Well, today started with a veritable flurry of activity ...
First off I hoovered what was left of the house that Needed hoovering and then, just as a settled down exhausted into my computer seat, found my OH had been doing his research.
I'd mentioned yesterday I'd read someplace that the Waverly was to take folks to 'view' the QE2 when she was docked in Greenock on Thursday next ,which is 40 years to the day that she was launched ... I think ...

Anyway, the trip wasn't on the online timetable so I reckoned it would be well booked-out but phoned ... just in case .. but right enough, they'd been booked out for months and had a waiting list of around 40 or 50 (turns out it's The Balmoral that's doing the deed) .

So, we're off to Helensburgh on Thursday, IF the weather is as lovely as it is this morning that is, and, camera at the ready, we'll see what we can see.

The QE2 is set to leave around six o'clock, which means, if the weather is fine, even though we don't usually stay long, I should be able to get a couple of 'distance shots' in before we head home.











The QE2 at Greenock
with Helensburgh in the background to the right

As an addendum to the previous bit of news, I just found out that, from 12.15pm, there will be a 23 minute display by no less than The Red Arrows ! Yes ! Yes ! Yes !

I can just imagine the trouble the Balmoral's captain is going to have keeping his command on the level when everybody on board, somewhere around six hundred to a thousand souls, is chomping at the bit to get their film or pictures of the QE2 and they rush to the port side or the starboard, all at the same time! The ballast is going to have its work cut out for it that day!

The QE2 will be berthed, I am told, facing up river and will decant and set of down river at around 6P.M.,
some time after we are due to leave.
But, we should be able to see the Red Arrows and the QE2, ... weather permitting.

I'm pretty hopeful about getting some good pictures as the picture below was taken in August, on a pretty bad day visibility wise and with my old camera. The QE2 is Significantly bigger and the new camera has a digital zoom and a way better lens.

















Ocean Queen berthed at Greenock; August 2007
Taken From on board The Waverley

Praying for Great weather on Thursday!