An ill pensioner had to be taken to hospital from her island home in a lifeboat after storms prevented a ferry crossing.
The woman, in her 90s, was taken from Mull to Oban by a lifeboat crew at around 6.55pm for emergency treatment.
An RNLI statement said: "Due to the gale-force conditions, the ferry which would normally be used to transfer patients was unable to make the crossing.
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