Tag Archives: Sound of Islay

Jura ferry and Islay lighthouse

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Picture of a small ferry close to the shore of a sound, a small lighthouse in the backgroundA view of the Jura ferry Mv Eilean Dhiura on the Port Askaig side of the Sound of Islay. In the background the small lighthouse at Carraig Mhòr.

Walkers approaching Rhuvaal lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a group of walkers approaching a lighthouse at the bottom of a hillAn impression from an Islay walking week walk a few years ago, arriving from the hills in the north of Islay we paid a visit to Rhuvaal lighthouse. It was a quite hazy day, you can only just make out Colonsay in the distance.

Islay ferry and fishing boat in the haze

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Picture of an approaching ferry through haze, a fishing boat in the foregroundA view from a ferry crossing to Islay. A fishing boat passing in front, another ferry approaching in the distance on her way from Port Askaig to Kennacraig.