I can think of hundreds of reasons why you should make the journey and enjoy the fabulous Isle of Islay. I won't mention them here though, the reasons are scattered all over this blog and the Islay Info website so you can easily check for yourself. I...

I picked up an interesting article this afternoon regarding the withdrawal of the Islay bank manager at the Bank of Scotland in Shore Street. Earlier the bank announced that the current bank manager would be replaced by a Edinburgh based call centre....

I came across a few interesting snippets in the latest Ileach newspaper that might interest the regular (welcome evening) visitor as well as the regular Calmac ferry passenger. I will start with the first snippet about the Baker sisters (Image right)....

I'm posting this message on behalf of Lorna McLean, a member of the Islay Forum. She made an appeal on the forum and to give her some more publicity we decided to post her question on the blog. I am coming to the island on the 21st of November for a...

I was going to post some Islay nostalgia tonight but decided to let it rest for another week. After the ferry names post, ferry ports report and the incredibly stupid decision made by the Bank of Scotland to withdraw their business consultant, it's...