From Craighouse on Jura we entered Small Isles Bay. The
Small Isles are a delightful chain of islands that lie across the broad entrance to Loch na Mile. We On calm waters we glided silently over the shallow sandy bottom as heron, eider duck and divers largely ignored our passage. The eiders in particular were engrossed in mating displays.
At the north end of
Eilean nan Gabhar all was calm as we passed but the sloop Agnes of Campbeltown was wrecked here in December 1858.
On the shore of Loch nan Mile
the Forest Estate lies below the Paps of Jura. It belongs to Lord Vestey.
At the last of the Small Isles chain ,
Eilean Bhride, we came to the northern entrance to Loch nan Mile.
Before leaving the loch we turned to look back at the Small Isles, Craighouse on Jura and the Islay hills beyond.
