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2010 Archives
All entries from 2010, listed in chronological order, oldest first:
January 2010, February 2010, March 2010, April 2010, May 2010, June 2010, July 2010, August 2010, September 2010, October 2010, November 2010, December 2010
January 2010
- 01/Jan/2010: Friday Islay Picture #133 - Ardbeg Distillery
- 02/Jan/2010: Islay (and Jura) Success at For Argyll Awards
- 03/Jan/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #105
- 04/Jan/2010: Islay Hotel Entrance and Extension
- 05/Jan/2010: First New Silo at Port Ellen Maltings Islay
- 06/Jan/2010: Great Islay and Jura 360° Panoramas
- 07/Jan/2010: How did Islay get away without snow?
- 08/Jan/2010: Friday Islay Picture #134 - Horse at Sunset
- 09/Jan/2010: Wednesday Islay Pictures
- 10/Jan/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #106
- 11/Jan/2010: Reminder: Vote for Islay High's FilmG Entry!
- 12/Jan/2010: Picture Collection of Islay's Celtic Crosses
- 13/Jan/2010: Winter Fun on Islay
- 14/Jan/2010: Islay, Pinewood Studios, Hollywood?
- 15/Jan/2010: Friday Islay Picture #135 - The Tower
- 16/Jan/2010: Islay Diving Videos Part 1 & 2
- 17/Jan/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #107
- 18/Jan/2010: Islay Diving Videos Part 3 & 4
- 19/Jan/2010: Islay's Bruichladdich Distillery only goes a tiny bit Greener?
- 20/Jan/2010: Bagging on Islay and Jura
- 21/Jan/2010: Islay Diving Bonus Video
- 22/Jan/2010: Friday Islay Picture #136 - Cliffs at Sanaigmore
- 23/Jan/2010: Andreas Gugau's Islay Pictures
- 24/Jan/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #108
- 25/Jan/2010: Islay and the MacDonalds
- 26/Jan/2010: Islay Birdwatching in Italian
- 27/Jan/2010: German Cars are Rubbish say Islay Car Testers
- 28/Jan/2010: Memories of Islay, a Trumpet Recital
- 29/Jan/2010: Friday Islay Pictures #137 & #138 - Ireland from The Oa
- 30/Jan/2010: A Walk around Kilmeny Guest House, Islay
- 31/Jan/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #109
February 2010
- 01/Feb/2010: My First Islay Picture
- 02/Feb/2010: Richard Childs' Islay Pictures and Course
- 03/Feb/2010: Good Luck Islay High FilmG Team!
- 04/Feb/2010: Some Islay Whisky Links and News
- 05/Feb/2010: Friday Islay Picture #139 - Sornbank, Bridgend
- 06/Feb/2010: Dolphins near the Isle of Jura Video
- 07/Feb/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #110
- 08/Feb/2010: WalkIslay 2010 Islay Walking Week Preview
- 09/Feb/2010: Islay High's FilmG Success
- 10/Feb/2010: WalkIslay 2010 Illustrated Programme
- 11/Feb/2010: Stag Do Trip to Islay - Video
- 12/Feb/2010: Friday Islay Picture #140 - Walking Week Regulars
- 13/Feb/2010: Bird of Prey Eye's View
- 14/Feb/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #111
- 15/Feb/2010: Tidal Turbine Maintenance
- 16/Feb/2010: Islay is really a Colour (it seems)
- 17/Feb/2010: Mixed Islay Links and News
- 18/Feb/2010: Hogmanay on Jura Video
- 19/Feb/2010: Friday Islay Picture #141 - Isle of Arran leaving Port Ellen
- 20/Feb/2010: A Sailing Visit to Jura (Video)
- 21/Feb/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #112
- 22/Feb/2010: Linkspan Refurbishment in Port Ellen, Islay
- 23/Feb/2010: More Islay Snow Pictures
- 24/Feb/2010: Dogs, Beach, Play, Colonsay
- 25/Feb/2010: Funding for Islay Pier Upgrades
- 26/Feb/2010: Friday Islay Picture #142 - Shore Street Portnahaven
- 27/Feb/2010: Another (Islay) Photoblog
- 28/Feb/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #113
March 2010
- 01/Mar/2010: Islands on the Isle of Islay
- 02/Mar/2010: Achamore Gardens on Gigha Video
- 03/Mar/2010: Why I'd like Port Ellen to Remain an Islay Ferry Port
- 04/Mar/2010: John MacLellan joins Kilchoman Distillery
- 05/Mar/2010: Friday Islay Picture #143 - Crannog in Loch Laingeadail
- 07/Mar/2010: ‘Go Islay’ Goes Live
- 07/Mar/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #114
- 08/Mar/2010: Shortest Islay Video Ever?
- 09/Mar/2010: Three Mixed Islay Links
- 10/Mar/2010: Dogs, Beach, Colonsay, Sequel
- 11/Mar/2010: Islay Google Streetview Discoveries
- 12/Mar/2010: Friday Islay Picture #144 - Big Strand
- 13/Mar/2010: Saturday Evening Islay Film
- 14/Mar/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #115
- 15/Mar/2010: Lots of Waves at Islay's Saligo Bay
- 16/Mar/2010: The Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart, Islay, Animated
- 17/Mar/2010: Scott Lamont's Islay Pictures
- 18/Mar/2010: Two Quick Islay Links
- 19/Mar/2010: Friday Islay Picture #145 - Rocks and Waves at Saligo Bay
- 20/Mar/2010: Powerage Playing on Islay
- 21/Mar/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #116
- 22/Mar/2010: Videos from the Powerage Gig on Islay
- 23/Mar/2010: Old Islay News
- 24/Mar/2010: More Powerage on Islay Videos
- 25/Mar/2010: Ardbeg Rollercoaster Promo Video
- 26/Mar/2010: Friday Islay Picture #146 - Hillside near McArthur's Head
- 27/Mar/2010: Highway (Ha'way) to Hell, Islay Style
- 28/Mar/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #117
- 29/Mar/2010: Islay Whisky Links on a Monday
- 30/Mar/2010: Heads up: Islay Book Festival 2010
- 31/Mar/2010: Islay and the Outdoor Access Code
April 2010
- 01/Apr/2010: Bruichladdich to open Portnahaven Islay Distillery
- 02/Apr/2010: Islay and Other April Fools
- 02/Apr/2010: Friday Islay Picture #147 - Walkers Watching Wildlife
- 03/Apr/2010: Murder at Islay High School
- 04/Apr/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #118 - Easter Edition
- 05/Apr/2010: Nice Finlaggan Islay Flickr Set
- 06/Apr/2010: Islay Links for Early April
- 07/Apr/2010: Islay Walking Week Soon
- 19/Apr/2010: Back from Islay Walking Week 2010
- 20/Apr/2010: Islay Hotel Port Ellen Update
- 21/Apr/2010: Gemini Endeavour visits Islay
- 22/Apr/2010: Adopting Islay (and donating to Cancer Research)
- 23/Apr/2010: Friday Islay Picture #148 - Rhuvaal from Oronsay
- 24/Apr/2010: Saturday Evening Islay Links
- 25/Apr/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #119
- 26/Apr/2010: Circus Dudes and Dudettes on Islay
- 27/Apr/2010: Update on Offshore Windfarm Near Islay
- 28/Apr/2010: More Kitesurfing on Islay Videos
- 29/Apr/2010: OK Corner and OK Rock on Islay
- 30/Apr/2010: Friday Islay Picture #149 - Gloaming at Kilchoman
May 2010
- 01/May/2010: Quick Islay Whisky Links
- 02/May/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #120
- 03/May/2010: Islay's Western Neighbour
- 04/May/2010: Cool Islay Windsurfing Video
- 05/May/2010: Islay on Map from 1620
- 06/May/2010: Another Landing on Islay Video
- 07/May/2010: Friday Islay Picture #150 - Geese, Port Charlotte and Afternoon Sun
- 08/May/2010: Rudy's Islay Pictures
- 09/May/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #121
- 10/May/2010: Taking off from Islay (video)
- 11/May/2010: Furniture from Islay
- 12/May/2010: Islay Lighthouse Keeper Revisited
- 13/May/2010: Hugh Spicer's Islay and Gigha Pictures
- 14/May/2010: Friday Islay Picture #151 - Footsteps in Machir Bay
- 15/May/2010: Islay Airport Approach Video
- 16/May/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #122
- 17/May/2010: Ralfy's Tour of Kilchoman Islay Distillery
- 18/May/2010: Aftermath of the Heather Fire on Islay
- 19/May/2010: New Islay Walks Booklet
- 20/May/2010: Video from the Scottish Ultra on Islay and Jura
- 21/May/2010: Friday Islay Picture #152 - Kilchoman Distillery
- 22/May/2010: Thalassa returns to Islay
- 23/May/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #123 - And a Birthday
- 24/May/2010: Colin and friends return to Islay for some Kite Surfing
- 25/May/2010: Islay Beach Rugby Preparations
- 26/May/2010: Landing at Colonsay Aerodrome
- 27/May/2010: Islay Photographer goes Video
- 28/May/2010: Friday Islay Picture #153 - Ardbeg Distillery
- 29/May/2010: Belated Islay Hotel April 2010 Panorama
- 30/May/2010: Islay Visit by PS Waverley (Video)
- 31/May/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #124
June 2010
- 01/Jun/2010: Green Shoots on Islay
- 02/Jun/2010: Walking on Jura, Islay and Colonsay Book Review
- 03/Jun/2010: Off to Islay Beach Rugby and more
- 21/Jun/2010: Back from Islay (and Jura)
- 22/Jun/2010: Islay Beach Rugby 2010 Video Highlights
- 23/Jun/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #125 - Catch Up Edition
- 24/Jun/2010: Islay Hotel Port Ellen June 2010 Update
- 25/Jun/2010: Friday Islay Picture #154 - Beach Rugby Action
- 26/Jun/2010: MV Clansman in the Sound of Islay
- 27/Jun/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #126
- 28/Jun/2010: Islay Beach Rugby Pictures and Video
- 29/Jun/2010: Bumpy Motorbike Rides on Islay
- 30/Jun/2010: New Islay Ferry is Launched
July 2010
- 01/Jul/2010: Morrison Square Works, Bowmore, Islay
- 02/Jul/2010: Friday Islay Picture #155 - Border Collie on Beach
- 03/Jul/2010: With a Dinghy to Jura's Top Pool
- 04/Jul/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #127
- 05/Jul/2010: Identifying a Moth with the Islay Natural History Trust
- 06/Jul/2010: Quick Islay Whisky Links
- 07/Jul/2010: Scottish Ultra 2010 Islay & Jura DVD Trailer
- 08/Jul/2010: Historic Islay video, Bruichladdich Fireworks
- 09/Jul/2010: Friday Islay Picture #156 - Opera House Rocks and Lighthouse
- 10/Jul/2010: Islay Holiday Tours
- 11/Jul/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #128
- 12/Jul/2010: Capturing Islay's Shortest Night
- 13/Jul/2010: A Welly Boot on Islay
- 14/Jul/2010: Colonsay Timelapse Video
- 15/Jul/2010: Jura Picture Excursion
- 16/Jul/2010: Friday Islay, eeehm, Jura Picture #157 - Otter
- 17/Jul/2010: Another Islay on a Motorbike Video
- 18/Jul/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #129
- 19/Jul/2010: Out and About Again in Islay's Bridgend Woods
- 20/Jul/2010: Islay Boogie Boarding
- 21/Jul/2010: Strange Beasts on Islay
- 22/Jul/2010: Mountainbiking on Beinn Bheigier, Islay
- 23/Jul/2010: Friday Islay Picture #158 - The High Road
- 24/Jul/2010: QR Code for IslayBlog.com
- 25/Jul/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #130
- 26/Jul/2010: Islay April Sunsets at Machir Bay
- 27/Jul/2010: New Islay panorama - Haar in Machir Bay
- 28/Jul/2010: Bruichladdich Islay Gin in the Making?
- 30/Jul/2010: Friday Islay Picture #159 - Laphroaig Distillery from The Oa
- 31/Jul/2010: Improvements at Islay's Port Ellen Maltings
August 2010
- 01/Aug/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #131
- 02/Aug/2010: Islay has the Bigger BANG!!!
- 03/Aug/2010: Ian's Islay Weekend Pictures
- 04/Aug/2010: Islay's new Seafood Shack
- 05/Aug/2010: Crossing Scotland in an Inflatable Kayak
- 06/Aug/2010: Friday Islay Picture #160 - Ugly Betty Still at Bruichladdich
- 07/Aug/2010: Video of Mountainbiking on Beinn Bheigier, Islay
- 08/Aug/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #132
- 10/Aug/2010: Computer, Islay Ferry and other Updates
- 11/Aug/2010: Watching the Perseids Meteors on Islay?
- 12/Aug/2010: Two Nice Islay Picture Sets
- 13/Aug/2010: Friday Islay Picture #161 - Lagavulin Distillery from the Pier
- 14/Aug/2010: Rachel Harrington to play on Islay soon
- 15/Aug/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #133
- 16/Aug/2010: Waveboarding Islay Style
- 17/Aug/2010: Happy Birthday, Budgie!
- 18/Aug/2010: Islay Pipe Band 6th in Grade 3A at The Worlds
- 19/Aug/2010: Michal Šúr's Islay (and Seychelles) pictures
- 20/Aug/2010: Friday Islay Picture #162 - Deer at Storakaig
- 23/Aug/2010: Stagediving Islay Sheep
- 24/Aug/2010: Laphroaig Live 2010 from Spain, not Islay
- 25/Aug/2010: How big is Islay?
- 26/Aug/2010: Andrew Leggett's Islay Pictures
- 27/Aug/2010: Friday Islay Picture #163 - Beachwalking in Machir Bay
- 28/Aug/2010: Panoramic Colonsay Slideshow
- 29/Aug/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #134
- 30/Aug/2010: Jim McEwan Whisky Masterclass on Islay
- 31/Aug/2010: Islay Crate Surfing, Take 2
September 2010
- 01/Sep/2010: Islay Book Festival this Weekend
- 02/Sep/2010: Stunning Islay Aerial Images
- 03/Sep/2010: Friday Islay Picture #164 - Saligo Bay Mini Rainbow
- 04/Sep/2010: Islay Pipe Band at Cowal 2010
- 05/Sep/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #135
- 06/Sep/2010: A Fiddler at Lagavulin, Islay
- 07/Sep/2010: Islay Laptop and Netbook Sleeves
- 08/Sep/2010: From Islay across Scotland, by Kayak
- 09/Sep/2010: Peaceful Islay Scenes Video
- 10/Sep/2010: Friday Islay Picture #165 - Adder
- 11/Sep/2010: Corryvreckan Challenge Video
- 12/Sep/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #136
- 13/Sep/2010: Albert Hodge, Sculptor born on Islay
- 14/Sep/2010: Motorbike Journey to Kilchoman Distillery, Islay
- 15/Sep/2010: Islay on old maps in the NLS
- 16/Sep/2010: Islay Lifeboat in Action Videos
- 17/Sep/2010: Friday Islay Picture #166 - October Sun over Saligo Bay
- 18/Sep/2010: Progress on Morrison Square in Bowmore, Islay
- 19/Sep/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #137
- 20/Sep/2010: Impressions from Islay's An Cladach Bothy
- 21/Sep/2010: Islay and Jura in the News
- 22/Sep/2010: New Laphroaig Islay Distillery Still House Panorama
- 23/Sep/2010: Impressions from the Laphroaig Live Event
- 24/Sep/2010: Friday Islay Picture #167 - The American Monument on The Oa
- 25/Sep/2010: Eric Faulkner playing on Islay
- 26/Sep/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #138
- 27/Sep/2010: Slideshow of the Wreck of the Tuscania, sunk off Islay
- 28/Sep/2010: Clean Air on Islay (and Scotland)
- 29/Sep/2010: Jim McEwan talks about the Bruichladdich Octomore
- 30/Sep/2010: Two Islay Charity Fundraisers
October 2010
- 01/Oct/2010: Friday Islay Picture #168 - Song Thrush
- 02/Oct/2010: Islay Bird Videos
- 03/Oct/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #139
- 04/Oct/2010: Football and Kitesurfing on Islay
- 05/Oct/2010: Mark's Islay and Jura Pictures
- 06/Oct/2010: Diving to the wreck of the Otranto off Islay
- 07/Oct/2010: A Video Introduction to Islay's Kilchoman Distillery
- 08/Oct/2010: Friday Islay Picture #169 - Barnacle Geese in Flight
- 09/Oct/2010: Kilchoman Islay Distillery Video Part 2
- 10/Oct/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #140
- 11/Oct/2010: Kilchoman Islay Distillery Video Part 3
- 12/Oct/2010: Three Islay News Links
- 13/Oct/2010: Portrait of Islay's Jim McEwan and Bruichladdich
- 14/Oct/2010: Islay Ferry Mishaps
- 15/Oct/2010: Friday Islay Picture #170 - Isle of Arran at Port Askaig Linkspan
- 17/Oct/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #141
- 18/Oct/2010: Morrison Square works in Bowmore, Islay, now complete
- 19/Oct/2010: Bear Bones - Oil & Lacquer
- 20/Oct/2010: Another Flight Arrival on Islay Video
- 22/Oct/2010: Gone Geese Watching on Islay (and more)
November 2010
- 01/Nov/2010: Back from Islay
- 02/Nov/2010: The Coast to Coast Islay Whisky
- 03/Nov/2010: More Islay Kitesurfing Videos
- 04/Nov/2010: Ùlpan Gaelic Tutor Course on Islay
- 05/Nov/2010: Friday Islay Picture #171 - Border Collie in Machir Bay
- 06/Nov/2010: Scones with Clotted Cream and Islay Jam
- 07/Nov/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #142
- 08/Nov/2010: Hot Air Balloon Race on Islay?
- 09/Nov/2010: Islay Hotel Picture Update
- 10/Nov/2010: New Port Charlotte at Night Panorama, Islay
- 11/Nov/2010: Repeat: Windy day in Port Charlotte, Islay (Updated)
- 12/Nov/2010: Friday Islay Picture #172 - Morning at Kilchoman Church Ruin
- 13/Nov/2010: Bear Bones - Diving Bell
- 14/Nov/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #143
- 15/Nov/2010: A possible stop on the way to Islay?
- 16/Nov/2010: Music for Islay Whiskies?
- 17/Nov/2010: Bruce Springsteen on Islay
- 18/Nov/2010: Laphroaig Islay Whisky Video for Highgrove Shop
- 19/Nov/2010: Friday Islay Picture #173 - Moon over Gruinart and the Paps of Jura
- 20/Nov/2010: Islay Music Links
- 21/Nov/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #144
- 22/Nov/2010: Bruichladdich Islay Whisky in Argentina
- 23/Nov/2010: An old Islay Poem
- 24/Nov/2010: Islay (and Argyll) Offshore Windfarm Survey
- 25/Nov/2010: Bruichladdich and Islay in the WSJ
- 26/Nov/2010: Friday Islay Picture #174 - Bunnahabhain Distillery Panorama
- 27/Nov/2010: Islay Whisky Soda Bread
- 28/Nov/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #145
- 29/Nov/2010: David Hayman learns about whisky, the Islay and Jura way
- 30/Nov/2010: Fabulous Islay (and Jura) Winter Pictures
December 2010
- 01/Dec/2010: The Mackays of Islay in The Celtic Monthly
- 02/Dec/2010: The People of Islay
- 03/Dec/2010: Friday Islay Picture #175 - Imke walking to Gortantaoid Point
- 04/Dec/2010: Ardtalla Swans Islay Video
- 05/Dec/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #146
- 06/Dec/2010: Islay Snow Pictures and Videos (updated)
- 07/Dec/2010: Islay and Jura Snow from Space
- 08/Dec/2010: Islay Gin outsells Islay Whisky
- 09/Dec/2010: Oban to Colonsay Ferry Video
- 10/Dec/2010: Friday Islay Picture #176 - Wildlife Watching at the Sound of Islay
- 11/Dec/2010: With a Microlight to Jura (Video)
- 12/Dec/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #147
- 13/Dec/2010: Islay Winter Fun
- 14/Dec/2010: On Islay Time
- 15/Dec/2010: Bowmore Distillery and Mactaggart Leisure Centre
- 16/Dec/2010: Mixed Islay News and Links
- 17/Dec/2010: Friday Islay (Snow) Picture(s) #177 - Port Ellen Snow
- 18/Dec/2010: Christmas Lights in Port Ellen, Islay
- 19/Dec/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #148
- 20/Dec/2010: Sea Kayaking from Islay to Rathlin
- 21/Dec/2010: Another Snow on Islay Video (and more pictures)
- 22/Dec/2010: Quick Islay News
- 23/Dec/2010: Gigha Winter Fun
- 24/Dec/2010: No Friday Islay Picture - Merry Christmas!
- 25/Dec/2010: Lagavulin for Christmas (an Islay whisky song)
- 26/Dec/2010: Islay Blogging Roundup #149 - Boxing Day Edition
- 27/Dec/2010: Islay in 2011, the Year Ahead
- 28/Dec/2010: Islay Pipe Band at the World Championship 2010 revisited
- 29/Dec/2010: Renovating Portnahaven School, Islay
- 30/Dec/2010: Three Men on Jura
- 31/Dec/2010: Armin's completely partial Islay (and Jura) Awards 2010