Deer on Beinn Shiantaidh, Isle of Jura

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Picture of a deer on a hillside with heather and boulders

A slightly unexpected view on the descent from the summit of Beinn Shiantaidh, as I hadn’t known they go up that high. One of the many thousand deer on Jura on the hillside just below the pure scree higher up.

Bay of Small Isles, Isle of Jura

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Picture of a bay with beaches, a village and a sheltering island

An impression from a beautiful summer afternoon on Islay’s neighbour Jura. This is the Bay of Small Isles on the east coast of Jura. Jura’s main settlement Craighouse with the distillery on the right. One of the small isles the name comes from on the left, Eilean nan Gabhar.

Bunnahabhain distillery across the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a distillery with a small village, seen across a sound between two islands

A view from Jura across the Sound of Islay to Bunnahabhain with the distillery and the small village originally built to house the distillery workers.