River Clyde Photography

Monday, 30 December 2013

Bounder

Bounder passing Greenock on her way to gGasgow.

Friday, 27 December 2013

Largs

Coming ashore after a days sailing at Largs.

Adoration CN78

Adoration CN78 seen in East India harbour Greenock.

HMS Defender

Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender berthed at KGV Glasgow,open day for the public.

Click HERE fora video of her on sea trials.

Wednesday, 25 December 2013

Ice Runner

Ice Runner arriving at Greenock,she required the attendance of two Svitzer tugs to berth as she was battling against stong SW winds up to 50mph.

Diving

Preparing to take the plunge,Largs

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, 30 December 2013

Bounder

Scottish Ambulance Service

Friday, 27 December 2013

Largs

Adoration CN78

HMS Defender

Wednesday, 25 December 2013

Ice Runner

Diving

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