My Day's Events

My day began with a trip to the local GP and as I passed the remains of the old village shop in Langbank I grabbed a few images.

Despite best efforts from the final owners I guess the usage by the locals just wasn't sufficient to keep the shop open.


Final Stages of Demolition


Final Stages of Demolition

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My next stop was the East India Harbour in Greenock to catch a few of the passing shipping this morning.


SD Oronsay 


SD Eva


SD Eva


A Busy River Clyde


Tugs Lead the 'Golden Eclipse' Upriver


'Golden Eclipse' passing Greenock Ocean Terminal


Anchor Cleaning

Passing East India Harbour

Glasgow Bound 

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Later in the day I went back to greenock and caught a few more vessels on the Clyde.

 Clyde Clipper approaching East India Harbour

Clyde Cruise

 Returning to the Victoria Harbour in Greenock

'Wilson Bremen' Heads to Glasgow

Passing Greenock

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'Eclipse' - Superyacht in Greenock

Superyacht 'Eclipse' - owned by the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich - arrived in Greenock today.

A very unusual visitor to our waters she caused quite a stir with the local population, and many cameras and mobiles where on display on the Esplanade after she anchored.

She is currently the world's second largest private yacht and built in 2010/11 at a cost of around €340 million, but is known as the 1.5 billion dollar yacht.

About seventy crew members are needed to operate the yacht and to serve guests. 

There are two helicopter pads, twenty-four guest cabins, and two swimming pools.

 She is equipped with three launch boats and a private submarine.

I doubt we'll see a larger superyacht on the Clyde, but you never know.

Meanwhile here's a fair selection of images taken throughout the day.

Passing Dunoon

Crew aboard Shows the Scale 

Approaching Greenock Esplanade

 Heading to Anchor

 At Anchor


At Anchor

 Tender Runs to Victoria Harbour

 A Closer Look

 Very Elegant

Evening Illuminations

More images are available at - www.dougie-coull-photography.com - better resolution and options to licence.

Solar Eclipse from Langbank

Today was the day we have been anticipating and it's received much in the way of publicity from the media.

Billed as the best solar eclipse in years I personally found it quite disappointing.

Throughout Britain the eclipse reached at least 83% with the darkness peaking around 09:35 -  variations depending on your actual location.

For me it didn't darken much at all and I was expecting it to get quite dark.

These images were taken with 400mm zoom lens and cropped. I used the Lee 'Big Stopper' filter to achieve a dark image and detail as best I could the passage of the moon across the sun.

We will not see another solar eclipse on this scale again until 2026.

More images are available at - www.dougie-coull-photography.co.uk - better resolution and options to licence.