Where is This?

[A1Sailor]

Another Scottish Ferry Slip

Where's this one?

It is from a much larger picture, and I'll include more if required. The red phone box probably makes it 2easy!

 

[BlueSkyNick]

Gosh. I thought it would be something someone would have a definite opinion on.

I think Pro Dave got it.

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It cant have been 30-40 years ago with that Astra and Volvo in the background.​

 

[ProDave]

Gosh. I thought it would be something someone would have a definite opinion on.

I think Pro Dave got it.

So you knew the answer all along.

 

[ProDave]

Where's this one?

It is from a much larger picture, and I'll include more if required. The red phone box probably makes it 2easy!

Is that the ferry from Badluarach to Scoraig across little Loch Broom?

 

[Lakesailor]

It cant have been 30-40 years ago with that Astra and Volvo in the background.

That was an Opel Kadet D (1979-1984). The 340 Volvo was introduced in 1976.
My dad died in 1984 so it's going to be at least 1983. That's near enough 30 years.

 

[A1Sailor]

Is that the ferry from Badluarach to Scoraig across little Loch Broom?

Nope.

 

[Lakesailor]

Isle of Ulva slipway.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

That was an Opel Kadet D (1979-1984). The 340 Volvo was introduced in 1976.
My dad died in 1984 so it's going to be at least 1983. That's near enough 30 years.

Fair cop. I just realised how old I am !

 

[Lakesailor]

Frightening innit?

 

[A1Sailor]

Lakesailor is correct. My image with the phone box is indeed the slipway on Ulva - a small island to the west of Mull. The boat in my picture may well be the ferry! Their ain't really much, if any, reason for visitors to take their cars there...
Ulva was a favourite haunt of my father - who also died in 1984. So a jaunt through the Sound of Ulva was an essential part of a recent cruise.

 

[Lakesailor]

Notice the difference between A1 Sailor's shot, taken on a long lens which compresses the planes to show the hills behind and the steeper perspective of the shot I found using a wider lens from close in, so that the hills are not visible.

 

[A1Sailor]

Notice the difference between A1 Sailor's shot,
taken on a long lens which compresses the planes to show the hills behind
and the steeper perspective of the shot I found using a wider lens from close
in, so that the hills are not visible.

Taken with a Fuji Finepix S5600 with its standard lens - whatever that is! We were, of course, in "mid-channel" ~50m from either shore. The hills
behind are the island on Gometra, to the west of Ulva.

Lakesailor's image:

 

[Lakesailor]

The section you cropped out of the middle would be about a 1/3 of the image so would be equivalent to (say) a 120mm lens in place of a 40mm lens.
The other pic is taken from much closer in.
Whilst the wide-angle or tele view you get in a picture is usually attributed to the lens, it is really a product of the perspective attributed to the view by the position you need to adopt to frame the subject. Wide angle you need to be closer to the subject, telephoto lens you need to be further away.
Just for information.

 

[Sandgrounder]

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.

Thanks for the pictures' I was last at Stromeferry in May when it still had the immortal roadsign "Stromeferry - No Ferry". I sailed three times from North Strome when Ross sailing used it as their base in the late 70's.

 

[lenseman]

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?

If you use Google Earth and go to:

. . . . . . . . 57° 13.743'N 005° 39.315'W

and then turn to look down the ferry ramp, you will see the Panaramio photograph which is identical to your 40 year old picture Phil.

 

[Lakesailor]

Google is frightening isn't it. If you click here it takes yo to Google map and you can drop the little man on the ferry ramp. The writing is still on the wall and all the pics are available to view as well.
Didn't see my mother there though.....

 

[A1Sailor]

Google is frightening isn't it. If you click here it takes yo to Google map and you can drop the little man on the ferry ramp. The writing is still on the wall and all the pics are available to view as well.
Didn't see my mother there though.....

Scary stuff. The technology - not your Mum!
In your original picture the hillside on Skye has, I think, recently been cleared of trees. I spent a few minutes (less than 60!) googling to see if I could find some pictures with them still there - simply out of curiosity...

 

[psp]

glenelg/kylerea ferry

Sme more of the old girl at work last year.