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Islay’s Carraig Fhada lighthouse and the Mull of Kintyre

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Picture of a square lighthouse on a rocky shore, the mull of a peninsula in the distance
Islay’s Carraig Fhada lighthouse and the Mull of Kintyre

Seen from Kilnaughton beach, the famous square Carraig Fhada lighthouse near Port Ellen on Islay on a cloudy but still very clear late November early afternoon. In the distance on the left the famous Mull of Kintyre

Swan painting at Swan’s pool, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a painting of a Mute Swan on a rockface
Swan painting at Swan’s pool, Isle of Islay

A painting on a rockface next to Swan’s Pool near Port Ellen, a Mute Swan in blue Hebridean waters.

Port Ellen marina on a calm June morning, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small marina on a calm cloudy morning
Port Ellen marina on a calm June morning, Isle of Islay

A calm June early morning in Port Ellen. Having dropped off my sister at the ferry to the mainland and watched her cruising away I briefly stopped at Port Ellen Marina. The water was beautifully calm, hardly a ripple in sight.