View over the Big Strand to the Rhinns of Islay

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Picture of a view over a beach out to see and another part of an island in the distanceStanding in the dunes near Islay airport, looking out to sea across the Big Strand. The southern end of the Rhinns of Islay in the distance. If you look closely you can just make out the top of the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse peek over the low hills just left of the centre of the picture.

Imke on the Big Strand, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a woman sitting on a log on a wide beachTaking you back to 2007 with this picture, my sister Imke sitting on a log on the Big Strand doing something with her camera. This is just below the airport, where we were waiting for our parents to arrive for a family holiday on Islay.

Bird prints in Laggan Bay, Isle of Islay

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Picture of bird prints and a feather on a beachAnother guest picture from Keith Wood, taken during his Islay visit in July 2014. Keith writes:

This was at Laggan Bay, the long beach close to the airport and for that reason I’ve called it “Islay’s second runway” as a gull (I think it was the same one as I have taking flight) leaves a trail in the sand.

Thank you, Keith!