The Persabus Farm - A wonderful part of Islay

After staying in several locations on Islay, we had booked ourselves a cottage at the Persabus Farm this year to live the "Persabus Experience". Persabus is located one mile from Port Askaig on the Bunnahabhain road and is one of the many Viking farms on Islay, meaning 'abode of the priest'. The farm dates back well over a thousand years. The current farm buildings were built and run by a lead mining company approximately 400 years ago, and has been farmed by the Fletcher family for nearly a hundred years. Donald and Rosemary Fletcher currently have two very lovely selfcatering cottages equipped with everything you need, called the Millhouse and Persabus cottage. They themselves live in the farmhouse with their three lovely kids. Opposite the farm you'll find the best Pottery in Scotland and if you're lucky you can meet the potter himself in his workshop. And as you can expect on a farm, you are likely to meet some of its occupants, in this case the chickens, begging for food.

This part of Islay near Port Askaig is extremely beautiful and very quiet, offering ever changing views towards the Paps of Jura and over the Sound of Islay to Kintyre. A magnificent place to be and in fact, this is one of our favorite parts of Islay so far. When you walk or drive from the Persabus Farm towards Bunnahabhain you get to see these stunning views in ever changing light conditions. My favorite part of the day to be there was early in the evening when the sun was low on the horizon and the light became very special. The picture below hopefully expresses some of these conditions, the lonelyness, tranquility and wonderful light.

A view towards the Paps of Jura seen from Bunnahabhain Bay