Tag Archives: Paps of Jura

Calmac ferry passing McArthur’s Head lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse at the entrance of a sound, a ferry entering the soundAn overcast day on Islay in April at McArthur’s Head. A Calmac ferry, the MV Hebridean Isles, is passing on her way to Port Askaig.

Jura and Islay from Colonsay

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Picture of a panoramic view from an island across a sound to two other islandsA panoramic view from Carnan Eoin (143m), the highest hill on Colonsay. Below us Colonsay with the dunes behind Kiloran Bay on the right. In the distance towards the left Jura with the Paps of Jura. Towards the right Islay with Sgarbh Breac and the north coast of Islay.

Burn below the Paps of Jura panorama

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Picture of a panoramic view of a burn crossing a track below two mountainsA view from Islay’s neighbour Jura, a burn (unfortunately I’m not sure which one this is) is crossing a track below the Paps of Jura. Beinn an Oir on the left, Beinn a’Chaolais on the right.