Thanks for the footage Jim. You've gave me more places to explore when i get another wee trail bike. Sad to see IBM derelict as remember driving wagons out o there in 90s for TDG .
Really an eye opener to the area , changed in so many ways, yes it's cleaner but a little bit of dirt is not bad , it's the pace of the changes , hey , this is great seeing it all like this .
Couldn't believe the clear footage of ship lying on sand bank, remember this happening when I was a kid growing up in port Glasgow, news got around about ship , wee got on our bikes and headed for greenock where wee were met with hundreds in attendance to what was going offshore, never saw ship close up , stunning viewing. 🙂🏴
Thank you so much. Remembering the time, ten years ago, that I lived in Inverkip and worked for IBM. Sad site now. Hope to come and visit one day again, cheers from Sofia, Bulgaria
Greenock drone guy my dad lives in Greenock I don't see him all the time and that makes me sad but seeing your video's make me happy thank you love your video's
Inverclyde has some of the most depressing towns / urban areas in Scotland. But also some of most stunning views .! Situated right on Highland boundary. I missed Cappielow though might be my fault. ? People with Heart and Fighting Spirit too .!
0:05 Trig Point on Corlic Hill? 0:18- Looking North(ish) from The Cut (Old IBM/ Spango Valley in foreground, Larkfield/Greenock West in middle then across to Kilcreggan over the Clyde in distance) 0:35- Derelict Farmhouse at Loch Thom? 0:47 Cross of Lorraine (Free French Cross Memorial) Lyle Hill 1:00 Battery Park/ Cardwell Bay/ Gourock- looking north from Lyle Hill 1:11 Looking towards Larkfield with Inverclyde Royal Hospital- (the ugly Brown box building) and Coves Reservoir in middle distance (looking west) 1:24 Panning East (Kilcreggan across the River Clyde) around to Greenock Cemetery/ Bow Farm area and towards Greenock Central and East End in distance on to....... 2:03 Greenock Prison (Gateside) in middle 2:10 Gourock, Cardwell Bay and Battery Park (IRH blob of a building in distance) 2:30 Gourock West- Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal in foreground and Tower Hill in middle distance 2:40 The Tower at Tower Hill Gourock 2:59 Greenock West in Foreground looking North over River Clyde with Holy Loch to far left (Sandbank across to Strone/ Ardentinny areas) then straight up Loch Long with Cove and Kilcreggan to the right banks of the loch, then panning across to see the entrance to the Gare Loch and Helensburgh in far distance 3:10 Bowling Greens at Darroch Park Gourock? Clydeview Academy and Lyle Hill looking east in distance 3:25 The one and only Cloch Lighthouse on Cloch Road Gourock with the Caravan Park behind (made famous by the film "Sweet Sixteen") 3:45 Channel marker buoys in the Clyde (looking north towards Cardross??) 3:55 "The Sugar Boat" MV Captayannis (www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/14013492.40th-anniversary-of-sugar-ship-sinking/) 4:35 Greenock East End- Garvel Dock towards the Sugar Houses 4:56 Garvel Dock looking East towards Gibshill and Port Glasgow 5:08 Fergusons Shipyard and Newark Castle (looking West towards Greenock). Gourock Ropeworks on left hand side 5:19 The cycle track (old railway line) behind houses at Gibshill- flying West 5:29 The world famous "Donnys" motocross track!! (ahem) in foreground looking North east towards Gibshill/ Port Glasgow (Kingston Dry Dock in middle distance with its crane) 5:45 The former Inverkip Power station site (you can just see Kip Marina in background) 6:13 Former IBM plant at Spango Valley between Greenock and Inverkip (now totally demolished and cleared- again the ugly brown box of Inverclyde Royal Hospital in distance!!) I think ive got most of that correct?? Feel free to say otherwise and ill amend if needed!
My god the old site of Inverkip power station me and my dad watch it go down from his house in Rothesay,Craigmore I can’t believe they still have not done anything with the site
+Greenock Drone Guy ....yes i seen your fab video of Queen Mary...well done...cheers........I never done a video of Gibshill someone else me thinks.look forward to your future projects....cheers
+Greenock Drone Guy ... a wee tip......try not use copyright music in your videos m8,cos youtube may scrub your channel....if you look at any of my videos i use copyright free music on them.... I had a great wee video muted by youtube for almost 2 years because of copyright....If you want i will give you a copyright free site for music.......
Alec Beaton Thanks for tip Alec, I usually check in the video manager for copyright restrictions. A lot of claimants will allow you to use their material in exchange for putting adds on your video which they get revenue from. But I agree it's sometimes easier with copyright free music , that would be great if you send me a link to the copyright free site 👍
Loved seeing the Cloch lighthouse. My father was born there as his father was principle lighthouse keeper. Thank you!
Thank you Jim, opened us up to a whole new world.
Thanks for the footage Jim. You've gave me more places to explore when i get another wee trail bike. Sad to see IBM derelict as remember driving wagons out o there in 90s for TDG .
Really an eye opener to the area , changed in so many ways, yes it's cleaner but a little bit of dirt is not bad , it's the pace of the changes , hey , this is great seeing it all like this .
Amazing different from above. Thank you.
Couldn't believe the clear footage of ship lying on sand bank, remember this happening when I was a kid growing up in port Glasgow, news got around about ship , wee got on our bikes and headed for greenock where wee were met with hundreds in attendance to what was going offshore, never saw ship close up , stunning viewing. 🙂🏴
Thanks Neil, yep sure is great to see captayannis up close instead of a metal lump from the shore.
Thank you so much. Remembering the time, ten years ago, that I lived in Inverkip and worked for IBM. Sad site now. Hope to come and visit one day again, cheers from Sofia, Bulgaria
Views of Inverkip power station once stood amazing and I.B.M thinking about its glory days really sad but amazing to see thanks Jim quite a journey.
Thanks Helen 👍
Enjoyed watching it 👍🏻 thanks a lot
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+roberto iannuzzi Thanks roberto
great video so clear loved it!!!!
A revelation !! Tom Johnstone
Loved.
Greenock drone guy my dad lives in Greenock I don't see him all the time and that makes me sad but seeing your video's make me happy thank you love your video's
Glad you enjoy them Liam. Lots of nice places in and around Greenock, Keep watching more to come in future. 👍
Thanks love Inverclyde and the coast down to Ayr
Inverclyde has some of the most depressing towns / urban
areas in Scotland. But also some of most stunning views .!
Situated right on Highland boundary. I missed Cappielow though might be my fault. ? People with Heart and Fighting Spirit too .!
Brilliant mate. I moved away last year for my wife, but this is great. From gourock, remember my dog walks up the tower. Great work!
Time to come home now , dog wants his regular walks mortonfan28 , up the TON.
It's enough for this wide eyed wanderer.
Another excellent video. Loved the sugar boat lol.. Well filmed and just love your dedication to the local area. well done.
Thanks Victor, Glad you enjoyed it 👍
0:05 Trig Point on Corlic Hill?
0:18- Looking North(ish) from The Cut (Old IBM/ Spango Valley in foreground, Larkfield/Greenock West in middle then across to Kilcreggan over the Clyde in distance)
0:35- Derelict Farmhouse at Loch Thom?
0:47 Cross of Lorraine (Free French Cross Memorial) Lyle Hill
1:00 Battery Park/ Cardwell Bay/ Gourock- looking north from Lyle Hill
1:11 Looking towards Larkfield with Inverclyde Royal Hospital- (the ugly Brown box building) and Coves Reservoir in middle distance (looking west)
1:24 Panning East (Kilcreggan across the River Clyde) around to Greenock Cemetery/ Bow Farm area and towards Greenock Central and East End in distance on to.......
2:03 Greenock Prison (Gateside) in middle
2:10 Gourock, Cardwell Bay and Battery Park (IRH blob of a building in distance)
2:30 Gourock West- Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal in foreground and Tower Hill in middle distance
2:40 The Tower at Tower Hill Gourock
2:59 Greenock West in Foreground looking North over River Clyde with Holy Loch to far left (Sandbank across to Strone/ Ardentinny areas) then straight up Loch Long with Cove and Kilcreggan to the right banks of the loch, then panning across to see the entrance to the Gare Loch and Helensburgh in far distance
3:10 Bowling Greens at Darroch Park Gourock? Clydeview Academy and Lyle Hill looking east in distance
3:25 The one and only Cloch Lighthouse on Cloch Road Gourock with the Caravan Park behind (made famous by the film "Sweet Sixteen")
3:45 Channel marker buoys in the Clyde (looking north towards Cardross??)
3:55 "The Sugar Boat" MV Captayannis (www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/14013492.40th-anniversary-of-sugar-ship-sinking/)
4:35 Greenock East End- Garvel Dock towards the Sugar Houses
4:56 Garvel Dock looking East towards Gibshill and Port Glasgow
5:08 Fergusons Shipyard and Newark Castle (looking West towards Greenock). Gourock Ropeworks on left hand side
5:19 The cycle track (old railway line) behind houses at Gibshill- flying West
5:29 The world famous "Donnys" motocross track!! (ahem) in foreground looking North east towards Gibshill/ Port Glasgow (Kingston Dry Dock in middle distance with its crane)
5:45 The former Inverkip Power station site (you can just see Kip Marina in background)
6:13 Former IBM plant at Spango Valley between Greenock and Inverkip (now totally demolished and cleared- again the ugly brown box of Inverclyde Royal Hospital in distance!!)
I think ive got most of that correct?? Feel free to say otherwise and ill amend if needed!
The derelict farmhouse at Loch Thom was Garvock Farm. It was occupied up until the mid1980s but is now in a very unsafe and ruined state.
Great Description well done 👏
Another fantastic vidoe
Thanks kennylee 👍
Fantastic set of shots
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enjoyed that was great
Thanks 😊
See the black and white wind mill my dad always said he wanted to live in that
My god the old site of Inverkip power station me and my dad watch it go down from his house in Rothesay,Craigmore I can’t believe they still have not done anything with the site
Excellent Jim.
Thanks Jim 👍
A great video and well edited,huge thumbs up.keep flying high m8,loved it
+Greenock Drone Guy ....yes i seen your fab video of Queen Mary...well done...cheers........I never done a video of Gibshill someone else me thinks.look forward to your future projects....cheers
+Alec Beaton sorry Alec thought it was you lol.
+Greenock Drone Guy ... a wee tip......try not use copyright music in your videos m8,cos youtube may scrub your channel....if you look at any of my videos i use copyright free music on them.... I had a great wee video muted by youtube for almost 2 years because of copyright....If you want i will give you a copyright free site for music.......
Alec Beaton Thanks for tip Alec, I usually check in the video manager for copyright restrictions. A lot of claimants will allow you to use their material in exchange for putting adds on your video which they get revenue from. But I agree it's sometimes easier with copyright free music , that would be great if you send me a link to the copyright free site 👍
+Greenock Drone Guy www.jamendo.com/?language=en
Love the video but the music drove me bonkers lol. Thanks for sharing your work 😊😊😊
Yes agree Rob the music is a bit nasty lol. had to many videos blocked with decent music due to copyright
+Greenock Drone Guy
still amazing piece of work 😊😊
Rob Grainger 👍
Greenock drone guy I'm going to my dad's on Saturday can't wait to see Greenock and Gourock
hope the weather is good for you Liam, enjoy your visit to Greenock 👍
+Greenock Drone Guy thanks can't wait
You can see where the name of the Great Harbour came from.
If you don't mind me asking. Which type of drone are you using ? Fantastic footage !!! Very impressive.
Hi Joe the clips were filmed using a DJI Phantom3 Advanced, I now have a Phantom 4 which is a slightly better updated drone, both great dronres
Hello Drone Guy, at the end of the video there is footage of derelict buildings. Where is this ?
they are the old IBM buildings. once the biggest employer in Inverclyde.
Jim hop we can make it to 200 subs soon