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iWORLD There are only four miles between the Kelpies and the Falkirk Wheel, the world’s only rotating boat lift. If you put a double decker bus on top of the Kelpies, you would get the height of the Falkirk Wheel. The Wheel joins the Union Canal and the Forth and Clyde Canal. In the olden days it needed 11 locks to get from one to the other. You can take a boat trip on it and see the view from high up. Is it a cross between a bottle opener and a curtain rail? DID YOU KNOW? breed from Scotla nd. Clydesda le horses are a native over 18 hands (that’s They are powerful heavy horses the measurement used to decide how tal l a horse is) and can be ridden, as well as used in traditional farming. LIKE TO BE A YOUNG REPO R Please write to am T ER ? azingchildren@ potentialplusuk. o rg for an applicat form ion which your pare nt or guardian need to sign. Yo w ill ung Reporters receive a pack from Pote ntial Plus UK in cluding a Young Reporter ’s special ID card and various reporting assign ments througho ut the year. SPARK 13