A view from the MV Finlaggan in Port Ellen during a short calmer weather window when storm Bert passed Scotland in November 2024. Waiting for the only departure during a stormy weekend a view over the western end of the Ard. Some waves crashing over the outlaying rocks.
A view from an Islay ferry to the mainland on a stormy November weekend during a short calmer weather window. During that window it wasn’t as wild as I had seen it at other times, but there were still quite a few people out watching the ferry leave in the choppy seas.
A view from a ferry at Port Ellen pier, looking over the water to some key Islay whisky sites. In the front some of the old warehouses from the original Port Ellen distillery, at some point shut down. Behind it to the right the industrial Port Ellen maltings and to the left the rebuilt and reopened distillery with lots of glass and other modern features.