Sundown At Bowness-On-Windermere
A little jaunt back to a trip to the lakes back in 2012 , we stayed at a National Trust cottaage on the other side of Windermere at Far Sawrey - unfortunately the cottage was far from it's description and only the claimed wheelchair friendly if furniture was moved around as required . It was dropped from the brochure the following year !!
Anyway , an evening view from Bowness-On- Windermere as the sun was dipping capturing the icconic boats of the Lake District and in the background MV Swan . I did a boat trip on another of the boats MV Tern , the one with it's distinctive canoe style bow .
As for MV Swan ---
The Swan has three decks and at full capacity can hold 533 passengers.
This ship was built in 1938 by Vickers of Barrow. The sections of boat were transported by rail to Lakeside and assembled. The M.V. Swan is 142ft long weighing 251 tonnes.
On board, it is manned by a crew of seven and can reach a speed of 10 knots with its 2x 6 cylinder Cummins diesel engines and 2 x auxiliary generators.
Sundown At Bowness-On-Windermere
A little jaunt back to a trip to the lakes back in 2012 , we stayed at a National Trust cottaage on the other side of Windermere at Far Sawrey - unfortunately the cottage was far from it's description and only the claimed wheelchair friendly if furniture was moved around as required . It was dropped from the brochure the following year !!
Anyway , an evening view from Bowness-On- Windermere as the sun was dipping capturing the icconic boats of the Lake District and in the background MV Swan . I did a boat trip on another of the boats MV Tern , the one with it's distinctive canoe style bow .
As for MV Swan ---
The Swan has three decks and at full capacity can hold 533 passengers.
This ship was built in 1938 by Vickers of Barrow. The sections of boat were transported by rail to Lakeside and assembled. The M.V. Swan is 142ft long weighing 251 tonnes.
On board, it is manned by a crew of seven and can reach a speed of 10 knots with its 2x 6 cylinder Cummins diesel engines and 2 x auxiliary generators.