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Paddle Steamer Waverley on Loch Long (from a journey to Islay)

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Picture of the paddle steamer Waverley cruising on a loch, a wooden old sailing yacht anchored in the background
Paddle Steamer Waverley on Loch Long (from a journey to Islay)

While I haven’t seen the PS Waverley on Islay yet (she visits every once in a while) I have seen her in Glasgow and as in this picture on Loch Long. I had picked up my sister at the airport in Glasgow and we were on our way to Kennacraig for the ferry to Islay. Driving around the top of Loch Long I spotted the Waverley and told my sister to grab my camera. I caught up with the Waverley at the open stretch just before the road turns off to Glen Croe at Ardgartan and my sister managed to get a few shots including this one. Also note the nice wooden yacht anchored in the background.

Nice old boat at Crinan (Journey to Islay)

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Picture of an old wooden boat moored off a Scottish coast
Nice old boat at Crinan (Journey to Islay)

The Crinan canal is always a nice stop on a journey to Islay, especially if there’s enough time to go all the way to Crinan. Here’s a nice old wooden boat moored off Crinan on a July late afternoon. I’m not entirely sure, but I think those are Jura (on the left) and Scarba (on the right) in the distance, with the Gulf of Corryvreckan in between.

Dunyvaig Castle (and the Southern Skerries) from the air, Isle of Islay

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Aerial picture of the ruin of an old castle on a coast, skerries in the background
Dunyvaig Castle (and the Southern Skerries) from the air, Isle of Islay

A drone view of Dunyvaig Castle at Lagavulin on the south coast of Islay with some of the Southern Skerries in the background. The Argyll mainland in the distance.

Taken with a Phantom 3 in April 2016.