Dramatic November light over Islay and Jura

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Picture of a hilly rural landscape in some beautiful mild November light
Dramatic November light over Islay and Jura

A November afternoon on Islay, somewhere on route from Kilchoman past Loch Gorm to Gruinart. Some beautiful mild low light over the low hills on Islay and the impressive Paps of Jura in the distance.

Balancing stones in front of the wreck on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of 10 stones balanced on top of each other in front of an old wreck on a beach
Balancing stones in front of the wreck on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

Haven’t done this for a while (the picture is a few years old), but it’s quite good fun when you do it (responsibly of course, below the high water line, so that it will be washed away during the next high tide). Managed to balance 10 stones on top of each other near the old wreck of the Patti on Kilchoman beach on the west coast of Islay.

Two Swans on the shore of the Sound of Islay

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Picture of two Swans on a pebble beach shore
Two Swans on the shore of the Sound of Islay

Spotted during an Islay walking week walk quite a few moons ago, two Mute Swans doing Swan things on a stony pebbly beach shore at the Sound of Islay.