Last week I visited Islay on a busmans holiday courtesy of Dunlossit Estate, so who am I and what do I do for a living? I arrived by ferry to the island on Saturday 31st October and got settled into my accommodation for the week, Braer Cottage at...

It's been a while that I wrote about someone's Islay travel report but today I found an interesting one for you. The person behind the report calls himself Killy Birder and is based in Killingworth, North Tyneside. According to his report he had...

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...

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...

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...