THE night skies above Lochindaal were a blaze of colour when both Bowmore and Port Charlotte greeted the new year with spectacular fireworks display which brought gasps of admiration from the spectators.
Happily, recent gales had become a spent force and the events attracted large numbers in full festive mood.
On the stroke of midnight, the bells of the floodlit Round Church rang out to usher in 2017, and piper Lynsay MacArthur, accompanied by her drum-playing sister Rhona, provided the musical welcome.