Gallery

The island, in pictures.

Aerial view of the Kyles of Bute and the island's farmland from the air
The blue and white shelter on the shore at Ardbeg, looking across to the Argyll hills
The ruins of St Blane's Chapel near Kingarth in summer
The red sandstone Gothic front of Mount Stuart House above its lawn
The circular curtain wall and water-filled moat of Rothesay Castle
The paddle steamer Waverley passing Rothesay Bay on the Firth of Clyde
Golfer on the high course at Port Bannatyne overlooking the Kyles of Bute
Rothesay's Victorian seafront terraces seen from the Firth of Clyde
Dawn light over rock pools and the water at Kilchattan Bay
Green farmland running down to a sandy bay on the south-west coast of Bute
Old stone pier and shingle beach on Bute, looking across to the mainland hills
Red autumn maple in an island garden above the water
A small waterfall under an old stone bridge in Bute woodland
Green and red flag on a coastal golf course beside the sea on Bute
Sunset over calm water and a wooden jetty on the Isle of Bute
Buttock Point at the northern tip of Bute in soft evening light over the Kyles
Yacht at anchor off Bute at sunset on the Firth of Clyde
Rothesay's shoreline and terraces on a grey spring day