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Ben Varrey in Ramsey Harbour
Recently I stopped by one of my regular blog stops only to find the Ben Varrey, the ship above was docked in their harbour in Barrow. I had noticed it had left Ramsey Harbour but no idea where it had gone so thank you Enitharmon for posting the ship. Where though does the Ben Varrey get it's very unusual name? Back to the island myth and legend.
Ben Varrey is the Manx(Manx is the language of the the Isle Of Man) name for a Mermaid. Ben Varrey was a bit of a naughty mermaid. A beautiful mermaid she used to lure sailors to their death around the Isle of Man by the ususal method of the siren's song in the pursuit, whereupon the Ben Varrey would collect her shiny jewels and any more form the shipwrecks. Naughty mermaid!
I did look for Ben Varrey, but I couldn't see her. Instead I give you the cargo ship that is named after her and owned by The Ramsey Steam Ship Company. The Red Cross you see is the companies symbol. The Ben Varrey is a working ship, as Ramsey is still a working harbour. It's a cargo ship carrying mainly grain and bale around the Irish Sea and near Continenent trade. No jewels though, which is perhaps why it's namesake the Ben Varrey, mermaid doesn't bother with her, no precious shiny jewels.
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Ben Varrey in Ramsey Harbour
Recently I stopped by one of my regular blog stops only to find the Ben Varrey, the ship above was docked in their harbour in Barrow. I had noticed it had left Ramsey Harbour but no idea where it had gone so thank you Enitharmon for posting the ship. Where though does the Ben Varrey get it's very unusual name? Back to the island myth and legend.
Ben Varrey is the Manx(Manx is the language of the the Isle Of Man) name for a Mermaid. Ben Varrey was a bit of a naughty mermaid. A beautiful mermaid she used to lure sailors to their death around the Isle of Man by the ususal method of the siren's song in the pursuit, whereupon the Ben Varrey would collect her shiny jewels and any more form the shipwrecks. Naughty mermaid!
I did look for Ben Varrey, but I couldn't see her. Instead I give you the cargo ship that is named after her and owned by The Ramsey Steam Ship Company. The Red Cross you see is the companies symbol. The Ben Varrey is a working ship, as Ramsey is still a working harbour. It's a cargo ship carrying mainly grain and bale around the Irish Sea and near Continenent trade. No jewels though, which is perhaps why it's namesake the Ben Varrey, mermaid doesn't bother with her, no precious shiny jewels.
Like to see the Ben Varrey in Barrow click the HERE.
For more my entries click MY WORLD and thank the skywatch gang once again for another inspired idea.
What a beautiful place! This would make an awesome Skywatch Friday photo, too! :D
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteThis might qualify as the most unusual and informative mermaid photo ever!
ReplyDeleteI love those swans (?) in line and how the clouds seem to be running in that blue sky! Perfect!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a breathtaking shot. So beautiful. Interesting to learn about the mermaid.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed a beautiful shot! And I love the mermaid story. Really fun and beautiful post! Thank you!
ReplyDeletePeople often comment I look like a mermaid because of my long, blond hair and give me mermaid theed gifts....thus, I really like mermaid stories. :-) I hadn't read this one before, so mahalo for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors! And fascinating story :)
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable post and story about your Mermaid.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I know where she is now.lol.see my prev post.
Nice story.Beautiful ship.
ReplyDeleteGreat seaside World.
My daughter would have loved a pic of the mermaid, but I love that blue sky and water. With the little geese all lined up.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a beautiful place! If there have been mountais it could look like Norway. But we dont have mermaids. We have a beautiful women in the woods who is so very nice looking and sing so beautifully that all the men who sees or hear her have to follow her into the swamps and drown.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting to read about your mermaid. Beautiful photo as well:)
PS: The Angle og the North is beautiful. She could be a very nice girlfriend to our lonley Havmann;)
Have a nice week:)
Nice shot and interesting story - I look forward to more! By the way, I've put a link from my blog to here to keep up with the latest posts. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI think mermaids were cruel ladies! :-) So I prefer Ben Varrey in form of a ship! :-) Very beautiful photo especially with an adorable blue sky!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice Tuesday!
Babooshka: Why does a mermaid have a guys name, inquiring minds want to know.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same as Leslie. A great Sky Watch picture! Very picturesque!
ReplyDeleteI should have mentioned it in my post, but our river hasn't frozen over yet.
Likewise I think this could be a great Skywatch image.....Thanks for a great photo and brilliant srory of which I had never heard before......Fishing guy.....the name Ben in Manx isn't the name of a man it means Woman
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture and very interesting story. Funny 'Ben Varrey' doesn't sound like a beautiful woman.
ReplyDeleteGreat colours and composition !
ReplyDeleteIt's the Manx language for you fishing guy. Ben Varrey just transalastes as mermaid. st confusing that the Ben part just happens to me a man's name. I know funny sland, funny language.
ReplyDeleteFun to hear the local legends. I was hoping for a tie-in to the swans in the photo.
ReplyDeleteThat blue is simply stunning.
ReplyDeletebeautiful tale and lovely pic!
ReplyDeleteGreat shot and I really enjoyed the story that accompanied it.
ReplyDeleteNice post. :-)
Are you still doing this blog? Why?
ReplyDeleteThanks for that wonderful story. I love the legend. Sex and stuff--the two ways to a man's heart. What a wise woman she was, all the same.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the island's myth and legend.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a beautiful pictures and I love the story about Ben Varrey
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo - the swans really make it - and very interesting text.
ReplyDeleteAwesome photo and great story to go along with it!
ReplyDeleteThat sky looks like it was painted that way... just gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteAnd who doesn't love a good sea story? Well played sir!
I think this is succint statement about the nature of displacement, one of my favorite laws of nature to ponder. How can all those different things all float I ask?
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and for your nice comment.
Interesting story of the mermaid. Lovely shot!
ReplyDeleteThat ship gets around. I really like your pic today, very crisp.
ReplyDeleteI have not heard about this mermaid story....very good...
ReplyDeletebonne photo, avec les oiseaux et ton ciel si beau (je sais pas comment tu fais pour avoir un ciel si magnifique)
ReplyDeleteAlways so informative; and I must say I enjoyed this one immensely.
ReplyDeleteLovely photo to accompany it.
Very beautiful scenery. It looked like a painting and the swans are a bonus to the photo.
ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy a good fish story, Boo, and this is a pretty good yarn. Great harbor shot too! Those scudding clouds you captured so well here really set off the blue sky.
ReplyDeleteNice story on Ben Varrey, and a splendid shot!
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Beautiful sky and white birds (gulls, geese), you have a world with much beauty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sky in the picture with the ship. Wonderful mermaid story.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
So love your stories behind the photos! This is a very unusual one! Great shot!
ReplyDeleteWhat a calming scene!! I love the fluffy clouds, blue water and of course the swans!! I can imagine myself spending a whole Sunday afternoon enjoying such a scenic sight!
ReplyDeleteI love learning about legends like that -- and it's a nice looking ship, too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Babooshka !
ReplyDeleteThe swans (?) are so pretty near the boats...
It's a beautiful and sadly story of the mermaid.
ReplyDeleteLovely photo and mermaid tale - never visited IOM must call in sometime!
ReplyDeletebeautiful place and photo!!
ReplyDeletehave a nice week!!
Gee, a mermaid named "Ben!" ;<)
ReplyDeleteInformative post, and I like the way the swans are lined up, too.
Beautiful composition! The horizontal clouds are amazing.
ReplyDeleteA lovely harbour scene. I like the swans too..
ReplyDeleteInteresting post, I enjoyed the mermaid legend.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot and neat story. You always have the most interesting stories to go with the photos. MB
ReplyDeleteI googled Ben Varrey and Ramsey Daily Photo showed up. You are famous. MB
ReplyDeleteWhat a very cool place you live. I love legends passed down through time. I love to listen to them and think of how the peoples that made them looked at life. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteAh those alluring mermaids.Wonderful photo.
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Nice shot and story. Love the blue sky.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, love the shot! Sailors best beware the mermaid ;-)
ReplyDeleteLOL!... Great choice indeed!!! (thanks for your comment... I needed that...)
ReplyDeleteI am your photo a nice view the Congratulate.
ReplyDeleteFascinating story and so much going on in the photograph. That sky, the sea, the boats and the ducks, no less. are they ducks? Superb photo.
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ReplyDeleteGlad to see your Isle again. Thanks for your comments while I was in Paris. IT's good to get around and see my friends here today.
Best,
V
What a beautiful setting, love the scenery here.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for stopping by my blog, and to tell ya it was the first light house i have ever been in as well, and it was exciting to see how it worked. I guess there are some that you can't go in, but i am looking forward to going to see others.
Love to see all that blueness against our white - grey landscape and sky!
ReplyDeleteThanks to you and thank you also for your visit my blog!
Be There i would like. Greetings.
ReplyDeleteOoh, lovely. Doesn't really look like anywehre in the UK or it might just be my eyes lol!
ReplyDeleteCiao
Scarlet x
What a great tale!
ReplyDeleteBest to you and this blog, which is currently featured on my own.
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Beautiful! aloha-
ReplyDeleteA colored story
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post and an incredibly clear blue sky. Here from David's.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting and informative post. I love the photo as well.
ReplyDeleteI love the swans in the foreground (are they swans? Ducks? whatever) - they look like they're origami birds!
ReplyDeleteA naughty mermaid indeed, but that harbour is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love the story of the mermaid and the photo of the beautiful harbor.
ReplyDeleteenjoyed your post and the photo was beautiful.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing.
Very nice photo. I loved reading the folklore.
ReplyDeletevery beautiful place, I love the lined up ducks too :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot with mirrored intense blues, and the line of swans draws my eye towards the ship.
ReplyDeleteBen Varrey sounds like a cigar-chomping stand-up comic, can't reconcile that image with a mermaid.
absolutely 3D with that sky and those ducks in the foreground...
ReplyDeletewhat a great view in the shot! thanks for sharing
ReplyDeletewow, very pretty sky and harbor
ReplyDeleteit looks so sunny there but I imagine it's cold, too?