Eilean Mòr in Loch Gorm, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small islands (apparently with the remains of a castle) in a freshwater loch
Eilean Mòr in Loch Gorm, Isle of Islay

A view of Eilean Mòr in Loch Gorm on a bright sunny April afternoon. You can’t see much if anything of it from the shore of the loch, but once Loch Gorm Castle stood on it, a stronghold of Clan Macdonald. Ballinaby in the distance on the other side of Loch Gorm

MV Finlaggan approaching the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a CALMAC ferry approaching a sound between two islands in some rising mist
MV Finlaggan approaching the Sound of Islay

Seen from the MV Isle of Arran on a crossing from Islay to Kennacraig, the MV Finlaggan going the other way. Islay in the background, Jura on the right, the Sound of Islay between the two.

MV James (temporary Jura ferry) off Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small red ferry off a small port in a sound between two islands
MV James (temporary Jura ferry) off Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

A view from an Islay ferry over a temporary Jura ferry. The MV James was covering the Port Askaig – Feolin route in spring 2023 when the regular ferry was away for maintenance.