Islay

Travel Blogs from Islay, United Kingdom

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Our first anchorage, Black Isles, Black Isles, United Kingdom travel blog

Our first anchorage, Black Isles

A travel blog entry by alibongo

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Westoun to nr Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland, Port Charlotte, United Kingdom travel blog

Westoun to nr Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland

A travel blog entry by tomodea

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... nbsp; Instead we took advantage of the wireless hot spot at the ferry terminal until it was time to board the ferry. Our B&B on Islay is definitely in the country and by the water.  It took us about 45 minutes to drive to it and we luckily ...

Ireland to Scotland., Port Ellen, United Kingdom travel blog

Ireland to Scotland.

A travel blog entry by cluainfia

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...  place.  We left Port Ellen at 1000 hrs heading for the Crinan Canal.Gigha Island was off our starboard and the Sound of Islay on our port side. It was a pleasant sail up the Sound of Jura.There were several sail boats in view all heading in ...

Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Port Ellen, United Kingdom travel blog

Port Ellen, Isle of Islay

A travel blog entry by simoncole

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... , the small island just to the South. Having managed to avoid all the rocks we sailed a 4 hour reach to Islay. Fresh South Easterlies were forecast for overnight and Tuesday so it was important to find a suitable shelter. By 18:00 ...

nr Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland, Port Charlotte, United Kingdom travel blog

nr Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland

A travel blog entry by tomodea

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... watching the others relax.  Tom found some of these whiskys very tasty but his favourite is still Laphroaig.  Before arriving on Islay Ruth had sought advice about how many tours to plan per day.  After this one, it was obvious that the ...

nr Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland, Port Charlotte, United Kingdom travel blog

nr Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland

A travel blog entry by tomodea

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We visited a couple of towns, Bowmore (pronounced Bo Mor) and a small shopping square called House of Islay where the community is revitalising the old house's huge kitchen garden and growing vegetables for sale. There are also a few little shops and a ...

Islay, Islay, United Kingdom travel blog

Islay

A travel blog entry by kateinasia

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... day, we were back on the west coast at Oban, and from there drove to the ferry at Tarbert and crossed over to Islay (pronounced Isle – luh), home of Laphroaig Distillery, among others.  Laphroaig is Bill’s favorite Scotch, or at least the ...

Trip from Islay Scotland, Islay, United Kingdom travel blog

Trip from Islay Scotland

A travel blog entry by eddynotedwina

Well all I can saw is that Islay was gorgeous and I went for a ride on a Highland pony. She rocked!!!! it was a real dampner that I lost my camera on the bus back to ...

Islay to Linlithgow nr Edinburgh, Scotland, Linlithgow, United Kingdom travel blog

Islay to Linlithgow nr Edinburgh, Scotland

A travel blog entry by tomodea

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... , Queen of Scots was born.  However our journey took more than 5 hours.  We were in time for the ferry from Islay to Kennacraig and were progressing well until we learned there had been a fatal accident on the A82 resulting in its closure.  ...

Volontariat RSPB Scotland, Islay, United Kingdom travel blog

Volontariat RSPB Scotland

A travel blog entry by gypalbarbu

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... de galles et Irlande du Nord, sous couvert du Scottish National Trust. Parmis ces réserves, l'île d'Islay possède une situation particulière : c'est le seul pays (et en particulier cette île) ...

Islay - land of peat and whisky, Bowmore, United Kingdom travel blog

Islay - land of peat and whisky

A travel blog entry by skip-ange

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... would have to go to Harbour Inn (for seafood), Old Kiln Cafe, and The Lochside Hotel (for the massive selection of Islay whiskys). One thing that struck me on the Isle (especially compared to London) is that everyone is really friendly and there is a ...

Lovely Lowlandmans Bay, Craighouse, United Kingdom travel blog

Lovely Lowlandmans Bay

A travel blog entry by simoncole

We walked the canal into the local town Lochgilphead and took the bus back. We had hoped that by the time we got back the engineer would have sorted things out but unfortunately his verdict was not good. The engine is knackered and no remedies are ...

Craighouse, Jura, Craighouse, United Kingdom travel blog

Craighouse, Jura

A travel blog entry by simoncole

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... chilly. We motored for 4 hours to pick up a visitors buoy in Chraighouse, Jura. At 22 miles by 8, Jura is longer and thiner than Islay, but is much more rugged and is home to 180 humans and 6,000 red deer. It has one distillery, which I hope to visit ...

nr Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland, Port Charlotte, United Kingdom travel blog

nr Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland

A travel blog entry by tomodea

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... we had the usual dram.  Tom had most of Ruth’s as she did not like it.  The other distilleries on Islay were started in the early 1800s when the licensing laws made it too difficult to continue producing unlicensed farm yard whisky. During ...

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