Campervan over-nighter at the Kelpies

We have a full day ahead as we start the day at the Falkirk Wheel before heading to Antonines Wall, the Union Canal and then on to the Kelpies for an overnight stay in the campervan.

[@annmcgranaghan2131]

Another Falkirk "Bairn" here. Auld enough to remember these two canals and the horse drawn barges. The wheel is a masterpiece of engineering and the Kelpies awe inspiring. Used to play on Antonines Wall though there's not much of the construction left. I now live in Canada but I have visited both. Very proud of my auld town and it's history. You are walking along paths of my childhood. Thank you. 🇨🇦

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Hi Ann, that must have been something to see the horses pulling the canal boats, times sure have changed, I love exploring the history around there, so glad to have brought some memories to you and thanks so much for watching 👍

[@sandihandi7831]

Didn't realize those Kelpies were so huge until the photos showed people standing by them. Fantastic.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

We had been before but not at night and they were quite spectacular to see up close.

[@taffedwards2932]

What a magical transformation at night time. Thanks for another great video 😀

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Glad you enjoyed it, it sure was a game of two halfs, and we really enjoyed both.

[@CampervanTales]

Absolutely loved this video guys. Ancient and modern history. The Kelpies are on oie liatcof must sees next time we visit Scotland. Thanks for showing us.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks guys, definitely worth a stop at the Kelpies 👍

[@lostinlivi]

A great wee trip not far from home! So much to see and do around there and you covered a lot of it. Nice one!

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Cheers Donald, just a bit disappointed we didn't make it to the aqueduct and carried Midge all that way.

[@rojoontour]

what an amazing video you did this time, we loved it very much

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

That's really great of you to say so, many thanks for watching 👍

[@sandihandi7831]

Just watched "Foxes Afloat" on a narrowboat going on that. Absolutely fascinating and scary too. I didn't know they took tour boats on it too. Wow.

[@tonywood260]

Love you folk and I love the kelpies! cxc

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Cheers Tony, thanks for that👍

[@lucreininger4645]

another great video, Kelpies at night are pure dead brillant! (Elizabeth and Luc from Guadeloupe)

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks both, so glad you liked our wee video of the Kelpies and the Falkirk wheel, you are right, pure dead fabby doo!

[@johnallan5821]

Brilliant video pal u are a lovely couple love ur wee dog 🐕👍

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Cheers John, aye she's a wee sweetheart.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Nice video, as usual, two more places for us to visit.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks, definitely worth the trip.

[@joanhannah8062]

Bless you both. I have been to both the Wheel and the Kelpies, they are magnificent. Thanks for taking me with you. All the best Joan😊

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Joan, we agree they are amazing to see, thanks so much 👍

[@parkay3560]

just found you three on youtube.I loved your video and the enthusiasm ( matched by your beautiful furbie) was a cracking watch.Hopefully when covid rules allow I'll be back up in Scotland again and able to re discover my old stomping ground

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Glad you found us, furbie is definitely star of the show. Thanks for watching, and hope that your old stomping ground doesn't disappoint.

[@dorothymartin3178]

Love your “Wee Broon Van” travels. Originally from Dundee , now living in the Yukon Territory in Canada, your stories fill me with nostalgia a great appreciation for my homeland. I visited“ The Kelpies” two years ago and have the souvenir magnet on my fridge. Thanks for happy memories.❤️🐕‍🦺

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Dorothy we loved the Kelpies too, glad it gave you a wee reminder of your last trip home. I am a Lochee man 😁

[@georgesmart5673]

Brilliant as usual.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Cheers George 👍

[@nshaw3532]

Fabulous camera work especially in the tunnel (borrowing your phrase “rather you than me”) and of the

[@caroldemulder236]

They are beautiful day and night

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

They sure are and such a different experience at night.

[@janwaller3585]

Love the tour !

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Jan👍

[@davidbentley4099]

Love the amount of detail you guys put into your videos. My wife and I are about to buy our first campervan and have taken so much inspiration from all of your videos. Thanks so much, keep them coming.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks for the great feedback David, gives us the encouragement to keep 'em coming. It will be an exciting time for you, hope it fulfils your dreams like it has for us.

[@sandyhagen9155]

As a “Falkirk Bairn”, it was so good to see you visiting our Falkirk Wheel and The Kelpies in your Wee Broon Van. Glad you enjoyed the experience. My In-Laws stay a couple of hundred yards from the Wheel, and we always popped up to the canal bank to watch it being constructed. It’s a fascinating piece of engineering. 😊👍🏻

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks for watching, it must have been amazing watching it being built, wish I had seen that, would have taken a while for me to do a time lapse though 🤣

[@jamesmitchell5824]

Fantastic vlog keep them coming.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks, will do that 👍

[@alicowls1605]

Loved this video, we have been to both places and this was a lovely reminder.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Ali, glad it brought back some good memories 👍

[@marilynkirby-roach187]

This is awesome. I’ve seen pictures of the wheel, and heard about it, but have never seen it in operation.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Hi Marilyn, it's quite something to see, and it's so slow you hardly realise that you are moving.

[@theflippintoothfairyjackie5702]

Great travel journey, I was so fascinated with the wheel and it’s cool you showed us from all angles. I like how you keep showing it mixed into the walking portions! Bravo! Absolutely amazing sculptures of the horses both at daylight and night! When Tricia was showing where all you were going to walk….I was already tired by her first walking map tour 🤣🤣 Glad you kept some for another day 👍 Thanks for taking us along!!

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Ha ha, thanks Jackie, I think Tricia's fingers were a bit tired after walking the map 🤣. The wheel is amazing to see and the Kelpies are something else. We slept well that night I can tell you. Thanks so much for watching and your lovely comments 😘.

[@n9ddy]

You guys do a great job in promoting Scottish tourism, no need to send the junior Kelpies around the world just follow your channel😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Wow, thank you! that's the best feedback we could possibly get!

[@johnb307]

Well done guys fantastic video and I hope they gave you free tickets on the Wheel for promoting their site, oh wait, no, its Scottish Canals run, no chance. 🤣 Many thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Exactly, no chance of a freebie, thanks for watching 👍

[@OurDaysOut]

Very interesting Guys. Great to see the Kelpies and the canal wheel. Thanks for sharing. Paul and Suzanne. 👌👌

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks you guys, it was a great day out for us

[@michaelhodges2448]

Very interesting thanks for sharing

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

And thanks for watching, glad you found it enjoyable 😀

[@canislupus7768]

Smashing video guys (and gals) I don't know what it is but every time I watch you I get a craving for a nice wee dram ha ha 🥃

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Then the video is working its magic, cheers 🥃

[@000caro555]

Another great video, very interesting. 🙂

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Kalo as always for watching 👍

[@000caro555]

@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot Really enjoy your videos, especially Kiera. 🥰

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

@@000caro555 thanks, she is a wee sweetheart 😘

[@jeanettesmart9990]

Loved this video thanks

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanjs Jeanette as always for the feedback 👍

[@dparris61]

Brilliant vlog guys 👍👍😎

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Cheers Darren

[@peterjackson7426]

Thanks guys from North of Inverness ❤️👍😊

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks for watching from Black Isle? We love it up your way!

[@jasonstarkey9085]

Went there yesterday in the rain, had a tour round inside one of the kelpies, amazing sight from the inside.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Yes it sure is, we've done the inside before but not for a few years, shame it was raining for you but it would still have been an amazing sight.

[@jasonstarkey9085]

@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot it was indeed, we're just getting to the end of our 2 week nc 500 trip ending it with a few days in Edinburgh, sadly off home tomorrow. Enjoyed your nc500 vids

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Jason, glad you liked them, bet you had a fab time.

[@jasonstarkey9085]

@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot yes we had a great time,our 3rd time round the 500 lol, 1st time was 2009 before it had the name nc 500, that was on motorcycles, then again in our campervan in 2016 and this one with our neighbours along for the trip in their caravan.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

@@jasonstarkey9085 wow, we've just done the once, but will definitely do it again.

[@baloobear7838]

Great video guys. Lovely photography of the Kelpies and the wheel. love your nice, relaxed style.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks, so glad you enjoyed our wee video

[@Wheres_wanda_wandering]

Loved the canal walk. The kelpies looked amazing both day and night.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks, they were quite breathtaking to see👍

[@chrisneedham5803]

Great video as usual. The canal wheel is very impressive and the horses are fantastic I've seen photos of them but didn't know where they were.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Cheers Chris, both are well worth a visit, just a shame we didn't make it to the aqueduct which is the most stunning of all.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Lovely job. The Kelpies are amazing sculptures. Didn’t realise you can stay in the car park mind you we had a caravan then. So many things to see and do in that area. Enjoyed it so thanks for sharing 👍

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks both, it's just a shame we didn't make it to the aqueduct which is the most impressive thing there. Next time.

[@rossmalaney1025]

Fantastic guys

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks, glad you liked it 👍

[@irenedale5256]

Thanks for that - great as always! We were lucky enough to see the ‘baby’ Kelpies when they were in Kelso - just want to see the parents now, especially at night. 💕🐾

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Its definitely worth the trip to see mum and dad some time, you'll not regret it👍

[@irenedale5256]

@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot thanks.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

@@irenedale5256 very welcome👍

[@alanaw27]

I live in Falkirk but I saw the baby Kelpies in Chicago.

[@lynnhirst1]

Great video ,thank you both ,its on our list of places to visit ,looks amazing both day and night !

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Lynn, its definitely worth a visit, or two, to see day and night👍

[@getawaygeese]

Top production guys we really enjoyed both locations so on the list to visit …. Really good 👍🏻

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Stew, both locations were stunning, definitely worth a visit 👍

[@dianabelcher39]

Thanks for sharing such an interesting video, the canal walk the Kelpies and the awesome canal wheel, I had seen a kind of documentary about it, but your version was so much better... Diana from Argentina.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Diana for watching from so far away and for such great feedback 😀 👍

[@whiskeycook3323]

I really look forward to yours and life is too short videos. On my visits to Scotland I enjoyed many of the places you go to. You mentioned calendar house which I visited because part of outlander was filmed there. The duke of sandringham had his head chopped off in the callender house kitchen😁. Great video, and thanks for sharing

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Marie, we didnt know that about Callander house yet we have watched Outlander, thanks for telling us and so glad to have you on board.

[@geecee8864]

Pretty sure I drove past you guys in my work van a couple of weeks ago around lunchtime on the Linlithgow to Westfield road near Avon Gorge a couple of weeks ago.After passing I thought ...The wee broon van.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Could well have been us, give us a wave 👋 next time 😄

[@lynsidebotham468]

Great vlog, the kelpies are on my wish list of places to visit

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks, you'll not be disappointed 👍

[@janedrews3255]

great wee video, Love the Kelpies, we managed to see the Babies in NY as we spent 2 years in USA! We came home on hols 2017 and did the falkirk wheel Kelpies and surrounding area, lovely to see them again. Just hope it not long till we get back home for a visit. keep safe you guys. Janie

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Janie, so glad we brought you a wee reminder of how beautiful it is here, thanks so much for watching and for the comments.

[@janedrews3255]

@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot keep them coming you 3 are great :)

[@newbeginnings8566]

Great mini overnighter

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Cheers Mark, a great wee stop over with lots to do and see👍

[@stephendonoghue2760]

Love you video must go.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks, would recommend it.

[@afordbabblecampervan7555]

I thought the Kelpies looked smaller than I remembered them on my Lochs & Glens holiday a couple of years ago. Baby Kelpies!

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

They look bigger when you are there, the video doesn't do them justice, cheers👍

[@afordbabblecampervan7555]

It was the baby ones that threw me. We saw the big ones from the road on an excursion to Edinburgh. We also went to a few other places on your videos. Glenturret distillery, falls of Dochart. Cheap way for us southerners to see Scotland. Couldn't do it any cheaper in a van, fuel, food, etc.

[@nigeldavey1043]

I've seen them a few times passing by and it was great to see them up close. I didn't know there were two small ones either 🤔 , very interesting. I've been on the wheel a couple of times but that was a while ago and it looks like they have Improved on the experience. You always fill your vlogs with interesting snippets of information and this latest one doesn't disappoint. I've never heard that about the bridge before although I'm familiar with the term " greeting " for crying or even whingeing 🙂. It's great to see places that I know up in Scotland and I'm glad to see a few that I've not previously been to. Keep them coming. I'm putting all of them in a list in the hope of coming up in the early Autumn all being well.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thanks Nigel, its a fascinating area to have a walk around at the back of the wheel, with Antonines wall and the canal walk through Prospect Hill and the laughin' greetin' Bridge, and a lot of people don't know about these hidden gems. Glad we're giving you a few ideas.

[@Freyja123]

The Kelpies are close to where l grew up, l lived just down the road from the wheel, they certainly are spectacular, l watched a very good documentary showing the making of the Kelpies think it was on netflix but have a look for it maybe on you tube too, certainly worth watching. I really enjoyed this video as it was my hometown, it brought back so many memories , of course the Kelpies were not there at that time, but l remember many walks along the canal with my dad telling me all the history of Falkirk, Antonines wall etc. 🌞

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Its a special place, so much history and beauty all around, so many people just don't know how lovely it is around there and as you know, so much more than just the Kelpies.

[@Freyja123]

@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot yes it was nice growing up there, Calander house was a place we went to a lot as kids, beautiful park. Then l moved to Livingston then Scotlandwell before moving to Florida, l really loved Scotlandwell tiny wee village in Fife.

[@jamessmith6402]

Very interesting video 👍 thanks for sharing

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

and thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@mclucky7086]

Brilliant job guys. Did you try the tablet from the Wheel shop? Brought a suitcase back to Las Vegas half full with it. So many treasures in Scotland. Keep them coming.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Didnt try it no, it was a bit of a rush to get the tickets so just in and out again, but we find great tablet in lots of places in Scotland, along with as you say, so many treasures👍

[@michaelpilling9659]

Greetings from Poland. That was very interesting. I recommend you have a look at Foxes Afloat channel on KZbin, vlog number 183. They very recently did the whole journey you covered in your video. Might give you a different perspective. The Kelpies looked fantastic especially at night. Thanks so much for making this video. Stay safe please and I'll see you again very soon

[@alannorman1773]

You should come to Cheshire to see the Anderton Boat Lift

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Didnt know about that one, another for the list!

[@sosaidhrafferty4608]

Fabulous vlog, thank you both for sharing. I have just been looking at little cl sites in the area so we can make a decent break of our trip to both sites. The info about the area around the Falkirk Wheel is really good and has helped me with my plans. Think I'll leave it till a bit later in the summer though so that it's darker a bit earlier 😅 x

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Thats a good plan, darker is better, and would recommend that walk along the canal, and maybe you can make it as far as the aqueduct which we were disappointed not to reach, but will go back and do that another day.

[@sosaidhrafferty4608]

@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot just watched again with the Mr and we will probably wait until after the schools go back in Sept and make it a longer trip, maybe Loch Lomond if the midgies are waning 😂

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

The pesky little varmints should be on the way out by then.

[@cute_protogen]

hey ive been to the kelpies before

[@geecee8864]

I think I'll go stay at the kelpies, it's just 20 mins away so why not. Papa johns pizza and some beers sounds like fun. Can you park anywhere or just up at the top part?

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Its just at the top part, and its great being able to just saunter along to the Kelpies all lit up. And with the pizza and a few beers, all the better!

[@learnwithelly9420]

Hi guys, thanks for the informative video. Did you spend a night at the Falkirk wheel as well as the Kelpies?

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Hi Ella, no just the Kelpies, I think that would be the better of the two for spending the night.

[@andrewthornhill4229]

Better off stopping at the Falkirk wheel £15 and you get a key to the toilets all night only 20 to 30 minute walk to the kelpies

[@nshaw3532]

Keloids. It won’t let me edit and I have hit the return key to early.

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

Easy done. I was surprised that the footage came out in the tunnel, it was so dark, it was lucky that I had a head torch in my bag.

[@ronaldnewlands9744]

This was built on the land of the old tar works

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

And quite close to sewage plant apparently.

[@laura8933]

You were in my town

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

And what a fabby town it is too!

[@laura8933]

@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot well thank you and I hope u had a splendid time