Rhuvaal lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse in a remote locationA view of Rhuvaal lighthouse on the northern end of Islay, at the northern entrance to the Sound of Islay. The former lighthouse keeper cottage is now a private home, I believe the most remote home on Islay by some margin.

Calmac ferry passing McArthur’s Head lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse at the entrance of a sound, a ferry entering the soundAn overcast day on Islay in April at McArthur’s Head. A Calmac ferry, the MV Hebridean Isles, is passing on her way to Port Askaig.

Me near Saligo Bay in 2003, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a man standing close to a shore with a bay in the backgroundOne of the few pictures of me on Islay, taken by my late mother back in August 2003. As a retirement present I had invited her on a trip to Scotland. On this day we went for a walk north of Saligo Bay.