Tag Archives: Sound of Islay

On the approach to Proaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal landscape with a bothy in the distance, a few walkers on their way to the bothyA view from a walk to Proaig and McArthur’s Head lighthouse during an Islay walking week a few years ago. This view is on the approach to Proaig, you can see the bothy in the centre of the picture. To the left of it some of the walkers can be seen approaching it. On the right the entrance to the Sound of Islay, in the distance the tops of the Paps of Jura.

McArthur’s Head lighthouse in the sun, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse on top of steep cliffs on a bright and sunny dayA view of McArthur’s Head lighthouse from the Islay ferry on a bright and breezy day.

Wildlife watching at the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a group of walkers looking out for wildlife during a walk along a soundA picture from one of the early Islay walking weeks. DJ (on the left) took us along the Sound of Islay. Here we stopped to watch some wildlife, the binoculars came out for a closer view. On the right my late mother, she joined me for this week.