tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664161328950208999.post2314416388501561526..comments2024-03-23T06:08:31.299-07:00Comments on ... except the Kyles and Western Isles: Calmac corporate historyNeil Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664161328950208999.post-49395307535489717522022-01-13T18:25:17.023-08:002022-01-13T18:25:17.023-08:00Thanks Neil. This is NOTvG dull a s you self~depr...Thanks Neil. This is NOTvG dull a s you self~deprecatingly mention. It is good and very enjoyable. Thank you. Best wishes, Russ.Russ McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030189721955208979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664161328950208999.post-72726481837886041202014-09-02T14:56:14.273-07:002014-09-02T14:56:14.273-07:00It seems that I have to stand (or rather, crouch o...It seems that I have to stand (or rather, crouch over my keyboard) corrected. As you imply, it would be a brave man who contradicted D&L on these matters. My theory - and that is really all it was - seemed sound enough on the examples I could be certain of; "Loch Carron" throws it out, of course. I had noted that the 1st and 2nd Lochdunvegans were named as one word but of course the 1st (1891) would have preceded any "rule". I was on board the 2nd "Lochdunvegan" as the guest of my crew-member uncle and given the grand tour, noting her signage and instrument labelling in the original Norwegian and delighting in the speaking tubes from the bridge to the engine room.Callum MacLeodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664161328950208999.post-37176519596988071822014-09-01T11:44:46.778-07:002014-09-01T11:44:46.778-07:00Callum, Duckworth & Langmuir (whom one ought t...Callum, Duckworth & Langmuir (whom one ought to hesitate before doubting on this subject) render Loch Carron as two words. It's my understanding that, in the 1940s and 50s, the "rule" was that, if it was a loch which had not been used as a name before (e.g. Seaforth, Carron, Arkaig) then it was two words but if it was a new ship with a previously used loch name, then it continued to be one word (e.g. Lochdunvegan). Open to correction on that, however.Neil Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664161328950208999.post-30089172379277235942014-09-01T08:46:34.527-07:002014-09-01T08:46:34.527-07:00The previous commentator has beaten me to my prefe...The previous commentator has beaten me to my preferred self-description as a W. Highland - this is far from dull and this Macbraynes/Higland "geek" finds it all compelling reading. The trouble with geeks is that we are pedants but it it is with good will that I point out that until the Loch Seaforth (Mk 1, 1947), Macbbrayne's "Loch" ships were tilted as one word - so it should be "Lochcarron" above.<br />I am still making my way through your blog pages with that mixture of pleasure and nostalgic ache, familiar to anyone who knew the North West Highland seaboard from the 1940s on.Callum MacLeodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664161328950208999.post-59900375812961406032013-11-19T11:50:15.324-08:002013-11-19T11:50:15.324-08:00Not the least bit dull to me and my anorak Neil. T...Not the least bit dull to me and my anorak Neil. Trusadh on BBC Alba broadcast a 60 minute documentary a couple of weeks ago called, translated from the Gaelic, 'Donald and the Cargo Boats'. It was accurately described as "the story of the Calmac cargo boats and their place amongst the Islanders of the Scottish west coast." MV Loch Carron naturally featured heavily.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571936254578491077noreply@blogger.com