Tag Archives: Sound of Islay

Carraig Mhòr lighthouse and Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small lighthouse in a sound, behind it a stately home and a berthed ferryA view from the ferry travelling up the Sound of Islay approaching Port Askaig. On the left the small lighthouse at Carraig Mhòr. Behind it Dunlossit House and on the right the MV Isle of Arran berthed in Port Askaig.

 

Islay lifeboat in the evening light

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Picture of the Islay lifeboat moored in the evening lightA view from the evening ferry arriving on Islay, looking at the Islay lifeboat at its moorings in the mild evening light.

 

Ferry arriving in Port Askaig in 2002, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a ferry arriving in a small ferry portThe MV Hebridean Isles arriving at Port Askaig in 2002, well before the pier was redeveloped.