Tag Archives: Sound of Islay

Imke returning from a walk to the north of Islay

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Picture of a woman on a hilly landscape with a sound between two islands in the distance
Imke returning from a walk to the north of Islay

A memory from a walk to the far north of Islay with my sister Imke in June 2013. We had walked from Bunnahabbhain along the Sound of Islay to Rhuvaal lighthouse. From the lighthouse we followed the coast west to Bàgh an Dà Dhoruis. After lunch on the beach we continued towards the raised beaches before turning south east and returning to Bunnahabhain over the low hills west of Sgarbh Breac (where I took this picture of my sister enjoying the views over the Sound of Islay and Jura with the Paps of Jura)

Cruising up the Sound of Islay panorama

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Panoramic picture from the bow of a ship cruising up a sound between two islands
Cruising up the Sound of Islay panorama

A view from the MV Finlaggan cruising up the Sound of Islay on a journey to Port Askaig. Islay on the left, Jura on the right and Colonsay and Mull invisible in the haze in the distance.

Walkers leaving Beinn a’ Chaolais, Isle of Jura

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Picture of a group of walkers leaving the summit of a mountain
Walkers leaving Beinn a’ Chaolais, Isle of Jura

After a nice rest and lunch at the summit of Beinn a’ Chaolais it was time to descend and return to Islay from the first visit to the summit of one of the Paps of Jura during an Islay walking week.