
A scene from Kilchoman beach in April 2024, two dogs chasing their ball with the waves rolling on to the beach in the background.

A scene from Kilchoman beach in April 2024, two dogs chasing their ball with the waves rolling on to the beach in the background.

A nice and sunny June afternoon on Islay, a couple walking their two dogs on the beach below Bowmore distillery on the shore of Loch Indaal.

I played with this dog for a while during a visit to Laphroaig distillery in June 2024, it kept returning various sticks from Loch Laphroaig as I threw them out for it. Not sure if it was local, but it didn’t seem to belong to any of the other visitors around, so I assume it is living somewhere at Laphroaig or nearby on Islay.