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Octomore 13.3 a surprisingly very mild dram. But very good. Slainte!
#Whisky #Islay

Laphroaig Distillery, one of three world-famous distilleries that can be found on the road east from Port Ellen on the south side of the Isle of Islay. The distillery was established in 1815. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/laphroaigdistillery/index.html

#Scotland #LaphroaigDistillery #Scotch #Whisky #Islay

Laphroaig Distillery. The image shows a view along the front of a white warehouse which has, in the top right of the frame the letters LAPHRO and part of the A visible. The shore is to the left of it and a little around the shore is a range of white buildings of up to three storeys in height, topped off by a distillery pagoda. The sky is blue.

Er passe fornøyd med at Skottlandturen til våren er i boks. Først Glasgow og så whiskyfestival på #Islay. Jadda!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Round Church, in a magnificent location at the head of the village of Bowmore's Main Street on the Isle of Islay. It was built in the 1760s with, it is said, no corners for the devil to hide in. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/roundchurch/index.html

#Scotland #RoundChurch #Bowmore #Islay #IsleOfIslay

The Round Church in Bowmore. The image shows a view up a road that is glimpsed in the bottom of the frame to a two-storey circular church. Much of the structure is white, though the front entrance, which is facing us, is made of stone and is topped off by a tower and bellcote. The front door is accessed by stone steps. The sky is largely blue.

The magnificent Kildalton Cross in the south-eastern corner of Islay: Scotland's finest intact early Christian high cross. Beautifully preserved and standing 2.65m high by 1.32m wide, it was carved towards the end of the 700s. More pics and images: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/kildalton/index.html

#Scotland #Islay

The Kildalton Cross. The image shows part of a ruined church on the left of the frame and a graveyard occupying much of the lower part of the frame with trees behind it. There are only a few scattered graves while, in the centre foreground and occupying the whole central strip of the frame is a large greenish-grey decorated stone cross with arcs connecting its arms to the upper and lower parts. The scene is in sunlight.

Islay - Trip To Arran

🎧 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OteD2dEcTIc

Info: https://www.discogs.com/release/27748263-Islay-The-Castlehill-EP

Info: https://silentforcerecordings.bandcamp.com/track/trip-to-arran

#Music #NowPlaying #Electronic #DnB #DrumNBass #Jungle #Islay

nuair a tha mi fhìn nam sheasamh
aig ceann Loch an Dala
’s mi a’ coimhead thar cuain geur
a’ deàrrsadh ’s a’ deàlradh
fo ghrian na sìorraidheachd
chan fhaic mi sgath dhen ghlasadh cheilteach…

—Iain S. Mac a’ Phearsain, “ceann Loch an Dala”
in Friends & Kangaroos: New Writing Scotland 17 (ASL, 1999)

#Scottish #literature #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poem #poetry #Islay #emigration

ceann Loch an Dala
Iain S. Mac a’ Phearsain

nuair a tha mi fhìn nam sheasamh
aig ceann Loch an Dala
’s mi a’ coimhead thar cuain geur
a’ deàrrsadh ’s a’ deàlradh
fo ghrian na sìorraidheachd
chan fhaic mi sgath dhen ghlasadh cheilteach
a’ ciaradh Ile
na eilean shìthichean faoin
ach soitheach mo shinnsearan
a’ triall dhan iar
Gilleasbaig is Eòghann
a’ cur cùl ri Cill’ Nèimh
an aghaidh leis a’ ghaoith
’s an làmhan air a’ chliathaich
blàth ’s cha mhòr air chrith.

head of Loch Indaal
John Scott MacPherson

personally, when I stand
at the head of Loch Indaal
and look out
over a razor-sharp sea
shining and radiating
under an everlasting sun
I see none of the Celtic twilight
reducing Islay
to an island of vacant faeries
but my ancestors’ ship
heading for the west
Archibald and Hugh
turning backs on Kilnave
facing downwind
their hands on the gunwhales
warm and almost shaking.

working artist making her way with life changes, talking through the choices simply and honestly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoVdn_Li6O4

#HollyExley #illustrator #artist #worker #freedom #autonomy #Islay #Scotland

Made a longtime dream come true this week, finally made it to #Islay. I’ve been blowing through my film faster than expected (as well as shooting plenty on my mirrorless), so I am really looking forward to developing and scanning them!

This pic is from my phone - I haven’t sorted through all the digital images yet either, that will take some time.

A view of Lagavulin distillery across Lagavulin bay on Islay island, Scotland

Lonely Kilnave Chapel, close to Loch Gruinart on the north side of the Isle of Islay, and its weather-worn 1300-year-old cross. The chapel was the site of an atrocity committed during the Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart in 1598. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/kilnave/index.html

#Scotland #Kilnave #Islay

Kilnave Chapel. The image shows a grassy graveyard sloping down to a blue sea in the background. On the left is a badly eroded carved cross standing on a plinth. In the upper right of the frame is the gable end of a stone building with a low door and no windows. The scene is in sunlight.

Returning to Islay: A Search for a Childhood Memory at a Standing Stone

The author embarks on a journey to rediscover a childhood memory on the Scottish island of Islay. A photo from their youth, taken while sitting on a standing stone, was given to them by their mother years later. Despite having no clear recollection of the moment, the photograph intrigued them with i... [More info]

New post on my trip to #Islay in the Hebrides to see where my second great grandmother lived, before she emigrated to #Canada
#Scotland #travel #tourism #UK

https://amyfallon.substack.com/p/queen-of-the-hebrides-a-visit-to

On #Islay #Scotland

Isle of Islay, 2022.

#islay #scotland #innerhebrides #uk #nature #island #travel #photography

I rarely drink anymore. A bonus that the whole range of emerging non-alcoholic beverages – beers in particular – has been a lot of fun.

When I do have a rare taste of something 'hard' that makes it a particularly special event.

#SingleMalt Scotch is such a treat! In decades past I've sampled a wide range of Scotland's best, and came to have a few particular favourites.

This evening it's a dram of #Bowmore. I've really gotta visit #Islay some day. Several of the best ones are from there.

Finlaggan near Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay. This is an enormously important place in the history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. During most of the 1300s and 1400s it was the administrative centre of the Lords of the Isles. More pics & info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/finlaggan/index.html

#Scotland #Islay

Finlaggan near Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay. The image shows a loch surrounded by low-lying land and rough grass in the foreground. A promontory extends in from the right beyond a marshy area and there are the remains of two or three ruined stone buildings on it. It is a dull day.

The pretty village of Portnahaven, standing near the western tip of the Isle of Islay on the Rhinns of Islay, the peninsula that wraps around the north side of Loch Indaal as it takes its huge bite out of the west side of the island. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portnahaven/index.html

#Scotland #Islay

Portnahaven. The image shows a view down across the head of a tidal inlet with a boat pulled up on the grass. A road leads along the far side of the inlet with white houses and cottages on its far side. More houses are placed along a ridge above and behind the first row. The sky is blue.

Finlaggan with Paps of Jura in distance. #Islay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Old building ruins with two mountains behind them

54% and "heavily peated" - don't mind if I do 😋 #drinkstodon #whisky #islay

A glass of water, a bottle of Scottish whisky and a glass (of that same whisky).

‘Now that commerciality no longer equals employment, and with a dystopian future looming, what art should I make? What art do I want to make?’
— Holly Exley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5CI-epXcaY

#HollyExley #watercolor #painting #landscapePainting #landscape #art #artMaking #Islay #gneiss #Rhinns

#islay

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