Port Ellen buoy, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a green buoy with the name Port EllenA sight familiar to many arriving on Islay by ferry to Port Ellen, the buoy as the ferry turns into Port Ellen.

 

Evening arrival in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small port in the fading evening light seen from an arriving ferryA view from the ferry pulling into Port Ellen on a misty evening on Islay.

 

Rhuvaal lighthouse and passing Calmac ferry, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse and a passing ferry at the entrance to a sound, seen from a mountain topA view across the Sound of Islay from Beinn an Oir, the highest of the Paps of Jura. Rhuvaal lighthouse on the other side of the sound, a Calmac ferry passing on her way south.