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2008 Archives
All 358 entries from 2008, listed in chronological order, oldest first:
January 2008, February 2008, March 2008, April 2008, May 2008, June 2008, July 2008, August 2008, September 2008, October 2008, November 2008, December 2008
January 2008
- 01/Jan/2008: Happy Islay New Year!
- 02/Jan/2008: A Few Islay Travel Recommendations
- 03/Jan/2008: Islay is a Part of Greenland?
- 04/Jan/2008: Friday Islay Picture (41)
- 06/Jan/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #17
- 08/Jan/2008: New Islay Woollen Mill Video
- 08/Jan/2008: Watch Out for Rare Turtles on Islay (and Elsewhere)
- 09/Jan/2008: Islay Walking Week WalkIslay 2008 Programme
- 10/Jan/2008: Ewan Graham's Islay Sunset Pictures
- 11/Jan/2008: Friday Islay Picture (42)
- 12/Jan/2008: Late Night Islay Jazz Video
- 13/Jan/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #18
- 14/Jan/2008: Walking to Oronsay Video
- 16/Jan/2008: Islay the Wonder Horse
- 16/Jan/2008: More Islay Seen From Ireland
- 17/Jan/2008: The Islay Records Record Label
- 19/Jan/2008: Very Late Friday Islay Picture (43)
- 19/Jan/2008: Finally Some Islay Travelogue Updates
- 20/Jan/2008: My New Islaymobile
- 20/Jan/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #19
- 21/Jan/2008: Islay Malts in the Playboy
- 22/Jan/2008: The Ardbeg 1965 Islay Malt Video
- 23/Jan/2008: Three Islay Niche Links
- 24/Jan/2008: What On Islay Is This?
- 25/Jan/2008: Friday Islay Picture (44)
- 26/Jan/2008: Glen Logan and Sound of Islay Panorama
- 27/Jan/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #20
- 28/Jan/2008: Islay Whisk(e)y in Men's Vogue
- 29/Jan/2008: More Islay Golf Links
- 30/Jan/2008: Islay Holidays in the Early 1970s
- 31/Jan/2008: Gaelic Link between Islay and Ballycastle
February 2008
- 01/Feb/2008: Friday Islay Picture (45)
- 02/Feb/2008: Mark Reynier Interview on BBC 4
- 03/Feb/2008: Some Snow on Islay
- 03/Feb/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #21
- 04/Feb/2008: Kiloran Bay Bomb Disposal
- 05/Feb/2008: Islay and the Oscars
- 06/Feb/2008: A Floor for the Islay Hotel
- 07/Feb/2008: Two Upcoming New Islay Books
- 08/Feb/2008: Friday Islay Picture (46)
- 09/Feb/2008: More on Islay Whisk(e)y in Men's Vogue
- 10/Feb/2008: Quick Starling Update
- 10/Feb/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #22
- 11/Feb/2008: Islay Pictures by gpat ile
- 12/Feb/2008: Inside the Islay Hotel Basement
- 13/Feb/2008: Islay Wildlife Movie by Gordon Yates
- 14/Feb/2008: Islay and Jura Number Plates
- 15/Feb/2008: Friday Islay Picture (47)
- 16/Feb/2008: Review of The Wildlife Gems of Islay
- 17/Feb/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #23
- 18/Feb/2008: Stephen's Islay and Jura Walking Pictures
- 19/Feb/2008: Islay Peat Bog Fires at Night
- 20/Feb/2008: Islay Winter Storms and Whisky Chefs
- 21/Feb/2008: Islay the Rescue Dog
- 22/Feb/2008: Friday Islay Picture (48)
- 24/Feb/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #24
- 25/Feb/2008: Islay Hotel Ground Floor Under Way
- 26/Feb/2008: Islay Countdown Problems
- 26/Feb/2008: Elliott's Islay Ferry Pictures
- 27/Feb/2008: Flight to Islay
- 28/Feb/2008: The Third Islay House
- 29/Feb/2008: Friday Islay Picture (49)
March 2008
- 01/Mar/2008: Islay Countdowns Fixed
- 02/Mar/2008: Islay Panorama Updates
- 02/Mar/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #25
- 03/Mar/2008: Islay Snow and Hotel Pictures
- 04/Mar/2008: Islay Wildlife Gems DVD Review auf Deutsch
- 05/Mar/2008: Islay Stress Therapy
- 06/Mar/2008: Islay Kildalton Cross on SingleMalt TV
- 07/Mar/2008: Friday Islay Picture (50)
- 08/Mar/2008: Islay Sea Shipping Blog
- 09/Mar/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #26
- 10/Mar/2008: Islay Hotel Fireplace
- 11/Mar/2008: Bruichladdich Islay Book Video
- 12/Mar/2008: Islay in 1948
- 13/Mar/2008: Three Islay Whisky Links and Quotes
- 14/Mar/2008: Friday Islay Picture (51)
- 15/Mar/2008: Yet Another Bowmore Islay Panorama
- 16/Mar/2008: New Islay Panorama: Saligo Bay in the Evening
- 16/Mar/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #27
- 17/Mar/2008: A Kitchen for the Islay Hotel
- 18/Mar/2008: Islay and Jura Quick Notes
- 19/Mar/2008: Wild Weather near Portnahaven, Islay
- 20/Mar/2008: Islay Travelogue Update Saligo Bay
- 21/Mar/2008: Birdwatching in Islay (Peru)
- 21/Mar/2008: Friday Islay Picture (52)
- 23/Mar/2008: Quick Sanaigmore Islay Panorama Update
- 23/Mar/2008: Happy Islay and Colonsay (and Jura) Easter!
- 24/Mar/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #28
- 25/Mar/2008: Islay Hotel First Floor Ceiling
- 26/Mar/2008: First Yacht Visitor to Islay
- 27/Mar/2008: Russian Visits to Islay, Jura and Colonsay
- 29/Mar/2008: Friday (Saturday) Islay Picture (53)
- 29/Mar/2008: By Boat To Islay?
- 30/Mar/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #29
- 31/Mar/2008: Rhinns or Rinns of Islay?
April 2008
- 01/Apr/2008: Bridge to Link Islay and Jura!
- 02/Apr/2008: Islay April Fools
- 03/Apr/2008: Four Germans on Islay (and video)
- 04/Apr/2008: Friday Islay Picture (54)
- 06/Apr/2008: The Islay Corner in my New Home
- 07/Apr/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #30
- 08/Apr/2008: Tidal Energy on Islay
- 09/Apr/2008: Gone Walking (on Islay)
- 11/Apr/2008: Friday Islay Picture (55) from the road
- 11/Apr/2008: Arrival on Islay
- 20/Apr/2008: Return from Islay
- 21/Apr/2008: Impressions from WalkIslay 2008
- 22/Apr/2008: Off to Germany
- 24/Apr/2008: Good Bye Mutti
- 28/Apr/2008: Islay, Jura and Gigha Cruise
- 30/Apr/2008: Islay Link Potpourri
May 2008
- 02/May/2008: Friday Colonsay, Jura and Islay Picture (56)
- 04/May/2008: Islay Ferry Rainbow
- 05/May/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #31
- 06/May/2008: Probably not a Car for Islay's Roads
- 07/May/2008: From Antarctica to Islay
- 08/May/2008: The First Octomore is Being Bottled
- 09/May/2008: Friday Islay Picture (57)
- 11/May/2008: Islay Kayak Circumnavigation
- 12/May/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #32
- 13/May/2008: The Reappearing Islay Wreck
- 14/May/2008: Islay Hotel April Progress
- 15/May/2008: Chough Conservation on Islay (and in Portugal)
- 16/May/2008: Friday Islay Picture (58)
- 17/May/2008: Islay Hotel 1st Floor
- 18/May/2008: I'd rather be on Islay T-Shirt
- 18/May/2008: Blogger Wearing New Islay T-Shirt
- 19/May/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #33
- 20/May/2008: Red Car on Islay
- 21/May/2008: Islay - Jura Ferry Problem
- 22/May/2008: Armin's Little Islay Guide 3rd Edition
- 23/May/2008: Friday Mutti on Islay Picture
- 24/May/2008: Honours for Mhairi Muir from Islay
- 25/May/2008: The Keewhit Leaving Islay
- 26/May/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #34
- 27/May/2008: Hillrunning on the Isle of Jura
- 28/May/2008: Drinking (Islay) Whisky for Bird Conservation
- 29/May/2008: Russian Islay Whisky Video
- 30/May/2008: Friday Islay Picture (59)
- 31/May/2008: I'd rather be on Islay (Bumper) Sticker
June 2008
- 01/Jun/2008: Pictures from British Ultra on Islay and Jura
- 02/Jun/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #35
- 03/Jun/2008: Happy Birthday Imke!
- 04/Jun/2008: Islay Distillery Book #3: Ardbeg
- 05/Jun/2008: Islay and Jura Gas Fields?
- 06/Jun/2008: Friday Islay Picture (60)
- 07/Jun/2008: Islay Hotel First Floor Views
- 08/Jun/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #36
- 09/Jun/2008: Exmouth Disaster Memorials on Islay
- 10/Jun/2008: Islay House Community Garden Website
- 11/Jun/2008: More Islay in 1948
- 12/Jun/2008: Live from Islay - Laphroaig Live 2008
- 13/Jun/2008: Friday Islay Picture (61)
- 14/Jun/2008: Islay High School and Islay Rugby
- 14/Jun/2008: 60 Days to Spot The Barrel
- 15/Jun/2008: Where is IslayBlog.com written?
- 16/Jun/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #37
- 17/Jun/2008: Hidden Links Praises Golf on Islay
- 18/Jun/2008: Reminder: Laphroaig Live from Islay Tonight
- 18/Jun/2008: Watching Laphroaig Live from Islay
- 19/Jun/2008: Islay Hotel Approaches Second Floor
- 20/Jun/2008: Islay Lifeline Ferry Services
- 20/Jun/2008: Friday Islay Picture (62)
- 21/Jun/2008: Marrying Old and New Technology on Islay
- 22/Jun/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #38
- 23/Jun/2008: Islay Water Shortage in the Press
- 23/Jun/2008: People on Islay in 1948 Video
- 24/Jun/2008: Islay Show in 1948 Video
- 25/Jun/2008: Islay Mariners in 1948 Video
- 25/Jun/2008: Islay People in 1948-1950s, The Final Video
- 26/Jun/2008: Becky's Islay Calendar 2009
- 27/Jun/2008: Friday Islay Picture (63)
- 28/Jun/2008: Izlaylolz! KThxBye!!!!1
- 29/Jun/2008: My First Islay Video - Machir Bay
- 29/Jun/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #39
- 30/Jun/2008: Dunlossit Estate (Islay) Website
July 2008
- 01/Jul/2008: Izlay, here we comez!
- 01/Jul/2008: Ein Bisschen Islay Auf Deutsch
- 02/Jul/2008: Liberty Belle B17 Flying Fortress to visit Islay
- 03/Jul/2008: Islay - Jura Ferry Woes Update
- 04/Jul/2008: Liberty Belle on Islay Pictures
- 04/Jul/2008: Friday Islay Picture (64)
- 05/Jul/2008: Young Gamekeeper of the Year from Islay
- 06/Jul/2008: Islay Travelogue 2007 Progress
- 06/Jul/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #40
- 07/Jul/2008: Kilchoman Islay Distillery Panoramas
- 08/Jul/2008: Islay Number Plate For Sale
- 09/Jul/2008: Off To Islay
- 10/Jul/2008: Made it to Tarbert
- 11/Jul/2008: Friday Islay, Gigha and Jura Picture (65)
- 21/Jul/2008: Back From A Week On Islay
- 22/Jul/2008: How to Spot Granny's Rock on Islay
- 23/Jul/2008: Port Askaig, Islay, 40 Years Ago and Today
- 24/Jul/2008: Islay Hotel Attracts First Regular Visitor
- 25/Jul/2008: Friday Islay Picture (66)
- 26/Jul/2008: 3 Islay Hotel Panoramas
- 27/Jul/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #41
- 28/Jul/2008: Islay Sheepdog Trials
- 29/Jul/2008: A Big Ardbeg in Australia
- 30/Jul/2008: Mid Week Islay Picture
- 31/Jul/2008: Bonus Islay Hotel Panorama
August 2008
- 01/Aug/2008: Friday Islay Picture (67)
- 02/Aug/2008: Buy an Island off Islay
- 03/Aug/2008: Islay Ferry Crossing Video
- 03/Aug/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #42
- 04/Aug/2008: What is IslayBlog.com Writing About?
- 05/Aug/2008: Jura Ferry on BBC Radio 4
- 05/Aug/2008: Islay on BBC Nature UK
- 06/Aug/2008: Dinner at an taigh-osda, Islay
- 07/Aug/2008: Beinn Bheigier, The Top of Islay
- 08/Aug/2008: Friday Islay Picture (68)
- 09/Aug/2008: Whisky Powered Racing Car on Islay
- 10/Aug/2008: Rebuilding the Islay Hotel Video
- 10/Aug/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #43
- 11/Aug/2008: Reminder: Spot The Islay Whisky Barrel
- 12/Aug/2008: Reappearing Islay Wreck Revisited
- 13/Aug/2008: Crate Surfing on Islay
- 14/Aug/2008: Laphroaig Islay Single Malt Whisky x 3
- 15/Aug/2008: Friday Islay Picture (69)
- 16/Aug/2008: Imke Opens Bruichladdich PC6 Islay Single Malt Whisky
- 17/Aug/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #44
- 18/Aug/2008: Islay Whisky in (Swiss?) French
- 19/Aug/2008: Mountain Biking on Islay?
- 20/Aug/2008: So Long, and Thanks for All the Birds, Gus
- 21/Aug/2008: More Pier Problems (Not Islay for a Change)
- 22/Aug/2008: Friday Islay Picture (70)
- 23/Aug/2008: Martin Clunes on Islay
- 24/Aug/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #45
- 25/Aug/2008: Watching Buzzards on Islay Video
- 26/Aug/2008: The Orwell Diaries (unfortunately no Jura content)
- 27/Aug/2008: Bruichladdich Islay Distillery Not For Sale
- 28/Aug/2008: Islay Photosynth
- 29/Aug/2008: And The New Name For The Islay Hotel Is...
- 29/Aug/2008: Friday Islay Picture #71
- 30/Aug/2008: Islay Hotel Might Not Be The Jungle
- 30/Aug/2008: Claggain Bay Islay Panorama
- 31/Aug/2008: Islay Hotel Name Update
- 31/Aug/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #46
September 2008
- 01/Sep/2008: Islay September Weekend and Island Breaks
- 02/Sep/2008: New Islay Panorama: Loch Indaal
- 03/Sep/2008: 2 Bruichladdich Islay Websites
- 04/Sep/2008: Islay Book Festival This Weekend With Iain Banks
- 05/Sep/2008: Friday Islay Picture #72
- 06/Sep/2008: Ron Joins The YouTube Islay Video Crowd
- 07/Sep/2008: New Islay Video - Evening at Saligo Bay
- 07/Sep/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #47
- 08/Sep/2008: Colonsay Travelogue (with a touch of Islay)
- 09/Sep/2008: Islay Seals and Fish
- 10/Sep/2008: Islay Farmers Making The News
- 11/Sep/2008: What Makes An Islay Whisky Islay Whisky?
- 12/Sep/2008: Friday Islay Picture #73
- 13/Sep/2008: New Islay Panorama: Port Charlotte Pier
- 14/Sep/2008: Japanese Blogger Visits Islay
- 14/Sep/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #48
- 15/Sep/2008: Islay Show Winner Pictures
- 16/Sep/2008: 4 Islay Accommodation Links
- 17/Sep/2008: Mark Reynier's Islay Barley Rant
- 18/Sep/2008: A Rather Different Islay Video
- 19/Sep/2008: Friday Islay Picture #74
- 20/Sep/2008: Octomore 2002 Futures Islay Single Malt Released
- 21/Sep/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #49
- 22/Sep/2008: Islay Trawler Photos
- 23/Sep/2008: Going Local Again - Islay Abattoir ‘Reopens’
- 24/Sep/2008: Islay and Fleetwood Fishing Industry Fleet
- 25/Sep/2008: Can Islay Be The Scottish Samso?
- 26/Sep/2008: Friday Islay Picture #75
- 27/Sep/2008: Islay Charity Ride Website
- 28/Sep/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #50
- 29/Sep/2008: Upcoming Island Writers Book
- 30/Sep/2008: Islay Kite Aerial Pictures
October 2008
- 01/Oct/2008: Islay House on Historic Scotland
- 02/Oct/2008: Laphroaig Islay Malt Masterclass
- 03/Oct/2008: Friday Islay Picture #76
- 04/Oct/2008: Campbell Islay Butchers Sell Islay Meat
- 05/Oct/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #51
- 06/Oct/2008: Islay's Prehistoric Sites
- 07/Oct/2008: Islay Festival 2007 Picture Travelogue
- 08/Oct/2008: Whisky Marketing (an option for Islay?)
- 09/Oct/2008: Ardkinglas - Underrated Jewel on the Way to Islay
- 10/Oct/2008: Friday Islay Picture #77
- 11/Oct/2008: Islay and the 'Credit Crunch'
- 12/Oct/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #52
- 13/Oct/2008: From Islay to France
- 14/Oct/2008: Islay's Port Charlotte Hotel is Whisky Pub of the Year
- 15/Oct/2008: Islay and the 'Credit Crunch' Revisited
- 16/Oct/2008: Islay Traffic Problems
- 18/Oct/2008: Saturday Morning Islay Picture #78
- 26/Oct/2008: Back from a Stormy and Wet Islay
- 27/Oct/2008: A Meaty Souvenir from Islay
- 28/Oct/2008: Car Alarms on Islay Ferry Video
- 29/Oct/2008: Islay Wedding Pictures from Saligo Bay
- 30/Oct/2008: Sailing from Port Ellen (Islay) Video
- 31/Oct/2008: Friday Islay (and Gigha) Picture #79
November 2008
- 01/Nov/2008: Week at Kilchoman Beach Islay Video
- 02/Nov/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #53
- 03/Nov/2008: Islay Hotel Panorama October 2008 (+ Bonus)
- 04/Nov/2008: Islay Wedding Memories
- 06/Nov/2008: Laphroaig Islay Single Malt Whisky Masterclass
- 07/Nov/2008: Friday Islay Picture #80
- 09/Nov/2008: Tasting the Octomore Futures Islay Single Malt Whisky
- 09/Nov/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #54
- 10/Nov/2008: Islay Traffic Control
- 11/Nov/2008: Islay War Memorials
- 12/Nov/2008: Education Unconference on Islay
- 13/Nov/2008: Port Charlotte and Octomore Islay Malts
- 14/Nov/2008: Friday Islay Picture #81 - Port Ellen Maltings
- 14/Nov/2008: Port Ellen Islay Maltings Update
- 15/Nov/2008: Latest on Port Ellen Islay Maltings Silo Collapse
- 16/Nov/2008: 2nd Port Ellen Islay Maltings Silo Taken Down
- 16/Nov/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #55
- 17/Nov/2008: Another Islay Hotel Panorama
- 18/Nov/2008: Dark Skies on Islay
- 19/Nov/2008: Le maître de Islay?
- 20/Nov/2008: Islay from Rathlin Island
- 21/Nov/2008: Friday Islay Picture #82 - Oystercatchers and Cross Waves
- 22/Nov/2008: Islay Ferry Terminals in the News
- 23/Nov/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #56
- 24/Nov/2008: Islay Ferries in Other Places
- 25/Nov/2008: The Tug Islay
- 26/Nov/2008: Sound of Islay Tidal Power Research
- 27/Nov/2008: Two Isle of Jura Links
- 28/Nov/2008: Friday Islay Picture #83 - Saltire and the Paps of Jura
- 29/Nov/2008: Nice Morning on Islay
- 30/Nov/2008: Islay Ferry Terminals Then and Now
- 30/Nov/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #57
December 2008
- 01/Dec/2008: Islay Distillery Tour 2009 T-Shirt
- 02/Dec/2008: Australians to Visit Islay?
- 03/Dec/2008: No Blogging Today
- 04/Dec/2008: Kilnaughton Bay Evening, Islay
- 05/Dec/2008: Friday Islay Picture #84 - Kilnaughton Bay Beach
- 06/Dec/2008: Another Islay T-Shirt
- 07/Dec/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #58
- 08/Dec/2008: The Islay Hotel is getting a Roof
- 09/Dec/2008: Calm Saligo Bay, Islay
- 10/Dec/2008: Supporting Cancer Research
- 11/Dec/2008: Islay Whisky Honey Chocolate Truffles
- 12/Dec/2008: Friday Islay Picture #85 - McArthur's Head Lighthouse
- 13/Dec/2008: Islay's Port Ellen Angling Club
- 14/Dec/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #59
- 15/Dec/2008: Settling on Colonsay?
- 16/Dec/2008: From Oronsay to Antarctica
- 17/Dec/2008: Islay Bird and Whisky News
- 18/Dec/2008: Christmas Chocolates from Islay Video
- 19/Dec/2008: Friday Islay Picture #86 - Geese and Sheep
- 20/Dec/2008: Book Review - Writers on Islands
- 21/Dec/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #60
- 22/Dec/2008: Islay Video: Stormy weather in Port Charlotte
- 23/Dec/2008: My Islay Christmas Shopping
- 24/Dec/2008: ForArgyll Awards 2008 - Nominate Today!
- 24/Dec/2008: Merry Islay Christmas
- 25/Dec/2008: Vote Islay in the ForArgyll Awards 2008
- 26/Dec/2008: Bowmore Islay Distillery Boiler Movie
- 27/Dec/2008: Imke's Discover Islay Tartan Kilt Skirt
- 28/Dec/2008: Islay Blogging Roundup #61
- 29/Dec/2008: Why Managers Should Visit Islay
- 30/Dec/2008: Remember to Vote Islay in the ForArgyll Awards
- 31/Dec/2008: 2008 on IslayBlog.com