Islay lifeboat in the evening light

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Picture of the Islay lifeboat moored in the evening lightA view from the evening ferry arriving on Islay, looking at the Islay lifeboat at its moorings in the mild evening light.

 

Ferry arriving in Port Askaig in 2002, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a ferry arriving in a small ferry portThe MV Hebridean Isles arriving at Port Askaig in 2002, well before the pier was redeveloped.

 

Port Askaig works in 2004, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small harbour with a new road being built into the hill behind itPort Askaig changed dramatically in the last decade with a new road, waiting area and car park blasted into the rocks behind the ferry terminal. This picture was taken from the Islay ferry while the work was under way in 2004 to carve the space into the rocks.