Friday, 29 May 2009
On the River Clyde 26/05/09
claim'); a cruise liner at the unattractive Greenock 'Container base' (I
suppose that all container bases are not too bonny, unless you like
multi-coloured cubes and oblongs!).
The lovely 'tweeting' black guillemots.
Early evening, a freighter going home or to some 'other place 'scrappy'
(Eastern Europe maybe..) I'd say with metal scrap, or other rich Glasgow
detritus (err, 'recyclable material?) on board, coming down past the quarry
and then Dumbarton Rock.
Kind regards, Denis.
Labels: Custom Quay House, east esplanade, Greenock, MV Waverley
Greenock east esplanade 21/05/09
and was pushing outwards, into the wind .
The buoys are pretty big when you get closer to them on shore, so I guess
the less head lift the better..in and out of the water over a low side,
keeping them low to avoid a heavy cant.
Br, Denis.
Labels: east esplanade, Greenock, MD Waterman
Saturday, 9 May 2009
Greenock east esplanade 7th May 09
squalls blowing in...really a very poor start to the month.
I arrived at the prom just after the blue boat was headed along the front,
up-river; I didn't get the name, but it has a big reel on the stern so it
might be a survey ship (I may well have covered this better in an earlier
blog?).
Not far behind is the wee fisher boat, 'Guide Me', and in some respects it
is the beacon, 'guiding' it's attendant herring gulls, swirling and swooping
on the off-chance of something to grab. I'm presuming the fishy reek is more
than enough of a magnet...and suppose that they'll follow on right until she
ties up, in case there's some casting of scraps over the side ......
Down at Custom House Quay is the cruiser Lord Glen ......a bit of style on
the estuary without the colossal size of the Grand Princess.
A cold, blustery and damp 20 minutes but there's life on the water!
Br, Denis.
Labels: east esplanade, fishing boat coming home, Greenock
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Greenock east esplanade and MD Medway I upriver in evening 31/03/09
stunning sky so vividly reflected.
Later on, the Medway was working upriver so it was the bank sorties to
Dumbarton Rock, over the Erskine Bridge to Bowling, then Old Kilpatrick,
etc. to get some decent views. It's a beaten up old thing that seems to have
had a hard life!
Br, Denis.
Labels: east esplanade, Greenock, MV Medway
Monday, 23 March 2009
Greenock east esplanade 8/03/09
diver.....'he' was very busy and try as I might I found it so hard to
predict when he'd dive with a burst of spray and rippled water and then
....where to appear again and with what....?
If you look closely enough ..yep, there's a fishy in the beak.
I wonder if this is the same cormorant that I got drying off around at the
old sewage outlet pipe on the west side, quite some weeks ago..how
territorial are they?
Regards, Denis.
Labels: east esplanade, Greenock
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Greenock east esplanade 2/03/09 1.10p.m.
the river by Warrior and Ayton Cross....it's great to see the raw strength
and regality of the tugs with their dis-proportionate crowns of towers and
masts and the underlying awesome horsepower waiting to thrust and pull in
tanker manoeuvres.
Good and lucky timing, again!
Br, Denis.
Labels: east esplanade, Greenock
Greenock east esplanade 18/02/09
Birds again and a survey craft.
The ones of the cormorant aren't too good, but it actually has a fish in two pictures...the surface disturbance is the lad having just dived...
Br, Denis.
Labels: east esplanade, Greenock
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