Strollin' Johnny: you mention the puffer that takes people up and down the loch (Fyne, that is). Correction, that should be W"took people up and down the loch".Alas, said puffer, the Vic 32, has just had its boiler fail a safety inspection. This is going to involve a 2-year lay-off, at a cost of possibly £120,000plus(never mind two years loss of earnings). At the Ardfern gig I mentioned earlier in the thread(Aug 7), maritime paintings(donated by the artists) will be sold to raise money for the boat. And I am involved with setting up fundraiser concerts in Stoke and Liverpool in the autumn, for steam and boat well-wishers to dip their hands in the pockets to get this wonderful boat back on Loch Fyne where it belongs as soon as possible.
(Bit of thread drift there, but it had to be said).