{"id":8888,"date":"2015-05-19T13:55:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StNicholasPrimarySchool\/?p=8888"},"modified":"2015-05-19T13:55:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:55:20","slug":"canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StNicholasPrimarySchool\/2015\/05\/19\/canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mrs Street came into class today to tell us all about the Union Canal. She is a canal enthusiast who has her own boat on the Union Canal. She told us lots of interesting facts about the Canal.<\/p>\n

Fraser – You can’t fish where it has yellow signs as you might get electrocuted from the overhead wires. <\/p>\n

Sophie R- Canal boats used to get pulled by horse who walked along the side of the canal.<\/p>\n

Oscar – Minks live along the canal and are dangerous to animals and humans. They are not scared. The union canal is about 21 miles long. <\/p>\n

Maria-Victoria – the canal was built 200 years ago! The canal was dug by hand – no machines!<\/p>\n

Charlee-Marie – plants grow in the water and if you try to swim in the canal you might get drowned. You also should not put rubbish in the canal.<\/p>\n

Sophie M – lots of wildlife live around the canal.<\/p>\n

Finlay – the canal was closed for 40 years and they had to clean it to reopen it. It goes all the way from Edinburgh to the Falkirk wheel.<\/p>\n

Ethan – the bridges over the canal have numbers on them. <\/p>\n