
A November morning on Kilchoman beach on the west coast of Islay. The morning sun is shining over the wreck of the Patti, throwing a shadow over the sand.

A November morning on Kilchoman beach on the west coast of Islay. The morning sun is shining over the wreck of the Patti, throwing a shadow over the sand.

A memory from a walk to the far north of Islay with my sister Imke in June 2013. We had walked from Bunnahabbhain along the Sound of Islay to Rhuvaal lighthouse. From the lighthouse we followed the coast west to Bàgh an Dà Dhoruis. After lunch on the beach we continued towards the raised beaches before turning south east and returning to Bunnahabhain over the low hills west of Sgarbh Breac (where I took this picture of my sister enjoying the views over the Sound of Islay and Jura with the Paps of Jura)

A view from the cliffs at the southern end of Machir Bay, waves rolling in from the Atlantic on a breezy but sunny day.