Starry night sky over Loch Indaal from Ballitarsin, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a wide starry night sky seen from a hill. Two villages in the distance, a road lit up by a passing car below
Starry night sky over Loch Indaal from Ballitarsin, Isle of Islay

The counterpart to the starry night sky over Ballitarsin, the view out over Loch Indaal from it. Plenty of stars up in the night sky, you can just about make out the Milky Way. The lights of three villages in the distance, Bowmore and behind it Port Charlotte on the left and Bruichladdich on the right. A car driving past lighting up the single track road below. Something I’d usually avoid in a starry night picture, but I think here it enhances it.

Sunny Port Sgioba / Port Charlotte from the Loch Indaal Way coastal path, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal village (Port Charlotte on Islay) seen from a coastal path on a sunny afternoon
Sunny Port Sgioba / Port Charlotte from the Loch Indaal Way coastal path, Isle of Islay

A view from the Loch Indaal Way coastal path on a beautiful sunny November afternoon, looking over Port Sgioba / Port Charlotte on the Rhinns of Islay.

Deer observing the speed limit at Laphroaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a deer standing next to a 10mph speed limit sign
Deer observing the speed limit at Laphroaig, Isle of Islay

When looking for its dram of Laphroaig Islay single malt whisky this deer was certainly careful to observe the speed limit…