A Caledonian MacBrayne Experience
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2009
- June into July 2009 saw me with an Caledonian MacBrayne Island Rover ticket heading out to Scotlands western islands.
Here to the accompanyment of Mick Wards Roisin Dubh are one or two of the ferries i travelled on.
Mick Ward can be found as part of the group known as Before The Storm based in Benidorm at
www.beforethestorm.eu/default....
I love the calefonian ferries been.on 11 of them. ❤
Fantastic video
Thank you Lisa 😁😎😁
I know you have...it accompanies your excellent 'A Portrait of Portpatrick' ...beautiful rendition
Nice to c the we doll in Port safe 🤌
@PhoenixSlam Yes Phoenix,one of them is the Isle of Arran ferry.
Each of the ferries I travelled on seemed to have their own identity,some more welcoming than others.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
this vid makes me sad because i allways used to sit near the peir for an hour every time i went on holiday
Hi, Thats a nice video, Thanks
Ah, but no other ship of Calmac is loved more than LOTI, The Lord of the Isles! She can use all the piers on the West Coast, and has a hoist for the smaller piers! She is the old faithful of Calmac, a steady and reliable old girl! She is the one given the extra work, when all the other ferries breakdown! Often doing her own routes and the extra sailings as well! She is brilliant in a storm, and can handle seas that cause the others to remain in port! She made it to Barra and Lochboisdale in horrific weather, ensuring that the islanders were not suffering hardship due to the bad weather! She will be sadly missed, when Calmac decide that she has to be scrapped! It would be better, in my opinion, to keep her as an emergency vessel, to use when the others break down!..........old Tich.
Loti cant dock into troon in less than 10 minutes caley isles can😉
Thanks @Destiny97531 ,I'm sorry it makes you sad.It's haunting music isn't it.
I'm glad you asked about the music,because it made me go looking to see what Mick Ward's up to nowadays.
He's based around Benidorm in Spain,and with another Irish musician you can find them on a website called beforethestorm dot eu
They're actually touring England and Scotland January and February,and I'll get to see them at Auchenlarie.
Cheers
Dave Forbes They are by far and away the UK's finest Ferries
It's on here Mark It's at 3.40 and it's pulling out of Brodick...a great experience
Just to say, its unlikely that you were told about the ship stats when you were at work experience, seen as I did mine with CalMac as well and the stats were not a high priority. Caley Isles was largest when launched but was succeeded by Isle of Lewis.
Undoubtedly the best fleet in the United Kingdom
@clydeferries can't argue with that
Sent you links Andy
@MarkMck1994 thats not true its the isle of lewis then caladonian isles then the finnlaggan
@jimzvidz1 Why have you used Mise Éire by Sean Ó'Riada as your music? This is part of a symphony written in 1966 as part of the anniversary of the 1916 rising in Dublin. It is the music to the poem Mise Éire written by Pádraig Mac Piarais the leader of the rising. It means I am Ireland in the english language. It seems an odd choice for a Scottish video. Not complaining, purely curious...and 🤓 geeky!
Hi Tom, I met a man playing the music in Benidorm, his name escapes me now.
I bought his CD and thought the track fitted the video. Us Celts keeping together ha ha.
I must reread Maurice Walsh books again. My Scottish father put me on to him.
Sorry it's taken a year to reply, I'm going to take more notice of comments on my clips from now on.
Have you ever been on Caladonian Isles? Caladonian MacBraynes Largest ferry that usually does the 55 Minute crossing from Ardrossan - Brodick?
Loch seaforth is biggest and the isle of lewis is even bugger i work on mv hebridean isles yesterday we dropped crew cars of at ardrossan dont try prove me wrong
Loch seaforth is biggest and the isle of lewis is even bugger i work on mv hebridean isles yesterday we dropped crew cars of at ardrossan dont try prove me wrong
music?
hi @jimzvidz1 is that song available on a CD do you know? ive been looking for it for quite a long time!
It's Roisin Dhu played by Mick Ward of The Benidorm Rovers.
You can probably get in touch with him via his Twitter account @micktheflute.
Good luck 😁
At destiny and mark, destiny is part correct
Isle of Lewis is the biggest at 101m
Then you have the quashi sisters heb and clansman at 99m
Caley isles is 94m
And finlaggan slots in at 89m this is Same for tonnage
Isle of Lewis 6753gt
Hebrides 5506gt
Clansman 5499gt
Caley isles is 5221gt
Finlaggan is 5209gt
Well said stuart
What's the song called?
Late reply James, it's called Roisin Dubh and played by Mick Ward. Don't know if he's still in Benidorm but he played with the group the Benidorm Rovers and Before the Storm in Benidorm. P.S I see he's on Twitter @micktheflute ☺
@Destiny97531 Its the Largest... Dont try and prove me wrong... I did my work Experience with Caladonian Macbrayne... Where I Met David Macbrayne.... Its the Biggest.
woo hoo islay boo mv isle of arran