The Screen Machine in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay

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Picture of the Screen Machine mobile cinemaAn amazing machine, the Screen Machine mobile cinema. It visits Islay regularly, here it can be seen opposite Ramsay Hall in Port Ellen (the maltings in the distance).

 

Port Ellen Maltings and distillery warehouses in the evening, Isle of Islay

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Picture of old former distillery and a modern maltings in the evening lightA view across the bay in Port Ellen to the warehouses of the former distillery and the modern maltings. The maltings now supply most (but not all) of the distilleries on Islay with malted barley to their individual specifications.

 

Laphroaig distillery from The Oa, Isle of Islay

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Picture of Laphroaig distillery seen across the sea from a hill, a passing sailing yacht in the foregroundA view over to Laphroaig from The Oa on a cloudy afternoon, returning from a walk along the coast. Loch Laphroaig with the main distillery buildings on the right, some of the newer warehouses on the left. A sailing yacht is passing on its way to Port Ellen.