An older view of Port Askaig Brae, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a sharp U bend in a road on the side of a steep hillA view long gone, the view down Port Askaig brae as it looked back in April 2003. The road has been widened, moved slightly and generally was made safer. Nevertheless, the view across the Sound of Islay to the Paps of Jura remains magnificent.

Port Askaig waiting area panorama 2005, Isle of Islay

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Panoramic picture of a waiting/marshalling area for a ferryTaken not long after it was finished, a panoramic view of the waiting/marshalling (not entirely sure what they call it officially?) area in Port Askaig in 2005. The Sound of Islay on the left, you can spot the Islay lifeboat to the left of the tall tree.

Cloudy Sound of Islay panorama from above McArthur’s Head

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Panoramic picture of the entrance to a sound between two islands, a lighthouse just visible belowA panoramic view over the Sound of Islay taken on a cloudy August day over a decade ago, having walked in from Ardtalla via Proaig. The top of McArthur’s Head lighthouse just visible below. A coaster entering the Sound of Islay from the Sound of Jura, travelling north.