Rocky Jura shore and Am Fraoch Eilean

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Picture of a ragged rocky shore, a small island with a castle ruin in the backgroundA view during a walking week excursion to Islay’s neighbour Jura: A rocky shore near Ardfin with Am Fraoch Eilean (and the ruin of Claig Castle) in the Sound of Islay. The hills in the south east of Islay in the background.

Changes at a famous Jura boathouse (seen from Islay ferry)

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Picture showing a boathouse where work is being carried out, seen from a passing ferryA view from the Islay ferry in April 2016, looking towards Ardfin on Jura, on the left also Am Fraoch Eilean. The building in the centre is the old Ardfin boathouse, to my knowledge currently being converted to some kind of cafe or bar on the new Jura golf course. But the boathouse is also famous for something else, as far as I know it’s where the KLF burned £1,000,000 back in 1994.

Entrance to the Sound of Islay, seen from Jura

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Picture of the entrance to a sound between two islandsA view over the southern end of the Sound of Islay from Brosdale/Jura House on Jura. Am Fraoch Eilean on the right hand side of the sound. McArthur’s Head with the lighthouse towards the left next to the steep dark cliffs.