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MV Isle of Arran at Port Askaig linkspan, Isle of Islay
A slightly older picture from a brilliant summer day on Islay. The MV Isle of Arran, then regular ferry, now relief boat, is waiting at the linkspan in Port Askaig. The Paps of Jura on the right.
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Port Askaig construction work 2004, Isle of Islay
A picture from July 2004, during what I believe was probably Islay’s largest building project ever. A huge hole was blasted into the hillside at Port Askaig to accommodate a new parking area, waiting...
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Port Askaig in thick fog, Isle of Islay
A view from the ferry travelling up the Sound of Islay from Port Askaig to Colonsay. Thick fog reduced visibility quite a lot, you could only just make out the houses on the shore.
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Leaving Islay on a rainy day
A 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...
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MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig, Isle of Islay
A view of the Calmac ferry MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig along the Sound of Islay. In the distance McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the sound.
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RNLI lifeboat and Jura ferry in Port Askaig, Isle of Islay
A view from the Islay ferry arriving in Port Askaig in June 2014. On the left the RNLI lifeboat ready for its next call out, on the right the Jura ferry waiting for passengers. The new RNLI station in...
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Port Askaig on an evening in 2004, Isle of Islay
A lot has changed in this view since this picture was taken in 2004. The project to completely reshape the whole waiting area had only just begun, huge amounts of rocks and earth were still going to be...
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Jura ferry and Islay lighthouse
A view of the Jura ferry Mv Eilean Dhiura on the Port Askaig side of the Sound of Islay. In the background the small lighthouse at Carraig Mhòr.
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Paps of Jura from Port Askaig Brae, Isle of Islay
A spring view from the road to Port Askaig, also known as Port Askaig Brae. The Paps of Jura nicely in view across the Sound of Islay.
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Jura ferry leaving Port Askaig, Isle of Islay
A view from the ferry leaving Islay for Kennacraig, looking back at Port Askaig. The Jura ferry MV Eilean Dhuira is just leaving for her short crossing to Jura, passing behind the bigger ferry to the...
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Port Askaig, Islay, from the Jura ferry in 2006
A view back to Port Askaig on a crossing from Islay to Jura in 2006.
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North east Islay from Beinn an Oir, Isle of Jura
A panoramic view over the north east of Islay from Beinn an Oir, at 785m the highest of the Paps of Jura. Beinn a’Chaolais (733m) on the left, Port Askaig and Caol Ila to the right of it. The Sound of...
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Port Askaig, Keills and Bowmore, Isle of Islay (seen from Jura)
A view over to Islay from about half way up Beinn a’Chaolais, one of the three Paps of Jura. Port Askaig with the ferry terminal at the Sound of Islay below. Keills on the right in the middle distance...
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Port Askaig and Caol Ila, Isle of Islay (seen from Jura)
A follow up to the Port Askaig, Keills and Bowmore seen from Jura picture I posted recently. There someone asked where Caol Ila was. This view from the summit of Beinn an Oir, the highest of the Paps...
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Port Askaig in 2005 panorama, Isle of Islay
An older view of Port Askaig at the Sound of Islay, taken from the MV Isle of Arran. The new road, car park and waiting area had been finished at this time in 2005, but the new Jura ferry and small...
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Blustery passage in the Sound of Islay
A view from the MV Hebridean Isles travelling down the Sound of Islay on a blustery day. Dunlossit Castle and Port Askaig as well as Jura ferry crossing the sound are visible in the middle distance....
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Obsession in Port Askaig, Isle of Islay
I don’t know if the Obsession is a local Islay boat or if she was visiting (if you know please leave a note in the comments), but I quite like the name. Also note the RNLI lifeboat in the background.
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Islay and Jura in Argyll and Bute
Is the Jura ferry pointing out that Islay and Jura are in Argyll and Bute?
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Port Askaig waiting area panorama 2005, Isle of Islay
Taken not long after it was finished, a panoramic view of the waiting/marshalling (not entirely sure what they call it officially?) area in Port Askaig in 2005. The Sound of Islay on the left, you can...
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Port Askaig under construction panorama 2004, Isle of Islay
Certainly one of the largest construction projects ever on Islay, possibly the largest ever: The expansion of the ferry waiting/marshalling area as well as a car park and the rerouting of the road...
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