
Watched from the Islay ferry on the way to Port Ellen, a sailing yacht near Ardtalla. Islay’s highest hill, Beinn Bheigier, in the background.

Watched from the Islay ferry on the way to Port Ellen, a sailing yacht near Ardtalla. Islay’s highest hill, Beinn Bheigier, in the background.

A calm April evening some time ago, only a few ripples from a light breeze on the water. One of the Islay ferries (the MV Hebridean Isles) approaching on the horizon, travelling from Port Ellen to Kennacraig on the mainland. Our journey takes us in the other direction, from the mainland to Islay.

A view from the arriving Islay ferry, the well known Port Ellen buoy right in front of us. On the shore the old Port Ellen distillery and maltings. On the right a motorboat we spotted earlier.