Tag Archives: Sound of Islay

RNLI lifeboat and Jura ferry in Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small port with an RNLI lifeboat and a small ferry moored in their berthsA view from the Islay ferry arriving in Port Askaig in June 2014. On the left the RNLI lifeboat ready for its next call out, on the right the Jura ferry waiting for passengers. The new RNLI station in the background on the right.

McArthur’s Head lighthouse in April 2011, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse on top of cliffsA nice sunny view of the McArthur’s Head lighthouse seen from the ferry in the Sound of Islay.

Wreck of the Wyre Majestic in June 2010, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a shipwreck in a sound between two islands on a cloudy dayThe years have taken its toll at the wreck of the Wyre Majestic at Bunnahabhain in the Sound of Islay. Compare to how it looked 10 years earlier to see the change.