Slides — 1990 - ’91

Waverley at Inveraray — Saturday, 21 April 1990

Waverley in the Western Isles — from Friday, 27 April 1990

Antiquities on Lewis — Thursday, 3 May 1990

Balmoral on the Forth — Saturday, 12 May 1990

Balmoral on the Clyde — Saturday, 26 May 1990 & Sunday

Steaming around the Bristol Channel — from Friday, 8 June 1990

Waverley on the Clyde — Saturday, 14 July 1990

Waverley at Tarbert, Loch Fyne — Tuesday, 17 July 1990

Loch Katrine — Monday, 23 July 1990

Waverley on the Clyde — Saturday, 25 August 1990

Glasgow on the Clyde — Monday, 27 August 1990

No.9 on the G&SW Line — Saturday, 23 March 1991

Waverley in the Western Isles — from Monday, 29 April 1991

Waverley on the Irish Sea — Friday, 17 May 1991 & Saturday

Waverley on the Clyde — Summer 1991

Windermere — Saturday, 31 August 1991

CalMac Cruising from Oban — Saturday, 28 September 1991

A trip to Rothesay — Monday, 30 September 1991

A trip to Edinburgh — Tuesday, 10 December 1991

Waverley at Inveraray — Saturday, 21 April 1990

Waverley in the Western Isles

Friday, 27 April — Monday, 7 May 1990

Antiquities on Lewis — Thursday, 3 May 1990

Day 7 of Waverley in the Western Isles, but it was a rest day and has no nautical interest so I have put the photos here.

I hired a car for the day (�20.40) for a tour of the north of the island visiting some of the main tourist attractions.

The Standing Stones at Callanish (c2000 BC)

Looking south into Loch Ceann Hulvaig	The Standing Stones at Callanish

From the hill above Dun Carloway, west beyond Loch Carloway	Dun and Doune Carloway, Loch an Duin, and East Loch Roag beyond	Looking North from the hill above Dun Carloway, towards Carloway

Something fishy hanging below a helicopter	Dun Carloway above Loch an Duin

Dun Carloway from various angles

The lighthouse at the Butt of Lewis	The beach at Port of Ness from the car park ...	... and from the end of the harbour

Remains of a chambered cairn at Steinacleit	Jim and Clive at Clach an Trushal, near Ballantrushal, about eighteen feet high and 4000 years old

And back to Day 8 of Waverley in the Western Isles.

Balmoral on the Forth — Saturday, 12 May 1990

Balmoral on the Clyde — Saturday, 26 May 1990 & Sunday

Steaming around the Bristol Channel — from Friday, 8 June 1990

Waverley on the Clyde — Saturday, 14 June 1990

Waverley at Tarbert, Loch Fyne — Tuesday, 17 June 1990

Loch Katrine — Monday, 23 July 1990

Loch Katrine - the source of most of Glasgow's water supply since the late 1850s. Sir Walter Scot is the fourth pleasure steamer to sail on the loch. It was prefabricated by Dennys at Dumbarton, transported on barges up the Leven and Loch Lomond to Inversnaid, whence the parts were carried (by horse and cart) up the hill and through Glen Arklet to Stronachlachar where it was assembled and launched in 1900. Originally coal fired, it was still using smokeless fuel when these photos were taken, diesel being considered too much of a pollution risk, but I think it has since been converted to burn vegetable oil.

Dave and I arranged to meet in the car park and go for a sail.

I don't know where the cruise ticket came from since I seem to have photographed that sailing from the shore

The Arrochar Alps along the length of the loch	The west end of the loch	Stronachlachar at the west end

Ben An above the east end of the loch	The steamer pier at the east end of the loch

Sir Walter Scott at the pier at Loch Katrine

Sir Walter Scott sets sail for the afternoon cruise ... and passes below Ben Venue		Canting on the steamer pier

Waverley on the Clyde — Saturday, 25 August 1990

Glasgow on the Clyde — Monday, 27 August 1990

I intended to sail on Waverley but assumed she would sail at 10.00, her usual departure time from Glasgow. However, it being a non-standard sailing (to Brodick), she cast off at 09:30 and I arrived just in time to see her go. So, having nothing to do, I decided to visit the Glasgow's Glasgow exhibition that had been running at the Arches all summer. It being towards the end ot its run, the price had been reduced from �5 to �1. I remember nothing of the exhibition beyond that it was probably ok for �1 but wasn't worth �5. At some point I took these photos of the Carrick, before taking an afternoon train down to Largs to catch the Waverley back up to Glasgow, for which I was charged �5.

Waverley departing without me!		A dilapidated Carrick

And that was it for 1990. On to 1991 below -

No.9 on the G&SWR Line — Saturday, 23 March 1991

This is a summary of the route derived from the published route information as I have no other record of the day.

Depart from Edinburgh at 06:43 (I was staying with Dave through the week at the time) diesel-hauled over the Forth Bridge and through Fife to Perth where the diesel was dropped and No.9 attached. Then south to Stirling where we picked up a diesel pilot before continuing through Mount Vernon and Carmyle (dropped the pilot near Strathbungo) and on to Kilmarnock where we stopped for an hour or so to water the engine. Then it was south through Kirkconnel to Dumfries for another diesel pilot to Carlisle. We returned by the main line over Beatock, turn right at Carstairs and so to Waverley where I got off and returned to Glasgow.

No.9 carried the "Osprey" nameplate for a time in the latter years of Apartheid as it was felt that her own name "Union of South Africa" might attract unwanted attention from anti-Apartheid activists.

A4 60009 masquerading as "Osprey" at Stirling	No.9 and the front of a ScotRail 158 Express	No.9 goes off in search of water

No.9 "Osprey" at Stirling	No.9 "Osprey" at Kilmarnock	No.9 "Osprey" at Kilmarnock

No.9 "Osprey" backing down onto the train at Kilmarnock	No.9 "Osprey" at Kilmarnock

No.9 "Osprey" at Kirkconnel	No.9 "Osprey" and train at Kirkconnel	No.9 "Osprey" at Kirkconnel, from the footbridge

Waverley in the Western Isles

Monday, 29 April - Tuesday, 7 May 1991

Waverley on the Irish Sea

Friday, 17 and Saturday, 18 May 1991

Waverley on the Clyde — Summer 1991

Windermere — Saturday, 31 August 1991

Having spent the summer sailing on Waverley, some of us were worried about going "cold turkey" when Waverley went south so we decided to sail elsewhere for a change and went to Windermere. The ticket belongs to another trip in 1993 but I took no photos that day so have placed it here.

We left Glasgow by train at 08:10, disembarked at Oxenholme at 10:07 to catch the 10:15 to Windermere arriving at 10:36. From the station it was a mile or so down to Bowness-on-Windermere where all the action is. Having paid �6.75 for a "Round the Lake" ticket, we sailed from Bowness at 11:10 on the Tern and disembarked at Ambleside at 11:46 for lunch in the Waterhead Hotel. We left Ambleside at 13:05 on the Teal, called at Bowness at (13:28 - 13:55) and arrived at Lakeside at 14:35. After looking at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, we left Lakeside at 15:49 on the Swan and arrived back at Bowness at 16:25 having sailed on all available vessels and called at all available ports.

After some refreshment, we caught the 18:42 from Windermere to connect with the 19:17 from Oxenholme arriving back in Glasgow at 21:28.

mv Swan (1938) off Bowness (from the Tern)	Water and wood (why?)	Approaching Ambleside, on the Tern

ss Tern (1891) at the pier at Ambleside	mv Swan near Bowness	Approaching Bowness on the Teal

ss Tern (1891) en route from Lakeside to Bowness		ss Tern (1891) off Cockshott Point

A train and signal box at Lakeside Station	Rear end of "Cumbria" at Lakeside Station	0-6-0 saddle tank "Cumbria" leaves Lakeside with the 1445 for Haverthwaite

mv Teal (1936) just after leaving Lakeside Pier	"Cumbria" arrives at Lakeside with the 1510 from Haverthwaite	"Cumbria" at Lakeside Station

Looking north up Windermere from Lakeside, mv Swan above the funnel of the steam launch

And then I went to Oban ...

Oban — Saturday, 28 September 1991

I don't know who thought up this one but -

We left Glasgow on the 08:24 (�17.70 return), arriving at Oban at 11:24 where we caught the 12:00 sailing on the Isle of Mull (�2.30 single) to Craignure arriving at 12:45. Then the 13:00 bus (�1.20 single) to Tobermory where we had 10 minutes to rush along the front to catch the Lord of the Isles (�5.85 single) at 13:50 to return to Oban at 15:35. The purser was not too happy to have to sell us our tickets, apparently we should have bought them ashore before boarding, and he was not much mollified by our claims of lack of time.

There was time for dinner in the Caledonian Hotel (�17) before buying a few bottles of beer for the return journey and catching the train at 20:50 to arrive back in Glasgow at 23:30.

mv Isle of Mull rounding the end of Kerrera	Duart Castle on Mull

Isle of Mull at Craignure just before 1500	Looking down the Sound of Kerrera from the middle of Oban Bay

mv Isle of Mull in Oban Bay

mv Lord of the Isles leaving Oban with the 1600 sailing to Craignure		Isle of Mull at the railway pier across Oban Bay

And from the sublime to the slightly less sublime -

Rothesay — Monday, 30 September 1991

Another day trip though I can't remember the justification for this one. There must have been others present but who or how many I just don't know.

Having paid �7.90 for a cheap day return to Rothesay, I left Glasgow by train at 10:35 arriving at Wemyss Bay 11:25 for the 12:00 sailing on Juno arriving at Rothesay at 12:35. After sundry refreshments and, it appears, admiring the exterior of the castle, I sailed at 17:35, again on the Juno, to Wemyss Bay (18:13 - 18:20) for the train to Glasgow arriving at 19:20.

A Strathclyde-liveried Class 303 EMU under the magnificent glass canopy of Wemyss Bay station
	Booking office and canopy

Looking up-river from Wemyss Bay pier	Cars boarding the Juno at Wemyss Bay

Rothesay Castle - west side of the gate tower (c1540) and the north-west drum tower	Rothesay Castle - north-west drum tower

And so to Edinburgh -

Edinburgh — Tuesday, 10 December 1991

I can't remember why, but on the Monday I caught the 15:00 bus to Edinburgh (�5.00 return) arriving at 16:15. I took refreshment there before travelling on to Dalkeith by bus (�1.40) at 19:30 arriving at 19:50. I stayed overnight with Richard who, I presume, gave me the lift into Edinburgh in the morning (09:45 - 10:10) where I had breakfast and visited the castle. After further refreshment, I caught the 14:00 bus back to Glasgow arriving at 15:10.

Princes Street Gardens and the city centre	Caledonian Hotel from the Castle	Saltire Court, occupying the legendary Castle Terrace "hole in the ground"

Edinburgh Castle - south-east corner	The Castle from the Castle Terrace car park ...	... and from the west end of Princes St Gardens

	RSA and National Gallery on the Mound from near Ramsay Gardens, with the Scott Monument swathed in plastic on the right
The Castle above the fountain in Princes St Gardens

And that's the last of the slides for 1991. To proceed to 1992, click here.

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