Around the Clyde: Isle of Bute: Rothesay Harbour

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Isle of Bute: Rothesay Harbour

Some of my photos taken around the harbour and pier

A short video from the pier (with a bit of unavoidable wind noise!)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi Jane,

Nice pics of the harbour, I've not got round to sorting mine out yet from my visit last summer!

I think overall they done a good job of cleaning the harbour up,its good to see it being used. Shame there's not many fishing boats but they are few and far between these days.

I am not keen on the new link span for the ferry, its fairly ugly but it was required under new EU laws.

Gerry; January 21, 2010 at 11:00 PM
Mark said...: Nice pictures of the Rothesay Harbour. Very interesting pictures; January 22, 2010 at 5:16 PM
Jane said...: Thank you Gerry and Mark, very nice to have your comments.; January 25, 2010 at 11:08 PM
Donald Swarbrick said...: Its a while since I have been there, and I see some changes.; January 26, 2010 at 5:42 PM
Jane said...: Thanks Donald, I thought you would know this harbour well and I'm sure you'd spot quite a few changes.; January 29, 2010 at 9:35 PM

SONG OF THE CLYDE

"I sing of a river I'm happy beside
The song that I sing is a song of the Clyde
Of all Scottish rivers it’s dearest to me
It flows from Leadhills all the way to the sea
It borders the orchards of Lanark so fair
Meanders through meadows with sheep grazing there
But from Glasgow to Greenock, in towns on each side
The hammers’ ding-dong is the song of the Clyde

(Chorus)
Oh the river Clyde, the wonderful Clyde
The name of it thrills me and fills me with pride
And I'm satisfied whate'er may betide
The sweetest of songs is the song of the Clyde

Imagine we’ve left Craigendoran behind
And wind-happy yachts by Kilcreggan we find
At Kirn and Dunoon and Innellan we stay
Then Scotland’s Madeira that’s Rothesay, they say
Or maybe by Fairlie and Largs we will go
Or over to Millport that thrills people so
Maybe journey to Arran it can't be denied
Those scenes all belong to the song of the Clyde

When sun sets on dockland, there’s beauty to see
The cry of a seabird is music to me
The blast of a horn loudly echoes, and then
A stillness descends on the water again
'Tis here that the sea-going liners are born
But unlike the salmon, they seldom return
Can you wonder the Scots o’er the ocean so wide
Should constantly long for the song of the Clyde?"

The first song I learnt to sing from memory! I don't know who wrote it though I've heard it sung by many well known singers. Here is a link to it sung by Kenneth McKellar (over a great video)!