Tag Archives: Jura

Highland Cow and Calf on the Isle of Jura

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Picture of a Highland Cow with its calf
Highland Cow and Calf on the Isle of Jura

Spotted during an Islay walking week excursion to Jura, a Highland Coo with her calf in the morning sunshine.

Sound of Islay from below McArthur’s Head panorama

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Panoramic picture of a sound between two islands from a shore with steep cliffs above
Sound of Islay from below McArthur’s Head panorama

A panoramic view looking north up the Sound of Islay from below McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the sound. Jura visible on the other side of the sound with one of the Paps of Jura (I think Beinn a’Chaolais) in the distance.

April evening sun on a ferry in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of the bow of a ferry in the evening sun, travelling through a Sound between two islands
April evening sun on a ferry in the Sound of Islay

An April evening view from the Islay ferry travelling up the Sound of Islay to Port Askaig. Jura on starboard in the mild evening sun with one of the Paps of Jura in the haze in the distance.