Something a bit different, a memory from an unusual return journey from Islay at the start of December 2023. Driving on the M6 through Cumbria it started to snow quite heavily, after a treacherous drive I safely arrived at the service station hotel where I was staying for the night. After taking my luggage out of the car I couldn’t resist the pun and had to build a Mini snowman on my Mini Clubman. Hope you like it.
A view down Lower School Street in Port Charlotte to Shore Street and Loch Indaal on a partially clear November night on the Rhinns of Islay. If you look closely you can spot some stars in the moonlit night sky.
I’m not sure what the ship was called, but this is one of the oil tankers delivering oil to Islay at Bruichladdich pier. Here we see it leaving, passing Port Charlotte with the OK rock just visible bottom right. Some of the lights of Bowmore visible in the distance on the left.