Tag Archives: Port Askaig

Port Askaig on an evening in 2004, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small village and ferry terminal with construction work going onA lot has changed in this view since this picture was taken in 2004. The project to completely reshape the whole waiting area had only just begun, huge amounts of rocks and earth were still going to be excavated behind the red and white barrier. Probably the biggest construction project on Islay ever.

RNLI lifeboat and Jura ferry in Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small port with an RNLI lifeboat and a small ferry moored in their berthsA view from the Islay ferry arriving in Port Askaig in June 2014. On the left the RNLI lifeboat ready for its next call out, on the right the Jura ferry waiting for passengers. The new RNLI station in the background on the right.

MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a ferry approaching along a sound between two islands, a lighthouse in the distanceA view of the Calmac ferry MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig along the Sound of Islay. In the distance McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the sound.