MV Finlaggan arriving seen from Port Askaig Brae, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Calmac ferry arriving in a ferry port on a sound between two islands, seen from up a hill
MV Finlaggan arriving seen from Port Askaig Brae, Isle of Islay

The Calmac ferry MV Finlaggan arriving in Port Askaig on a nice June afternoon at the Sound of Islay. Seen from about half way up Port Askaig Brae. The Islay RNLI lifeboat trying to hide behind the trees on the right. My sister Imke was on the ferry, standing behind the lifeboat at the port funnel

Port Askaig from the Sound of Islay on a November afternoon

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Picture of a small coastal village with a ferry pier and linkspan, a smaller ferry at a pier
Port Askaig from the Sound of Islay on a November afternoon

A view from a ferry in the Sound of Islay, looking over Port Askaig with the ferry pier and linkspan. The much smaller Jura ferry MV Eilean Dhiura moored at the smaller pier, the Islay RNLI lifeboat on the left

Port Askaig from the pier panorama, Isle of Islay

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Panoramic picture of a small ferry port from an adjacent fishing pier
Port Askaig from the pier panorama, Isle of Islay

A panoramic view of Port Askaig at the Sound of Islay, seen from the small pier of the fishing harbour. The lifeboat at its moorings on the left. The MV Isle of Arran at the main pier (although she left soon after to make space for the arriving MV Hebridean Isles) and the MV Eilean Dhiura at the small pier. The Paps of Jura in the distance on the right.