River Clyde Photography

Sunday 1 February 2015

Waverley

The Waverley seen at Ardrossan Harbour,the harbour is not one of her usual ports of call this visit was a special charter,unfortunately the weather was none to kind with torrential downpours most of the day.

Friday 23 January 2015

Paterna

Paterna an oil tanker leaving Loch Long to enter the Firth.

Monday 19 January 2015

Helensburgh

Helensburgh Town and mountains.

Friday 16 January 2015

Topaz M58

Fishing boat seen at Ardrossan Harbour.

Monday 12 January 2015

Sylvester

Sylvester passing Gourock,a multicat from the River Clyde boat yard in Rothesay Dock.

Friday 9 January 2015

Boudicca

Fred Olsen's Boudicca departing Greenock.

Monday 5 January 2015

Don 1

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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Sunday 1 February 2015

Waverley

Friday 23 January 2015

Paterna

Monday 19 January 2015

Helensburgh

Friday 16 January 2015

Topaz M58

Monday 12 January 2015

Sylvester

Friday 9 January 2015

Boudicca

Monday 5 January 2015

Don 1

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