Port Ellen Maltings in June 2010, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a large industrial malting on a shore, old warehouses next to themSeen from the ferry, the Diageo owned maltings in Port Ellen which supply most (but not all) distilleries on Islay. On the right also the remaining old warehouses of the now long closed Port Ellen distillery.

Port Askaig, Islay, from the Jura ferry in 2006

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Picture of a view from a small ferry back to the pierA view back to Port Askaig on a crossing from Islay to Jura in 2006.

CEG Cosmos passing McArthur’s Head, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small freighter passing a lighthouseSpotted from the Islay ferry, the CEG Cosmos passing below McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the Sound of Islay.