Lakesailor
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I was sifting through some of my parents old pics the other day and came across this. probably 30/40 years old. That's my mother on the right.
So where is it?
So where is it?
Where is This?
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jimi
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Ullswater?
ChrisE
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Nae laddie, that's the sea you're looking at and it's Scotland unless I'm mistaken, Kyle of Localsh, p'raps. There was such a ferry then as I recall.
jimi
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If its Scotland I'd vote for the Corran/Ardgour ferry (near Strontium)
Davy_S
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Lamlash, Arran?
ProDave
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Kylerhea to Glenelg ferry http://www.skyeferry.co.uk/index.html
Look at the first picture in the gallery on their site, and it looks like the same boat is still in service now.
Look at the first picture in the gallery on their site, and it looks like the same boat is still in service now.
ChrisE
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When I was a lad it was known as the Kyle of Lochalsh ferry, really!
ProDave
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iain789
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Definitely NOT Kyle of Lochalsh. Ferries of that design were never in service there. Possibilities would be Glenelg- Kylerhea, Ballachulish (I don't think so), or Strome Ferry. Most likely Glenelg.
ChrisE
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Unless I'm mistaken K of L is opposite Skye, you are right that there is a ferry across L Ailsh but the one across to Skye, now called Glenelg to K used to be called the K of L ferry.
Perhaps that what my folks called it when we used to use it to get to Skye many years ago when we used to go there on hols.....
Fascadale
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Certainly not Corran, Ballachulish or Kyle of Lochalsh, almost certainly not Kylerhea or Kylesku so almost certainly Strome.
One of the old turntable boats is still in use at Kylerhea
One of the old turntable boats is still in use at Kylerhea
iain789
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Sorry, but you are wrong. There WAS a ferry from Kyle of Lochalsh to Kyleakin (the main ferry to Skye) until 1995 when it was replaced by a bridge. It used ferries of a very different design. The Glenelg ferry is about 5 miles to the SE of Kyle, and 'round the corner' in Kylerhea.
iain789
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And currently being used in emergency at Strome, as the road has been closed by a landslip.
http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/news/newsreleases/2012/January/2012-01-13-03.htm
ChrisE
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Oh well thanks for the clarification, we must have used both because I remember the turntable thingy.
iain789
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For further clarification, there were turntable ferries at Kyle until 1970, but of a different design and they were replaced by much larger slipway landing ferries. The ferry at Strome also ceased in 1970, but was restarted temporarily last week, and photos of it in operation can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/709913/with/6710902469/
The ferry Glennachulish looks very much like the one in the OP.
iain789
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I was sifting through some of my parents old pics the other day and came across this. probably 30/40 years old. That's my mother on the right.
So where is it?
I've had a look at the photo again, and it's definitely Glenelg looking across Kylerhea. There's a Google street view image taken from the same spot, with the same mountain profile in the background.
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ProDave
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Can't be Strome. Where are the houses?
Agreed they used the same type of vessel at Strome, but I'm sure the picture is the Kylerhea to Glenelg ferry, the only one still in service.
Lakesailor
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Gosh. I thought it would be something someone would have a definite opinion on.
I think Pro Dave got it.
I found this film
I think Pro Dave got it.
I found this film
iain789
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And here's the screen grab from Google Earth
Sandy
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It's not there! I lived there 40 years ago and the ferry was much bigger. Still sad at the loss of the Ballahulish ferry.
