A view from the Western Link Path on Gigha on a beautiful sunny June day. We are looking south west with the community owned wind turbines on the left and mainland Kintyre in the distance.
Back in 1991 the Russian factory fishing ship Kartli shipwrecked near Gigha with the loss of four lives.25 years later this memorial cairn was erected on Cnoc an Eireachdais near Tarbert Farm. The plaque is bilingual in English and Russian, the compass of the Kartli is embedded on the top.
A panoramic view from the Western Link walk on the Isle of Gigha, looking over a stretch of the west coast of the island. Islay (centre & left) and Jura (right) visible on the horizon across the Sound of Jura.