
A view from a departing ferry on a November afternoon in the Sound of Islay, looking over Port Askaig under some dramatic and colourful clouds

A view from a departing ferry on a November afternoon in the Sound of Islay, looking over Port Askaig under some dramatic and colourful clouds

A view from the Singing Sands on the Oa in November 2025, Carraig Fhada lighthouse pn the left, Port Ellen with the pier and grain silo across the water.

As of writing this unfortunately the only way to see the famous and beautiful Kilchoman Cross, from the road behind it. As the ruin of Kilchoman church has become unsafe the council had to close the cemetery around it, with it blocking direct access to the cross.