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2009 Archives
All entries from 2009, listed in chronological order, oldest first:
January 2009, February 2009, March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009, August 2009, September 2009, October 2009, November 2009, December 2009
January 2009
- 01/Jan/2009: Happy Islay New Year 2009!
- 01/Jan/2009: Islay Successes at ForArgyll Awards
- 02/Jan/2009: Friday Islay Picture #87 - Lagavulin Distillery
- 03/Jan/2009: Mystery Islay Video
- 04/Jan/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #62
- 05/Jan/2009: Islay, Mull and the RET in the Scottish Parliament
- 06/Jan/2009: Islay and the Power of the Internet
- 07/Jan/2009: More Islay auf Deutsch
- 08/Jan/2009: Bowmore Islay Distillery Boiler Movie - Part 2
- 08/Jan/2009: Islay Picture Cards
- 09/Jan/2009: Friday Islay Picture #88 - Miniature Bruichladdich
- 10/Jan/2009: Latest Islay Hotel Pictures
- 11/Jan/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #63
- 12/Jan/2009: Bowmore Islay Distillery Boiler Movie - Part 3
- 13/Jan/2009: Franz Ferdinand Drink Islay Whisky on Tour?
- 14/Jan/2009: Beautiful Sunrise in Bowmore, Islay
- 15/Jan/2009: Two Islay Distillery Videos
- 16/Jan/2009: Friday Islay Picture #89 - Blackrock (no M&S)
- 17/Jan/2009: Islay on Twitter
- 18/Jan/2009: Bowmore Islay Distillery Boiler Movie - Part 4
- 18/Jan/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #64
- 19/Jan/2009: Islay and Puffers
- 20/Jan/2009: Quick Reminder: Islay on BBC 2
- 20/Jan/2009: Waking Up Under an Islay Sunrise
- 21/Jan/2009: Some Quick Islay Snippets
- 22/Jan/2009: Bowmore Islay Distillery Boiler Movie - Part 5
- 23/Jan/2009: Friday Islay Picture #90 - Machir Bay Waves
- 24/Jan/2009: British Ultra Video (Arrival on Islay)
- 24/Jan/2009: British Ultra Video #2 (Islay to Jura)
- 25/Jan/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #65
- 26/Jan/2009: My Latest Islay Video: Caol Ila Roundabout
- 27/Jan/2009: British Ultra Video (Jura Stages)
- 28/Jan/2009: British Ultra Videos 5 & 6 (Final on Jura)
- 29/Jan/2009: Islay and Jura News Snippets
- 30/Jan/2009: Friday Islay Picture #91 - Crossing The Burn
- 31/Jan/2009: Westering Home (to Islay) Sung by Norma Munro
February 2009
- 01/Feb/2009: Islay Shipwreck Pictures
- 01/Feb/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #66
- 02/Feb/2009: Islay Footballers Know How To Party
- 02/Feb/2009: Out and About in Islay's Bridgend Woods
- 03/Feb/2009: WalkIslay 2009 Islay Walking Week Preview
- 04/Feb/2009: Islay's Laggan Farm Changes
- 05/Feb/2009: Islay Photoblog News
- 06/Feb/2009: Friday Islay Picture #92 - Geese at Last Light
- 07/Feb/2009: Islay Hotel Interior Work
- 08/Feb/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #67
- 09/Feb/2009: Gianfranco Zola on Islay
- 10/Feb/2009: More Islay Photoblogs and Twitterers
- 11/Feb/2009: Kite Surfing Spots on Islay
- 12/Feb/2009: The Sounds of Jura Videos
- 13/Feb/2009: Friday Islay Picture #93 - Lagavulin Bay and Distillery
- 14/Feb/2009: Quick Musical Interlude
- 15/Feb/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #68
- 16/Feb/2009: Offshore Windfarm Near Islay
- 17/Feb/2009: Mountain Boarding on Islay
- 18/Feb/2009: Islay Hotel Progress
- 19/Feb/2009: Musicians Studio on Islay
- 20/Feb/2009: Friday Islay Picture #94 - Kilchoman Dunes
- 21/Feb/2009: Islay and Other Flickr Finds
- 22/Feb/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #69
- 23/Feb/2009: Islay - It's a Miracle!
- 24/Feb/2009: Islay and the Classic Malts Cruise 2009
- 25/Feb/2009: Heads up: Islay Book Festival 2009
- 26/Feb/2009: Islay in Two Long Articles
- 27/Feb/2009: Friday Islay Picture #95 - McArthur's Head Lighthouse
- 28/Feb/2009: Colonsay Wildlife Videos
March 2009
- 02/Mar/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #70
- 03/Mar/2009: Islay Horses Video
- 04/Mar/2009: Islay, Bracken, and Kenya
- 05/Mar/2009: Islay Music Video for 18 Litres
- 06/Mar/2009: Friday Islay Picture #96 - Laphroaig Distillery
- 07/Mar/2009: Islay Sunrise
- 08/Mar/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #71
- 09/Mar/2009: Islay and Jura Whisky in the News
- 10/Mar/2009: Unusual Laphroaig Islay Whisky Tasting
- 11/Mar/2009: Islay Walking News
- 12/Mar/2009: Islay's Rebecca Brown in Concert
- 13/Mar/2009: Friday Islay Picture #97 - Fishing at Rhuvaal Lighthouse
- 14/Mar/2009: Islay Pipe Band Needs Your Support
- 15/Mar/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #72
- 16/Mar/2009: More Islay Walking Links
- 17/Mar/2009: Islay Airport Approaches
- 18/Mar/2009: Two Quick Islay Links
- 19/Mar/2009: Another Flight to Islay
- 20/Mar/2009: Friday Islay Picture #98 - Sunset at Saligo Bay
- 21/Mar/2009: Hebridean Princess on Islay and Colonsay
- 22/Mar/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #73
- 23/Mar/2009: Islay And Neighbours From The Air Videos
- 24/Mar/2009: Islay in Other News
- 25/Mar/2009: Islay Golf With Ron Goudie
- 26/Mar/2009: More Islay On Flickr
- 27/Mar/2009: Friday Islay Picture #99 - Cliffs at the Sound of Islay
- 28/Mar/2009: Belated WalkIslay 2008 Travelogue
- 29/Mar/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #74
- 30/Mar/2009: Major Power Cut Impacts Islay
- 31/Mar/2009: Various Islay Snippets
April 2009
- 01/Apr/2009: Blue Whale Spotted on Islay!
- 02/Apr/2009: On the Way to Islay: The Crinan Canal
- 03/Apr/2009: Friday Islay Picture #100 - Wreck at Kilchoman Beach
- 04/Apr/2009: Armin's Little Islay Guide V4 Published
- 05/Apr/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #75
- 06/Apr/2009: Gone Walking On Islay
- 08/Apr/2009: Arrived Safely on Islay
- 09/Apr/2009: My Day On Islay
- 10/Apr/2009: Friday Islay Picture #101 - Walking on Islay
- 14/Apr/2009: WalkIslay 2009 - The First Half
- 19/Apr/2009: WalkIslay 2009 - The Second Half
- 20/Apr/2009: Westering Home at Islay Visitor Welcome Evening
- 21/Apr/2009: Seafood Extravaganza at An Taigh-Osda
- 22/Apr/2009: Birthdays and Memories
- 23/Apr/2009: MV Pentalina B in the Sound of Islay
- 24/Apr/2009: Friday Islay Picture #102 - At a Beach
- 25/Apr/2009: Dutch Islay Whisky Chocolate
- 26/Apr/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #76
- 27/Apr/2009: April Morning in Inveraray Video
- 28/Apr/2009: Islay Hotel in April
- 29/Apr/2009: Good Year for Islay's Marsh Fritillaries?
- 30/Apr/2009: 20 Immersive Islay Panoramas
May 2009
- 01/May/2009: Friday Islay Picture #103 - Bowmore at Loch Indaal
- 02/May/2009: Islay in the News Snippets
- 03/May/2009: Westering Home (to Islay) Played on a Harp
- 04/May/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #77 - Bank Holiday Edition
- 05/May/2009: Lagavulin Fundraisers Dance
- 06/May/2009: Wild Sounds of Islay CD by James How
- 07/May/2009: Backflips in Islay's Dunes
- 08/May/2009: Friday Islay Picture #104 - Waves at Saligo Bay
- 09/May/2009: The Ileach and The Internet
- 10/May/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #78
- 11/May/2009: Islay Hotel April Panorama
- 12/May/2009: Row Me Home, Home to Islay
- 13/May/2009: Duncan's Islay Puffer
- 14/May/2009: Education 2020 Unconference on Islay
- 15/May/2009: Friday Islay Picture #105 - Finlaggan Visitor Centre Refurbishment
- 16/May/2009: The Alternative Islay Half Marathon
- 17/May/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #79
- 18/May/2009: Latest Back of the Islay Hotel Panorama
- 19/May/2009: Another Islaymobile?
- 20/May/2009: Islay Quick Links Mid-May Edition
- 21/May/2009: Islay Hotel Roof Progress
- 22/May/2009: Friday Islay Visitors - Cruise Liners
- 23/May/2009: 3 years IslayBlog.com
- 24/May/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #80
- 25/May/2009: Islaymobile Take 3
- 26/May/2009: Sunset At Bowmore Distillery Islay Video
- 27/May/2009: The Russian Islay Job?
- 28/May/2009: Some Islay Whisky News & Links
- 29/May/2009: Friday Islay Picture #106 - RSPB The Oa Walk
- 30/May/2009: Two Islay Wildlife Videos
- 31/May/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #81
June 2009
- 01/Jun/2009: Learning Gaelic With An Islay Twist
- 02/Jun/2009: Revisiting the Cruise Liners on Islay
- 03/Jun/2009: PS Waverley in Port Ellen, Islay
- 04/Jun/2009: Some Upcoming Islay Events
- 05/Jun/2009: Friday Islay Picture #107 - Port Charlotte in 1999
- 06/Jun/2009: Islay on Google Squared
- 07/Jun/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #82
- 08/Jun/2009: Off To Islay Again
- 11/Jun/2009: Islay Ferry Time Lapse Video
- 13/Jun/2009: Education 2020 Unconference on Islay
- 21/Jun/2009: Back From Islay...
- 22/Jun/2009: Upcoming Islay Beach Rugby Videos
- 23/Jun/2009: Islay Beach Rugby Final Videos
- 24/Jun/2009: Traffic Lights on Islay
- 25/Jun/2009: Russian Minis on Islay Revisited
- 26/Jun/2009: Friday Islay Picture #108 - Try in Rugby Lassie Cup Final
- 27/Jun/2009: Wild Goats on Islay Video
- 28/Jun/2009: Cooling Down On Islay
- 29/Jun/2009: Saligo Bay (Islay) Sunset as Timelapse
- 30/Jun/2009: Ali's Islay Pictures
July 2009
- 01/Jul/2009: Noel Jenkins' 360° Islay Panoramas
- 02/Jul/2009: Old Port Askaig Islay Pictures
- 03/Jul/2009: Friday Islay Picture #109 - Kite at Saligo Bay
- 04/Jul/2009: Islay Street, Otago, New Zealand
- 05/Jul/2009: Music on the Islay Ferry
- 06/Jul/2009: Filling a Bruichladdich Valinch - Take 3
- 07/Jul/2009: On Heavy Rotation: The Maverick Angels CD
- 08/Jul/2009: Cycling Visit to Islay and Jura
- 09/Jul/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #83
- 10/Jul/2009: Friday Islay Picture #110 - Hillwalkers View
- 11/Jul/2009: Colin Hunter at the Port Askaig Hotel, Islay
- 12/Jul/2009: Quick Islay Hotel Update
- 13/Jul/2009: Fancy an Isle of Jura Whisky Cocktail?
- 14/Jul/2009: Back From London, Still Prefer Islay
- 15/Jul/2009: Holiday on Colonsay Video
- 16/Jul/2009: Jura Whisky or Jura Cocktail
- 17/Jul/2009: Friday Islay Picture #111 - Black Eyed Lamb
- 18/Jul/2009: Ferry Leaving From Islay Video
- 19/Jul/2009: To Islay by Motorbike Video
- 20/Jul/2009: Islay in the News for the Wrong Reason?
- 21/Jul/2009: Islay Hotel Gable Painted
- 22/Jul/2009: The Jura Whisky Islay Water Conspiracy?
- 23/Jul/2009: Visit to Orsay off the Rinns of Islay
- 24/Jul/2009: Friday Islay Picture #112 - Barnacle Geese in Flight
- 25/Jul/2009: Islay Festival by Tall Ship
- 26/Jul/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #84
- 27/Jul/2009: Which Blue is Islay?
- 28/Jul/2009: The Scent of Islay?
- 29/Jul/2009: Islay on Old Ordnance Survey Maps
- 30/Jul/2009: Islay Inspired Song Titles
- 31/Jul/2009: Friday Islay Picture #113 - Sheep, Loch Gorm and Clouds
August 2009
- 01/Aug/2009: Evening at Duffies Bar on Islay (Education 2020 Unconference)
- 02/Aug/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #85
- 03/Aug/2009: Bowmore ‘Wild Places’ Picture Competition
- 04/Aug/2009: Buzzard Islay Garden Visit (on Video)
- 05/Aug/2009: Mid-week Islay Fly-fishing Picture
- 06/Aug/2009: Islay Trout Fishing Video
- 07/Aug/2009: Friday Islay Picture #114 - Two Waves and a Sunset
- 08/Aug/2009: Islay Hotel in June Panorama
- 09/Aug/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #86
- 10/Aug/2009: Islay Hotel Extension Under Way
- 11/Aug/2009: Interesting Islay Photo Manipulations
- 12/Aug/2009: Islay Night Sky Revisited
- 13/Aug/2009: Praise for Islay
- 14/Aug/2009: Friday Islay Picture #115 - Lighthouse from the Beach
- 15/Aug/2009: Pronouncing Islay Celebrity Style
- 16/Aug/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #87
- 17/Aug/2009: Islay (and Jura) Post Boxes
- 18/Aug/2009: Time Team at Finlaggan, Islay
- 19/Aug/2009: Islay, Farming and Nature Conservation
- 20/Aug/2009: Islay Wave Power on Video?
- 21/Aug/2009: Friday Islay Picture #116 - Dark Paps of Jura
- 22/Aug/2009: Islay Whisky News I've Been Waiting For
- 23/Aug/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #88
- 24/Aug/2009: Islay Holiday Video / Slide Show
- 25/Aug/2009: Islay Distilleries and Renewable Tidal Energy
- 26/Aug/2009: Machair Preservation (and a bit of Islay Machair)
- 27/Aug/2009: More Islay Tidal Energy Links
- 28/Aug/2009: Friday Islay Picture #117 - Sound of Islay
- 30/Aug/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #89
- 31/Aug/2009: Ardbeg Corryvreckan Islay Malt Teaser Video
September 2009
- 01/Sep/2009: Islay Whisky News and Updates
- 02/Sep/2009: Derek Houghton's Islay Images
- 03/Sep/2009: Late Reminder Islay Book Festival
- 04/Sep/2009: Friday Islay Picture #118 - View from Port Charlotte Hotel
- 05/Sep/2009: Rough Crossing to Islay
- 06/Sep/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #90
- 07/Sep/2009: Islay Tidal Project and IET on BBC Newsnight Scotland
- 08/Sep/2009: Islay Winter Holiday Video in Super 8
- 09/Sep/2009: The Princess Royal to Visit Islay and Jura
- 10/Sep/2009: Wolves at the Door by Tragic O'Hara
- 11/Sep/2009: Friday Islay Picture #119 - Under Construction Kilchoman Warehouse
- 12/Sep/2009: Islay Potpourri
- 13/Sep/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #91
- 14/Sep/2009: Kilchoman Distillery on Islay on the BBC
- 15/Sep/2009: Islay Hotel Less Scaffolding
- 16/Sep/2009: Bowmore Shoreline Project on Islay
- 17/Sep/2009: Cliffs and Sunset on Colonsay Video
- 18/Sep/2009: Friday Islay Picture #120 - Port Charlotte Lighthouse and the Paps of Jura
- 19/Sep/2009: IslayIan's Islay Photosynths
- 20/Sep/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #92
- 21/Sep/2009: Ardbeg Corryvreckan Islay Malt Saga Video Sequel
- 22/Sep/2009: The Argyll Bird Club and Islay
- 23/Sep/2009: Weetoon66's Islay, Jura and other Pictures
- 24/Sep/2009: Reminder: Laphroaig Live Soon (Not from Islay)
- 25/Sep/2009: Friday Islay Picture #121 - Laphroaig Distillery Visitor Centre
- 26/Sep/2009: My Experience of Laphroaig Live
- 27/Sep/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #93
- 28/Sep/2009: Favourite Islay Whiskies
- 29/Sep/2009: Jura Music Festival Video
- 30/Sep/2009: Islay Distilleries with a Pinhole Camera
October 2009
- 01/Oct/2009: Climbing Beinn an Oir on Jura Video
- 02/Oct/2009: Friday Islay Picture #122 - Stormy October in Machir Bay
- 03/Oct/2009: New Islay Pipe Band Website
- 04/Oct/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #94
- 05/Oct/2009: Islay Lighthouse Poems
- 06/Oct/2009: Barnacle Geese on Islay HD Video
- 07/Oct/2009: More Islay Pictures from Mr Phillip
- 08/Oct/2009: The Ileach Japan Goes Offline?
- 09/Oct/2009: Friday Islay Picture #123 - Waves in Saligo Bay
- 10/Oct/2009: Jura Impressions on Video
- 11/Oct/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #95
- 12/Oct/2009: Some Oronsay Videos
- 13/Oct/2009: Islay Visit Early October
- 14/Oct/2009: Beautiful Islay Sunrises
- 15/Oct/2009: And He's Off To Islay Again
- 25/Oct/2009: And He's Back From Islay
- 26/Oct/2009: Barge Working Off Bowmore, Islay
- 27/Oct/2009: Photosynth of the Round Church in Bowmore, Islay
- 28/Oct/2009: Islay's Tir nan Og Nominated for Sustainable Design Award
- 29/Oct/2009: Photosynth of Laphroaig Distillery, Islay
- 30/Oct/2009: Friday Islay Picture #124 - Whooper Swans
- 31/Oct/2009: Autumn Impressions from Islay and Ardkinglas
November 2009
- 01/Nov/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #96
- 02/Nov/2009: Islay Hotel October 2009 Update
- 03/Nov/2009: Two Islay Whisky Links
- 04/Nov/2009: Islay Hotel October 2009 Panorama
- 05/Nov/2009: Bowmore Islay Whisky Tasting in Italian
- 06/Nov/2009: Friday Islay Picture #125 - Buzzard
- 08/Nov/2009: Back of the Islay Hotel October 2009 Panorama
- 08/Nov/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #97
- 09/Nov/2009: Chris' Islay and Other Pictures
- 10/Nov/2009: View From Giur Bheinn Islay Video
- 11/Nov/2009: Photosynth of the Islay Hotel Port Ellen
- 12/Nov/2009: Norwegians Visit Laphroaig Islay Distillery Video
- 13/Nov/2009: Friday Islay Picture #126 - Claggain Bay
- 14/Nov/2009: Bowmore Regeneration x 2
- 15/Nov/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #98
- 17/Nov/2009: Islay Tidal Energy Project on Al Jazeera Television
- 17/Nov/2009: Mid November Islay Whisky News
- 18/Nov/2009: Port Ellen Fish Quay Repairs
- 19/Nov/2009: November Windsurfing on Islay Video
- 20/Nov/2009: Friday Islay Picture #126 - Opera House Rocks
- 21/Nov/2009: Port Ellen Fish Quay Repairs Update
- 22/Nov/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #99
- 23/Nov/2009: My Laphroaig Triple Wood Has Arrived
- 24/Nov/2009: Bowmore Shoreline Project Public Consultation
- 25/Nov/2009: Islay Windsurfing Video Take 2
- 26/Nov/2009: Stormtroopers on Islay
- 27/Nov/2009: Friday Islay Picture #128 - Coast North of Gortantaoid
- 28/Nov/2009: Port Ellen Fish Quay Repairs Latest
- 29/Nov/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #100
- 30/Nov/2009: Islay Hotel Getting Painted
December 2009
- 01/Dec/2009: Vote for Islay High's FilmG Entry!
- 02/Dec/2009: Islay Golf Teacher Ron Goudie in the News
- 03/Dec/2009: Islay from the Air Video Snippets
- 04/Dec/2009: Friday Islay Picture #129 - River Laggan and Laggan Bay
- 05/Dec/2009: Cooking Halibut on Gigha
- 06/Dec/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #101
- 07/Dec/2009: Port Ellen Harbour Pictures
- 08/Dec/2009: More Port Ellen Work Pictures from Islay
- 09/Dec/2009: Some Great Islay and Scotland Pictures
- 10/Dec/2009: Supporting Cancer Research
- 11/Dec/2009: Waitin' on a Sunny day on Islay Video
- 11/Dec/2009: Friday Islay Hotel Pictures (#130)
- 12/Dec/2009: Ardbeg Corryvreckan Videos by The Drinks Business
- 13/Dec/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #102
- 14/Dec/2009: Islay Pictures Photoblog First Year
- 15/Dec/2009: Islay Hotel and Port Ellen Maltings Silo Update
- 16/Dec/2009: Port Ellen (Islay) From Up High
- 17/Dec/2009: Islay Nominations for ForArgyll Awards - First Ideas
- 18/Dec/2009: Friday Islay Picture #131 - Contrasts at Machir Bay
- 19/Dec/2009: Islay News Snippets in December
- 20/Dec/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #103
- 21/Dec/2009: Islay Windsurfing Video Take 3
- 22/Dec/2009: Islay Nominations for ForArgyll Awards Revisited
- 23/Dec/2009: Islay Fishing Slideshow Video
- 24/Dec/2009: Islay Finalists at For Argyll Awards
- 25/Dec/2009: Friday Islay Picture #132 - Carraig Fhada Lighthouse
- 26/Dec/2009: Islay Wave Power Plant Video
- 27/Dec/2009: Islay Blogging Roundup #104
- 28/Dec/2009: Jez Avery at the Islay Show
- 29/Dec/2009: Two Islay Blogs in For Argyll Awards
- 30/Dec/2009: Islay Ferry Video Visit to Port Askaig
- 31/Dec/2009: 2009 on IslayBlog.com