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**Cuilfail** @ISawTheWood@mastodon.scot · 1d

#MeerMittwoch #SoundOfJura #Argyll #WestCoast #Scotland #Sunset #Photography Cycled to #Craignish point in the #GoldenHour, forgot my specs & caught flies in my eyes #BikeTooter

The sun has just set behind a thin line of low dark islands on the horizon. The sea is flat calm, the sky blues and greys. In the foreground rocky, grassy shore forms a shallow v, framing the water

**Seonaidh** @MacNaBracha@mastodon.scot · 4d

Seonaidh @MacNaBracha@mastodon.scot

Beal na h-Uamha bho Rubha nam Faoileann, Eilean Eisdeil.

#Argyll #islands #SilentSunday #Scotland #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #photography #ocean
@photography

Blue skies and blue sea with Belnahua Island from Rubha nam Faoileann on Eilean Eisdeil

**Cuilfail** @ISawTheWood@mastodon.scot · Apr 18

Apr 18

Cuilfail @ISawTheWood@mastodon.scot

View from within a derelict ferry ticket office. Walls only, of local whin stone, rubble fill; no roof. A frameless window opening shows part of an old pier and a gentle sea, lit in evening sun. The blue sky above highlights the gable wall and chimney.

#FensterFreitag #Argyll #WestCoast

**CLondoner92 (New Account)** @CLondoner92@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 15

Apr 15

CLondoner92 (New Account) @CLondoner92@mastodonapp.uk

From 23 June 2025, young people aged 19–21 living on #Scottish islands will be eligible for concessionary ferry vouchers for travel to the mainland. The scheme, part of the 2025–26 #transport budget, offers four free single (or two return) trips per year and already supports those aged 16–18 and full-time volunteers up to 25. Covering #Orkney, #Shetland, the Outer #Hebrides, and islands in North #Ayrshire, #Argyll and #Bute, and #Highland Council areas, the expansion builds on the Scottish Government’s Islands Connectivity Plan. It follows the introduction of free inter-island ferry travel for under-22s. Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop said the move will help young islanders access work, education, and opportunities, while the government continues to explore further transport support for island communities.
https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/concessionary-ferry-vouchers-scheme-extended/

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Apr 14

Apr 14

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

Primula veris, the Primrose.

#Argyll #Scotland #Spring ##BloomScrolling

On a grassy roadside verge, a cluster of Primrose burst into their creamy-yellow prime. The bright green leaves can be seen beneath the flowers.

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Apr 14

Apr 14

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

Mull from Ellenabeich.

As the sun sets, low cloud, mist and rain showers swirl round the hills and cliffs of Mull.

Under a lowering sky, the huge island of Mull is wreathed in mist and cloud, through which a golden light shines. The sea has taken on a metallic sheen as a result of the low cloud and the setting sun.

#Argyll #Scotland #Spring

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Apr 14

Apr 14

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

"Number 5 is not alive!"

A victim of the winter storms has washed up on the Seil shore, having (involuntarily) come over from Easdale Island.

On a rocky shore, the battered remains of a wheelbarrow. It would have been washed into the sea during a storm from Easdale Island (visible in the background).

#Argyll #Scotland #IslandLife

**Undiscovered Scotland** @UndisScot@mastodon.scot · Apr 14

Apr 14

Undiscovered Scotland @UndisScot@mastodon.scot

Crinan Harbour, at the north-west end of the 9-mile-long Crinan Canal in Argyll, the nautical shortcut from the Firth of Clyde to the Sound of Jura and the Hebrides. The canal was constructed between 1794 and 1801. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crinan/crinancanal/index.html

Crinan Harbour. The image shows a tug-type boat with the name Duke of Normandy II on its stern on the right-hand side of the frame. It has a black hull and red funnel. The area of water it is in is surrounded by a low stone edging with grass beyond. In the background is a white cottage and a small red and white striped lighthouse. Beyond is open water and mountains in the distance.

#Scotland #Argyll #CrinanCanal

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Apr 13

Apr 13

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

The gateway cherry tree.
In a garden at the side of the road into the village, this large cherry tree puts on a splendid display every April, welcoming people into the settlement of Ellenabeich on Seil.

Above a thriving privet hedge, a large cherry tree is in full bloom; the pink blossom is at its finest this week.
At the right, a car can be seen leaving the village on the only access road.

#Argyll #Scotland #Spring

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Apr 12

Apr 12

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

There's a change in the weather coming very soon...

Cooler, breezier; but first, rain this evening.

A thin veil of high cloud has come in from the south and west; through it, a hazy sun creates a halo - portent of a weather-change. The sea is yet calm; the nearby islands have taken on a bluish tint.

#Argyll #Scotland #Spring

**Undiscovered Scotland** @UndisScot@mastodon.scot · Apr 12

Apr 12

Undiscovered Scotland @UndisScot@mastodon.scot

A rear view of McCaig's Tower, the magnificent folly that dominates the skyline of Oban in Argyll. What you see is what had been built by the time of John Stuart McCaig's death in 1902: it is possible that more was planned. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/oban/mccaigstower/index.html

A rear view of McCaig's Tower. The image shows a path climbing up the lower left side of the fram with grass and a seat on the right. At the top of the hill is a large open circular stone structure with two layers of slightly pointed window arches. An arched entrance is on the left. The sky is largely blue.

#Scotland #Oban #Argyll

**Poverty Alliance** @povertyalliance@mastodon.scot · Apr 10

Apr 10

Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance@mastodon.scot

"...people are passionate about improving things for their communities." Our #Argyll and #Bute #TARP development officer Becky Hothersall points a way forward for effective consultation with rural communities.
https://www.povertyalliance.org/blog-argyll-bute-values-voices-of-lived-experience/

Roadsigns pointing to Campbeltown and Oban

**Seonaidh** @MacNaBracha@mastodon.scot · Apr 9

Apr 9

Seonaidh @MacNaBracha@mastodon.scot

Drochaid a' Chlachain, Eilean Saoil.

Bridging the Atlantic at Seil.

Drochaid a' Chlachain
The Bridge over the Atlantic

#Argyll #MeerMittwoch #Scotland

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Apr 7

Apr 7

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

East coast dawn, west coast dusk.

I watched the sunrise at 0610 in #Northumberland; and the sunset in #Argyll at 2010.

There was a good deal of travelling and tourism between the two ends of the day.

From the old jetty in Ellenabeich on Seil, the sun has set behind Mull. All the land is black; but the sea and the sky change from blue to gold and back again.

**Seonaidh** @MacNaBracha@mastodon.scot · Apr 7

Apr 7

Seonaidh @MacNaBracha@mastodon.scot

Camhanach ruadh na h-oidhche. Camas Feàrnach, Loch Meilfheart.

#FotoMontag #PhotoMonday #Scotland

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Apr 3

Apr 3

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

Sometimes, taking the dog for a walk isn't much of a chore...

Second time up here in two days; which is good as it seems to show I've recovered from the awful bug I caught in London. Easy does it though!

Looking south from Seil: a clear but hazy blue sky, a calm blue sea and islands stretching away to the horizon.

#Argyll #Scotland #Spring

**Undiscovered Scotland** @UndisScot@mastodon.scot · Apr 3

Apr 3

Undiscovered Scotland @UndisScot@mastodon.scot

The intimidating outer wall of the strategically located Dunstaffnage Castle north of Oban, on a site defended for up to 1,500 years overlooking what was once the most important junction on the sea-lanes off the west coast of Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/oban/dunstaffnage/index.html

Dunstaffnage Castle. The image shows the high rounded wall of the castle sitting on top of an outcrop of rock, with grass in the foreground. There’s a projection from the wall on the right with a long flight of stone steps leading up towards what seems to be the entrance. The roof of an interior building can be seen above the wall. The scene is in sunshine.

#Scotland #Argyll

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Mar 29

Mar 29

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

In a lighter (but no brighter) mood, I'm told that now is a good time to observe - with suitable precautions - a partial eclipse.

Ah...

Looking south from Ellenabeich on Seil. The old quarry, flooded with seawater, is ruffled by the stiff southerly breeze which makes the sea beyond quite rough. Luing is just visible to the left; Easdale Island to the right. It is raining; overhead, 100% cover of thick cloud conceals the partial eclipse.

#Argyll #Scotland #SolarEclipse

**Russ Cheshire** @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot · Mar 28

Mar 28

Russ Cheshire @RussCheshire@mastodon.scot

Storm clouds over an ancient place of refuge and sanctuary.

Allegorical? Me..?

As if...

Looking northwest across Easdale Bay to the Garvellachs; a small archipelago where a monk called Brendan established a religious retreat around 542 AD.
The sea is a stormy green colour; below a vivid blue sky and above the islands, a huge Cumulonimbus cloud unleashes strong squall and heavy rain showers.

#Argyll #Scotland #Spring

**Undiscovered Scotland** @UndisScot@mastodon.scot · Mar 13

Mar 13

Undiscovered Scotland @UndisScot@mastodon.scot

Ri Cruin Cairn, all that remains of a structure built some 4,000 years ago as the burial for a single individual and one of the large number of ancient monuments in Kilmartin Glen, north of Lochgilphead in Argyll. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/ricruincairn/index.html

Ri Cruin Cairn. The image shows a woodland clearing with the trees surrounding it partly in spring leaf. The clearing is largely covered by an extensive but low pile of large stones, which seems to curve round from bottom middle to mid right of the frame in a horseshoe. The scene is in sunshine.

#Scotland #Kilmartin #Argyll

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