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Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Maersk Beaumont


Having been laid up in Loch Striven for a year Maersk Beaumont prepares to leave the Clyde.

Monday, 28 June 2010

Scarborough



TT Scarborough berthed at BAE Scotstoun,in the background is HMS diamond.

Sunday, 27 June 2010

St Mungo




St Mungo hard at work keeping the Clyde clean,she is a popular site in this stretch of the Clyde that runs through the city centre

Saturday, 26 June 2010

Kames Castle

On the shore of Kames Bay near Port Bannatyne on the Island of Bute, the castle consists of a 14th Century tower, with a house built on it in the 18th Century.

Originally the seat of the Bannatyne family, Kames is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Scotland.

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Sylvester




A small work boat working on the berth at the new transport museum in Glasgow.

Het Leven


"Tjalk" which is a flat bottom sailing boat with sideboards instead of a keel.
More of a coastal than deep sea vessel, this type of boat would have traded between Scotland and the Netherlands. Still authentic, with original cargo hatches,built 1912.