Port Ellen distillery and maltings in the summer evening light, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal distillery and maltings behind some skerries in mild summer evening light
Port Ellen distillery and maltings in the summer evening light, Isle of Islay

A view from the Islay ferry on the way to Port Ellen on a summer evening. Port Ellen distillery and the modern maltings behind some low coastal rocks and cliffs.

Sound of Islay from below McArthur’s Head panorama

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Panoramic picture of a sound between two islands from a shore with steep cliffs above
Sound of Islay from below McArthur’s Head panorama

A panoramic view looking north up the Sound of Islay from below McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the sound. Jura visible on the other side of the sound with one of the Paps of Jura (I think Beinn a’Chaolais) in the distance.

Sheep on a plateau on the Rhinns of Islay

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Picture of a sheep on a plateau above the sea
Sheep on a plateau on the Rhinns of Islay

A sheep on a plateau on the hills just north of Lossit Bay on the Rhinns of Islay. Behind it the Atlantic, thousands of miles of water, next stop due west Canada.