We awoke to sunny skies as we approached Islay. The Maud anchored and it was a tendering process into the jetty using the inflatable small boats. After our breakfast we took our turn to arrive on the island for the first ever time. The island is renowned for whisky production with 10 large distilleries now operational and two more starting soon. Not bad for an island with a population of about
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| Port Ellen sea front |
3000. Distillery tours were being offered but we decided to our own thing around Port Ellen which looked very scenic. The weather was warm and
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| standing stone |
we decided to find a 5000 year old standing stone which was positioned nearby (a bit like the Old Man of Gugh). It took a bit of finding away from the town outskirts but we did see it down a lane and to be honest it wasn't too spectacular but one to tick off the list. The small town looked better and so we returned for a coffee. We
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| A visitor |
enjoyed the coffee and a chat with a local then went for a walk along the lovely sandy beach. Christine managed to pick up some beach glass which their locals seemed to be not so much interested in. We sat for a while in a garden dedicated to the memory of one of their former post boats which
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| ferry terminal |
had been lost on one of its journeys but had been recovered and ended up as a bar in Bristol! Interesting but we soon carried on back to the jetty and returned to the Maud for a late lunch. The remainder of the sunny afternoon we sat out on the deck, rested and caught up with our other activities. We were very impressed with Port Ellen on a near perfect day for the visit.
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