
A view east from the cliffs at Sanaigmore, looking across Islay with the coast near Sanaigmore Bay in the foreground, to the Paps of Jura in the distance.

A view east from the cliffs at Sanaigmore, looking across Islay with the coast near Sanaigmore Bay in the foreground, to the Paps of Jura in the distance.

The Crinan canal is always a nice stop on a journey to Islay, especially if there’s enough time to go all the way to Crinan. Here’s a nice old wooden boat moored off Crinan on a July late afternoon. I’m not entirely sure, but I think those are Jura (on the left) and Scarba (on the right) in the distance, with the Gulf of Corryvreckan in between.

A beautiful view of one of Islay’s more remote beaches at Bàgh an Dà Dhoruis, found in the far north of the island near Rhuvaal. Jura just visible in the distance.