Tag Archives: Jura

Calmac ferry passing McArthur’s Head lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse at the entrance of a sound, a ferry entering the soundAn overcast day on Islay in April at McArthur’s Head. A Calmac ferry, the MV Hebridean Isles, is passing on her way to Port Askaig.

Jura and Islay from Colonsay

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Picture of a panoramic view from an island across a sound to two other islandsA panoramic view from Carnan Eoin (143m), the highest hill on Colonsay. Below us Colonsay with the dunes behind Kiloran Bay on the right. In the distance towards the left Jura with the Paps of Jura. Towards the right Islay with Sgarbh Breac and the north coast of Islay.

Entrance to Jura’s Loch Tarbert seen from Islay

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Picture of a view across a sound to the entrance of a sea lochA view from Sgarbh Breac (262m) on Islay over to Jura on a cloudy day. Towards the left the entrance to Loch Tarbert, which almost cuts Jura in half. Towards the right the feet of some of the lower hills north of the Paps of Jura.