To Islay by Sea on the Lochiel - Short Film Clip

This short clip is fantastic! There could be an amazing coincidence here. The day I got this film I received a wonderful email from John who told me about his 'fond memories of the Lochiel and Loch Nevis sitting at West Loch pier. My family lived in a wee cottage on the Kilberry road and looked out on the MacBraynes pier and the two steamers.' And -thinks he was 'around when the Lochiel tried to come up the loch at too low a tide and got stuck'. His father was a steam boat enthusiast and had films of the Lochiel on the Islay run. I wonder if this was one of them.

John believes that his fathers films could still be out there with Clyde River Steamer Club members. The search has commenced.

I have just re read Johns email and clicked that he was sending from Australia. What an amazing thing this internet is in connecting us across the globe!