Arran and Kintyre from the Sound of Islay

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Picture of various islands and mainland stretches seen from a sound between two islands
Arran and Kintyre from the Sound of Islay

A view from an Islay ferry in the Sound of Islay on an April afternoon. In the far distance the Isle of Arran, just in front the northern part of Kintyre. In the foreground the shore of Jura with some of the small islands off it including Am Fraoch Eilean and Brosdale Island.

April evening light in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a view up a sound between two islands, a third island visible in the distance. Lighthouses on both sides. A small ferry crossing the channel
April evening light in the Sound of Islay

A view north from an Islay ferry travelling up the Sound of Islay to Port Askaig: Islay with Rhuvaal lighthouse on the left, Jura with Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse on the right. Colonsay visible in the haze in the distance. In the centre you can just make out the MV James crossing between Islay and Jura

Jura’s Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse and some Isle of Mull hills

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Picture of a small lighthouse with some island hills behind
Jura’s Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse and some Isle of Mull hills

A view from a ferry in the Sound of Islay on a November afternoon, looking up the sound to Jura’s Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse with some of the Isle of Mull’s hills in the background