Category Archives: Beaches

A picture of a beach on Islay

Pebble beaches near Sanaigmore, Isle of Islay

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Picture of two pebble beaches in some mild September evening sun
Pebble beaches near Sanaigmore, Isle of Islay

Not far north east of Sanaigmore Bay are some very nice and quite big pebble beaches. Although I’m not sure if pebble is the right word, as the pebbles are quite big, maybe these are stone beaches? But that sounds strange?

Mussels on rocks on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a group of stones covered in mussels on a beach
Mussels on rocks on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

Only visible at low tide (and when not covered by the ever shifting sand), a few rocks on Kilchoman beach covered with mussels clinging on to them.

Bruichladdich village, distillery and warehouses from Uiskentuie, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal village with a distillery and the distillery warehouses
Bruichladdich village, distillery and warehouses from Uiskentuie, Isle of Islay

A view from Uiskentuie beach over to Bruichladdich, with the distillery left of centre and the new white warehouses on the hill behind. The older original warehouses towards the right.