Author Archives: Armin Grewe

About Armin Grewe

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

Armin on the Kilchoman to Kilchiaran track, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a rough track along a hillside, some crags on the side and a church ruin in the distance. A person just visible in the distance walking down on the track
Armin on the Kilchoman to Kilchiaran track, Isle of Islay

Can you spot the black dot in the centre of the picture? That’s me walking back down the Kilchoman to Kilchiaran track, after having walked to Bealach na Caillich together with my sister Imke. For the return leg I had walked ahead as I needed to cover a few more miles while my sister took her time. This allowed her to capture this view of me as a tiny dot in the vast landscape with the Kilchoman Crags and the ruin of Kilchoman church visible in the distance.

Imke crossing footbridge over Carrabus Burn, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a woman walking over a small wooden footbridge
Imke crossing footbridge over Carrabus Burn, Isle of Islay

Out on a walk around Loch Skerrols and Bridgend Woods in June 2025, here my sister Imke is crossing the small wooden footbridge over the Carrabus Burn at the north western corner of the loch.

The W-cow near Eorrabus, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a black cow with a white spot looking like a W on the forehead
The W-cow near Eorrabus, Isle of Islay

My sister Imke spotted it first and pointed it out to me, so that I could take a picture. While mostly black it has an interesting white spot shaped like a W on its forehead. It also has only one horn for some reason.