Category Archives: Lighthouses

A picture of a lighthouse on Islay

Port Charlotte warehouses and Loch Indaal lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Port Charlotte warehouses and Loch Indaal lighthouse, Isle of Islay A view of the old warehouses in Port Charlotte (now owned and used by Bruichladdich distillery) on a beautiful June evening. On the left the Loch Indaal lighthouse behind the trees. In the distance, on the other side of the loch, you can also make out Islay House between the trees of Bridgend woods.

Walkers on a hill above Rhuvaal lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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walkers-rhuvaal-hill An impression from an Islay walking week a number of years ago. The walk took us onto a hill above Rhuvaal lighthouse on a hazy April day. On a clear day Colonsay and even Mull would have been visible across the sea, on this day the haze spoilt the view.

Southern entrance of the Sound of Islay

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Panoramic picture of the southern entrance to the Sound of Islay, seen from just above a lighthouseA panoramic view over the southern entrance of the Sound of Islay from just above McArthur’s Head lighthouse. Jura on the other side of the sound with mainland Argyll visible in the distance on the right.