Tag Archives: Sound of Islay

Angie and the Paps of Jura, seen from Islay

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Picture of a red fishing boat anchored in a sound, prominent hills visible on the other shoreA well known boat on Islay, the Angie, moored off Port Askaig. The Paps of Jura visible across the Sound of Islay on a bright but hazy day.

 

Cloud inversion at the Paps of Jura from High Road, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a cloud inversion with the peaks of three hills showing above low cloudsAn interesting view from the High Road on Islay, looking over to the Paps of Jura. A cloud inversion has brought low clouds over the Sound of Islay and around the Paps, on the peaks of the Paps showing above the clouds.

 

Sound of Islay with wreck and lighthouse

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Picture of a view down the Sound of Islay, a wreck visible in the foreground, a lighthouse in the distanceA view south down the Sound of Islay from north of Bunnahabhain. In the foreground the wreck of the Wyre Majestic at Bunnahabhain. In the distance McArthur’s Head lighthouse. Kintyre on the horizon.