Tag Archives: Port Askaig

Caol Ila distillery from the Islay ferry

Image

32

Picture of Caol Ila distillery at the Sound of IslayA sunny view of Caol Ila distillery just north of Port Askaig, seen from the departing ferry to Kennacraig on the mainland.

Lifeboat and Dunlossit House at the Sound of Islay

Image

36

Picture of a RNLI lifeboat at its moorings with an old grand house above it, a sound between two islands stretching into the distanceSeen from the ferry departing from Port Askaig, the Islay lifeboat with Dunlossit House towering above it on the hillside. The Sound of Islay stretching out south into the distance.

Old and new at and in the Sound of Islay

Image

24

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.