Comments on: Paddle Steamer Waverley http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sun, 17 May 2026 22:49:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39745 CherryPie Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:01:25 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39745 Thank you for the interesting personal anecdote to accompany my post :-) And thank you for persevering with my blog problems! :-) Thank you for the interesting personal anecdote to accompany my post :-)

And thank you for persevering with my blog problems!

:-)

]]> By: J_on_tour http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39741 J_on_tour Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:58:37 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39741 The Waverley is a wonderful vessel, thanks for posting this and bringing it to peoples attention. A little out of the zone I'm familiar with here but I realise it gradually works it's way anticlockwise around the country each year from Oban to the Thames. My interest in boats began in my late childhood on 5 summer trips to the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. The first year was in 1975 when I had many opportunities of seeing it close up from a 120 seater charter boat that was hired out to the centre where we stayed. It grabbed my attention immediately as a result of the £1 price tag. I remember seeing it sat on some rocks just off Dunoon Pier in 1977. We arrived a week after the event and it took some care to remove it. I had to wait until 1988 for my first trip on it from Troon Docks (not allowed to sail from standard Calmac terminals)to Brodick on Arran. A train load of us got transferred from the railway station to the docks by a fleet of buses. I was surprised it wasn't docked. The weather and wind was awful and I remember climbing up on the dock wall next to the sea. I wanted to get straight back down again for several reasons, one of which was I spotted Waverley in the distance struggling towards us, swaying from side to side with the paddles coming out of the water. It didn't seem as bad with a full load on board later. My second trip was in my Bristol days (2004 or 2005) and a much more calmer sunday afternoon cruise around a bird sanctuary island in the Bristol Channel and a trip upstream under the Severn Bridges. Last time I saw it was docked on The Clyde in Glasgow during 2010 for a winter re-fit. Pleased to say I can access your site now, tried this post last week. The Waverley is a wonderful vessel, thanks for posting this and bringing it to peoples attention. A little out of the zone I’m familiar with here but I realise it gradually works it’s way anticlockwise around the country each year from Oban to the Thames.
My interest in boats began in my late childhood on 5 summer trips to the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. The first year was in 1975 when I had many opportunities of seeing it close up from a 120 seater charter boat that was hired out to the centre where we stayed. It grabbed my attention immediately as a result of the £1 price tag. I remember seeing it sat on some rocks just off Dunoon Pier in 1977. We arrived a week after the event and it took some care to remove it. I had to wait until 1988 for my first trip on it from Troon Docks (not allowed to sail from standard Calmac terminals)to Brodick on Arran. A train load of us got transferred from the railway station to the docks by a fleet of buses. I was surprised it wasn’t docked. The weather and wind was awful and I remember climbing up on the dock wall next to the sea. I wanted to get straight back down again for several reasons, one of which was I spotted Waverley in the distance struggling towards us, swaying from side to side with the paddles coming out of the water. It didn’t seem as bad with a full load on board later. My second trip was in my Bristol days (2004 or 2005) and a much more calmer sunday afternoon cruise around a bird sanctuary island in the Bristol Channel and a trip upstream under the Severn Bridges. Last time I saw it was docked on The Clyde in Glasgow during 2010 for a winter re-fit.

Pleased to say I can access your site now, tried this post last week.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39718 CherryPie Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:19:29 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39718 How wonderful that you have been at sea in her :-) How wonderful that you have been at sea in her :-)

]]> By: lisl http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39710 lisl Wed, 04 Feb 2015 06:00:43 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39710 Good to see the Waverley again - it took me on my first visit to Lundy in 1973 - an island that I kept returning to until it got spoilt with over-visiting Good to see the Waverley again – it took me on my first visit to Lundy in 1973 – an island that I kept returning to until it got spoilt with over-visiting

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39685 CherryPie Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:34:05 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39685 Thanks Ayush, I am glad you enjoyed it :-) Thanks Ayush, I am glad you enjoyed it :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39684 CherryPie Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:33:30 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39684 That sounds like a really interesting documentary program. I have not yet made it to Liverpool for a visit, I really must make the effort as it is not that far from me ;-) That sounds like a really interesting documentary program. I have not yet made it to Liverpool for a visit, I really must make the effort as it is not that far from me ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39683 CherryPie Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:31:58 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39683 I am glad you are enjoying my series of boats :-) I think I am back up working properly now :-) I am glad you are enjoying my series of boats :-)

I think I am back up working properly now :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39682 CherryPie Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:30:46 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39682 I think it is back properly now :-) Glad you like the pics! I think it is back properly now :-) Glad you like the pics!

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39681 CherryPie Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:30:11 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39681 She was fabulous to watch steaming by gracefully :-) She was fabulous to watch steaming by gracefully :-)

]]> By: Ayush http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/01/30/paddle-steamer-waverley/comment-page-1/#comment-39680 Ayush Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:00:38 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14998#comment-39680 good to have seen both the front and side views of this paddle steamer, Cheryl. very interesting post good to have seen both the front and side views of this paddle steamer, Cheryl. very interesting post

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