River Clyde Photography: February 2016

Monday 29 February 2016

Saturday 27 February 2016

Tuesday 23 February 2016

Sunday 21 February 2016

Thursday 18 February 2016

MV Argyle

The Rothesay ferry MV Argyle heading up the Firth on her way to Rothesay,on this particular day she was departing from Gourock instead of her usual port of Wemyss bay.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Clyde Pilot and Bulker

Burgia,a large bulker passing Greenock in the twilight.

Monday 15 February 2016

Bowling harbour seen from Donaldson light .

Saturday 13 February 2016

Guide Me

Fishing boat passing the Royal navy ship Lyme Bay.

Thursday 11 February 2016

Tuesday 9 February 2016

Splendour

Splendour a cruise boat based in the Holy Loch seen at anchor at Brodick Bay.

River Clyde Photography

Over half of Scotland’s population lives within a short distance of the River Clyde, from its humble beginnings in South Lanarkshire where it is created by two streams the Patrail Water and the Daer Water, the two streams meet at Watermeetings where the River Clyde starts.

It’s not long before it reaches picturesque Lanark and its famous waterfalls. It eventually finds its way to Glasgow who’s citizens in the 18^th century narrowed and deepened and ultimately industrialised the river making it one of the most famous shipbuilding rivers in the world, Glasgow did indeed make the Clyde and of course the Clyde made Glasgow, at its peak the Clyde shipyards built a fifth of the worlds ships.

During the 2^nd world war Winston Churchill said that “Liverpool and Glasgow were the lungs in which the country breathed through”. Ship building along with heavy industry is all but dead on the Clyde, the majority of our industrial heritage was swept away in the 70s and 80s leaving few traces of the rivers famous past.

Leaving Glasgow, the Clyde broadens as you pass the towns of Dumbarton, Port Glasgow and Greenock, who all played a part in making the Clyde famous through shipbuilding.

At the Tail of the Bank the river broadens once more and becomes the firth with its many sea lochs coastal towns and villages.

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Monday 29 February 2016

Emden F210

Saturday 27 February 2016

Gourock

Tuesday 23 February 2016

Drum

Sunday 21 February 2016

Fluvius Tamar