The Shortest Caledonian MacBrayne Crossing

Liked the way the safety briefing lasted pretty much the whole crossing! Star of the show for me was the toilets. Glorious! As you say, a good shout for the best you'll find anywhere. Reminiscent of the toilets at Wemyss Bay station... which probably are serving a similar purpose 😉 Best wishes to you and Mrs TT

Awesome little ferry service and a vital link! very well done filming such a short route and turning it into a video, I doubt I'd know where to start. 😅 I find it funny how the safety announcement is almost the entire voyage. 🤣

I remember those toilets as a kid. The huge wash basins all had working taps, and covered both walls. Glass fronted cisterns were something I'd never seen before. Wemyss Bay is the mainland terminal for Rothesay and is an architectural gem. It's light and airy, and has a covered walkway down to the pier. This has lots of glass and curves and lets in the sun. The flower displays and their colour are legendary. Everything just says 'space' and 'light'. The Friends of Wemyss Bay Station society look after the plants and have a wee bookshop in the station, also worth a browse. The pier and corridor used to be longer and the walls had cases with the paddle box crests of favourite steamers. The first Duchess of Hamilton's was particularly ornate. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in WW1 and got sunk, but luckily the crest was removed at conversion. However they all seem to have disappeared from view now, after a fire and rebuild of the pier in which it was shortened. You could also catch the Waverley and sail from Rothesay through the narrows to Tighnabruaich or round Bute or further.

I was surfing YouTube as T.V. is totally dire these days and saw the title of your video and knew exactly where you were. Pre Covid and pre the original Shearing’s Bay Hotel collapse in 2020, we were due to revisit Portpatrick on the 20th of March that year, we had at least one and usually two mid-week breaks in Scotland. In 2015 we had a mid-week break in Rothesay taking the car from Wemyss Bay, lovely as Bute is it can be explored in a day so we used the short ferry three times to explore the off island areas around Scotland. I’ve subscribed to your channel in the hope of more places in Scotland we have visited, one of the more spine tingling was the Arctic Convoy Memorial at Loch Ewe where my dad’s destroyer H.M.S. Icarus assembled for many trips to Russia in the last great unpleasantness.

Awesome! Not only beautiful scenery but equally beautiful toilets and old man’s point. 👍👏

Very slightly longer journey but the Gallanach - Kerrera ferry is the great fun, being the tiniest Calmac vessel - room for one car!

Beautiful place Colintraive

Nice video! We were on Bute at the start of April & took this ferry crossing too. There's a great walk starting just beyond the ferry terminus too, with an amazing viewpoint and a swing at the top!😍

Another great video Tim. Would love to see more of the shorter ferries in Scotland! Good to see you brought Mrs Tims Travels along!

Excellent video Tim. When i saw the title i excepted the trip to be between Sconser and Raasay. I have no idea why lol. This was fantastic

Brilliant Video

Nice one all round! Never done this ferry so it’s now in my sights thanks. I appreciate the extra information you have researched for us. Try the Ardrossan /Brodick CalMac where you have nice time for a steak pie or fish supper. Too many chips is the only ‘problem’😁Thanks for this super share👍✌🏻

As we say back home “it was a soft day”. Thanks for sharing 😊

I remember the toilets before they became a tourist attraction. They were dirty and grotty and almost derelict. My wee home town looking a bit worse for wear these days. 😢

Excellent ❤

What a smashing video! You just can't beat the scenery in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The boat tour nearly took longer than the whole journey, I wonder how many people don't go onto the top open decks, or don't realise! Can't wait for the next one Tim!

What amazing toilets 🚻, love it 😀 👏👏

Lovely

Miss my visits to Bute. Cross on either ferry! Salvation Army Major Nessie was my cousin and we visited often.

bueautiful toilets!