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Day 3 (September 16, 2025): New Lanark

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A day at the shore of the river Clyde (by Emma A. , Emma W. and Carlotta) Our day started pretty early. We met up at 8.15 but left much later to the dismay of our teachers since we had to catch our train to Lanark at Glasgow Central. Luckily, we got to the train station half an hour early and could pick nice seats for the journey. During the hour on the train, we relaxed a little. Once we arrived in Lanark, we had a nice little stroll through the village and then walked down a winding road to the old factory buildings of New Lanark which looked a little like a prison. However, they once were the largest cotton mills in Scottland and have been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.   We continued walking up the river Clyde which at a later stage also flows through the city of Glasgow. The river had a very deep brownish color which reminded us of a stream full of Coca-Cola. Later on Mrs Hänggi explained that this was due to a large amount of peat in the water. This bro...