heavy horse and its contribution to the development of Scotland.

The horses depicted in the two statues are modeled after two Clydesdale’s named Duke and Barron. They weigh 1200 tons each and actually go down deeper than they are high. It took Andy eight and a half years to make them.

The Kelpies were beautiful and impressive in every way…except that some idiot (they are everywhere) kicked a soccer ball into one of the horses’ noses. Truly one hell of a shot that will be in thousands of tourist photos until they spend the money to extract the object. I hope his/her name and phone number is on the ball so a bill can be sent!

I would guess that in our 30 days traveling the UK and Ireland, a 25% chance of rain was in the days forecast at least 25 times. Most hate it when it rains, especially while on vacation. But without rain you cannot have a rainbow, like the one captured here above the sculpture. We must have been blessed with more than a dozen rainbows on this trip, each a reminder of God’s love for His creation, mankind.

Taken on: November 25, 2022

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