😊👍 I had a trip on the Waverly, with my Boy Scout troop, when it was on the Clyde, about 66 years ago, when I was 12 years old. So this brought back some memories.😊 .
A brilliant video. I saw the Waverley many years ago in Scotland, and have always had a yearnig to travel on it. I have been on the Earnslaw paddle steamer in Queenstown, New Zealand though, it very similar. Keep up the great content. Many thanks. David in Dudley.
Great vlog, and nice music. Jazz is never wrong. The oldest paddelsteamer on a lake is in my home country, Norway. Skibladner started service in 1854! She is still going, but she had to cancel most of the season this summer due to some trouble with a shaft or something like that. Keep up the good work. Be safe. Greetings from Norway!
I personally don't see the waverly steamship that often but when I do see her usually on the west coast of scotland, she is a magnificent old lady, and worth stopping for a look.
An amazing steamer I spent 30th birthday on her you passed my home town gravesend she is in portland harbour today amazing the journeys she is still making a friend was also a chef abord her many years ago all the best donnyx
Wow Lorna, just wow!! I think I need to watch again on my TV. The river looks very wide. I guess I'm use to our Susquehanna River. It's give or take 1 mile wide. The Waverly is beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed your day on Waverly. I have enjoyed many trips on her and also Balmoral on the Bristol Channel incuding going under Clifton Suspension Bridge, not quit as famouse as Tower Bridge but still an awsome sight.
Wow, Lucky You. She is a beautiful vessel and what a beautiful engine. The reason paddle boats went out of favour is because of two reasons really, the efficiency of the screw propeller and the fact that in a rolling sea sometimes the paddles on one side would come out of the water.
This was such a wonderful vlog..Im so happy that you are able to enjoy the life you have...Its very special Lorna.as are you.. I loved this...Thank youvso very much...ROCK ON...!!😊😊😊♥️
I love the Waverly too! So immaculately shiny throughout, & lovely Art Deco features in the 'dining room' (though when we went on it along the south west coast, there were no meals.) Gorgeous, I really enjoyed your video, thanks!
This was an amazing trip on a fantastic and historic ship! So glad that she has been saved, and I would love to go on her too. I can see why this would be one of your best days ever Lorna. Thank you for bringing this for us to see! Take care, Paul.
Waverley was in Southampton last month and I was lucky to travel on her along the Jurassic Coast to Lulworth Cove. It was majestic travelling at that speed virtually silently. Glorious weather made it a grand day out!!😊
isnt that amazing, how silent and smooth she is compared to a modern shuddering boat. then you go below and theres this huge clanking thrashing steam engine
Wonderful. I travelled on her quite a few years ago from Ilfracombe out to Lundy Island. She had crossed over from South Wales to Ilfracombe. A magic ship. Thanks so much for posting.
I have fond memories of Waverley. Back in the 80’s my school did a school trip to beat all other school trips…especially for someone like myself with an interest even from a young age in boats, trains, planes and infrastructure! We visited Kielder to see the reservoir under construction, went to Newcastle airport to see their new fire engine with foam cannon in action, took a ride on the just opened Metro system, then finished with a trip down the Tyne on Waverley. I excitedly took pictures of the whole trip on a Russian 35mm camera my parents bought me….. and which I lost at some point on Waverley or on the trip home…😞
Great video .. this is quite a famous ship. I remember as a child taking a river trip with my parents on the River Clyde .. I'm 99% sure it was on the Waverley. Popped over to see your channel from Jen.
Tower Bridge is also my Absolute Favourite London structure. When I first saw it raised, I cried. I was SO proud of this iconic bridge and it annoys me immensely when people call it London Bridge - same as St Paul's Church - it's a CATHEDRAL not a church !! 🙄
YEEESS! The SP Waverley!! I saw it last year,full steam ahead,in Greenwich,right by its ancestor,the Cutty Sark! Sadly,I heard that it ran aground on the rocks off the Scottish coast,had to be towed back to shore😞
Strange to hear you call her Waverly I know here as The Waverly, She's looking great, before the Preservation Trust bought her she was going downhill, purchase price was one pound, sterling! Great vlog as usual Lorna
Good vid. Ive done many trips on the Clyde; Aug 12th to Rothesay was my last one. Hot, cloudless day - the engine room was like a sauna. Id love to cruise the Thames some day. Its back up here today and tomorrow for the last sails of the season.
I remember sailing on her in the early eighties from Penarth pier. They had a song playing all the time. “We’re all going on the Waverley a good old ship is the Waverley” 😂
Great video - pity the weather was a bit overcast. We did the trip from Harwich to Tower Pier last week, which was fascinating (especially all the WW2 forts in the middle of the Estuary). Pity there were no narrowboats to see at Gravesend pier....
To date I’ve only managed to get the normal Thames river boat from Westminster down as far as the O2. That journey was scenic enough (for a tourist to London) and far nicer than getting the tube. Thanks for taking us along, great video as always.
This would not have been Waverley. It would have been one of the three Humber paddle steamer car ferries - Tattershall Castle (now used as a pub on the Thames near Embankment Underground station), Wingfield Castle (now preserved at Hartlepool where she was built) or Lincoln Castle (now scrapped). All related at Waverley in that they were originally owned by the London North Eastern Railway, and Lincoln Castle was built at the same shipyard - A & J inglis on the River Kelvin in Glasgow.
Such a great video! Both the ship and the Thames are beautiful and exciting! It really adds to the list of London experiences I hope to enjoy when I finally get back to the city. One day, but no idea when.
Back in my school days (going back over fifty years) We went on a school trip by steam train, Paddle Steamer and bus. The paddle steamer was The Tattershall Castle now a floating pub on the Thames A number of schools joined up for the trip and the paddle steamer did a bit of an extended journey to the route across the Humber estuary also fog helped extend it as well I remember the Fog horn sounding continuously on the crossing.
Hi Lorna Jane what a interesting blog it showed so much of the Thames witch I have never seen ,what a beautiful old ship do you know how fast she goes nice landing at Southend thank you so much 😅
There at 6:50, mentioning Tilbury Docks brings to mind that some railway at some point had a steam locomotive type named 'Tilbury tank'. It is 04:27 am here in the US midwest and I'd have to Google the details of the Tilbury Tank locomotive, even which railway used it as the railway geek portion of my brain seems to be asleep. (like I wish the rest of me was)
I Love your choice of music to accompany your video. When the passengers of WAVERLY, all crowed over to look at the pilot boat, did she roll due to the load wanting to watch?
Waverly is wonderful. I'm embarrassed I haven't travelled on her before as I've known about her for so long! I intend to make a real effort to do the trip up and down the Thames on her!
Wonderful. HOWEVER, *this is not the only seaworthy paddle steamer left in the world* - or even in the UK. *The Medway Queen* is very much 'up and running' too. She can be seen in *Gillingham, Kent.*
Great video, thanks for sharing 👍
Lovely Lorna does a wonderful job on the video!
Wow what an amazing lovely old boat . She cracks along at a good pace too !!
That was an amazing video, absolutely beautiful ship and some fascinating views too 😊
I've done this trip so many times over the past 50 years and your video did it justice. Thanks for a great vicarious excursion!
😊👍
I had a trip on the Waverly, with my Boy Scout troop, when it was on the Clyde, about 66 years ago, when I was 12 years old.
So this brought back some memories.😊
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A brilliant video. I saw the Waverley many years ago in Scotland, and have always had a yearnig to travel on it. I have been on the Earnslaw paddle steamer in Queenstown, New Zealand though, it very similar.
Keep up the great content.
Many thanks.
David in Dudley.
Great vlog, and nice music. Jazz is never wrong. The oldest paddelsteamer on a lake is in my home country, Norway. Skibladner started service in 1854! She is still going, but she had to cancel most of the season this summer due to some trouble with a shaft or something like that. Keep up the good work. Be safe. Greetings from Norway!
I personally don't see the waverly steamship that often but when I do see her usually on the west coast of scotland, she is a magnificent old lady, and worth stopping for a look.
Happy memories of travelling on the Waverly around 55-60 years ago in the west of Scotland.
Thanks for the video. We did this very same trip last Saturday. A wonderful trip and like you we are going to do it all again next year - hopefully.
Thanks Lorna. Absolutely loved it 👏🌟👍😃 Joan
So pleased you kindly shared your Waverley trip excitement. Thank you. 😊
An amazing steamer I spent 30th birthday on her you passed my home town gravesend she is in portland harbour today amazing the journeys she is still making a friend was also a chef abord her many years ago all the best donnyx
Thanks for the excellent video. My late dad loved The Waverly. I have his books with all her history and World War two action.
I am very fortunate to live on the west coast of Scotland (Skelmorlie) and I hear the Waverley before I see it
Another excellent instalment, thanking you again 😇
Wow Lorna, just wow!! I think I need to watch again on my TV. The river looks very wide. I guess I'm use to our Susquehanna River. It's give or take 1 mile wide. The Waverly is beautiful, thank you for sharing.
I remember taking 2 Canadian girl friends on the Waverley from Southend to the pool of London and back to Southend. A great day out.
I went on the Waverly approx 43 years ago when I was a school kid in Fort William, Scotland. Memories
Wow i loved that video, love travelling on the Thames on the Clippers so that's definitely a step up ! 😍
What an amazing vessel, such an interesting cruise, thanks so much Lorna Jane.
Glad you enjoyed your day on Waverly. I have enjoyed many trips on her and also Balmoral on the Bristol Channel incuding going under Clifton Suspension Bridge, not quit as famouse as Tower Bridge but still an awsome sight.
Me too, many times!
Wow glad they atleast kept one but what a beautiful ship
Enjoyed the trip down the Thames on this stunning boat, also I've sewn Tower Bridge a few times but never raised, great video
Next time come ro Scotland and do the trip round the islands.
Truly magnificent. Enjoyed your video. Keep safe. Mx
Wow, Lucky You. She is a beautiful vessel and what a beautiful engine. The reason paddle boats went out of favour is because of two reasons really, the efficiency of the screw propeller and the fact that in a rolling sea sometimes the paddles on one side would come out of the water.
This was such a wonderful vlog..Im so happy that you are able to enjoy the life you have...Its very special Lorna.as are you..
I loved this...Thank youvso very much...ROCK ON...!!😊😊😊♥️
Only cruised on Waverley once and that was around the Isle of Wight in 2005. Really need to go on her again.
I love your adventures Lorna Jane. You always have something interesting and unique to share.
Great video thank you me and my wife went on the Waverley a couple of times from Ilfracombe, she’s a fantastic boat xx
Wow what an amazing trip and ship. Yet another thing to add to the bucket list! Thanks for taking us along.
I love the Waverly too! So immaculately shiny throughout, & lovely Art Deco features in the 'dining room' (though when we went on it along the south west coast, there were no meals.) Gorgeous, I really enjoyed your video, thanks!
Excellent vlog. A voyage on Waverley is such an experience. Missed her in Penarth this year.
Love your video…..best I’ve watched in ages👍
This was an amazing trip on a fantastic and historic ship! So glad that she has been saved, and I would love to go on her too. I can see why this would be one of your best days ever Lorna. Thank you for bringing this for us to see! Take care, Paul.
What is that fabulous music, please? SO right with your lovely video.
This brings back memories of Weymouth, Dorset when the Waverley was there.
Loved the shot of your trainers. How quirky and neat. Carry on Lorna!!
Waverley was in Southampton last month and I was lucky to travel on her along the Jurassic Coast to Lulworth Cove. It was majestic travelling at that speed virtually silently. Glorious weather made it a grand day out!!😊
isnt that amazing, how silent and smooth she is compared to a modern shuddering boat. then you go below and theres this huge clanking thrashing steam engine
Wonderful. I travelled on her quite a few years ago from Ilfracombe out to Lundy Island. She had crossed over from South Wales to Ilfracombe. A magic ship. Thanks so much for posting.
I have fond memories of Waverley. Back in the 80’s my school did a school trip to beat all other school trips…especially for someone like myself with an interest even from a young age in boats, trains, planes and infrastructure!
We visited Kielder to see the reservoir under construction, went to Newcastle airport to see their new fire engine with foam cannon in action, took a ride on the just opened Metro system, then finished with a trip down the Tyne on Waverley. I excitedly took pictures of the whole trip on a Russian 35mm camera my parents bought me….. and which I lost at some point on Waverley or on the trip home…😞
Great video .. this is quite a famous ship.
I remember as a child taking a river trip with my parents on the River Clyde .. I'm 99% sure it was on the Waverley.
Popped over to see your channel from Jen.
Nicely done. Thank you.
That is a beautiful bridge.
We Done Clacton to Tower Pier a couple weeks ago and arrived at night seeing the Thames is just so different and the Waverley is a fabulous old girl.
brilliant video the views along the Thames looks amazing from the boat
Great video and extremely good and informative narrative. Thanks. Rmb
She is steaming well this year 2023.....Wonderful experience Clevedon to Ilfracombe ....Hopefully River Thames later on ???..
Thanks, really enjoyable. Missed out on this years trip but its on my to-do list for next!
Great trip with excellent commentary.
Had a trip on the Waverley in 1978. Went from Southend out on the North Sea to see Radio Caroline. (MV Mi Amigo) Happy days.
I went on that boat about 50 years ago from clacton pier
Lovely vid, thank you Lorna
Tower Bridge is also my Absolute Favourite London structure. When I first saw it raised, I cried. I was SO proud of this iconic bridge and it annoys me immensely when people call it London Bridge - same as St Paul's Church - it's a CATHEDRAL not a church !! 🙄
She comes into whitstable , she’s a magnificent vessel . Haven’t been on a trip yet put taken loads of photos of her .
YEEESS! The SP Waverley!! I saw it last year,full steam ahead,in Greenwich,right by its ancestor,the Cutty Sark!
Sadly,I heard that it ran aground on the rocks off the Scottish coast,had to be towed back to shore😞
Most interesting.Thank you.
Beautiful Vessel.
i was on this as a kid in the 1960,s ,my uncle was a fireman/boilerman on her.
Strange to hear you call her Waverly I know here as The Waverly, She's looking great, before the Preservation Trust bought her she was going downhill, purchase price was one pound, sterling!
Great vlog as usual Lorna
Excellent ------ thank you
Good vid. Ive done many trips on the Clyde; Aug 12th to Rothesay was my last one. Hot, cloudless day - the engine room was like a sauna. Id love to cruise the Thames some day. Its back up here today and tomorrow for the last sails of the season.
"carrying passengers along loch long" That's easy for you to say 😃
Thank you for sharing
I remember sailing on her in the early eighties from Penarth pier. They had a song playing all the time. “We’re all going on the Waverley a good old ship is the Waverley” 😂
Very cool! Enjoyed that little trip, thanks for taking us along. 😉
i did enjoy that very much and am looking forward to the completion of your stumpy narrow boat as well.
This is fantastic! Have you sailed on the Steamship Shieldhall? She and Waverley met up last year. It was beautiful to see the two of them together.
Great video - pity the weather was a bit overcast. We did the trip from Harwich to Tower Pier last week, which was fascinating (especially all the WW2 forts in the middle of the Estuary). Pity there were no narrowboats to see at Gravesend pier....
Great video, looking forward to going on the Waverley myself. You didn't mention the Woolwhich ferry
What an awesome trip on an amazing boat! I want to go!!
Age's ago I went on a trip on the Waverly. It was to Lundy Island from North Devon.
To date I’ve only managed to get the normal Thames river boat from Westminster down as far as the O2.
That journey was scenic enough (for a tourist to London) and far nicer than getting the tube.
Thanks for taking us along, great video as always.
This used to turn up in Brighton in late summer for evening cruises up and down the coast. Gives you an interesting view on your home.
The Thames River Police, are the oldest police force in the world.
Great tour, thanks
Amazing video, riding a boat down the Thames looks like an awesome thing to do. :)
Went on her in the sixties from Grimsby to Spurn Point, two hours each way, very pleasant to be aboard her.
This would not have been Waverley. It would have been one of the three Humber paddle steamer car ferries - Tattershall Castle (now used as a pub on the Thames near Embankment Underground station), Wingfield Castle (now preserved at Hartlepool where she was built) or Lincoln Castle (now scrapped). All related at Waverley in that they were originally owned by the London North Eastern Railway, and Lincoln Castle was built at the same shipyard - A & J inglis on the River Kelvin in Glasgow.
@@jeremygold yes, it was the Lincoln Castle, you jogged my memories, thank you.
She's actually the world's last Ocean Going Paddle Steamer.
Nice to see a video of Waverley on the Thames. Glad you had a good trip.
She goes from Penarth to Clevedon pier.
I love Clevedon pier... Its around 100 miles from home...
So the Waverley cruises the Bristol channel......
Great video.. 👍
Such a great video! Both the ship and the Thames are beautiful and exciting! It really adds to the list of London experiences I hope to enjoy when I finally get back to the city. One day, but no idea when.
Back in my school days (going back over fifty years) We went on a school trip by steam train, Paddle Steamer and bus. The paddle steamer was The Tattershall Castle now a floating pub on the Thames A number of schools joined up for the trip and the paddle steamer did a bit of an extended journey to the route across the Humber estuary also fog helped extend it as well I remember the Fog horn sounding continuously on the crossing.
Hi Lorna Jane what a interesting blog it showed so much of the Thames witch I have never seen ,what a beautiful old ship do you know how fast she goes nice landing at Southend thank you so much 😅
Very nice informative video I did the mon 3rd Oct trip
There at 6:50, mentioning Tilbury Docks brings to mind that some railway at some point had a steam locomotive type named 'Tilbury tank'. It is 04:27 am here in the US midwest and I'd have to Google the details of the Tilbury Tank locomotive, even which railway used it as the railway geek portion of my brain seems to be asleep. (like I wish the rest of me was)
I Love your choice of music to accompany your video. When the passengers of WAVERLY, all crowed over to look at the pilot boat, did she roll due to the load wanting to watch?
Music makes me feel like I’m taking a walk with Mr Rogers to the Crayon Factory….
Very interesting!
Great British Engineering of a bygone age. Every part of her, from the keel up. Built within a 30 mile radius of where she was launched.
Very good, well done.
Lovely vessel!
Has anyone ever put paddle wheels on a narrow boat?
Waverly is wonderful. I'm embarrassed I haven't travelled on her before as I've known about her for so long! I intend to make a real effort to do the trip up and down the Thames on her!
You go girl!
Wonderful. HOWEVER, *this is not the only seaworthy paddle steamer left in the world* - or even in the UK. *The Medway Queen* is very much 'up and running' too. She can be seen in *Gillingham, Kent.*
The Medway Queen doesn’t go to sea
a friend of mine used to be a pilot on the waverley
Very nice
This was Brilliant! Lorna ..... Have You missed Your Vocation?? 🙂
I think she holidayed earlier in the year.😀
Thank for this guided tour and history. What were the cable cars at 2:54?
It’s a bit of a white elephant. It’s a cable car that’s not used very much, currently sponsored by emirates airlines.