Motorboat approaching Port Ellen, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small yellow motorboat passing between rocks as it approaches a coastal villageSeen from the Islay ferry, a motorboat is approaching Port Ellen (the White Hart Hotel, the petrol station and Ramsay Hall in view) through a small gap in the rocks.

Port Ellen from Frachdale, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a view over a forest to a coastal villageA view across the Oa from a walk to Soldier’s Rock, looking towards Port Ellen from near the abandoned village of Frachdale. Texa behind Port Ellen, mainland in the distance.

Port Ellen Maltings in June 2010, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a large industrial malting on a shore, old warehouses next to themSeen from the ferry, the Diageo owned maltings in Port Ellen which supply most (but not all) distilleries on Islay. On the right also the remaining old warehouses of the now long closed Port Ellen distillery.