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The Kelpies pictures and gifts

The Kelpies pictures and gifts

 The Kelpies sculptures have become Scotland’s best known cultural landmark . The Kelpies gifts shop features Kelpies phone cases, jigsaw puzzles, stickers , greeting cards , t-shirts , prints and throw pillows . Unfortunately the Kelpies are closed at the moment ( officially anyway ) but you can still take a virtual tour of them online.  Explore the famous Kelpies , the Falkirk Wheel and Callendar House in Falkirk .   Book your Falkirk tours online Tours start at 10 am . Normal…

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Falkirk Mod 2008

Falkirk Mod 2008

The National Mod 2008 has started this week in Falkirk . The Mod is a Gaelic festival of traditional music with a prestigious gold medal for the best in each category . To some ‘The Mod is coming home’ might seem a curious slogan to use as the Mod has never been held in Falkirk before however the slogan arises from the annual Trysts that were held in Falkirk over the centuries where drovers and cattle dealers from all over the Highlands and Islands would converge on the town to buy and sell their livestock. The Mod is Coming Home because the whole concept of the Highland Gathering had originated in Falkirk