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A wee video clip here of the Paddle Steamer Waverley going “doon the Watter fir the Fair”
Doon the Watter

And a bit of background to ‘The Fair’.
http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSE00708

 

An old British Pathé film from the Clyde:

SHIPS IN THE CLYDE aka CLYDE SHIPBUILDING

 



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P&O’s cruise ship Oriana at Greenock Ocean Terminal with Maersk Brooklyn in the background, and some of the Clyde Marine fleet in the Victoria Harbour in the foreground.

 

Barony St John’s steeple being silhouetted

 

An oystercatcher, with a nearby nest, taken at Hunterston, Ayrshire.

 



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Calmac ferry, Lord of the Isles, approaching the Sound of Kerrera having sailed from the Isle of Colonsay.

 

Nice blog by Armin Grewe giving current news and information from Islay. Latest update includes a video clip of the PS Waverley arriving in Campbeltown and departing Port Ellen, along with a link to my own flickr set of photos from the trip. Thanks, Armin :)

IslayBlog.com, a blog about the Isle of Islay, Scotland.

 



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Waverley sitting at Glasgow Science Centre, getting ready to sail on her first trip of the 2010 season to Oban.

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