Casks waiting at Kilchoman distillery, Isle of Islay

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Picture of casks in the yard of a small farm whisky distilleryA view approaching through the yard at Kilchoman distillery, Islay’s farm distillery. Various casks standing in it, not entirely sure what they were destined for. To be filled again or had they come to the end of their useful whisky life?

Chaffinch on a wall looking up, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Chaffinch on the side of a wallThe Chaffinch on the wall at Kilchoman looking back at us. May be wondering what that human with that big camera was doing?

Kilchoman military cemetery on a rainy November day, Isle of Islay

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Picture of an old military cemetery/memorial in a field on a rainy dayThe Kilchoman military cemetery where some of the dead from the sinking of the Otranto in October 1918 are buried. Machir Bay where the Otranto sank is behind us. Kilchoman Church and Kilchoman House in the background on the right.