Blustery passage in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a view from a ferry travelling down a sound between two islands on a blustery day A view from the MV Hebridean Isles travelling down the Sound of Islay on a blustery day. Dunlossit Castle and Port Askaig as well as Jura ferry crossing the sound are visible in the middle distance. Behind it Sgarbh Breac, at 364m the highest hill in the north of Islay, can be spotted.

Dreich day at Currie Sands, Isle of Islay

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dreich-currie-sands A view from the Currie Sands over to Orsay with the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse on a dreich day.

Rhinns of Islay lighthouse from Beinn Tart a’Mhill

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Rhinns of Islay lighthouse from Beinn Tart a'MhillIt almost looks like an aerial picture, but this view is actually from Beinn Tart a’Mhill, at 232m the highest hill on the Rhinns of Islay. In front of the lighthouse are Port Wemyss on the left and Portnahaven on the right. Looking across the North Channel you can also make out the coast of Ireland in the distance.