Fishing boat off the south-east of Islay

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Fishing boat off the south-east of IslaySeen from the ferry to Port Ellen, a fishing boat off the south-east coast of Islay. McArthur’s head lighthouse at the entrance to the Sound of Islay on the right.

Sunny Bunnahabhain at the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a small village with a distillery in the sunshine at a sound between two islandsA view of Bunnahabhain with the distillery and the Sound of Islay stretching out into the distance. The wreck of the Wyre Majestic also visible on the left. Taken in April 2008 when returning from a walk in the north of Islay.

Blustery passage in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a view from a ferry travelling down a sound between two islands on a blustery day A view from the MV Hebridean Isles travelling down the Sound of Islay on a blustery day. Dunlossit Castle and Port Askaig as well as Jura ferry crossing the sound are visible in the middle distance. Behind it Sgarbh Breac, at 364m the highest hill in the north of Islay, can be spotted.