The antidote to another difficult day at work and a tense drive through Glasgow's evening rush hour traffic after a work-delayed departure to make Largs just in time for the Scottish Branch of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society's evening charter of Paddle Steamer 'Waverley'. Great ship, great scenery and great company. Truly the perfect antidote.
Clyde riverside scene reflected in a curved window of the Glasgow's Riverside Museum. Paddle Steamer 'Waverley' is heading down river with an evening showboat cruise. This is my third unsuccessful attempt at getting my visualised shot as the sun will only be in the right place on the evening showboats. This was my last opportunity of the 2013 season. Needless to say the cloud was near perfect and the sun was low and shining directly on the bow until about a minute before the 'Waverley' reached me. Back next year then.
Glasgow Corporation Transport tram No. 22 at Crich Tramway Village, Derbyshire. No. 22 was built in (appropriately enough) in 1922 and shoogled* its way around the city until it was withdrawn in 1960. Crich acquired the tram in 1964 and return it to near original condition prior to returning to briefly return to her home city for the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. * Glaswegians affectionately called their tram cars 'shooglies', a Scots word meaning unsteady, shaky, rocking etc.
