About Armin Grewe

Visiting Islay for over 20 years, blogging and posting Islay pictures in some form for almost as long.

Ketch Fleur de Lampaul in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of the ketch Fleur de Lampaul under sail in a sound between two islands
Ketch Fleur de Lampaul in the Sound of Islay

Spotted in the Sound of Islay in June 2025, the French ketch Fleur de Lampaul under sail on her way south. See also on video here. Seen from Port Askaig

MV Isle of Arran leaving Port Ellen, Isle of Islay

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Picture of the Calmac ferry MV Isle of Arran cruising out of a bay with a rocky shore
MV Isle of Arran leaving Port Ellen, Isle of Islay

An overcast June early morning in Port Ellen, the MV Isle of Arran leaving Islay for a crossing to Kennacraig on the mainland with my sister Imke on board (I think she had gone inside by then, so not visible on deck)

June evening between Saligo rocks and dunes, Isle of Islay

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Picture of view over a sandy beach from between rocks and dunes on a summer evening with a dramatic sky
June evening between Saligo rocks and dunes, Isle of Islay

A June late evening on the west coast of Islay, a view out over Saligo Bay and the Atlantic from between some rocks at the foot of the Saligo dunes.