Maid of the Loch – Open for Summer 2018
Maid of the Loch and the excellent on-board tearoom is now open everyday from April to October.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Maid of the Loch and the excellent on-board tearoom is now open everyday from April to October.
The PSPS Scottish Branch spring outing will be to Lake Windermere offering up to six hours of cruising on England’s longest lake.
Congratulations to Queen Mary on the 85th anniversary of her launch.
Report on this year’s successful joint PSPS and Coastal Cruising Association Festive Cruise on MV Clyde Clipper to the Kyles of Bute and Ormidale.
The PSPS/CCA Festive Cruise is now fully booked.
The winners have been announced for the Waverley 70th Anniversary Grand Draw.
The Scottish Branch Festive Cruise 2017 will take place on Wednesday 27th December.
Click the link for our new YouTube Channel which now has a feature on PS Jeanie Deans.
PSPS Members are welcome to join celebrations to mark 50 years of the WHSC.
The Scottish Maritime Museum’s ‘Pie & Pint Evening’ in Irvine on Friday 10th November will feature a presentation on the Clyde steamers during WWI & WWII.
A report on the recent outing by the Scottish Branch to Loch Katrine.
Thursday 24 August 2017 saw Waverley’s final call at Brodick Old Pier. Waverley will use Brodick’s new pier from the start of the 2018 season.
A look back at Waverley’s 2017 summer season in pictures.
A review of Waverley’s sailing on Tuesday 15th August.
Book now for the PSPS Scottish Branch outing to Loch Katrine on Saturday 9th September.
A report on the recent Scottish Branch evening fundraising charter of Waverley.
Waverley captured as she makes her journey up river to Glasgow on the weekend of 15th/16th July 2017.
Waverley is now operating her Clyde summer cruising programme which started in mid June and runs until the end of August.
Waverley’s only Evening Cruise from Largs and Keppel will take place on Wednesday 19th July. This will also be Waverley’s only Round Bute cruise of the 2017 season!
Waverley departed her Glasgow Science Centre berth just after 7am on Tuesday 30th May to start her journey north to Oban and into MacBrayne territory.
Day 2 of Waverley’s 2017 season found her on the popular summer Saturday cruise from Glasgow to Tighnabruaich via Greenock, Helensburgh, Dunoon and Rothesay.
Waverley’s first cruise of 2017 took place in excellent conditions attracting good passenger loadings.
The Scottish Branch spring charter descends from the Union to the Forth & Clyde canals via the iconic Falkirk Wheel.
The 2017 Ship Ahoy! Maritime Heritage Exhibition will take place on Saturday 22nd April at the Summerlee Museum in Coatbridge.
On Tuesday 27th December the Scottish Branches of the PSPS and Coastal Cruising Association chartered MV Clyde Clipper for what turned out to be a unique festive cruise.
Members are invited to attend an Anniversary Dinner celebrating the 80th Anniversary of The Glasgow Speakers Club and the 70th Anniversary of Waverley’s first sailing.
The winners have been announced for the Waverley Grand Draw 2016.
Sunday 16th October saw our paddler complete its 69th season. This proved to be a great day despite mixed weather and some problems.
On 30 September our Scottish Branch Secretary Gordon Wilson travelled to London to sample Waverley ‘down south’, sailing between London Tower Pier, Gravesend and Southend.
Motor Vessel Balmoral will return to the Clyde for the Glasgow September Holiday weekend.