River Clyde Photography: March 2016

Thursday 31 March 2016

Tuesday 29 March 2016

Abis Breskens

Abis Breskens at anchor off Gourock with a cargo of wind turbine parts.

Monday 28 March 2016

Loch Tarbert

Loch Tarbert encountering stormy weather at Largs.

Saturday 26 March 2016

Wednesday 23 March 2016

Vigilance

Vigilance survey boat at Ardrossan Harbour.

Monday 21 March 2016

Lingeborg

Lingeborg at the Erskine bridge on her way to Shieldhall.

Friday 18 March 2016

Tuesday 15 March 2016

MV Caledonian Isles

MV Caledonian Isles sets out from Ardrossan on less than perfect conditions.

Sunday 13 March 2016

MV Argyle

MV Argyle and Waverley heading for Rothesay

Friday 11 March 2016

Waverley

Paddle steamer Waverley passing Gourock.

Tuesday 8 March 2016

World War 11 Remains

The remains of a WW11 mine watchers post close to the Erskine bridge.

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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