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The Falkirk Wheel is a massive boat-lift between two Scottish canals

A MUST-SEE tourist attraction if you are in the Central Scotland Area. This technological marvel is centrally located between Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling and has good public transport links.
You can just sit in the restaurant and sip your latté while watching others venture forth on their uplifting inter-canal experience.
There are areas to interest the kids but when it’s dry, you will be dragged up to the Irn Bru play area.
You can easily spend a full afternoon at the Falkirk Wheel and in theory you don’t have to spend any money — even the car-parks are free.

The Jacobite Steam Train is a great attraction for Harry Potter fans

From Fort William Railway Station, near Ben Nevis, Scotland, UK, take an 84 mile round trip to the fishing harbour of Mallaig on The West Highland Railway line aboard the steam train The Jacobite.
The Glenfinnan viaduct, parts of the route and surrounding wonderful Scottish mountain scenery were used in the filming of the Harry Potter films. West Coast Railway Company, operators of The Jacobite, provided the carriages for the Hogwarts Express

All Aboard the Blue Jack for a speed boat trip on Lochalsh, Isle of Skye

An evening speedboat trip on the Blue Jack, around Lochalsh, from the harbour at Kyleakin, under the Skye Bridge and on past a few seals to Eilean Donan Castle.
The Blue Jack is skippered by Jessica, a blond haired, blue-eyed, young woman of obvious Viking descent.
Kyleakin is small, picturesque, quiet and well located for visiting Skye and surrounding areas such as Plockton.