Ullapool Shore Street Development Sept to August Completion Time-Lapse

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @RicktheRecorder
    @RicktheRecorder 3 месяца назад +14

    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.

  • @johnmudd6453
    @johnmudd6453 11 месяцев назад +231

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  11 месяцев назад +9

      Thank you

    • @alankilpin2511
      @alankilpin2511 10 месяцев назад +4

      😂😂😂😂 You wally! That is so funny😂😂😂😂

    • @tonyrebeiro
      @tonyrebeiro 10 месяцев назад +2

      😂😅😅😂

  • @bettertocycle
    @bettertocycle 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +159

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

    • @luboinchina3013
      @luboinchina3013 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +80

      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 11 месяцев назад +40

      I agree what a load of 💩

    • @Mike-tv9rk
      @Mike-tv9rk 11 месяцев назад +55

      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.

  • @callummunro5400
    @callummunro5400 11 месяцев назад +111

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  11 месяцев 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

  • @richwaight
    @richwaight 11 месяцев 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  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you very much!

    • @smokysmoka
      @smokysmoka 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @richwaight
      @richwaight 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @Z0RDR4CK
      @Z0RDR4CK 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @ChrisM541
    @ChrisM541 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @mikegeary9231
    @mikegeary9231 10 месяцев 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.😅

  • @stuartsilver7504
    @stuartsilver7504 11 месяцев 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.

  • @anthonyharris7780
    @anthonyharris7780 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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.

  • @davidreid2301
    @davidreid2301 11 месяцев 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...

  • @jimmytwizzle7836
    @jimmytwizzle7836 10 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the comment

    • @justmejustme4444
      @justmejustme4444 8 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @GP-pw5wb
    @GP-pw5wb 11 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @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 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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.

  • @bob_obba
    @bob_obba 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @heresjohnny999
      @heresjohnny999 11 месяцев 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 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @STHFGDBY
    @STHFGDBY 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @raymonddickson8937
    @raymonddickson8937 11 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев назад

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

  • @grendel_nz
    @grendel_nz 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes all the Russian fishing vessels.

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @Ian-Hall
    @Ian-Hall 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @Ian-Hall
      @Ian-Hall 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@grahamcook9289 Tosser.

    • @grahamcook9289
      @grahamcook9289 11 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @Ian-Hall
      @Ian-Hall 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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!!

  • @plymouthrovadventures.646
    @plymouthrovadventures.646 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for posting. Nice for the locals.

  • @eamonosullivan2702
    @eamonosullivan2702 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @AlertsAllOn2
    @AlertsAllOn2 10 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @castlegate2015
    @castlegate2015 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @nero5379_
    @nero5379_ 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @darenalexander7532
    @darenalexander7532 11 месяцев 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👍👍👍👍

  • @SilentCougar
    @SilentCougar 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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.

  • @UncommonSense81
    @UncommonSense81 10 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @patrickmillet1363
    @patrickmillet1363 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @MyAvaGrace
    @MyAvaGrace 11 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @rodsmith3911
    @rodsmith3911 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев назад

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

    • @rodsmith3911
      @rodsmith3911 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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.

  • @Lifewithoutmusicisamistake
    @Lifewithoutmusicisamistake 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад

      Rising sea levels? Delusional....

    • @ahaveland
      @ahaveland 10 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @WhatALoadOfTosca
    @WhatALoadOfTosca 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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 10 месяцев 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?

  • @jamiesri
    @jamiesri 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @SomchaiSpeaks
    @SomchaiSpeaks 11 месяцев 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.

  • @boyanaskrbic
    @boyanaskrbic 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @rickibenka9497
    @rickibenka9497 11 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @davidnavratil5349
    @davidnavratil5349 11 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @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 11 месяцев назад

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

    • @heresjohnny999
      @heresjohnny999 11 месяцев назад

      You think a manmade harbour is natural?

    • @messiasduarte
      @messiasduarte 3 месяца назад

      Improved!!

  • @michaelsharkey5682
    @michaelsharkey5682 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев назад

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

  • @jamesthomas747
    @jamesthomas747 11 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @DavidStruveDesigns
      @DavidStruveDesigns 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев назад

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

  • @Taterviewer76
    @Taterviewer76 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @Pure-Luck447
    @Pure-Luck447 11 месяцев назад +5

    Hats off the workforce behind this.

  • @waterboy8999
    @waterboy8999 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @raymondporter2094
    @raymondporter2094 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад

      Stay in Whitby ,more going on than ullapool

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless 11 месяцев 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👍🏻👍🏻

  • @fastfreddy19641
    @fastfreddy19641 10 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic time laps of a great civil engineering project

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @grasub1
    @grasub1 11 месяцев назад +2

    Well done and excellent contractor. Super planned and executed.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  11 месяцев назад

      RJ Mcleod was the main contractor for this.

    • @WeeShoeyDugless
      @WeeShoeyDugless 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев назад

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

  • @MrMatymash
    @MrMatymash 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @fontybits
    @fontybits Год назад +3

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

  • @jamescollier3682
    @jamescollier3682 11 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @stuartbrown1677
    @stuartbrown1677 11 месяцев назад +1

    I enjoyed watching this
    Thank you
    Stuart in Ireland ☘️🎄

  • @philipread8733
    @philipread8733 11 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @dazmatic
    @dazmatic 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @stephenfarthing3819
    @stephenfarthing3819 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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

  • @jasonpocklington9217
    @jasonpocklington9217 10 месяцев назад +2

    I liked how it looked before it was changed

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @EnglishCad
    @EnglishCad 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @derekfarnworth1855
    @derekfarnworth1855 11 месяцев 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 10 месяцев назад

      Wow you went back to ullapool 😂

    • @Banditmanuk
      @Banditmanuk 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @Banditmanuk
      @Banditmanuk 10 месяцев назад

      @@stevengourlay4503 Brilliant 👍

  • @blackdog2994
    @blackdog2994 11 месяцев 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.🦟

  • @bobbyfischer6786
    @bobbyfischer6786 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев 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

  • @porkscratchings5428
    @porkscratchings5428 11 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @georgeblackley6028
    @georgeblackley6028 11 месяцев назад +9

    Almost as horrific as fort william!

    • @glencoe8251
      @glencoe8251 11 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @johnnyseagull29
      @johnnyseagull29 11 месяцев назад

      Except that fort william does not welcome boaters.

    • @deerforestsuk1851
      @deerforestsuk1851 10 месяцев назад

      You can't polish a turd !

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @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 !

  • @toebared
    @toebared 11 месяцев назад +6

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

    • @dontalkt2meboutheros
      @dontalkt2meboutheros 11 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @toebared
      @toebared 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +2

      They dont have to sit in the reclaimed land!

    • @dontalkt2meboutheros
      @dontalkt2meboutheros 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад

      @@dontalkt2meboutheros try finding one that won't offend some woke lefty 😁

  • @thuukies
    @thuukies 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев 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

  • @Disblair
    @Disblair 11 месяцев назад +3

    Love the video. Hate the result. 😢😢

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @dominiccolella6049
    @dominiccolella6049 9 месяцев назад

    Hugely entertaining timelapse! Thanks for sharing.

  • @williamcoulter5462
    @williamcoulter5462 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +31

      Bet you’re a laugh a minute in social situations

    • @TheGullyfoyle
      @TheGullyfoyle 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +17

      You must hate the Queensferry Forth Bridge.

    • @brianm102
      @brianm102 11 месяцев назад +1

      Those are commercial diving boats and fishing boats.

  • @overlordzorn
    @overlordzorn 9 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

  • @irenejohnston6802
    @irenejohnston6802 11 месяцев назад +19

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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 8 месяцев назад

      😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @GlazerKing
      @GlazerKing 6 месяцев назад

      lol stop stealing someone else’s words for cringey attention

  • @quikie1984
    @quikie1984 10 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent watch! thanks for uploading ! ❤

  • @iainmore3961
    @iainmore3961 11 месяцев назад +5

    A marina huh? Not for low income folks obviously.

    • @gordonmackenzie4512
      @gordonmackenzie4512 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев назад

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

  • @bigmoiya5722
    @bigmoiya5722 10 месяцев 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  10 месяцев назад

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

  • @fugitive011
    @fugitive011 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @johncowie3092
      @johncowie3092 11 месяцев назад +1

      I agree it was disappointing

    • @mrfitz96
      @mrfitz96 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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!

    • @John64125
      @John64125 11 месяцев 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!

  • @kevinpalmer7452
    @kevinpalmer7452 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @AA-69
    @AA-69 11 месяцев 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 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев назад

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

  • @xubious
    @xubious 10 месяцев 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.

  • @keithtanner2806
    @keithtanner2806 11 месяцев назад +11

    Well that’s ruined the place 👿👿👿

    • @duncansteward4331
      @duncansteward4331 11 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @duneideann9241
    @duneideann9241 Год назад +1

    Looking forward to my next visit to the improvements

  • @shaunmichaels6801
    @shaunmichaels6801 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great job Ullapool district Highways/port authority 👍😊

  • @itzspiro6047
    @itzspiro6047 8 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  8 месяцев назад

      Yeah the tidal changes here can be fairly large

  • @karizmayt9242
    @karizmayt9242 10 месяцев 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...

  • @pennyneal2456
    @pennyneal2456 10 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев назад

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

  • @karin.mathias3985
    @karin.mathias3985 5 месяцев назад +1

    SUPER , thanks for Video

  • @davidhutchinson5688
    @davidhutchinson5688 11 месяцев назад +1

    Remember fishing off the pier in the 80s and the klondykers Eastern European factory ships coming in total rust buckets

  • @simonleadbitter6236
    @simonleadbitter6236 10 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @cristofacar
    @cristofacar 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @flyingmalkie4346
    @flyingmalkie4346 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @respectli2083
    @respectli2083 10 месяцев назад +1

    Прекрасно сделанная работа, радует глаз

  • @sportflyer
    @sportflyer 10 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant video. Thank you.

  • @meecob
    @meecob 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @ddunn3489
    @ddunn3489 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @jerromedrakejr9332
    @jerromedrakejr9332 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  9 месяцев назад

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

  • @dellyboot2703
    @dellyboot2703 11 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant to watch, many thanks

  • @Bodneyblue
    @Bodneyblue 11 месяцев назад +1

    An ancester of mine was stationed in Ullapool....Coastgaurd 1891 to 1896...He had a daughter born there in 1896....Always wondered if there is any references to him there...Also the Gourlay name...I believe all Gourlay's are related..Dating back to the Normans who came across the channel with William the Conqueror....You may want to look up Ingelram de Gournay....My late partner was a Gourlay.

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  11 месяцев назад +1

      Hey yeah it’s not the most common of names but there are a few of us about :-).

    • @Bodneyblue
      @Bodneyblue 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@stevengourlay4503 There is a tomb in Ceres church cemetery with the Inscription: "Ingelramus De Gourlay came from England with Prince William about the year 1174 and is the Progenitor of all Gourlays in Scotland"

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for that info

  • @ApocalypseofMichael
    @ApocalypseofMichael 11 месяцев назад

    This was great to watch! Amazing work iver such a time. To see it all happen in on video really doea give a different persoective to that of walking past works. Thanks!

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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

  • @malcolmdavid722
    @malcolmdavid722 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев 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

  • @algrant5293
    @algrant5293 11 месяцев назад +1

    What a difference that made to the front of the town, it opened it up and seems more accessible. It was always tight walking up the road, avoiding other folk, walking on rhe road, avoiding traffic 😅
    It serms like a nice place to sit and enjoy the surroundings (aslong as the sea gulls don't think so too) 😅
    I can see a few events happening around there.

  • @gonun69
    @gonun69 10 месяцев 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.

  • @tomf4547
    @tomf4547 2 месяца назад

    Amazing how land space was created.
    But, a concrete slab 😮

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  Месяц назад

      The area will be used by the community, please check my other videos for examples of this.

  • @movingpixelgames6982
    @movingpixelgames6982 11 месяцев 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  11 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @DavidStruveDesigns
      @DavidStruveDesigns 10 месяцев 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.

  • @micrashed
    @micrashed 10 месяцев назад +1

    Fascinating time lapse and quiet a feat of engineering there

    • @stevengourlay4503
      @stevengourlay4503  10 месяцев 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