Waverley Slides — 1985
Glasgow to Brodick — Easter Monday, 8 April 1985
Ayr to Stranraer — Thursday, 11 April 1985
Ayr to Fort William et seq. — Friday, 3 May et seq.
Glasgow to Brodick — Easter Monday, 8 April 1985
A sail from Glasgow to Brodick, where Waverley deposited her passengers then had to vacate the pier to allow the Isle of Arran (1983, Ferguson Ailsa, Port Glasgow) to berth for the scheduled ferry crossing from/to Ardrossan. The first few shots were taken from the car ramp. (Someone had forgotten to close the gates after the previous ferry call.)
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A passengerless Waverley departs ... |
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... and loiters in the bay ... |
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Waverley returns to the pier | Brodick Pier from the departing Waverley | |
Ayr to Stranraer — Thursday, 11 April 1985
This was a one-way trip from Ayr to Stranraer with a diversion round Ailsa Craig, probably to make a few pounds out of Waverley's light movement south to the Bristol Channel. I bought a day return from Edinburgh to Stranraer (£15.40) to cover my travel connections.
There is a slight possibility that the first two were taken with a long lens on the return from Brodick above, as I had left them undated in the database for some reason, but the more I look at them (particularly the sea state), the more I think they are correctly dated here.
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| Ailsa Craig |
Ailsa Craig |
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| Looking south down the Ayrshire coast towards Loch Ryan (Turnberry Lighthouse?) |
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South-west corner |
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| South side |
South-east corner |
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Waverley berthed in choppy water at Stranraer | A SeaLink ferry at the freight terminal |
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mv "Galloway Princess" loading at Stranraer | and I don't know what I did here |
Waverley – Ayr to Fort William et seq. — from Friday, 3 May 1985
My second Waverley trip to Oban, this time accompanied by Dave. On Thursday, Waverley ran a Campbeltown - Brodick - Ayr service to coincide with the Ayr Show. Some intrepid travellers (including Dave & I) joined her at Ayr for the return trip and spent the night in Campbeltown before she started for the West Coast on Friday morning. She called at Crinan, rather than Port Ellen as she did last year, then on to Oban & Fort William, where Dave & I stayed at the Youth Hostel.
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| Approaching Crinan |
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| Waverley berthed at Crinan
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| Approaching Fort William |
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| Leaving Fort William for a late
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Saturday, May 4 — Fort William - round Staffa - Fort William
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| Fort William pier |
Ben Nevis rises above Fort William | Ballachulish Bridge |
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| Ballachulish Bridge |
Staffa |
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| Fingal's Cave |
The Dutchman's Cap (Treshnish Isles) |
It seems I did not take any photographs on the Sunday cruise from Fort William to Oban, Crinan and Loch Sween.
Monday, May 6 — Fort William - Oban - Iona - Oban
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| Leaving Fort William |
Iona | The Abbey |
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| The Iona ferry "Morvern" heading for Fionnphort | Passengers waiting to disembark | |
| Morvern (1972, James Lamont & Co,
Port Glasgow) doing duty as the Iona ferry |
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"Morvern" returns for more passengers |
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The Abbey cloisters |
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"Morvern" awaits more passengers | Waverley leaving Oban |
Tuesday, May 7 — Craignure
Waverley did a schools cruise, I think to Loch Sunart. Dave & I went across to Craignure on CalMac's Claymore from Oban and spent some time ashore.
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| Claymore (1978, Robb Caledon,
Leith) arriving at Oban Railway Pier from Craignure |
Claymore at Craignure | |
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| Waverley approaches Craignure -
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| Mull Miniature Railway - Craignure
to Torosay Castle - Duart Castle in the distance |
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| Claymore approaches Craignure with
Waverley in the background |
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| I mis-timed this one |
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