Hills around McArthur’s Head, Isle of Islay

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Picture of hills above a lighthouseA view from the ferry towards the hills in the south east of Islay with McArthur’s Head lighthouse at their feet. Beinn Bheigier on the left, the entrance to the Sound of Islay on the right.

Lifeboat and Dunlossit House at the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a RNLI lifeboat at its moorings with an old grand house above it, a sound between two islands stretching into the distanceSeen from the ferry departing from Port Askaig, the Islay lifeboat with Dunlossit House towering above it on the hillside. The Sound of Islay stretching out south into the distance.

Heavy rain in the Sound of Islay panorama

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Panoramic picture of some heavy rain over the entrance to a sound between two islandsAll the water for the famous Islay whisky has to come from somewhere…

A view back into the Sound of Islay from the ferry on her way to Kennacraig. A heavy shower is passing, dumping a lot of rain over the hills and the sound.