Dunure Castle

Dunure Castle lies on a cliff edge by the small coastal village of Dunure,a craggy picturesque ruin which is maintained by Historic Scotland.

The castle was the first built by the Kennedy family, there has probably been a castle on this site since the 13^th century. The present castle dates from the 15^th century when the Kennedy family had a powerful influence on the area.

Gilbert Kennedy 4^th earl of Cassills obtained lands from Glenluce Abbey in Galloway by having a monk forge the necessary signatures.

The monk was silenced by a hired killer who in turn was hung by the Kennedys for an apparent theft.

In 1565 the Earl confined Allan Stewart commendator of nearby Crossraguel Abbey in Dunure Castle.

He was tortured, roasted on a spit until he renounced his claim on the lands.

Lord Bargany coveted the lands for himself and had the castle stormed one morning by a force of men hiding in the chapel just outside the main gate.

Lord Bargany then arrived with a large force of men and after some discusion Kennedy and Bargany split the lands between themselves.

The Commendator was taken to the town of Ayr and given a pension.

Millport Harbour

Post cards dating from about 1904.

Gourock

Sailing past Gourock.

Waverley

The Waverley making her way up the Firth.

Kingfisher

Moored in Rothesay Bay.

May

May entering James Watt Dock.

Aurora

Morning Star of Revelation

Morning Star of Revelation is a 62ft gaff ketch yacht. She was purpose built for sail training and can sail in almost any conditions, anywhere, at anytime. Morning Star sails regularly in Tall Ships' Races, and in 2003 won first place in the new Small Ships' Race. She regularly sails to France, Holland and the Channel Islands and has been as far afield as Spain, Russia and America.

SS Sir Walter Scott

SS Sir Walter Scott is a small steamship that has provided pleasure cruises and a ferry service on Loch Katrine in the scenic Trossachs of Scotland for more than a century, and is the only surviving screw steamer in regular passenger service in Scotland. She is named after the writer Walter Scott, who set his 1810 poem Lady of the Lake, and his novel Rob Roy of 1818 around Loch Katrine.

In 1859 Loch Katrine became Glasgow's main water supply, connected by aqueducts and tunnels to the city more than 30 miles (48 km) away through a hilly landscape. The Trossachs became very popular in the Victorian era, and there were early steamship services on the loch. The Loch is surrounded by wooded mountains, and has romantic historical connections including the birthplace of the outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Queen Victoria had a holiday house built overlooking the loch.

William Denny and Brothers built Sir Walter Scott as a "knock-down" ship; that is, she was assembled with bolts and nuts at Denny's shipyard at Dumbarton on the River Leven, the pieces numbered and dismantled again, transported in pieces by barge up Loch Lomond and overland by horse-drawn cart to Stronachlachar pier on Loch Katrine and there rebuilt with rivets and launched. Denny's assembled Sir Walter Scott at their yard in 1899 and completed her reassembly and launch on the loch in 1900.

Dunkirk

Making her way past Bowling and on toward the Erskine bridge.

BAE safety boat

The BAE safety boat based at the Scotstoun ship yard is seen here moving yokohama fenders.