Approaching the Sound of Islay on a walk

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Panoramic picture of a group of walkers approaching a sound between two islands on a sunny dayA beautiful panoramic view of the landscape at the foot of Sgarbh Breac, overlooking the Sound of Islay with Jura and the Paps of Jura on the other side. We were returning from Bolsa on a walk in the north 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.