Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

FEDERAL KIVALINA passes Greenock on her way upriver to Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow

   It was a dull, misty and murky morning when FEDERAL KIVALINA passed Greenock on her way up the River Clyde to Glasgow.   The sky was fully overcast with a blanket of thick dark grey clouds and, of course, it was raining, mostly light rain but often heavy.

   Three tugs were in attendance.   Ahead were SVITZER MILFORD and ANGLEGARTH and, at the stern, was SVITZER WARDEN.   Indeed the first image shows SVITZER MILFORD, which was leading the procession, being drenched in the deluge of heavy rain.   

   Therefore a severe scarcity of sunshine stopped any chance of superb snapshots of the passing of the bulker.  That's what you call heavy rain.

And then the weather God smiled and stopped the rain and allowed the sun to make an appearance.   Better late than never.