MV Finlaggan passing the Islay RNLI lifeboat

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Picture of the Calmac ferry MV Finlaggan passing the moored Islay RNLI lifeboatThe MV Finlaggan leaving Port Askaig on her way to Kennacraig on the mainland passing the Islay RNLI lifeboat always ready to launch at its moorings. The Jura ferry MV Eilean Dhiura also visible in the distance on the left.

Blustery passage in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a view from a ferry travelling down a sound between two islands on a blustery day A view from the MV Hebridean Isles travelling down the Sound of Islay on a blustery day. Dunlossit Castle and Port Askaig as well as Jura ferry crossing the sound are visible in the middle distance. Behind it Sgarbh Breac, at 364m the highest hill in the north of Islay, can be spotted.