River Clyde Photography

Friday, 6 October 2017

MV Caledonian Isles

MV Caledonian Isles departing from Ardrossan.

Battler

Tugs Battler Bruiser manoeuvre Caledonian Isles out of dry dock and into James Watt Dock.

Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Battler

The tug Battler passing the village of Bowling.

Sunday, 1 October 2017

Ayton Cross

Svitzer tug Ayton Cross heading into James Watt Dock.

Saturday, 30 September 2017

Isle of Arran

Pilot boat passing through the Largs Channel with Isle of Cumbrae and Isle of Arran in the background.

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Ardrossan

View from Arsrossan countryside.

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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Friday, 6 October 2017

MV Caledonian Isles

Battler

Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Barclay Curle

Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Battler

Sunday, 1 October 2017

Ayton Cross

Saturday, 30 September 2017

Isle of Arran

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Ardrossan

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