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Wednesday 18 November 2009

Tuesday 17 November 2009

Pachuca










Pachuca, a container ship arriving at Greenock container terminal.

Friday 13 November 2009

Girl Sharon


Girl Sharon usually only seen in Loch long fishing for prawns.

Thursday 12 November 2009

Waverley



Passing Bowling harbour Waverley heads for Glasgow,a regular feature of her sailings is the evening cruise.

For more pictures of her click HERE

Wednesday 11 November 2009

Caledonian Isles and Arran

Docked at Brodick Bay Arran on a rather wet winter evening.

Caledonian Isles approaching Ardrossan harbour.

Click HERE for some more pictures of her at Arran.

Sunday 8 November 2009

Tornado ,Isle of Arran



While at Ardrossan Harbour to catch the ferry to Brodick on the Isle of Arran I spotted this tornado ,the light house in the picture is on the Holy Isle.

When the ferry arrived at Brodick the weather was foul with a torrential downpour,if you look at the middle of the third photograph you will see what looks like the remnants of the tornado or water spout.

Friday 6 November 2009

Maersk Lay up ships, Maersk Brooklyn






Maersk Brooklyn in Rothesay bay awaiting to join the rest of the Maersk lay up ships in Loch Striven.

Click HERE to see the rest of the Maersk ships.

Seals




Grey Atlantic seals on an islet off the coast of Millport.

Arklow Venus








Leaving Diesel Wharf with a cargo of scrap destined for Spain.

Wednesday 4 November 2009

Norstrand




Seen at anchor off the coast of Gourock,unusually she headed up to Glasgow with her doors partially open.

Monday 2 November 2009

Portencross Murder


A short walk to the north of Portencross village lies Northbank cottage,isolated and close to the sea,however it was the scene of a murder unsolved to this day.

In May 1913 three people moved into the cottage,they were Alexander MacLaren and his wife,Jessie and his sister in law Miss Mary Speir Gunn.

The three of them were sitting in the cottage on the evening of Saturday 18 October,
Alexander MacLaren was reading aloud from a book when suddenly the peace was shattered by gun fire,smashing the window the bullet hit Miss Gunn.
More shotts rang out one wounding Mrs MacLaren,when the shooting had stopped Alexander left the cottage and ran to Portencross to raise the alarm.

It is recalled that the dogs in the kennels had not barked which they usually did when a stranger was in the vicinity. When the police and doctor arrived they found Mrs MacLaren shot in the back and Miss Gunn dead, further bullets were found outside the broken window.

The police made extensive enquiries but to no avail,they even investigated as far away as Saskatchewan in Canada where Miss Gunn had a boyfriend,however no motives or suspects were ever discovered,the murder remains unsolved to this day.