Islay Blog News Feed - Short Version

New Islay Book - Island Moments by Catherine Wilson

ron — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:10:18 +0000

Catherine Wilson sent me a review of her latest book titled "Island Moments". The book review is written by brian palmer: "The advent of the affordable digital camera has turned us all into 'expert' photographers, underlined even more so by the pixels on almost every mobile phone. Surely such adv ...

Help Protest Against fewer Ferries to Port Ellen

ron — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:07:14 +0000

The number of articles I've published on this blog about the Scottish Ferries Review is an almost endless list and they were either speculations of a possible outcome, opinions from the Ileach Newspaper or articles from the Scottish Government regarding the procedure of the Ferries Review and the relevant doucments. The title ...

Update on Port Ellen Pier Reconstruction

ron — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:21:44 +0000

The Argyll and Bute Council issued a press release today about the status of the pier reconstruction in Port Ellen: "Dredging works within the inner and outer harbours will be commencing 8th February 2012 and will continue for approximately 1 month. Immediately thereafter, rock armour will be placed within some of the dredged areas and this work is estimated to continue for a further period of approximately 1 month. Both operations will ...

Islay Video - The Woman who ate a Cow

ron — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:57:15 +0000

Below is a fragment of what looks like something from a BBC Alba show. In the video you can see the cattle of James Brown from Octomore at the Islay Auction Mart in Bridgend. The Islay farmers had a good day with over 1,400 cattle for sale that day and you meet Heather, apparantly the woman who ate a cow. Enjoy!

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Works in Port Ellen Islay - Ramsay Hall and Pier

ron — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:12:25 +0000

Mark from Islay Studios sent me a couple of interesting pictures of works presently being carried out in Port Ellen. The severe storm in January caused quite a lot of roof damage to Ramsay Hall which is now being repaired by a builder hired by the council. Below you can see the current state of the works.

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The Ellister Show Back on Islay

ron — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:18:36 +0000

The Ellister Show by Jane Dawson: The Ellister Show was started in 1979 and continued for 13 years to 1992. The idea of it was that as there was only one show a year, pony people didn’t get the opportunity to get their ponies accustomed to the sights and sounds of a show. Many mainland folk attend a show most weekends during the summer; we wanted to provide another chance for ponies to do a “practice run” before attending the Islay Show.

Ellister S ...

Islay Tip - Visit Islay Distilleries

ron — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:51:26 +0000

If you're planning on visiting the Islay Whisky Distilleries make sure to pick-up the latest Distillery Tour Leaflet where you can find all the opening hours of the distilleries and visitor centre's as well as all the contact details. The tour leaflet is available from the Islay Blog Download Section

For more info on Islay's eight distilleries visit the ...

Islay Info Android App in Market

ron — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:09:03 +0000

I've been playing around with various ideas for mobile devices for a while now and I recently came across something interesting. Since Smartphones have the future I decided to start a new way to keep Islay Info website visitors connected with the latest updates, an ...

Portrait of Bruno Schroder of Dunlossit Islay and his Family

ron — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:20:19 +0000

I've found a lengthy article today about billionaire merchant banker and landowner Bruno Schroder, owner of Dunlossit Castle near Por ...

Laddie TV - A New Islay TV Channel

ron — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:43:59 +0000

I found out about Laddie TV last week when the first videos were uploaded. On Saturday I posted a video of Jim McEwan and Mark Reynier in which they discussed how one should enjoy an Islay Single Malt Whisky. What I forgot to mention is that the video was one of many videos in the new Laddie TV Youtube channel. ...