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Islay Day 4 – beach, distillery and home

Posted on August 9, 2016 by AMWeston

Our last day on Islay. Due to the ferry changes we weren’t catching the ferry until 3.30pm instead of lunchtime. We decided to revisit the beach at Kilnaughton bay. Last time we had visited we spotted a church in the … Continue reading →

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Islay Day 3 – Stone Circle, Distilleries and more ruins

Posted on August 8, 2016 by AMWeston

Another hearty breakfast, car packed we headed off to look for the stone circle at Cultoon.   We parked and walked across a field as we couldn’t see another way to the stone circle. This was not the way to … Continue reading →

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Islay Day 2 Part 1 – ruins, rocks and distillery visit.

Posted on August 6, 2016 by AMWeston

After a hearty breakfast we headed up to Finlaggan. A few miles to the south-west of Port Askaig on the island of Islay lies Loch Finlaggan, a place of great importance in Scottish history, In the loch are three islands, … Continue reading →

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Islay Day 1 – Boat and Port Wemyss

Posted on August 6, 2016 by AMWeston

Last weekend Terry and I headed over to Kennacraig to catch the ferry to Islay. We had planned to take our car but earlier in the week CalMac decided to put one of it’s ferries into dry dock for repair. … Continue reading →

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