Looking North from Port Appin towards the Hills of

The small Lighthouse in the foreground hit the headlines back in 2001 when it was under threat of being demolished, and replaced with a light of much less significance and charm. Persons, still unknown, decided to mount a protest. The following is an extract from a news report at the time.

An unmanned lighthouse on the Scottish coast has been painted pink with yellow spots.

Officials at the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) confirmed that the entire seven metre-high lighthouse at Port Appin, on the west coast, had been painted.

They said vandals had also painted an adjoining storage facility in a colour scheme resembling that of the children's television character Mr Blobby.

Officials said they failed to see the funny side of the prank and have sent paint by helicopter to restore the structure to its traditional white.

I understand that while the miscreants managed to paint the entire structure pink during the course of one night, it took the authorities two weeks to paint it white again!