Callender to Bathgate

The day sorted off on A and B roads and lower for rapid progress, except for intersections and round abouts which often meant walking and crossing fast moving traffic. After I passed Stirling I was onto mainly cycle route 76. Initially this was paved and some on old railway lines. Later it became more arduous with loose grave and then fed onto the towpath of the Union Canal, which a well maintained and tarred. I crossed the River Avon on the Linlithgow aquaduct which claims to be the second longest in the UK. I uses the original Kincardine over the Fourth bridge. Along the way between Dunblane and Bridge of Allan is the SAS memorial with plaques to members who have died in service. The memorial is on a hill with a large statue of David Stirling who set up the Special Air Service during WW II. Also on the way I saw the Falkirk Kelpies which are impressive and claim to be the biggest equine sculptures in the world. Kelpie have a checkered position in folklore and apparently lured people to ride them and then take them into the lochs where they devoured the rider except the entrails which were left floating on the loch. Even now grey horses are not popular in many parts of Scotland. I can't find who actually created the Kelpies sculpture whi h is apparently a family obligation.