Paddle steamer forced to 'take long way' round UK

THE famous paddle steamer, PS Waverley, has repositioned her journey to the south coast in a “first ever”, move due to strong winds.

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She is now circumnavigating much of Great Britain in a mammoth voyage which will see the ship steam well over 1,000 nautical miles.

She has sailed up Scotland’s west coast before cruising across the top of Scotland and down the entire east coast of the UK to then sail along the south coast.

The initial intention was for Waverley to make her usual transit from the Firth of Clyde to the South West by steaming down the Irish Sea and rounding Land’s End.

However, in a post shared on Facebook this week, Waverley Excursions said that, given the forecast strength of winds and predicted severe swell off Land’s End in the coming days, the decision was made to go what can only be described as “the long way round”.