Fishing boat passing McArthur’s Head, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a fishing boat passing a lighthouse high on steep cliffsSeen from the ferry travelling up the Sound of Islay to Port Askaig, a fishing boat travelling south past McArthur’s Head lighthouse on a November afternoon.

Carraig Fhada lighthouse in a hailstorm, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a square lighthouse in a hailstormTaken not long before the sun broke through and a rainbow appeared, a view of Islay’s Carraig Fhada lighthouse during a hailstorm when storm Abigail passed through.

Rainbow and waves at Carraig Fhada lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a square lighthouse with waves breaking around it, a rainbow in the backgroundWhile not a much as the Outer Hebrides storm Abigail did hit Islay as well. Some impressive waves hit Carraig Fhada lighthouse at Port Ellen, breaking over the rocks the lighthouse stands on. After a hailstorm passed a rainbow also appeared behind it.