Owner: Islay Weblog URL:http://blog.islayinfo.com Join Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:40:17 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: The Islay Weblog is a source of news, events, and background information (history, wildlife, genealogy, and so on) on the Isle of Islay, found in Scotland, the United Kingdom. Site statistics:Click here
Islay Sports Weekend 2007-07-26 10:34:37 For the sports lovers among us the weekend of 4 and 5 August is one to write in your diary. Two interesting sporting events take place in this weekend on Is... Read more:Sports
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Whisky Galore on Islay 2007-07-23 11:11:38 Most people probably heard of this famous tale which happened on the Isle of Eriskay in 1941. The SS Politician sank of... Read more:Whisky
Islay's Hebridean Isles Ferry Damaged 2007-07-21 12:16:40 Passengers on the Hebridean Isles due to leave from Kennacraig on Saturday afternoon (14 July) found themselv...
Disruptions on Islay Airport likely 2007-07-19 13:38:37 Due to possible strikes by firefighters on several airports in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, including Isla... Read more:likely
The Islay Air Ambulance Disaster 2007-07-17 13:22:45 It was early on the morning of 14th May 1933 when Dr. Stewart of Bruichladdich took the first step in what was... Read more:Disaster
Mark Reynier from Bruichladdich Interviewed by the Herald 2007-07-16 02:47:50 Mark Reynier, Managing Director from Islay's Bruichladdich Distillery, was interviewed last weekend by the Herald
. Bruichladdich Distillery closed in 1995 and was reopened in 2001, and proved to be very succesfull. They have an annual turnover ...
New on the Islay Info Website 2007-07-30 15:03:30 In the last few days I managed to create some interesting new pages on the Islay Website. First of all a page which shows ...
From our Islay Cycling Reporter 2007-08-06 11:33:39 Yesterday was the annual Gran Fondo d'Ardbeg which unfortunately took place in rather dull and rainy weather. Nevertheless almost 20 riders decided to join this 100 mile charity ride on the Isle of Islay with two stops, one at the Old Kiln Cafe... Read more:Cycling
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Puzzling things on Islay - who can help? 2007-08-05 11:11:17 Today I finished the first two parts of the travelogue from our Islay trip in May, I have split them up in several... Read more:things
A New Online Islay Shop 2007-08-03 13:04:22 Already a year ago, after my visit to Islay in May 2006, I had the idea of opening an Online Islay Shop t...
Islay Tope Fishing Festival 2007-08-09 09:52:27 When I received this information I raised an eyebrow because I didn't have a clue what a Tope was. After some g... Read more:Fishing
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Islay Agricultural Show 2007-08-07 01:58:33 With the latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK it is now certain that the annual Islay Agricultural
S...
Islay Whisky News 2007-08-12 06:49:04 Bowmore: Morrison Bowmore, owner of the Bowmore Distillery on Islay, the Lowland Distillery Auchentoshan at Dumbar... Read more:Whisky
Longship Havhingsten visited Islay 2007-08-10 12:40:04 The longship Havhingsten is a reconstruction of the Skuldelev 2-wreck found on the bottom of Roskilde Fjord in 1...
Islay Show 2007 2007-08-15 05:09:37 The 2007 Islay Show, the 161st edition if I'm correct, was held on the show field in Whin Park at Bridgend. The show is organised by the Islay, Jura and Colonsay Agricultural Association and was held for the first time in 1838! The show is trad...
BBC's Great British Journeys 2007-08-14 03:24:30 Nick Crane, Geographer, adventurer and former enthusiast presenter of the rewarded series BBC Coast, was in the ... Read more:Great
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Islay Pharmacy Open 2007-08-19 07:28:23 Dispensing pharmacist Nigel Carling opened the new Islay Pharmacy
in Bowmore on Wednesday 1st August. Mr Carling, a native of Durham, graduated with pharmacy qualifications from Leicesters De Montfort University. He is looking forward to worki...
Islay Jazz Festival Promotional Video 2007-08-18 06:49:45 With the Islay Jazz Festival
coming up next month I thought it would be good to post a promotional video which I found on youtube. The video is introduced by John McLellan, distillery manager from Bunnahabhain, and shows some very nice images o...
The Lochiel at Port Ellen in the 1950s 2007-08-22 07:13:50 Nowadays we enter the modern ferries through the huge bow and stern doors as if this was always the case, but it's only since the 1970s that the modern Ro-Ro and 'drive-through' ferries sailed to Islay. At first Ro-Ro (roll-on roll-of) was int... Read more:Ellen
Islay Sea Safari 2007-08-20 06:58:26 Islay Sea Safari
is based in Port Ellen and takes visitors to some of the most beautiful parts of Islay's wild coast. They can also arrange trips to the east or west coasts of the neighbouring Isle of Jura as well as to the north and the whirlp...
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