Fleur de Lampaul and a sailing yacht passing Jura lighthouse in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of an old ketch and a modern sailing yacht passing a small lighthouse in a sound between two islands
Fleur de Lampaul and a sailing yacht passing Jura lighthouse in the Sound of Islay

Watched from Port Askaig pier, the ketch Fleur de Lampaul and a modern sailing yacht passing the small Jura lighthouse Carragh an t-Sruith on the Sound of Islay

April evening light in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a view up a sound between two islands, a third island visible in the distance. Lighthouses on both sides. A small ferry crossing the channel
April evening light in the Sound of Islay

A view north from an Islay ferry travelling up the Sound of Islay to Port Askaig: Islay with Rhuvaal lighthouse on the left, Jura with Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse on the right. Colonsay visible in the haze in the distance. In the centre you can just make out the MV James crossing between Islay and Jura

Jura’s Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse and some Isle of Mull hills

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Picture of a small lighthouse with some island hills behind
Jura’s Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse and some Isle of Mull hills

A view from a ferry in the Sound of Islay on a November afternoon, looking up the sound to Jura’s Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse with some of the Isle of Mull’s hills in the background