
A view from a walk along the Big Strand in Laggan Bay on Islay. Machrie River is flowing across the beach into the sea with a fishing boat visible in the distance.

A view from a walk along the Big Strand in Laggan Bay on Islay. Machrie River is flowing across the beach into the sea with a fishing boat visible in the distance.

My sister Imke walking out on the beach in Lossit Bay during our visit in June 2025. I think her footprints were the first on the beach for the day.

A June evening at Sanaigmore Bay in the north west of Islay. We had walked out to the north east for the sunset, although that was partially thwarted by clouds on the horizon. On the way back I looked back over the bay for this view of the gloaming after the sunset.