A company (apparently that’s the collective noun, if I can trust the interwebs) of Gannets flying south past Ardbeg, seen from the Islay ferry to Port Ellen.
Gannets off Ardbeg, Isle of Islay
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Gigha’s hills seen from the Islay ferry
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A view of the northern end of Gigha as seen from an Islay ferry on her way to Kennacraig on a cloudy day with sunny intervals in June.
Barley boat Victress in Port Ellen (2), Isle of Islay
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While some of the barley used for making the famous whisky is grown on Islay the island can’t produce anywhere near enough to support soon nine distilleries. The vast majority is imported from elsewhere, brought in by the ‘barley boat’. Here we can see the Victress being unloaded, first the barley is sucked into holding silos (the large square building behind the front hatch) before being transported by lorry to the maltings (in the distance on the left).