In the cave below McArthur’s Head, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a man looking at rocks in a cave
In the cave below McArthur’s Head, Isle of Islay

One of the many caves on Islay, the cave at the foot of the cliffs below McArthur’s Head lighthouse, at the southern entrance to the Sound of Islay. I can’t remember the details, but I have a vague memory of a story of it once being used by whisky smugglers. Which might be true. Or not.

Paps of Jura from the Sanaigmore cliffs, Isle of Islay

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Picture of three distant mountains seen across an island
Paps of Jura from the Sanaigmore cliffs, Isle of Islay

A view east from the cliffs at Sanaigmore, looking across Islay with the coast near Sanaigmore Bay in the foreground, to the Paps of Jura in the distance.

Barnacle Geese in flight at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a few dozen of Barnacle Geese in flight
Barnacle Geese in flight at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

Some of the tens of thousand of winter visitors to Islay in flight, Barnacle Geese at Gruinart.