June evening mood in Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a colourful evening sky in the gloaming after sunset over a sea lochA June evening on the Rhinns of Islay, enjoying the views from Port Charlotte pier. The Loch Indaal lighthouse is flashing, a heavy band of cloud hanging over the Rhinns but clear skies over Loch Indaal. All in the last light of the gloaming after sunset.

June early morning light at the Loch Indaal lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small lighthouse in the early morning lightA June early morning on the Rhinns of Islay at Loch Indaal. The sun had risen not long before, shining some beautiful mild light over the loch, the lighthouse and the surrounding hills.

MS Ocean Endeavour in Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay

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Picture of the MV Ocean Endeavour cruise liner seen through some rocksAn unusual visitor to Loch Indaal, a cruise liner. Most of them moor at Port Ellen when they visit Islay, but the Ocean Endeavour stopped in Loch Indaal, causing a lot of attention and excitement. The tenders were ferrying passengers to and from Bowmore all day, from where they visited Bowmore distillery, Islay House Square and Finlaggan among various places.

Photographed from somewhere near Port Charlotte (can’t remember where exactly I managed to find this angle wedging the cruise liner between the rocks), some houses in Bowmore just visible in the background.