I've been around ships all my life - in fact, one of the most important events of my early existence was that the kitten I was given at the age of about three was the son of the ship's cat on the
Clan MacKeller - so one of the joys of living in Kilchoan, looking out across the Sound of Mull, was the wealth of ships of all sorts that sailed past.
By comparison, where we now live, despite its panoramic view out across the North Sea, is very limited in sightings of ships so....
....I am always quite excited when a ship does appear, as this one did yesterday evening. A quick check on the AIS/MT website revealed that she was the
Cefas Endeavour, a UK-registered fisheries research vessel operated by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), a British government agency. She's based in Lowestoft and was built in Scotland, at the Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde.
It was good to see her but the morning was made even more remarkable when two other ships emerged with the dawn light. On the left is a ship I'd seen before, the
Esvagt Alba, but the one on the horizon remains a mystery - she was not marked on the AIS/MT map.
The
Esvagt Alba left first, the
Cefas Endeavour seemingly in no hurry to move, still being at anchor at ten this morning.
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