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• Finlaggan Footprint Stone as found by Domhnall Gruamach

  
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  The Ileach Newspaper reprinted the following article by the late Captain Donald of Port Charlotte, originally published under his Gaelic name in the Clan Donald magazine (no 3) 1965 Captain Graham Donald D.F.C., H.W.C., Hon F.S.A. (Scot) was a pilot in the Great War of 1914 – 1918, serving with the Royal ...
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• Sea eagles, basalt dykes and raised beaches on Juras SW coast

  
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  Once round Rubh a Chrois-aoinidh, we had left Loch Tarbert on Jura and now entered the Sound of Islay. We still had 14.5km to go till we reached Port Askaig and there was only two hours until we had to be on the ferry. There was some anxiety within the party. However, our detour round Loch Tarbert had allowed the tide ...
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• Islay Councillor calls for Triangular Route

  
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  There is a lot of interesting ferry news coming your way in the next weeks. With the new Islay ferry being built in Poland it becomes clear that things will change. Will the new ferry sail from Kennacraig to Port Ellen or will the goverment try to save money and will the new ferry run from Oban to Port Askaig. And ...
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• Pibroch Puffer at Caol Ila Distillery

  
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  A friend from Islay sent me a beautiful old photograph and he mentioned the fact that he enjoys the old images of Islay so much. I think, and hope, that a lot of the readers will enjoy these old images too. I already had quite a few positive comments so for now we stay in the nostalgic mood for a while longer, at ...
  3 days ago

• Enchanted by a perfect Pap on Jura

  
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  We rounded Rubh a Bhàillein (rock of the twigs) to witness the splendid prospect of the remote south shore of Loch Tarbert in Jura.A succession of dazzling white strands were backed by a series of raised beaches and cliffs.Behind them all the shapely mass of Beinn Shiantaidh (757m) heaved towards the blue vault of ...
  3 days ago

• Shoreline Project, Bowmore, Islay

  
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  Urban Animation and Neil Sutherland Architects have been appointed by Islay Estates to masterplan expansion at the western edge of Bowmore, Islay. The Project will be the most significant development on the island since the construction of the original planned village at Bowmore in the 1770s. Islay Estates are seeking ...
  4 days ago

• Nostalgic Ad Port Askaig Hotel

  
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  A week has passed since I wrote about the Islay Guide Book published in the 1960s. A wee nostalgic guide with lovely old ads. The first nostalgic ad I published was from Western Ferries and last Sunday I posted the foreword written by Alastair Borthwick. This Wednesday, as promised, more Islay nostalgia from the ...
  5 days ago

• Which whisky lover will pay £20k for the one-off Dalmore Oculus

  
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  On the same day that Bonhams in Edinburgh sell the 3,000 bottle Willard S Folsom Collection of Old and Rare Single Malt Whiskies - the largest single-owner collection of whiskies to be auctioned - there’s another item for sale that may prove the main event.Alongside the examples of Ardbeg, Bowmore, Dalmore, ...
  6 days ago

• More Islay Nostalgia - TV programme 1960s

  
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  I had planned to publish some more Islay nostalgia by showing you a lovely old image of the Pibroch steamer loading casks at Caol Ila, sent to me by a friend on Islay. Instead I found something with an even higher nostalgic touch, a black and white tv programme of 24 minutes from the 1960s posted by the Ileach , and ...
  6 days ago

• Interview with Florrie Phee Born 1883

  
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  Perhaps Im in a nostalgic phase at the moment or maybe its because autumn has started and the leaves are falling from the trees, who knows, but today I have another dosis of nostalgia for you, although the following story isnt just nostalgic, its a bit sad as well, and it shows how hard life was in those days. The ...
  1 week ago

• Islay Guide Foreword by Alastair Borthwick

  
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  Last Wednesday I posted the first image from a new series based upon an Islay guidebook from the 1970s, supplied by Keith who is a regular reader of the blog. He was also kind enough to type over the foreword of this Islay guide to show you how the author, Alastair Borthwick, described Islay in the 1970s. Its a ...
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• Outdoor Islay Whisky Review

  
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  I had seen this video before and decided today to share it with you on this last day of October. Its not often that an Islay malt whisky gets reviewed on the shores of Loch Fyne, just north of Inveraray . Now the guy thats doing the review is called Ralfy and he is what you could call a character. If you have seen ...
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• Colonsay to Jura by sea kayak

  
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  Sadly, it was now time to take our leave of Colonsay. We had our last supper on one of her superlative beaches on the SE coast. The day was getting on, it was now about 2hrs 30minutes to sunset. We had paddled only 21km, since setting off in the morning, and still had a 15km crossing to our destination, at the mouth ...
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• Will Bruichladdich Pier Works Prevent Oil Shortages on Islay

  
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  In June 2007 the national media reported about the oil supply problems and BBC had the following headline "Oil shortage hits whisky island" and they continued with "Distillers on Islay face not being able to make whisky during the islands annual celebration of malt and music due to a shortage of oil." There wasnt an ...
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• Calmac is here to Stay

  
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  A little over a year ago BBC reported about an EU inquiry into the state subsidised ferry company Caledonian MacBrayne. The article mentioned the fact that the European Commission is investigating the subsidy that is received by Calmac to operate its routes in the west of Scotland. Other ferry companies such as ...
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• Nostalgic Wee Islay Guide

  
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  Its not a secret that I like old images, postcards and other Islay related bits and bobs from the old days. Ever since I started this blog I have tried to include a lot of such posts, often with help from the readers who pointed out interesting sites and resources. This week something similar happened again, much to ...
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• Kilmeny and Glenegedale achieve Gold Star awards

  
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  Two Islay guest houses are among four Argyll and Bute accommodation providers reaching for the stars - and achieving them. according to tourism quango VisitScotland. The businesses have received Gold Star status under VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance scheme which this month was expanded to include B&Bs; ...
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• Argyll’s Sustainable Design Awards 2009: VOTE

  
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  Today we’re bringing detailed photographs and information on finalists in the Small Scale Residential category of the awards. This covers everything from single houses to developments of up to 5 units - the norm for Argyll. We’re off to a superb start with these finalists - all single houses.The thumbnail ...
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• Bowmore’s new Waste Water Treatment Works enters key stage

  
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  The waders in Islay’s Loch Indaal will be as pleased as the local residents as Scottish Water’s new £9 million waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) at Bownore on the lochside moves nearer completion.At the moment the waste water in the Bowmore area is untreated. All the flows go into the network of pipes and the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Beauly-Denny power line and the new realities

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  The Scottish Government is to approve the £400 million power line from Beauly, near Inverness, south through the Cairngorm National Park to Denny, near Falkirk in the Central Belt.This power line, capable of carrying 6GW of power, will need 600 pylons at 200 ft high each.It is this factor that has made the proposal ...
  2 weeks ago

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