A squally day today in mid Argyll, with a stunning rainbow making an appearance when I drove across Moine Mhor.
Category Archives: Argyll
Soroba Lane
Another Oban pic.
Pontoons in Oban Bay
Cold, clear autumnal weather provides great lighting for the empty pontoons.
Landscape from the edge of the world
The narrow spine of Rubha na Cille, the headland of the hermit’s cell, near Tayvallich is characterised by these stacks and pillars of rock, giving the land an almost unearthly feel. This manipulation is deliberately low-toned to emphasise the strangeness of walking through the landscape.
Land and sea
This is the view back up the Keils peninsula with the Sound of Jura on the left. The islands of Jura and Scarba are visible. There was once a ferry to Jura from this peninsula.
This is the view from the southern tip of the peninsula, with only a few skerries between here and Ireland about 75 miles away.
We’ve had a stunning weekend in Argyll, and this was from a walk out yesterday evening after supper. We’re getting to that point in the year where long evenings make evening expeditions worthwhile.
Frogs
Next door have a pond. The pond is full of frogs. It’s riveting.
Loch Buic
Out for a frosty walk yesterday, this was the view of the pretty Loch Buic in Knapdale. No beavers present at the time of taking this, but there were a family of five whooper swans feeding halfway down the far shore.
Fingal’s Cave
Fingal’s Cave, Staffa
Viewed from the approach with Staffa Trips last week.
Okay, I’m still getting used to using Lightroom and the tobacco filter on the sky might be a little heavy, but I’m pleased with the seawater.
Keills Port South Quay
Keills Port South Quay
At the end of the peninsula south of Tayvallich lies the little-used Keills Port. This slipway is the still-operational South Quay and maintained by Argyll and Bute Council. The gated road to the quay is a public road its full length and, contrary to the signs, it is possible to turn a vehicle at the quay end. That said, the best approach is on foot or bicycle to maintain the tranquility of the place. This was once busy with traffic from the Isle of Jura, which lies across the sound. Seals and otters can be seen here and the slipway itself is covered with sea pinks in the spring.
The quay was built in 1821 on the orders of the Parliamentary Commissioners for Highland Roads and Bridges and is attributed to Thomas Telford.
Bellanoch view
The view this afternoon from the viewpoint above Bellanoch, overlooking the Add estuary and out to the islands of Scarba and Mull.
