Jura and Mull from the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a small lighthouse on an island, another island with a mountain in the distance behindA view north from the ferry leaving Port Askaig on Islay. The lighthouse is at Carragh an t-Sruith on Jura with the Isle of Mull in the distance. The big mountain is Ben More on Mull, the only island Munro outside the Isle of Skye.

Admittedly this is not a view you’ll get with the bare eye, this was taken with my 80-400mm lens fully extended to 400mm.

 

McArthur’s Head lighthouse in April 2012, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse high above  the seaA view of McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the Sound of Islay. We are looking down at the lighthouse from the walled grounds, following the line of the elegantly curved wall.

 

Leaving Islay on a rainy day

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Picture of a view from a ferry on a rainy dayA view back to Port Askaig from the shelter of the lounge of the departing Islay ferry. Leaving Islay is never easy, but on a day where it’s pouring it down it’s a tiny fraction easier than on a sunny day.