Although his latest creation will rarely go faster than a gentle 4mph, the speed limit on Scotland's canals, naval architect Simon Cormack is a young man in a hurry. A year ago he set up his own, ...
Captain Para Handy steers his famous puffer, the Vital Spark, up and down the Clyde, together with his motley crew. Ealing comedy depicting a clash of cultures between a hard-nosed American ...
Apart from the old paddle steamers, which took most of us “doon the watter” for our holidays or days out, the Clyde puffers are the vessels of which we are we are most fond. The short Para Handy ...
A Belgian living in Ireland is planning to restore a rare Clyde puffer. The boats, made famous by the BBC television series Para Handy, were used to move cargos between small island and coastal ...
HE earned his fame inventing a classic tale of murder and Highland treachery featuring Clyde puffer The Vital Spark and her crafty Gaelic skipper Para Handy. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...
FROM a tiny galley on the last coal-fired puffer to ply the waters off the Clyde coast, amazing meals are being produced. Cooks work in a cramped space 6ft wide and 8ft long, to create the kind of ...
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