< August 2011 >

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Contents

Wednesday, 3rd August Ships
Thursday, 4th August Ships
Saturday, 6th August Ships
Sunday, 7th August Rainbow and ships
Monday, 8th August Manannan on a windy day
Tuesday, 9th August Ships
Thursday, 11th August Ships
Friday, 12th August Ships
Saturday, 13th August The cruise ship AIDAblu
Other ships
Sunday, 14th August Moon Lady
Monday, 15th August CSL Clyde
Tuesday, 16th August Ships and the Mersey
The waterfront
Pigeon Cam
Wednesday, 17th August Alfa Britannia
Thursday, 18th August Ships
Sunset
Friday, 19th August Ships
Saturday, 20th August Ships
Crown Princess
Sunday, 21st August Ships
Monday, 22nd August Mersey Mammoth
Wednesday, 24th August Ships
Friday, 26th August Ships
Arcadia
Saturday, 27th August Poppy's first birthday party
Sunday, 28th August The waterfront
Tuesday, 30th August Britta Mærsk
Wednesday, 31st August Tranmere oil stage

Wednesday, 3rd August

Stena Lagan W.D. Michel UKD Sealion Clyde Fisher, assisted by Smit Collingwood (bow) and Smit Sandon (stern)
Loach Royal Iris Arklow Rover

Thursday, 4th August

Thor Svitzer Maltby Manannan

Saturday, 6th August

Manannan Manannan Cape Egmont
Crystal Amaranto Crystal Amaranto Crystal Amaranto

Sunday, 7th August

Rainbow Muros
Maingas and Muros Maingas

Monday, 8th August

Very windy tonight. The Isle of Man ferry was assisted from her berth by a tug, which I've never seen before.

Smit Waterloo assisting Manannan

Tuesday, 9th August

Stena Mersey Brocklebank Ben Maye

Thursday, 11th August

Darja MTS Vengeance towing Terra Marinique

Friday, 12th August

Keewhit Trine Theresa Sardinia Hunzedijk

Saturday, 13th August

AIDAblu

AIDAblu AIDAblu AIDAblu AIDAblu
AIDAblu and Manannan PV Petrel and AIDAblu AIDAblu Untying AIDAblu
AIDAblu AIDAblu AIDAblu AIDAblu
AIDAblu AIDAblu

Other ships

Stena Mersey with Henty Progress Monsoon City of Cardiff Moon Lady, assisted by Oakgarth (bow) and Svitzer Stanlow (stern)

Sunday, 14th August

Moon Lady

Monday, 15th August

As far as I can tell, CSL Clyde shuttles coal between Hunterston, near Glasgow, and Runcorn, for Fiddlers Ferry power station.

CSL Clyde

Tuesday, 16th August

Ships and the Mersey

River Mersey Moor Moor passing Alfa Britannia
Alfa Britannia assisted by Svitzer Stanlow (bow) and Oakgarth (stern) Enterprise

The waterfront

Prince's Dock lock Titanic Memorial Titanic Memorial Heaven & Earth by Andy Plant (detail) Flowers on a war memorial

Pigeon Cam

Camera on the ground, point in the rough direction, press the shutter, hope.

Pigeons, Liverpool Pier Head Pigeons, Liverpool Pier Head Pigeons, Liverpool Pier Head

Wednesday, 17th August

Alfa Britannia passing Stena Lagan

Thursday, 18th August

Ships

Moor City of Cardiff Mersey Mammoth Stena Mersey

Sunset
Prince's Dock at sunset Prince's Dock at sunset Rainbow Stena Mersey
Royal Liver Building Museum of Liverpool Liverpool City Centre

Friday, 19th August

Mersey Mammoth Whitchampion Mersey Mammoth Penelop, assisted by Svitzer Bidston and Svitzer Maltby
Autumn Loach, Svitzer Maltby and Keewhit Bramau PV Dunlin
Salix Arklow Rainbow

Saturday, 20th August

Ships

Mersey Mammoth Mersey Mammoth Mersey Mammoth
Snowdrop and Royal Iris Mersey Mammoth Stena Fr8 1

Crown Princess

She arrived at low tide so is pointing in the opposite direction to the usual and was turned as she left.

Crown Princess Crown Princess Crown Princess Smit Barbados assisting Crown Princess
Crown Princess assisted by Smit Barbados Crown Princess assisted by Smit Barbados Crown Princess assisted by Smit Barbados Crown Princess assisted by Smit Barbados
Crown Princess assisted by Smit Barbados

Sunday, 21st August

Granato Phantom Menace Eagle Turin and Granato
Eagle Turin Royal Iris and Snowdrop Marida Melissa

Monday, 22nd August

Mersey Mammoth Mersey Mammoth passing Stena Lagan

Wednesday, 24th August

Norma Norma CSL Clyde, Kaluga (assisted by Svitzer Bidston) and Stena Lagan CSL Clyde
Kaluga, assisted by Svitzer Bidston (bow) and Svitzer Stanlow (stern) Emma Janneke passing Stena Lagan Arklow Rival Manannan

Friday, 26th August

Ships

Arklow Raider, Smit Collingwood, Bro Gothia, Stena Mersey Bro Gothia

Arcadia

Arcadia Arcadia Arcadia

Saturday, 27th August

Poppy's first birthday party at the Ponderosa rare breeds farm in Heckmondwike. I can't say I've ever been to Heckmondwike before.

Ruby Ruby Poppy Ruby Ruby
Poppy Poppy Llama (Lama glama) Mr Moo's ice-cream sign Common marmoset (Callitrix jacchus)
Poppy Poppy Poppy Ruby Ruby
Pete Pete Ruby Ruby Pete Ruby Ruby
Poppy Poppy Ruby Ruby riding a pony Ruby riding a pony
Ruby in the sandpit Ruby in the sandpit Ruby in the sandpit Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

Sunday, 28th August

Mersey Docks and Harbour Company building Sunset

Tuesday, 30th August

Britta Mærsk Britta Mærsk passing Stena Lagan

Wednesday, 31st August

Tranmere Oil Stage

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