Tag Archives: MV Finlaggan

Old and new at and in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of an old cannon pointing at a modern ferryI should think it’s well over a 100 years since this cannon was pointed at a ship in anger (if it ever was), now this very old cannon is standing outside the old RNLI station at Port Askaig at the Sound of Islay. The still quite new departing MV Finlaggan below the Paps of Jura in the distance.

Islay and Jura in Argyll and Bute

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Picture of a view across a sound between two islands, a ferry with Argyll and Bute written on it in the foregroundIs the Jura ferry pointing out that Islay and Jura are in Argyll and Bute?

Ferry approaching the Oa under a crescent Moon, Isle of Islay

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Picture of the bow of a ferry under the last evening light, a crescent Moon in the skyEvening ferry crossings to Islay I think often provide the best views, like this one from a crossing in April 2016. On the way to Port Ellen the MV Finlaggan is approaching the Oa, a crescent Moon low in the evening sky not long after sunset.