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Bowmore Distillery, in the heart of the village of Bowmore beside Loch Indaal on the Isle of Islay. It has its own maltings, so the pagodas are not just for show. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/bowmoredistillery/index.html

#Scotland #BowmoreDistillery #IsleOfIslay #Islay #Bowmore #Scotch #Whisky

Sunset on the Scottish Isle of Islay looking over the Atlantic Ocean. 😊

#sunset #islay #isleofislay #argyll #scotland #nature #landscape #ocean #photography

The head of the beautiful 2.57m high Kilchoman Cross, carved in the 1300s or 1400s and still crisp despite the efforts of the lichen population in this north-western corner of the Isle of Islay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/kilchoman/index.html

#Scotland #Islay #IsleOfIslay #KilchomanCross

The Round Church, in a magnificent location at the head of the village of Bowmore's Main Street on the Isle of Islay. It was built in the 1760s with, it is said, no corners for the devil to hide in. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/roundchurch/index.html

#Scotland #RoundChurch #Bowmore #Islay #IsleOfIslay

Port Askaig, one of the two ferry ports for the mainland ferry on the Isle of Islay and also the terminus of the ferry crossing the narrow Sound of Islay to serve the Isle of Jura. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portaskaig/index.html

#Scotland #PortAskaig #Islay #IsleOfIslay

Bowmore Distillery, in the heart of the village of Bowmore beside Loch Indaal on the Isle of Islay. It has its own maltings, so the pagodas are not just for show. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/bowmoredistillery/index.html

#Scotland #BowmoreDistillery #IsleOfIslay #Islay #Bowmore #Scotch #Whisky

The head of the beautiful 2.57m high Kilchoman Cross, carved in the 1300s or 1400s and still crisp despite the efforts of the lichen population in this north-western corner of the Isle of Islay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/kilchoman/index.html

#Scotland #Islay #IsleOfIslay #KilchomanCross #CarvedStone

This morning in Port Ellen.

#IsleOfIslay #InnerHebrides #Hebrides #Scotland #sunrise

Laphroaig Distillery, one of three world-famous distilleries that can be found on the road east from Port Ellen on the south side of the Isle of Islay. The distillery was established in 1815. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/laphroaigdistillery/index.html

#Scotland #LaphroaigDistillery #Distillery #Scotch #Whisky #Islay #IsleOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

The Round Church, in a magnificent location at the head of the village of Bowmore's Main Street on the Isle of Islay. It was built in the 1760s with, it is said, no corners for the devil to hide in. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/roundchurch/index.html

#Scotland #RoundChurch #Bowmore #Church #Islay #IsleOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

The magnificent Kildalton Cross in the south-eastern corner of Islay: Scotland's finest intact early Christian high cross. Beautifully preserved and standing 2.65m high by 1.32m wide, it was carved towards the end of the 700s. More pics and images: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/kildalton/index.html

#Scotland #KildaltonCross #Islay #IsleOfIslay #ChristianHighCross #UndiscoveredScotland

106 years ago today. The troopship HMS Otranto sank off Islay with the loss of 431 lives on 6 October 1918. Her loss, and that of S.S. Tuscania on 5 February 1918 with 260 deaths, is marked by the poignant American Monument on Islay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/americanmonument/index.html

#Scotland #AmericanMunument ‘Islay #IsleOfIslay #OnThisDay #UndiscoveredScotland

Lonely Kilnave Chapel, close to Loch Gruinart on the north side of the Isle of Islay, and its weather-worn 1300-year-old cross. The chapel was the site of an atrocity committed during the Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart in 1598. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/kilnave/index.html

#Scotland #KilnaveChapel #Kilnave #Islay #IsleOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

A haggis and cheese panini… it’s like a Scottish runza… delicious.
#scotland #isleofislay #haggisandcheese #haggis #scottishrunza #runza

Finlaggan near Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay. This is an enormously important place in the history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. During most of the 1300s and 1400s it was the administrative centre of the Lords of the Isles. More pics & info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/finlaggan/index.html

#Scotland #Finlaggan #Islay #IsleOfIslay #LordOfTheIsles #UndiscoveredScotland

The pretty village of Portnahaven, standing near the western tip of the Isle of Islay on the Rhinns of Islay, the peninsula that wraps around the north side of Loch Indaal as it takes its huge bite out of the west side of the island. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portnahaven/index.html

#Scotland #Portnahaven #IsleOfIslay #Islay #RhinnsOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

The Islay to Jura ferry approaching Port Askaig on Islay, with the distinctive Paps of Jura in the background. The five-minute ferry trip takes you to the wildest and emptiest of all Scotland's inhabited islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jura/ferry/index.html

#Scotland #Jura #IsleOfJura #Ferry #PapsOfJura #Islay #IsleOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

Port Askaig, one of the two ferry ports for the mainland ferry on the Isle of Islay and also the terminus of the ferry crossing the narrow Sound of Islay to serve the Isle of Jura. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portaskaig/index.html

#Scotland #PortAskaig #Islay #IsleOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

Bowmore Distillery, in the heart of the village of Bowmore beside Loch Indaal on the Isle of Islay. It has its own maltings, so the pagodas are not just for show. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/bowmoredistillery/index.html

#Scotland #BowmoreDistillery #IsleOfIslay #Islay #Bowmore #Scotch #Whisky #UndiscoveredScotland

Into the daylight. After years in the cool quiet darkness of the bonded warehouse, a cask of what has become Scotch whisky heads off for bottling at Ardbeg Distillery on the Isle of Islay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/ardbegdistillery/index.html

#Scotland #ArdbegDistillery #Ardbeg #Distillery #Islay #IsleOfIslay #Scotch #Whisky #UndiscoveredScotland

A Saturday walk with my family.

#Islay #InnerHebrides #IsleOfIslay #Hebrides #Argyll #Scotland #coast #walking

Part of an incredible rainbow over the ruined chapel on Nave Island yesterday.

#Islay #IsleOfIslay #InnerHebrides #Hebrides #Argyll #Scotland #coast #rainbow

Port Ellen, the only significant settlement on the island of Islay's south coast and the island's main deep water harbour. It was established in 1821 by Walter Campbell, then Laird of Islay, and named after his first wife Eleanor. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portellen/index.html

#Scotland #Islay #IsleOfIslay #Island #PortEllen #UndiscoveredScotland

My sister and Coire (the dog) - between Lower Killeyan and Glenastle yesterday.

#Islay #IsleOfIslay #InnerHebrides #Hebrides #Argyll #Scotland #coast #walking #hiking

Port Ellen snow, good while it lasted.

#Islay #IsleOfIslay #InnerHebrides #Hebrides #Argyll #Scotland #snow

The village of Port Wemyss on the Isle of Islay, looking across to the island of Orsay and its lighthouse. The village is located at the western tip of Rhinns of Islay, the peninsula that wraps around the north side of Loch Indaal. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portwemyss/index.html

#Scotland #Islay #IsleOfIslay #RhinnsOfIslay #PortWemyss #Lighthouse #Orsay #UndiscoveredScotland

The Round Church, in a magnificent location at the head of the village of Bowmore's Main Street on the Isle of Islay. It was built in the 1760s with, it is said, no corners for the devil to hide in. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/roundchurch/index.html

#Scotland #RoundChurch #Bowmore #Church #Islay #IsleOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

The pretty village of Portnahaven, standing near the western tip of the Isle of Islay on the Rhinns of Islay, the peninsula that wraps around the north side of Loch Indaal as it takes its huge bite out of the west side of the island. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portnahaven/index.html

#Scotland #Portnahaven #IsleOfIslay #Islay #RhinnsOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

The Islay to Jura ferry approaching Port Askaig on Islay, with the distinctive Paps of Jura in the background. The five-minute ferry trip takes you to the wildest and emptiest of all Scotland's inhabited islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jura/ferry/index.html

#Scotland #Jura #IsleOfJura #Ferry #PapsOfJura #Islay #IsleOfIslay #UndiscoveredScotland

An idyllic moment at work this afternoon, while checking on the condition of some populations of #tansy and apple #mint for a little later in the season.

#IsleOfIslay #Islay #waterfall #riverbank #woodland #countryside #scotland #sycamore #birdsong #foraging #TheBotanistGin

A solid shift on the #BotanistGin #cocktail bar for #Bruichladdich #Distillery Open Day, part of the #FeisIle (#festival) on the #IsleOfIslay. Home now, knackered, dusty and sticky - fun times though.

A solid shift on the #BotanistGin #cocktail bar for #Bruichladdich #Distillery Open Day, part of the #FeisIle (#festival) on the #IsleOfIslay. Home now, knackered, dusty and sticky - fun times though.

A solid shift on the #BotanistGin #cocktail bar for #Bruichladdich #Distillery Open Day, part of the #FeisIle (#festival) on the #IsleOfIslay. Home now, knackered, dusty and sticky - fun times though.

Bowmore Distillery, in the heart of the village of Bowmore beside Loch Indaal on the Isle of Islay. It has its own maltings, so the pagodas are not just for show. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/bowmoredistillery/index.html

#Scotland #BowmoreDistillery #IsleOfIslay #Islay #Bowmore #Scotch #Whisky #UndiscoveredScotland

(2/2) Quite peculiar.

#PortEllen #IsleOfIslay #Scotland

Port Ellen, the only significant settlement on the island of Islay's south coast and the island's main deep water harbour. It was established in 1821 by Walter Campbell, then Laird of Islay, and named after his first wife Eleanor. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portellen/index.html

#Scotland #Islay #IsleOfIslay #Island #PortEllen #UndiscoveredScotland

The village of Port Wemyss on the Isle of Islay, looking across to the island of Orsay and its lighthouse. The village is located at the western tip of Rhinns of Islay, the peninsula that wraps around the north side of Loch Indaal. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portwemyss/index.html

#Scotland #Islay #IsleOfIslay #RhinnsOfIslay #PortWemyss #Lighthouse #Orsay #UndiscoveredScotland

A VIRTUAL TOUR OF SCOTLAND

We catch the ferry from Kennacraig and make the crossing to Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, the only significant settlement on Islay's south coast. Islay is the most southerly of the Hebrides and measures about 25 miles from north to south by 20 miles from east to west. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portellen/index.html

Where to next? Vote via the poll attached as a reply.

#Scotland #Argyll #IsleOfIslay #Islay #PortEllen #UndiscoveredScotland