Peat Cutting at the Isle of Islay

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The Isle of Islay is the place where I tried my hand at peat cutting, for the first time, and what an experiece it was! Islay is famous for it’s eight whisky distilleries and a ninth distillery is planned to open in 2009 in the lovely village of Port Charlotte. The Inner Hebridean islands of [...]

Picture Perfect Scotland- Jura Music Festival

As the rain clouds cleared, this gorgeous whisper of a rainbow appeared – a promise of wonderful things to come. The Isle of Jura Musical Festival is now a well established favourite for lovers of the traditional music scene in Scotland. To get to this concert, we had to take a 5 minute ferry from the Isle [...]