Vintage Bus Trip

I attended the 'Ships Ahoy' event at the Glenlee sailing ship today, and part of the day was allocated to two MacBrayne's buses.

The owners - who were also the drivers - kindly made their vehicles and services available to give us a trip around Glasgow.

I was only on the one myself - and the owner Martin was very courteous and took the time to discuss aspects of the bus and it's history.

I really enjoy days like this - a true link with our past - and we can enjoy the nostalgia with a real journey.

 Leaving Riverside Museum

 Passengers Who Hopefully Enjoyed Their Trip

 Dashboard with Clock

 Martin - Our Driver

 Peaked Hat


Reflections of Our Driver

Driver's Seat

 Waiting on the Next Bus

 Bedford C5Z1

Maudslay Marathon III - 1949 Vintage

Arriving Back at Riverside Museum

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Final Joint Warrior Departures

Well today sees the final departures to start the Joint Warrior exercise in the North West of Scotland.

USS Samuel B Roberts being the only exception as she remains in the naval base to undergo some essential repairs.

Once again we faced the fairly strong winds with just a slight increase in temperatures.

Visibility wasn't the best - but much improved on earlier days.

So now we wish the various services a good and safe military exercise, and hope that we see one or two return to the Clyde for a debrief session. 

Time will tell if that materialises.

HNoMS Utsira Departing

 Heading to Sea

 Leaving Faslane Naval Base

 Recovering RHIB 

Ready to Repel

MOD Police Boat 'Sword' 

Farewell to HMS Dragon

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Penultimate Day of Joint Warrior Departures

Not such an early start this morning, but early enough for a Sunday morning.

Again met with a cold biting wind - seems to be the pattern for the weekend.

Expectations were that most of the vessels would depart and this proved to be the case as those at the 'tail of the bank' off Greenock left during the night and very early morning.

The ships at Faslane started to leave around 09:00 and I managed to get a few before there was a lull in traffic.

Decided to head across to the South side of the Clyde as I believed that French frigate 'FS FREMM Aquitaine' would leave around lunch time.

Popped to Braehead and caught her there - then down to Greenock for some different angles as she departed.

 USS Cole


USS Cole

 Fellow Ship Spotters and Photographers


USS Cole

USS Leyte Gulf


HNLMS Friesland


HNMLS Holland


Exiting KGV Docks

 Departing Braehead


Approaching Greenock

Heading to Sea 

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Joint Warrior Arrivals to the Clyde Area

It's day two and we're expecting this to be the busiest day for arrivals.

Weather continues to dominate the proceedings with the bitter wind so wrapped up well to fend off the cold as best as possible.

Mostly the American arrivals today with the Danes taking up the rear as the final arrival of the day.

Not disappointed with the show today, well worth the effort and time at Faslane.

 USS Vella Gulf 

 USS James E William

 Crew Assembled on Deck

 Taking in the Scenery

 USS Samuel B Roberts

 USS Samuel B Roberts

USS Leyte Gulf 

 USS Leyte Gulf 

 More Sightseeing

 USS Cole

 HDMS Triton

 HDMS Triton

 Lyme Bay

Ships Berthed at Faslane

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Joint Warrior Arrivals Today

Not too much activity today but we did see a few arrivals for the first upcoming Joint Warrior military exercise of this year.

Favoured with dry weather it was still quite windy and cold.

First stop was Rhu at the Gareloch to catch HMS Bulwark arrive.

Then on down to Kilcreggan to see what may be coming upriver.

Finally across to Greenock to get a few images of the two at anchor.

Tomorrow looks to be a busier day - albeit an early start and weather forecast for more of the same.

Approaching Rhu Narrows

Bound for Faslane Naval Base

SD Resourceful and HMS Bulwark Faslane Bound

  HMS Bulwark

 HMS Bulwark and SD Resourceful

HNLMS Van Speijk passing Gourock Inbound

 HNLMS Van Speijk off Greenock Esplanade

 HMS Kent at Anchor

Scheduled to Tow Target

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