On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:50:32 +0100, "Joe Hunt"
wrote:

What's that in Loch Long this morning, Alan !? An oil tanker ?

The 10:31 webcam shot shows a tanker on its way to Finnart Oil
Terminal, about 2 km north of here. Unfortunately, I missed it until
it was past and then caught a glimpse of it through the trees. We
generally get a couple a week unloading crude to the pipeline to
Grangemouth or loading refined from the pipeline from Grangemouth.
They turn through 180° before docking which must have been
'interesting' with the current wind.

We also get Royal Fleet Auxiliaries heading to and from the NATO jetty
at Glenmallan, 4 km north, loading 'assets' stored in the Glen Douglas
Munitions Depot. The 'Ark Royal' paid a visit to load up before it
sailed for the Gulf in 2003 and we've also had 'Invincible'.

http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/010203_01.jpg
http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/130103_01.jpg
http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/170603_01.jpg

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Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Web cam and weather:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co....her/kabcam.htm