Friday 3 June 2011

Ferries in Loch Ryan

Glorious summer weather in South West Scotland for a trip to photograph the Stena line and P&O Ferries vessels operating between Stranraer and Belfast and Cairnryan and Larne. First of all, European Highlander enters Loch Ryan, en route to Cairnryan:



Some minutes later, Stena Navigator appears around the headland, rather behind schedule, poor old thing (but her lateness works very much to my advantage):




Meanwhile, Stena Caledonia is outbound from Stranraer...



Splendidly, the two old Sealink ferries pass in perfect light right in front of me. They were, of course, once the railway-owned St David and Champs-Elysees:




Further along Loch Ryan, a fine display of broom had thoughtfully planted itself to make a colourful foreground:



Stena Navigator approaches the berth at Stranraer:


Time for a short break in lovely Portpatrick for a cup of tea and some carrot cake:


...before heading for the lighthouse at the mouth of Loch Ryan to photograph Stena Navigator entering the Irish Sea:









In the distance, beyond the cows, the fast Stena HSS catamaran approaches:



And Norbay comes along too:



While European Highlander heads for Larne:





Portpatrick again, this time for a late luncheon:



Late-afternoon in Loch Ryan and Stena Caledonia is on her way back to Stranraer:





A golfer irrigates the rough, oblivious to Stena Caledonia's passage:




Off the Stena berth at Stranraer:



It's not often the Western Scotland feels like the Mediterranean:


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