Something a bit different, as this is obviously not on Islay. This is at the Crinan Canal, if you have the time a very nice stop on a journey to or from Islay. The view here is from a Forestry Commission maintained car park (if memory serves me right with a nice picnic table and benches) at Dunardry. Watch the sailing yachts pass by and relax.
Inveraray is a nice stop on the drive to Kennacraig to catch the ferry to Islay. On the left the bridge over the River Aray, behind it Dun na Cuaiche with the tower from where you have a great view over the area. Loch Fyne (at low tide) in front of us. On the right the iron sailing ship Arctic Penguin and a Clyde puffer.
Admittedly not a view you get from the road, I took this panorama during a walk up Beinn an Lochain on a chilly December day. But the road you can spot will be familiar to many Islay travellers, it’s the A83 climbing up Glen Croe on the right, passing Rest and Be Thankful in the centre before descending into Glen Kinglas on the left, driving past Loch Restil. Beinn Luibhean (857m) in front of us, to the right is The Cobbler (Ben Arthur, 884m). Just peaking over the ridge between them I believe is Beinn Narnain (926m).