MV Hebridean Isles at McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a passing ferry seen from a lighthouse overlooking the entry to a soundA view from McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern entrance to the Sound of Islay. The Calmac ferry MV Hebridean Isles is passing north on her way from Kennacraig on the mainland to Port Askaig on Islay. Taken in spring a few years ago, note the daffodils on the left.

 

Rhuvaal lighthouse from 1857, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a view up a lighthouse from right below, a plaque with the year 1857 at the bottomA view up the tower of Rhuvaal lighthouse in the north of Islay. One of the many Stevenson lighthouses in Scotland.

 

Calm evening in Portnahaven, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a view over a shore with an offshore island with a lighthouseA view from a calm evening in Portnahaven, looking over to Orsay with the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse.