Tag Archives: Port Askaig

Moody November morning at the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a cloudy morning with the sun just starting to break through at a sound between two islands
Moody November morning at the Sound of Islay

A moody November morning at the Sound of Islay, waiting on the ferry to depart for a day out in Jura. The Islay lifeboat (in the shade on the right) ready for its next callout.

MV Finlaggan and lots of ropes in Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a modern ferry in a sound between two islands, lots of ropes on a pier in the foreground
MV Finlaggan and lots of ropes in Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

I’m not sure what all the ropes were for (I’m guessing one of the fishing boats?), I just thought they provide a nice foreground to the MV Finlaggan arriving in Port Askaig at the Sound of Islay

Dunlossit House at the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a large house on cliffs overlooking a sound between two islands
Dunlossit House at the Sound of Islay

Seen from the Islay ferry approaching Port Askaig, Dunlossit House overlooking the Sound of Islay.