This photograph is by copyright holder Sue Anderson of Island Focus and shows the Kyles of Bute, Na Caoil Bhòdach, at sunset. The Kyles form a continuous waterway separating the Argyll island of Bute from the mainland of the Cowal peninsula to its west and north.

The Kyles are designated as a National Scenic Area.

This photograph is taken from the heights above Loch Riddon, which flows into the Kyles from the north, joining them to the left of the bottom of the picture.The Cowal mainland is on the left and the Isle of Bute to the right.

The view is down the east Kyle, from Loch Riddon past Eilean Dubh (the black isle)  and the Burnt Islands off the north of Bute, through the 300 metre narrows between Colintraive on the Cowal mainland and Rhubodach on Bute. A small CalMac car ferry makes regular passages across the narrows at this point.

The east Kyle then swings away to the south (the top right of the photograph), down to the bay at Rothesay, Bute’s main town.

The west Kyle runs away to the right at the bottom of the photograph, past the mainland village of Tighnabruaich and Inchmarnock Island off Bute’s west coast.

Copyright: Sue Anderson, www.islandfocus.co.uk. Images may not be reproduced without prior permission from Sue Anderson.

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