Built in Falkirk. Mostly by asking, “Could we actually make that work?”

Wheelside Trading started with a fairly simple idea: build interesting things, sell good things, and create experiences that give people another reason to get out and explore the places around us.

I'm Simon, the person behind Wheelside. I'm based in Falkirk, a stone's throw from the Falkirk Wheel, and most of what you see here has grown from things I've genuinely wanted to make, try or experience myself.

That includes physical products and local goods, but increasingly it means Adventures.

I loved the idea that a normal walk could become something completely different. Put your headphones in, follow a real route and have a story unfold around you as you move through it. Your location becomes part of the experience. Reach a place and another piece of the story comes alive.

So we started building it.

Wheelside isn't built around one story or one type of customer.

A single route might carry a historical tour, a children's adventure, a mystery, a horror story or something created by somebody who knows that place better than we ever could.

That's a big part of where we're heading: giving other people a way to turn their own stories and local knowledge into experiences people can actually step inside.