Ullapool Shore Street Development Sept to August Completion Time-Lapse

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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  • @johnmudd6453
    @johnmudd6453 Год назад +231

    Hats off to the cameraman long time standing in the cold and wet West coast

  • @RicktheRecorder
    @RicktheRecorder 6 месяцев назад +15

    Charming waterside turned into a featureless concrete wasteland with classic Scottish philistinism, all for a few marina berths, where most boats will remain untouched for months.

  • @callummunro5400
    @callummunro5400 Год назад +111

    Great Timelapse and clearly lots of work and engineering but looks like a car park in the end.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +6

      Hi thanks for your comment and opinion, note that space will be getting used. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @bettertocycle
    @bettertocycle Год назад +1234

    Whilst the engineering is impressive, the end result is really disappointing for the majority of visitors. Looked like it was going to be a car park. An exposed, concrete wasteland with no foliage, no trees and no natural life that will be windswept in winter and burning in summer. Missed opportunity to do something beautiful.

    • @DMC888
      @DMC888 Год назад +158

      I Hope they have further plans, as it seems like a lot of effort to create some dead space.

    • @luboinchina3013
      @luboinchina3013 Год назад +50

      And in China it would be done in 7 days, respectively in a month if you want to pay for good quality😂

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 Год назад +79

      You can’t really put trees on the seafront. And clearly their main intention was to create a working harbor. But yes. It’s a real shame they didn’t create anything more beautiful than a vast featureless expanse of tarmac.

    • @williamlovell983
      @williamlovell983 Год назад +40

      I agree what a load of 💩

    • @Mike-tv9rk
      @Mike-tv9rk Год назад +54

      Yep concreting over water and putting those residents further from there sea view. It never ceased to amaze and disappoint me- how imaginative planners and councils are. And we all know why.

  • @richwaight
    @richwaight Год назад +100

    What a fantastic Timelapse! The tide coming in and out like that looks like breathing. Hypnotic! So much good work there.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Thank you very much!

    • @smokysmoka
      @smokysmoka Год назад

      what I don't understand is how the tide comes in and out several times on the same day..

    • @richwaight
      @richwaight Год назад

      @@smokysmokathere might be a double tide? You get those in Southampton because of the Isle of White.

    • @Z0RDR4CK
      @Z0RDR4CK 8 месяцев назад

      @@smokysmoka it's a 6hrs come and go rhythm - twice high tide, twice low tide.

  • @ChrisM541
    @ChrisM541 Год назад +30

    This timelapse is superbly done and incredibly fascinating to watch as the build progresses. So good to see development here. Thanks for this upload.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Thank you very much Chris, glad you like it. There are two other videos that explain the reason for the project etc.

    • @ChrisM541
      @ChrisM541 Год назад

      @@stevengourlay4503 Thank you, will be good to know the story behind this.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      ​@@ChrisM541 Hi thanks for your comment and opinion. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

    • @tonyrebeiro
      @tonyrebeiro Год назад

      Sorry to differ, but this cannot be defined as Development but rather an Exploitation of natural resources for crafty income. 😅😅😂😂

  • @mikegeary9231
    @mikegeary9231 Год назад +10

    My OCD was kicking in, you don't know how glad I was to see the barge come in to tidy up in front of the sheet piles.😅

  • @eamonosullivan2702
    @eamonosullivan2702 Год назад +6

    A hugely impressive amount of work. A bit disappointing that the finish is mostly tarmac. For all that work a quality cut stone finish would've been better. Great video by the way.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for the comment, The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @stuartsilver7504
    @stuartsilver7504 Год назад +17

    Looks great, but couldn’t they have added a touch of greenery to the front. Acres of tarmac and concrete and not a single blade of anything to break it up and make it a more pleasant place to sit.

  • @jimmcintosh9045
    @jimmcintosh9045 Год назад +11

    Very interesting watching this develop. Didn't expect the marina to appear!

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Thanks was a good project to be part of.

    • @stephenfarthing3819
      @stephenfarthing3819 Год назад +1

      @@stevengourlay4503 My own considered reaction to this. Is a little bit more muted. For the reason of why given! I liked the general charm of Ullapool! I suspect that it's not likely to have improved it! And I suspect that the local area community was also lukewarm of it!

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад +2

      ​@@stephenfarthing3819
      How many times are you going to moan about the development.
      Do you know anything about Ullapool and its needs?
      I think you'll find the locals will be more than happy that a useless part of shoreline has been transformed into a tourist attraction (yes people DO pay to dock at marinas and spend money locally!) and tidying up an area of the front which has, since I first visited in the early 60s, been rather an eyesore in an otherwise gorgeous little harbour town.
      Notice I said 'harbour' because the harbour is the most important part of the community.
      It gets a thumbs up from me, especially as there is ample opportunity to use the space created, which im pretty certain the locals shall do.

  • @UncommonSense81
    @UncommonSense81 Год назад +3

    Man hath never before committed so much time, effort and resource to… a carpark.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for the comment, The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @STHFGDBY
    @STHFGDBY Год назад +9

    That was a lot of cost, work and materials for such a tiny return ..I don't understand how this couldn't have been scaled down...

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi thanks for your comment and opinion. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @anthonyharris7780
    @anthonyharris7780 Год назад +34

    So glad to see expansion in Ullapool, I had the best holiday ever staying in Achiltibue and topping up at tescos in Ullapool,
    The seafood shack amongst others great seafood places and creal fishing in lock broom, sea kayaking and mountain walks.
    I really hope Ullapool does well as it’s a great destination and hub for the area.

    • @stephenfarthing3819
      @stephenfarthing3819 Год назад +1

      My own considered reaction is more muted ! If you have read my reaction to this development. I'm a little bit discommoded with it! And I suspect that the local area community there - are just as bemused by the notion as well! Widening out the main access road on the seafront makes for some sense - especially if it were to include an improved bus stop area for local bus services! But is it there ? By the looks of it! No!
      So I remain pragmatically bemused by this development.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi thanks for your comment and opinion. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight. The bus stop for Ullapool is at the harbour, we only have a few buses a day coming to Ullapool.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

    • @bigbasil1908
      @bigbasil1908 Год назад +1

      The Achnahaird campsite? I stayed there a night years ago. Had no showers, but had toilets and wash basins. They had an agreement with the local swimming pool that people could get showered there. Achiltibue is such a beautiful place, looking out to the summer Isles and all.

  • @bob_obba
    @bob_obba Год назад +13

    As others have said, fantastic engineering. But it’s £10,000,00 for a few benches and seagull feeding spot. That dock could have been put in without the new quay. They could have just reclaimed the whole area to the pier in front, built some lovely new leisure focused harbour buildings, and landscaped public space for the waterfront houses and make their money back on all the engineering costs.

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад +1

      Haha, a few buildings will NOT recoup nearly as much as the mooring fees accrued by that tidy marina!!

    • @heresjohnny999
      @heresjohnny999 Год назад

      I bet they are sad they didn't give you 10m and employ you to do it, what you being an engineering expert.

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад

      ​@@heresjohnny999
      Economics has Jack shit to do with engineering muppet😂😂

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi thanks for your comment and opinion. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @jimmytwizzle7836
    @jimmytwizzle7836 Год назад +8

    Well the designers really applied themselves with that one. Made it look so attractive to everyone.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Thanks for the comment

    • @justmejustme4444
      @justmejustme4444 11 месяцев назад +2

      Shame there was no allowance made for anything organic. Not even a plant pot.

  • @Ian-Hall
    @Ian-Hall Год назад +20

    I haven't been to Ullapool for around 8 years, What an amazing transformation. Excellent work and a brilliant time-lapse.

    • @grahamcook9289
      @grahamcook9289 Год назад +1

      Yeah, but who paid for all that and who benefits? ask yourself that my friend.

    • @Ian-Hall
      @Ian-Hall Год назад +2

      @@grahamcook9289 Tosser.

    • @grahamcook9289
      @grahamcook9289 Год назад +1

      @@Ian-Hall Same to you with Knobs on. 🤣

    • @Ian-Hall
      @Ian-Hall Год назад

      @@grahamcook9289 Graham, I've just been thinking about you and your comments. You don't seem like the sharpest tool in the box, But I do have hope for you. Hopefully in the next 10 years or so you might find a female friend... as we can tell you are single at the moment. Maybe you might be able to rise to the occasion and have children...Let's hope all of your future children have small dicks... Even the girls.

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад +4

      ​@@grahamcook9289
      Do you think the locals and the harbour authorities don't pay taxes like anyone else like?
      At least there is a viable structure in place which is already being used, unlike a pair of ferries and a major artery of roadway which are going nowhere!!

  • @SilentCougar
    @SilentCougar Год назад +12

    An excellent put together piece, one that was obviously very time consuming, no pun intended, but what a task...The changes in progression along with the seasonal changes seen, put life into what many would never see. A brilliant work of photography and editing. Well done indeed. 👍

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +3

      Thank you very much for your kind words. As im a member of the community it was great to be able to document the project from start to finish, there are a couple of other videos related to this you will find on my channel that give a bit more information as why the project was started.

  • @castlegate2015
    @castlegate2015 Год назад +28

    They could have done some tree or shrub planting. The site looks like a concrete block when it doesn't need to be.

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад +3

      I have no doubt there will be plans afoot for further development in the grounds above the marina.
      In the meantime, getting the marina up and earning a lot of money was their main concern.
      Rome wasn't built in a day.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi thanks for your comment and opinion the inshore key im sure will be used upgrades. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight. The bus stop for Ullapool is at the harbour, we only have a few buses a day coming to Ullapool.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      @@WeeShoeyDugless Hi thanks for your comment and opinion the inshore key im sure will be used upgrades. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight. The bus stop for Ullapool is at the harbour, we only have a few buses a day coming to Ullapool.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @davidreid2301
    @davidreid2301 Год назад +12

    I used to regularly attend the Ullapool Guitar Festival, but haven't been to Ullapool in about 3 years. Albeit an extremely expensive job for little gain, and only for the few, this is a welcome improvement to what was a pretty bland sea front...

  • @plymouthrovadventures.646
    @plymouthrovadventures.646 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for posting. Nice for the locals.

  • @darenalexander7532
    @darenalexander7532 Год назад +5

    What an amazing timelapse never heard of ullapool until now ,its now on my list of places to visit 👍👍 good video good work👍👍👍👍

  • @patrickmillet1363
    @patrickmillet1363 Год назад +1

    Bravo you just made perfect foundations for stape 2 and real estate developers
    « Apartments for sale with place for boat »

  • @WhatALoadOfTosca
    @WhatALoadOfTosca Год назад +10

    I have to agree with others. This took a year and the results are underwhelming. Some contractor certainly had their christmas come all at once.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi thanks for your comment, I’m sure the inshore quay will have future development.
      The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

    • @Charlie4pants
      @Charlie4pants Год назад +1

      @@stevengourlay4503 I confess that I've only taken a superficial glance at the harbour development website, but it does appear that shorefront has been replaced by a featureless expanse of McAdam. Was there no opportunity to bring trees or other biologically active surface into the scheme?

  • @overlordzorn
    @overlordzorn 11 месяцев назад +1

    so cute to watch the excavators trying to get their work done once the tide is low but constantly having to run away to safety once the tide rises again :D

  • @GP-pw5wb
    @GP-pw5wb Год назад +23

    Hope we might have appeared in the video in mid May when we drove through, certainly caused some disruption in its building. Needed a bit of landscaping far too much concrete and tarmac.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for your comment, you might be interested in this video that gives more information on the project.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

  • @boyanaskrbic
    @boyanaskrbic Год назад

    Very fun to see how the machines flee with the tides. 🤭
    But it is really impressive to see how these works are tackled on the edge of the sea, For someone who lives in the interior of the country, it is something very new. Very good video 😃👍💖🇨🇱

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi yeah the tides played a big part in the project. The timelpase video only shows the project from that one point of view, you can find out more information on the project on links below.
      Related Videos
      Ullapool Shore Street Development Sept to August Completion.
      ruclips.net/video/srfulWO-pBQ/видео.html
      Ullapool Shore Street & Inner Harbour Development Project Official Opening
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @raymonddickson8937
    @raymonddickson8937 Год назад +3

    Looking forward to visit Ullupool in 2024 in the camper been 7 years and loved it then.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Enjoy the Broomfield holiday park must have one of the best views and very walkable distance from everything

  • @nero5379_
    @nero5379_ Год назад +1

    Love this video also shows it snowing nearly up until April I remember winter was end of November start of December when it would snow

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi thanks for your comment. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @grendel_nz
    @grendel_nz Год назад +8

    I remember fishing trawlers in the harbour in the late 1970s. And a line of lovely painted ramshackle huts touting for tourist day boat trips out around the Summer Isles, Isle Martin or fishing, dolphin, birdwatching. Shame they couldn't try planting some hardy bushes or trees next to the benches. Is the big fat sea mine still there? History.

    • @mysticpizza02
      @mysticpizza02 Год назад +1

      Yes all the Russian fishing vessels.

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад

      ​@@mysticpizza02
      The Russian mother ships sat out at sea, I remember them well.
      Been going to Ullapool since the early '60s 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @AlertsAllOn2
    @AlertsAllOn2 Год назад +7

    Great timelapse for planners & student engineers to learn from, well done!🎉

  • @dirkross2161
    @dirkross2161 Год назад +37

    What have you done with this natural place????

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +14

      Hi Dirk, thanks for the comment, having lived in Ullapool for 16 years I see it as a vast improvement for both residents and visitors. Access to the water is now much easier / safer for everyone, not to mention you can safely walk / cycle without the worry of being right beside vehicles.

    • @duncansteward4331
      @duncansteward4331 Год назад

      yep its just like everywhere else now -- progress @@stevengourlay4503

    • @heresjohnny999
      @heresjohnny999 Год назад

      You think a manmade harbour is natural?

    • @messiasduarte
      @messiasduarte 6 месяцев назад

      Improved!!

  • @michaelsharkey5682
    @michaelsharkey5682 Год назад +2

    Brilliant video. I went to see the new harbour a few weeks ago and it's very impressive. Amazing what can be achieved when you don't let the council do it.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Yeah indeed, glad you liked it. I really like the light on the walls as shows all the texture.

  • @rickibenka9497
    @rickibenka9497 Год назад +4

    Great to see Ullapool getting some development. It's a beautiful wee town. Thanks for creating the very interesting video.

  • @MrMatymash
    @MrMatymash Год назад +1

    I definitely will the video was really well made. 10 million wow

  • @Lifewithoutmusicisamistake
    @Lifewithoutmusicisamistake Год назад +7

    I originally thought, what a great way to save those houses from rising sea levels. Then the beautiful harbour appeared ❤ What a wonderful way to keep the community busy all year round. Well done! It looks really well managed 👍🏻

    • @GBPaddling
      @GBPaddling Год назад

      I've been buying Liverpool tide tables for 33yrs, there is NO evidence of 'Rising sea levels' in them. It is a myth.

    • @wideyxyz2271
      @wideyxyz2271 Год назад

      Rising sea levels? Delusional....

    • @ahaveland
      @ahaveland Год назад +1

      The word "sterile" comes to mind, not "beautiful"!

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for your comment and opinion. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @waterboy8999
    @waterboy8999 Год назад +1

    Ill be hoping to tie up there next summer, great stuff.

  • @MyAvaGrace
    @MyAvaGrace Год назад +3

    So cool to see the development, and the new floating pontoons. Hopefully we will get chance to try them next season.

  • @jamiesri
    @jamiesri Год назад +2

    Brilliant Timelapse, the improvements have made a massive difference to help traffic get along the front of the harbour especially in the busy summer months when there’s cars and camper vans parked everywhere.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Thanks, 100% as used to waiting at one side of shore street to let larger vehicles through.

  • @SomchaiSpeaks
    @SomchaiSpeaks Год назад +9

    What a fascinating view of the wonderful new development, it will be a huge asset to the town as well as to visitors.

  • @fastfreddy19641
    @fastfreddy19641 Год назад +1

    Fantastic time laps of a great civil engineering project

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hey Freddy, thanks for your comment. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @jamescollier3682
    @jamescollier3682 Год назад +3

    So the area between the road and the new harbour’s edge…is that just going to be left as hard standing?

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for your comment and opinion. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @daveallan3743
    @daveallan3743 Год назад +1

    Was there many many years ago nice to see these places upgrading

  • @grasub1
    @grasub1 Год назад +2

    Well done and excellent contractor. Super planned and executed.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      RJ Mcleod was the main contractor for this.

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад

      ​@@stevengourlay4503
      Is that the same RJ McLeod who made the new roads on Skye in the early/mid '60s?
      I thought they had gone bankrupt during that contract.
      Something happened as all sorts of machinery was left abandoned during the construction of said roads during this period?
      I can remember it well, whole quarry plants, Atkinson low loader complete with a newish road roller on board, tractors, diggers. All sorts!!

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      @@WeeShoeyDuglesshi sorry not sure think RJM being going since 1950s.

  • @davidnavratil5349
    @davidnavratil5349 Год назад +1

    Ohh I haven't been there for a few years now. This is a positive change.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for your comment and opinion. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @jamesthomas747
    @jamesthomas747 Год назад +3

    Such a large area I thought they were making a car park for the pontoons.

    • @DavidStruveDesigns
      @DavidStruveDesigns Год назад

      It's probably a dual pedestrian area and loading area for the new harbour mooring positions. Hence such a large flat tarmac area.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      I am sure the inshore key will see future development over time.

  • @stuartbrown1677
    @stuartbrown1677 Год назад +1

    I enjoyed watching this
    Thank you
    Stuart in Ireland ☘️🎄

  • @Super-lucky-7777
    @Super-lucky-7777 Год назад +5

    Hats off the workforce behind this.

  • @rodsmith3911
    @rodsmith3911 Год назад +2

    What a vast change from 1964 when John and I manhandled our bikes up the ladder onto the dock from the ferry boat that brought us across Loch Broom. In those days you had to pull up the flag on a pole to call for the ferry! No pleasure sailors in the harbour then. Just a few fishing boats going about their daily work.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Sounds like a very different time indeed, live in Ullapool since 2006 and have seen it chance some since then.

    • @rodsmith3911
      @rodsmith3911 Год назад +2

      Yes, the ferry was an open boat that was pretty well full with two bicycles and our bags! It seemed an awful long climb up the ladder with a bike over my shoulder. Lots of changes in the North of Scotland since those days, when most of the A roads were only single track with passing places and small turntable ferries where there are now bridges. Bed and breakfast was from 9shillings to 10/6d!

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад +1

      ​@@rodsmith3911
      My brother gave the Lochcarron Hotel in Lochcarron some receipts from my late parents from the early 60s which would back up your prices👍🏻👍🏻
      I believe they are now framed on the wall of the hotel.

  • @bobbyfischer6786
    @bobbyfischer6786 Год назад +5

    Can we have the true actual cost of this?
    Its a lovely piece of tarmac but i suspect its cost outweighs its benefit. Smells like a backhander

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi Bobby
      Have you watched the other videos relating to the project as it explains the reason why and the costs.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @Taterviewer76
    @Taterviewer76 Год назад +1

    Absolutely fascinating! Watching from Derbyshire (not too far away from where the weldex cranes depot is)

  • @EnglishCad
    @EnglishCad Год назад +3

    However much did that cost to do? Surely a few days dredging and a floating dock would have achieved the same result? Why do they need a walkway so wide? And where is all the tidal silt now going to go. Now that they have restricted the natural ebb and flow of the harbour?

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +2

      Hi I think it was around the 10m mark, more information can be found in this video, the traffic trying to get through shorestreet has been a problem for years in Ullapool, the road was not fit for purpose.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

    • @EnglishCad
      @EnglishCad Год назад +1

      @@stevengourlay4503 thanks alway great to get the full story.

  • @dominiccolella6049
    @dominiccolella6049 Год назад

    Hugely entertaining timelapse! Thanks for sharing.

  • @fontybits
    @fontybits Год назад +3

    I'm pretty certain I saw Benny Hill and Hill's Angels in this video! 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

  • @jasonpocklington9217
    @jasonpocklington9217 Год назад +2

    I liked how it looked before it was changed

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for your comment. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @raymondporter2094
    @raymondporter2094 Год назад +3

    Can't wait to see it. For various reasons we didn't get up there from North Yorkshire in 2023 so maybe we missed the "fun". Who knows, maybe early 2024 and then in Spring before The Midge. Let's see how The Ceilidh Place, Ferry Boat Inn, the bookshops and the dinky Tesco have been getting on in my absence....

    • @johnmudd6453
      @johnmudd6453 Год назад

      Stay in Whitby ,more going on than ullapool

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless Год назад

      ​@@johnmudd6453
      Depends what you're looking for, we go to both several times a year and both are lovely...... even if Whitby is overcrowded most of the time👍🏻👍🏻

  • @AliG-iq4gd
    @AliG-iq4gd Год назад +1

    Didn't make it up to Ullapool last year, so yet to see this. Interesting timeline for sure !

  • @blackdog2994
    @blackdog2994 Год назад +4

    I was last in Ullapool in the early eighties, I immediately recognized it, the harbour hasn't changed a bit. You can see the old fishing harbour but like Girvan in Ayrshire that industry has gone, so to survive has become a marina.
    What I do remember about Ullapool was the midges. Highland midges are a breed apart, vicious.🦟

  • @philipread8733
    @philipread8733 Год назад +3

    seemed an awful lot of digging ,then re-filling , then digging again. looks good now it's finished.

  • @callmejm3073
    @callmejm3073 Год назад +2

    Looks great! And thank you for not putting a song to this video.. I enjoyed it to the end. ❤

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Glad you liked it!! Yeah I thought is better just left with no audio as it would get rather repetitive.

  • @quikie1984
    @quikie1984 Год назад +1

    Excellent watch! thanks for uploading ! ❤

  • @georgeblackley6028
    @georgeblackley6028 Год назад +9

    Almost as horrific as fort william!

    • @glencoe8251
      @glencoe8251 Год назад +2

      Nowhere near that bad. Fort William is in a league of it's own.

    • @johnnyseagull29
      @johnnyseagull29 Год назад

      Except that fort william does not welcome boaters.

    • @deerforestsuk1851
      @deerforestsuk1851 Год назад

      You can't polish a turd !

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi I would recommend you watch my related video on the project to understand the reasons for the change ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

  • @shaunmichaels6801
    @shaunmichaels6801 Год назад +1

    Great job Ullapool district Highways/port authority 👍😊

  • @stephenfarthing3819
    @stephenfarthing3819 Год назад +3

    My reaction to this - is mixed ! I have actually been to Ullapool to stay once at the old Westmoreland Hotel in the 1990's and I have gone through the area on a more recent Coaching holiday in the late 2000's - I liked the general charm of the place - with this recent construction. I wonder if it has something to do with more recent events? I suspect that it's likely that it does! I am uneasy about it!
    And I suspect that I am not alone in lack of enthusiasm for that! I suspect that the local area community would be discommoded as well!

    • @theklondyker
      @theklondyker Год назад +1

      As a local, I think it's brilliant. Has helped the tour operators working from the harbour, recreational users and also a kids charity that we run facilitating kids, wheelchair users and visitors access the sea. Vast improvement and fully supported locally.

    • @stephenfarthing3819
      @stephenfarthing3819 Год назад +1

      @@theklondyker - you are - perhaps - one who may think otherwise! The points you made are valid! But I tend to suspect that where there is one - like yourself - who holds the view as you do. There's bound to be three or more who hold the opposite view! I'm still suspecting that it has to do with the more recent events. And I still read it in the way as I have done so! Politely I will still have to disagree. I still believe that something has been lost and hence I cannot completely agree! I therefore politely digress.

    • @theklondyker
      @theklondyker Год назад +2

      There was a major public consultation and the only objections we heard were from people who didn't live here nor use the facilities. The road was too small for the ferry traffic and parking, the old sea wall was crumbling and needed raised due to increases in poor weather, and small boat operators couldn't use their boats in the winter as can't be insured on moorings. All these issues have been addressed, plus we have a area that people are using to sit, eat, play music, etc.
      Thanks for keeping it quiet but afraid you have the wrong view of the project and the views of those living/working here. Come up and see it and speak to those living here rather than attack it and make up opposition that doesn't exist.
      @@stephenfarthing3819

  • @derekfarnworth1855
    @derekfarnworth1855 Год назад +1

    I'm on there somewhere on my motorbike in April, then went back in September when it was all finished excellent time lapse 👍

    • @leonardhpls6
      @leonardhpls6 Год назад

      Wow you went back to ullapool 😂

    • @Banditmanuk
      @Banditmanuk Год назад

      I was just thinking that would be a great area to pull up and stop with our motorcycles.
      There will probably be a no motorcycle parking sign there by the time we next get up there.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      @Banditmanuk there is designated MC parking both ends of the street now :-)

    • @Banditmanuk
      @Banditmanuk Год назад

      @@stevengourlay4503 Brilliant 👍

  • @toebared
    @toebared Год назад +6

    😢 how sad tjat out of the many many species of trees that NOT one was planted along that front !!!

    • @dontalkt2meboutheroes
      @dontalkt2meboutheroes Год назад +2

      How long would you think a tree could survive in salty, reclaimed land from the sea?

    • @toebared
      @toebared Год назад

      pears, ginkgo, hawthorns, honeylocust, London plane, tolerant maples (Norway, hedge, or sycamore), English and red oak, tolerant pines (Austrian, pitch, or Japanese black), Sargent cherry, or Scholar Tree. To name a few

    • @toebared
      @toebared Год назад +2

      They dont have to sit in the reclaimed land!

    • @dontalkt2meboutheroes
      @dontalkt2meboutheroes Год назад

      @@toebared Tolerant to salt spray winds rather than salty soils. I agree though, it does look bare. A sculpture of some sort would be a better addition.

    • @AlfieDoug
      @AlfieDoug Год назад

      @@dontalkt2meboutheroes try finding one that won't offend some woke lefty 😁

  • @thuukies
    @thuukies Год назад

    Real nice!
    In the US it’d take 310 days to put up road blocks and 30 years for construction to begin!

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hey thanks for your comment I think the total project was around 10 million. The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @williamcoulter5462
    @williamcoulter5462 Год назад +26

    Cannot be a SNP funded project they actually are doing work,, passed through the last two years but on the main road and never actually noticed but I see it was for a private marina so the rich people can get their yachts in and their expensive cars parked safely ( so could be SNP ) , not long now and they will kick out the few fishing vessels left or make the fees so much they cannot afford to dock there.

    • @pauljohnson9542
      @pauljohnson9542 Год назад +31

      Bet you’re a laugh a minute in social situations

    • @TheGullyfoyle
      @TheGullyfoyle Год назад

      @@pauljohnson9542 Forgive him Paul, he appears to be talking from the bottom of his trousers and is, in all probability completely unaware he’s coming across as a t**t

    • @gordonmackenzie4512
      @gordonmackenzie4512 Год назад +9

      This project was done by Ullapool Harbour Trust. It’s up to the Trustees what is done with the Harbour area.

    • @donaldurquhart8092
      @donaldurquhart8092 Год назад +17

      You must hate the Queensferry Forth Bridge.

    • @brianm102
      @brianm102 Год назад +1

      Those are commercial diving boats and fishing boats.

  • @bigmoiya5722
    @bigmoiya5722 Год назад +1

    I’m just reading a nonfiction read, Landlines by Raynor and she’s on her way to Ullapool, never heard of it before!

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      nice one, hopefully she makes it fine as we got a lot of snow now.

  • @irenejohnston6802
    @irenejohnston6802 Год назад +19

    More concrete, less natural environment. Be wary of words 'progress' and 'development' .

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi thanks for your comment, you might be interested in this video that gives more information on the project.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

    • @armandogregorio3307
      @armandogregorio3307 11 месяцев назад

      😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @GlazerKing
      @GlazerKing 9 месяцев назад

      lol stop stealing someone else’s words for cringey attention

  • @kevinpalmer7452
    @kevinpalmer7452 Год назад +1

    That was like a good book I couldn’t put it down.

  • @Disblair
    @Disblair Год назад +3

    Love the video. Hate the result. 😢😢

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for your comment, you might be interested in this video that gives more information on the project.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

  • @karizmayt9242
    @karizmayt9242 Год назад

    It seems they have two nearly parallel streets in that area. Make them into one way streets. So you can close one lane at the harbour and plant a row of trees and greenery instead. Maybe one, two little booths, seasonal rented to the owners of the stores in the front row, where tourist can get a coffee or ice cream...

  • @iainmore3961
    @iainmore3961 Год назад +5

    A marina huh? Not for low income folks obviously.

    • @gordonmackenzie4512
      @gordonmackenzie4512 Год назад +1

      Tourists like to go on boat trips on Lochbroom, and out to the Summer Isles. A marina is a safe and easy solution at all tides.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi check this video out will explain some of the reasons behind the project. ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

  • @pureblood1978x
    @pureblood1978x Год назад

    When I saw the thumbnail I thought for a second it was a JCB race!

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Yeah the red and white does make it look like a track :-)

  • @fugitive011
    @fugitive011 Год назад +9

    As an american watching this I'm sort of disapointed that the end result is a dock so people with boats have a spot to park. I was excepting something more "human centric" lol

    • @AlfieDoug
      @AlfieDoug Год назад +2

      Amarican and human centric in the same sentence you were joking surely.😁

    • @johncowie3092
      @johncowie3092 Год назад +1

      I agree it was disappointing

    • @mrfitz96
      @mrfitz96 Год назад +1

      @fugitive011. No doubt as an American you were subconsciously anticipating a 4 lane highway so folks could drive enormous double cab pickup trucks from one end of the village to the other 0.25 seconds faster than previously.

    • @stephenfarthing3819
      @stephenfarthing3819 Год назад

      My own considered view is that I might have seen a provision for holiday accommodation, some carparking and a decent bus stop. Instead of which. It was this !?!? Consider my bemusement - complete!

    • @ScotchNWry
      @ScotchNWry Год назад

      Yep, I agree, seems totally wasted. Create a large space then put nothing on it. Time will tell I suppose but this looks pointless as is, lots of money for a small marina.
      And I’m from Scotland so probably helped pay for it!

  • @flyingmalkie4346
    @flyingmalkie4346 Год назад +1

    Weird this came up on my recommended feed and im in it

  • @keithtanner2806
    @keithtanner2806 Год назад +11

    Well that’s ruined the place 👿👿👿

    • @duncansteward4331
      @duncansteward4331 Год назад +1

      yep made it posh for the few with money; it now looks like everywhere else.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for your comment, you might be interested in this video that gives more information on the project.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

  • @simonleadbitter6236
    @simonleadbitter6236 Год назад +1

    Good time lapse video.
    But I don’t really understand all that tarmac why not have two rows for boats.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for the comment, The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @AA-69
    @AA-69 Год назад +4

    Begs the question, what was wrong with the old front ?..
    Or is some tarry fingered "public servant" been in the SNP biscuit tin again 🤔

    • @johnmudd6453
      @johnmudd6453 Год назад +1

      It's so ms sturgeon can park her camper van easier, now she has passed her test,she loves ullapool for a week in the van !

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi check this video out will explain some of the reasons behind it ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

  • @porkscratchings5428
    @porkscratchings5428 Год назад +1

    That’s great for the area as more folk can enjoy the beautiful coastal waters, surrounding areas and friendly folk there. 👍 Loved watching the tide up,down,up,down 👍

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Absolutely, thanks for your comment, you might be interested in this video that gives more information on the project.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html

  • @dazmatic
    @dazmatic Год назад

    Makes me feel better about the little bit of type 1 I just put in the garden whilst it was still a little bit wet

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for the comment, The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @duneideann9241
    @duneideann9241 Год назад +1

    Looking forward to my next visit to the improvements

  • @itzspiro6047
    @itzspiro6047 11 месяцев назад +2

    I'm more intrigued by the water bobbing up and down i could look for years

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  11 месяцев назад

      Yeah the tidal changes here can be fairly large

  • @meecob
    @meecob Год назад

    I was there in 90. It was cold and miserable but I still loved it.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Its like that today, Ullapool can we a wild place but when its nice, would not want to be anywhere else.

  • @sportflyer
    @sportflyer Год назад +1

    Brilliant video. Thank you.

  • @dellyboot2703
    @dellyboot2703 Год назад +1

    Brilliant to watch, many thanks

  • @xubious
    @xubious Год назад +1

    You know what they build when my local town does construction? Storage facilities. That's it. Just a bunch of storage containers in a warehouse, everywhere.

  • @karin.mathias3985
    @karin.mathias3985 8 месяцев назад +1

    SUPER , thanks for Video

  • @Limaxulu1
    @Limaxulu1 Год назад +1

    Amazing construction and engineering project. Not sure where it is located. I wonder how much this project cost? Amazing camera work. Thanks for posting

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi it’s in a small village in the highlands of Scotland called Ullapool. It cost around 10 million and most of it by the Ullapool harbour trust, I have other videos relating to the project.

    • @Limaxulu1
      @Limaxulu1 Год назад

      @@stevengourlay4503 thanks for your reply. Would love to go to Scotland one day

  • @dazzassti
    @dazzassti Год назад +1

    Great Timelapse, but really…WHY?
    A huge tarmac area with some seats and a bit of a mooring. I’m puzzled.
    Could that not have been done with a small extension and a stilted walkway and moorings at a fraction of the work.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi thanks for your comment, I’m sure the inshore quay will have future development.
      The time-lapse only shows the project from one angle, I would recommend you watch my other videos of the project to give you more insight.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @pennyneal2456
    @pennyneal2456 Год назад +1

    That was fascinating to watch. I remember walking down that street in 2005 when visiting from Canada.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Thanks, yeah it has changed a bit since then, a much needed change for anyone that lives here.

  • @respectli2083
    @respectli2083 Год назад +1

    Прекрасно сделанная работа, радует глаз

  • @RolosReviews
    @RolosReviews Год назад +1

    The thumbnail made me think this was construction vehicle racing

  • @jerromedrakejr9332
    @jerromedrakejr9332 Год назад

    The most interesting thing is that in the north of Scotland, February and June have 20 days!

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  11 месяцев назад

      lol I just kept the dates in an easy to glance at number :-)

  • @movingpixelgames6982
    @movingpixelgames6982 Год назад +2

    Very Interesting. Can anyone tell me the purpose of the area which is dug out and a liner put in at around 5 mins into the video. The finished area doesnt seem to look any different from the rest.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад +1

      Hi the inshore quay I believe will be developing over time.

    • @DavidStruveDesigns
      @DavidStruveDesigns Год назад

      Likely to prevent any plants taking root and breaking through the tarmac. My guess is that large tarmac area between benches and sea wall has dual purpose as pedestrian area and loading area for the new mooring spots. So it needs to remain flat, clear and accessible.

  • @ddunn3489
    @ddunn3489 Год назад +1

    Well got it done with those Komastu excavators and Hamm rollers 👍👍👍👍

  • @malcolmdavid722
    @malcolmdavid722 Год назад

    This is a good investment as it improves access and brings visitors into town.
    Don’t let the marina be used for permanent berths as this is counterproductive

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Год назад

      Hi Malcolm thanks for your comment, more info can be found in these videos below, not that the berths are for both local and visitors.
      ruclips.net/video/cyD9WBKTMzM/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JUyoXwKrWN8/видео.html

  • @cristofacar
    @cristofacar Год назад +1

    What an interesting and excellent time-lapse - thank you.

  • @gonun69
    @gonun69 Год назад

    At 12:45 they park a paver there and everything seems fine. But at 12:50 it comes again and seems to have a leak or something, its hopper is slowly opening up over several hours.

  • @79hella
    @79hella Год назад +1

    just breathe with the tide while watching.