Slides — 1988 - '89

Glasgow Garden Festival — Wednesday, 7 September 1988

"The Lochaber Rail Tour" — Saturday, 19 November 1988

Waverley in the Western Isles — from Friday, 28 April 1989

Walking in Skye — from Tuesday, 16 May 1989

mv Balmoral to Carrick Castle — Sunday, 28 May 1989

A few family photos — Tuesday, 30 May 1989

SRPS – "Santa Specials" — Sunday, 10 December 1989

Glasgow Garden Festival — Wednesday, 7 September 1988

The Garden Festival had been running through the summer and was rated a great success, so I decided to have a quick look before it closed.

Upstream end of the site, across the river	Bells Bridge with the waterbus	The Renfrew Ferry from the bridge

Glasgow tram (Coronation Mk2)	Ex-Paisley & District tram	Up the river from the Clydesdale Bank Tower

General view of the site from the C.B. Tower	Govan Graving Dock	Yorkhill Quay & the SECC car park

Glasgow beyond the SECC car park	Up-river from the C.B. Tower	Forum hotel and Finnieston Crane across the marina

Water garden	Heather garden	GGF site above Bells Bridge featuring Edinburgh and Glasgow trams

C.B. Tower and the bottom of the site across the Marina	Forum Hotel & Bells Bridge ...	... across the Marina

And a solitary shot of work in progress at the erstwhile Fairfield / Upper Clyde / Govan now (in 1988) Kvaerner shipyard on Saturday, 24 September, from Balmoral en route to the Millport Illuminations.

"The Lochaber Rail Tour" — Saturday, 19 November 1988

NELGP and SRPS organised a trip from Edinburgh to Fort William to bring back LNER 2005 which had been working "The Jacobite" between Fort William and Mallaig through the summer. I don't know where I joined the trip (I might have stayed with Dave the night before and joined in Edinburgh) but I got off at Westerton on the way back.

2005 is the sole survivor of the K1 class designed by Thompson and Peppercorn for the LNER just after WWII. 70 were built, this one by the North British Loco Works in Glasgow and delivered to British Railways in 1949 after nationalisation. Its working life, therefore, was in BR livery as 62005 but when restored for preservation, its owners decked it out in traditional LNER livery as seen here. It has since been restored to its BR appearance.

Click here for route description and further information	Platform 1

Freight sector 37423 at Fort William		Reversing into Platform 2, I don't remember why

A photostop at Roy Bridge. There appears to be a hosepipe dangling from the bridge so probably taking on water as well.

There was a problem with the running gear on the loco support coach so we abandoned it at Tulloch.

Another solitary photo, this time 2005 hauling the SRPS Santa Specials round the Sub from Waverley on Saturday, 10 December.

Waverley in the Western Isles

Friday, 28 April — Sunday, 7 May 1989

Walking in Skye — Saturday, 13 to Friday, 19 May 1989

A week in a cottage at Carbost overlooking Loch Harport on Skye. Who was there? Myself, Calum, Larry, Richard, maybe Dave & Ken. It appears I took a train to Crianlarich on the Saturday where someone picked me up and we stopped for lunch at Onich. I don't know what happened on Sunday and Monday, presumeably the weather was inclement, perhaps we hit the high spots of Dunvegan and Portree, but there seems to have been some improvement on Tuesday and we went up Am Basteir (meaning obscure) from Sligachan.

Ascending Am Basteir, the cut in the rocks is the outflow from Coire a'Bhasteir, beyond it Sgurr a'Bhasteir	Sgurr na h-Uamha, Harta Corrie and Druim nan Ramh from Bealach Bhasteir	Loch Sligachan beyond Glamaig beyond Glen Sligachan

Coire a'Bhasteir from Bealach Bhasteir	The Cuillins from the north end of the Glen Brittle road

Wednesday was either a rest day or inclement weather again, so we visited the Talisker Distillery. On Thursday, the weather improved and we attacked "the one on the right of Am B." (Bruach na Frithe - The brae of the deer forest)

Sgurr a'Mhadaidh (peak of the fox), I think, across the shoulder of Sgurr an Fheadain	Bruach na Frithe, Sgurr an Fheadain and Sgurr a'Mhadaidh	Ascending the ridge of Bruach na Frithe

Loch Sligachan and Glamaig from the ridge of Bruach na Frithe	Sgurr nan Gillean (peak of the young men) beyond Am Basteir from Bruach na Frithe	The Cuillins Ridge south west of Bruach na Frithe

Am Basteir and the Basteir Tooth above Fionn Choire from the side of Bruach na Frithe	Sgurr an Fheadain and Sgurr a'Mhadaidh from the side of Bruach na Frithe	Bruach na Frithe

On Friday, it was the turn of the somewhat isolated Blaven from the head of Loch Slapin.

Sgurr nan Gillean above the Lochan Dubha between Glen Sligachan and Strath na Creitheach	North from Bla Bheinn to Glamaig	North from Bla Bheinn to Raasay over Loch Ainort

North-east from Bla Bheinn, Beinn na Cro and Beinn Dearg Mhor

mv Balmoral to Carrick Castle — Sunday, 28 May 1989

A few family photos — Tuesday, 30 May 1989

Just a few to finish the film.

And then it was off to Canada for five months.

SRPS – "Santa Specials" — Sunday, 10 December 1989

And on my return, I don't know why there are only two photos of this momentous occasion.

LMS Black Five 5305 "Alderman A.E, Draper" (Armstrong/Whitworth) departs Waverley platform 21 with the SRPS Santa Special round the Edinburgh Suburban Loop

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