The Islay Hotel in Port Ellen in October 2010

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Picture of the Islay Hotel in Port Ellen on the Isle of IslayA short trip down memory lane, the Islay Hotel in Port Ellen in October 2010, almost exactly a year before it was reopened in October 2011.

Waves at Carraig Fhada lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of waves breaking around a white square lighthouseA view of Carraig Fhada lighthouse near Port Ellen during a November storm on Islay. Big waves were breaking over the rocks and the walkway to the lighthouse. Also note the faint rainbow visible just to the right of the lighthouse (better visible in rainbow and waves at Carraig Fhada lighthouse)

Carraig Fhada lighthouse in a hailstorm, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a square lighthouse in a hailstormTaken not long before the sun broke through and a rainbow appeared, a view of Islay’s Carraig Fhada lighthouse during a hailstorm when storm Abigail passed through.