Port Charlotte Shore Street and pier from the air, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal village with a small pier from the airA view of the corner of Rhu, School Street and Shore Street in Port Charlotte on the Rhinns of Islay from the air. Port Charlotte pier with the small beach on the right, not far above it the remaining buildings and warehouses of the Loch Indaal distillery. Some still in use as warehouses, others now house the youth hostel and the INHT.

Two islands at Finlaggan from the air, Isle of Islay

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Picture of two small islands in a freshwater loch, ruins on one of themA view of Finlaggan from the south, looking at the home of the Lords of the Isles on Islay from a different direction than usual. Right in front of us Eilean na Comhairle. Behind it Eilean Mòr with the various ruins of the old buildings. The Finlaggan visitors centre just visible in the distance.

Port Charlotte view north from the air, Isle of Islay

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Aerial picture of a coastal villageAn aerial view of Port Charlotte on the Rhinns of Islay in early July 2015. Main Street stretching through the village leading to the road north to Bruichladdich (just visible in the distance), Shore Street with the pier on the right. School Street left to right with the current school in the square modern building towards the left. The former Loch Indaal distillery in the centre distance, some of it still in use as warehouses, some now used by the youth hostel and the INHT. The Loch Indaal lighthouse is on the top right.