Approaching An Cladach bothy, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a group of walkers approaching a bothy on the shore of a sound between two islandsA group of walkers approaching the bothy at An Cladach during an Islay walking week a few years ago. The bothy is in a wonderful location at the southern end of the Sound of Islay, McArthur’s head just out of view behind the steep cliffs in the distance.

 

Small cruise ship passing McArthur’s Head, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small cruise ship entering a sound, a lighthouse visible on the other side of the soundA view from the Jura side of the Sound of Islay, as a small cruise ship is entering the sound from the South. McArthur’s Head with the lighthouse on the other side of the sound, the shoreline with Proaig towards Ardtalla in the background.

 

Bunnahabhain and Rhuvaal Lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a view from a ferry to an Islay, a lighthouse on the right, a village with a distillery on the leftA view from the ferry returning to Islay from Colonsay, looking into the Sound of Islay. On the right Rhuvaal lighthouse, on the left in the haze you can make out Bunnahabhain with the distillery on the shore.