River Clyde Photography

Monday 5 May 2014

PS Waverley

Waverley entering dry dock for her annual check up .

Friday 2 May 2014

Hornisse

Hornisse departing the Clyde after a visit to Clydebank,the navy ship is Lyme Bay.

Monday 28 April 2014

Innovator BA95

Innovator,small fishing boat at Ardrossan.

Helensburgh

A distant view of Helensburgh town and the Gareloch.

Saturday 26 April 2014

Thursday 24 April 2014

Aasvik

Aasvik a regular sight on the Clyde for quite a few years now.

Wednesday 23 April 2014

RNLB Violet Dorothy and Kathleen

RNLB Violet Dorothy and Kathleen ,the Stromness life boat seen at Girvan Harbour.

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 5 May 2014

PS Waverley

Friday 2 May 2014

Hornisse

Monday 28 April 2014

Innovator BA95

Helensburgh

Saturday 26 April 2014

Lucky Lucy

Thursday 24 April 2014

Aasvik

Wednesday 23 April 2014

RNLB Violet Dorothy and Kathleen

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