Eilean Mòr in Loch Gorm, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small islands (apparently with the remains of a castle) in a freshwater loch
Eilean Mòr in Loch Gorm, Isle of Islay

A view of Eilean Mòr in Loch Gorm on a bright sunny April afternoon. You can’t see much if anything of it from the shore of the loch, but once Loch Gorm Castle stood on it, a stronghold of Clan Macdonald. Ballinaby in the distance on the other side of Loch Gorm

Landscape in the west of Islay (with the Paps of Jura towering over it)

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Picture of a landscape of farmland and moorland with three mountains in the background
Landscape in the west of Islay (with the Paps of Jura towering over it)

A view inland from the dunes at Saligo. The area around Ballinaby in the front, the Paps of Jura towering over the scene in the distance.

The Paps of Jura from the highest dune at Saligo Bay, Isle of Islay

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Picture of three mountains seen across a big wide landscape
The Paps of Jura from the highest dune at Saligo Bay, Isle of Islay

A view inland from the highest dune at Saligo Bay, looking the opposite way from the dune and beach panorama. The Paps of Jura nicely visible in the distance in the beautiful June evening light.