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2012 Archives
All entries from 2012, listed in chronological order, oldest first:
January 2012, February 2012, March 2012, April 2012, May 2012, June 2012, July 2012, August 2012, September 2012, October 2012, November 2012, December 2012
January 2012
- 01/Jan/2012: Happy New Year 2012, on Islay and Elsewhere!
- 02/Jan/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #194 - New Years Edition
- 03/Jan/2012: Anarkali at the Port Charlotte Hotel, Islay
- 04/Jan/2012: Islay and the Power of Nature
- 05/Jan/2012: The Barbershop Blues on Islay
- 06/Jan/2012: Friday Islay Picture #223 - Horses near Kilchoman
- 07/Jan/2012: Craig's Islay and Hebrides Sketches
- 08/Jan/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #195
- 09/Jan/2012: Islay's John Campbell Shows off his Golf and Whisky
- 10/Jan/2012: New (Old) Islay Pictures from gpat ile
- 11/Jan/2012: The old Islay School in Manitoba
- 12/Jan/2012: Jura Music Festival 2011 Snippets
- 13/Jan/2012: Friday Islay Picture #224 - Nightfall at Loch Indaal
- 14/Jan/2012: Islay in the Imperial War Museums Collections
- 15/Jan/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #196
- 16/Jan/2012: Big Waves on Colonsay
- 17/Jan/2012: Impressions of Oronsay
- 18/Jan/2012: Vote for the FilmG 2012 entry from Islay High School!
- 19/Jan/2012: Islay Whisky Auction for Vanessa Riddle
- 20/Jan/2012: Friday Islay Picture #225 - Waves and Spray in Saligo Bay
- 21/Jan/2012: Must Be The Islay Whisky…
- 22/Jan/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #197
- 23/Jan/2012: Accordions for Islay Children Appeal
- 24/Jan/2012: Islay Maltings and Distillery Tour Video
- 25/Jan/2012: Colonsay Popcorn
- 26/Jan/2012: Islay Kite Aerial Pictures Revisited
- 27/Jan/2012: Friday Islay Picture #226 - Filling a Bruichladdich Valinch
- 28/Jan/2012: Islay's Bruichladdich on YouTube: LaddieTV
- 29/Jan/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #198
- 30/Jan/2012: Reminder, Please Vote for Islay High at FilmG!
- 31/Jan/2012: Accordions for Islay Children Appeal Update
February 2012
- 01/Feb/2012: Islay High School Nominated for Best Film Award
- 02/Feb/2012: Colonsay Book Festival
- 03/Feb/2012: Friday Islay Picture #227 - Early Evening in June at Saligo Bay
- 04/Feb/2012: The Giant's Crossing to Islay
- 05/Feb/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #199
- 06/Feb/2012: Islay to Inverness via the Great Glen
- 07/Feb/2012: WalkIslay 2012 Islay Walking Week Teaser
- 08/Feb/2012: Islay Visit with the RIB Port Na Haven
- 09/Feb/2012: Kate's Islay and Jura Whisky Raffle for Vanessa
- 10/Feb/2012: Friday Islay Picture #228 - Night Sky at Kilchoman
- 11/Feb/2012: How (Not) to Pronounce Islay Single Malts
- 12/Feb/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #200
- 13/Feb/2012: Islay Boots, for walking on Islay?
- 14/Feb/2012: Summer on Islay Video
- 15/Feb/2012: £2 Million Power Grid Improvements for Islay?
- 16/Feb/2012: Islay Distillery Van Models
- 17/Feb/2012: Friday Islay Picture #229 - In Machir Bay
- 18/Feb/2012: Green Hills of Islay Song
- 19/Feb/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #201
- 20/Feb/2012: Ensuring a Good Journey to Islay
- 21/Feb/2012: Islay (and Oban) Impressions on Video
- 22/Feb/2012: Justin Tyers Book Launch at Lagavulin, Islay
- 23/Feb/2012: Friday Night in the Lochside Hotel, Islay
- 24/Feb/2012: Friday Islay Picture #230 - Laphroaig Distillery
- 25/Feb/2012: WalkIslay 2012 Islay Walking Week Programme
- 26/Feb/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #202
- 27/Feb/2012: Ardbeg Islay Single Malt Animation
- 28/Feb/2012: Bob Hamilton's Islay Distillery Pictures
- 29/Feb/2012: Jeremy James Islay Lino Prints
March 2012
- 01/Mar/2012: Discharging Barley in Port Ellen, Islay
- 02/Mar/2012: Friday Islay Picture #231 - Dunyvaig Castle
- 03/Mar/2012: Switching Off with Bear Bones
- 04/Mar/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #203
- 05/Mar/2012: An Ardbeg Islay Single Malt Lamp
- 06/Mar/2012: Olicana's Islay (and Durness) Pictures
- 07/Mar/2012: Gaelic Dance Music From Colonsay
- 08/Mar/2012: Three Islay News Links
- 09/Mar/2012: Friday Islay Picture #232 - Dreich Day at Currie Sands
- 10/Mar/2012: Birds And Whisky, Jazz Inspired by Islay
- 11/Mar/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #204
- 12/Mar/2012: Alexandre Vingtier's Islay Distillery Pictures
- 13/Mar/2012: Fundraising Music Evening in the Bowmore Hotel, Islay
- 14/Mar/2012: The Maggie and Old Islay Pictures
- 15/Mar/2012: Flock / After Dusk, More Islay Inspired Jazz
- 16/Mar/2012: Friday Islay Picture #233 - Bunnahabhain Distillery
- 17/Mar/2012: Islay Promo Video, But Not As You Might Expect
- 18/Mar/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #205
- 19/Mar/2012: New Islay Video: Landboarding in Machir Bay
- 20/Mar/2012: Ramsay Hall Roof Repairs Update
- 21/Mar/2012: Little Egret, Even More Islay Inspired Jazz
- 22/Mar/2012: Visiting Islay's Neighbour Gigha with the RIB Port Na Haven
- 23/Mar/2012: Friday Islay Picture #234 - Sunny Singing Sands
- 24/Mar/2012: Short Islay Star Gazing Video
- 25/Mar/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #206
- 26/Mar/2012: Al Mennie To Leave For Islay Soon
- 27/Mar/2012: Unofficial Bruichladdich Islay Single Malt Whisky Ad
- 28/Mar/2012: Al Mennie Arrived Safely On Islay
- 29/Mar/2012: Four Mixed Islay Links
- 30/Mar/2012: Friday Islay Picture #235 - Rock Formations at Mala Bholsa
- 31/Mar/2012: Bruichladdich Islay Visit Impressions Video
April 2012
- 01/Apr/2012: Apple Store on Islay House Square
- 01/Apr/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #207
- 02/Apr/2012: Remember the Wallaby on Islay?
- 03/Apr/2012: A Laphroaig Islay Whisky Song?
- 04/Apr/2012: Looking Forward to Islay's Beaches
- 06/Apr/2012: Friday Islay Picture #236 - Horse Grazing at Saligo
- 07/Apr/2012: New Comment System on IslayBlog.com
- 07/Apr/2012: Tip of the Tongue Festival on Jura Tomorrow
- 08/Apr/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #208
- 09/Apr/2012: An Islay Whisky Blues
- 10/Apr/2012: A New Sign for The Islay Hotel
- 11/Apr/2012: Saint Tudwal, Wreck Diving near Ardbeg, Islay
- 12/Apr/2012: Off to Islay Shortly
- 23/Apr/2012: A Great 10th Islay Walking Week
- 24/Apr/2012: A Dog Serving Whisky on Islay and Jura
- 25/Apr/2012: New Hide at RSPB Gruinart, Islay
- 26/Apr/2012: B&B at Coullabus Keepers Cottage, Islay
- 27/Apr/2012: Friday Islay Picture #237 - Star Trails at Saligo Bay
- 28/Apr/2012: The Story of Kilchoman Islay Single Malt Cask 95
- 29/Apr/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #209
- 30/Apr/2012: The Chairman of the Islay Gin Gang
May 2012
- 01/May/2012: Islay on Newsnight Scotland
- 02/May/2012: Large Format Photography From Islay
- 03/May/2012: Bowmore Islay Single Malt Mood Film
- 04/May/2012: Friday Islay Picture #238 - At Killinallan Point
- 05/May/2012: Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival Video
- 06/May/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #210
- 07/May/2012: New Islay Panorama, Southern Skerries
- 08/May/2012: Flight Along the West Coast of Jura
- 09/May/2012: So, how do you pronounce Bruichladdich then?
- 10/May/2012: Beautiful Islay Wildlife Pictures
- 11/May/2012: Friday Islay Picture #239 - View over Southern Skerries
- 12/May/2012: Great Corncrake Video (not on Islay though)
- 13/May/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #211
- 14/May/2012: Pool Playing Dog on Islay
- 15/May/2012: New Islay Panorama, Northern Shore near Bholsa
- 16/May/2012: Ralfy Reviews the Laphroaig 10yo Islay Single Malt
- 17/May/2012: More Islay Ships and Coaches from EoinIleach
- 18/May/2012: Friday Islay Picture #240 - Beaches at Bholsa
- 19/May/2012: Making Islay Whisky at Bruichladdich Distillery Video
- 20/May/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #212
- 21/May/2012: In a Flight Simulator over Islay
- 22/May/2012: Islay Pipe Band at Scottish Championship 2012
- 23/May/2012: Joseph Turner's Islay Sketches
- 24/May/2012: Fully Charged on Islay
- 25/May/2012: Friday Islay Picture #241 - Walking under the Paps of Jura
- 26/May/2012: Two Islay Fundraising Challenges
- 27/May/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #213
- 28/May/2012: Bruichladdich Islay Festival Video
- 29/May/2012: Nice Pictures of Skervuile Lighthouse
- 30/May/2012: Niall performs at Lagavulin for Feis Ile
- 31/May/2012: Catriona's Islay Sketches
June 2012
- 01/Jun/2012: Friday Islay Picture #242 - Stars in Gloaming
- 02/Jun/2012: More from Niall at the Islay Festival
- 03/Jun/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #214 - Jubilee Weekend Edition
- 04/Jun/2012: Andy Bell back on Islay
- 05/Jun/2012: New Islay Video: On the Beach in Machir Bay
- 06/Jun/2012: Taking a Break. On Islay.
- 24/Jun/2012: Reporting Back From Two Weeks on Islay
- 25/Jun/2012: Jura, Colonsay, Oronsay and Islay by Sea Kayak Video
- 26/Jun/2012: Fabulous Islay Illustration by the Magnificent Octopus
- 27/Jun/2012: Two Islay Beach Rugby 2012 Videos
- 28/Jun/2012: Ron Goudie Plays Golf for Islay Gaelic Choirs
- 29/Jun/2012: Friday Islay Picture #243 - Islay Beach Rugby Action
- 30/Jun/2012: Bruichladdich Fireworks on Islay
July 2012
- 01/Jul/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #215
- 02/Jul/2012: Canadians Taste Islay Ales Single Malt Ale
- 03/Jul/2012: Islay Pipe Band at the British Championships
- 04/Jul/2012: Spotting Scottish Routes on Islay
- 05/Jul/2012: Boat Trip Around Islay Video
- 07/Jul/2012:
FridaySaturday Islay Picture #244 - Port Ghille Greamhair - 08/Jul/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #216
- 09/Jul/2012: Reactions to Probable Bruichladdich Sale
- 10/Jul/2012: Boat Launch, Islay Style
- 11/Jul/2012: Tom's Sunny Day on Islay
- 13/Jul/2012: Friday Islay Picture #245 - The Gloaming
- 23/Jul/2012: A Slow Return To Islay Blogging
- 25/Jul/2012: Islay Monopoly
- 27/Jul/2012: Friday Islay Picture #246 - Nesting Shag With Eggs
- 30/Jul/2012: Two Islay Watersports Videos
August 2012
- 01/Aug/2012: Islay Walks on walkhighlands
- 02/Aug/2012: Nice Islay and Jura Visit Video
- 04/Aug/2012:
FridaySaturday Islay Picture #247 - Beach Rugby Try - 05/Aug/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #217
- 06/Aug/2012: Slate Sculpture on Colonsay (Video)
- 08/Aug/2012: Best Scooter Rideout Ever - On Islay
- 10/Aug/2012: Friday Islay Picture #248 - Light and Dark in the Sound of Islay
- 11/Aug/2012: Ponies at the Islay Show
- 12/Aug/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #218
- 13/Aug/2012: Nice Jura Promo Film
- 15/Aug/2012: Islay Pipe Band at the Worlds 2012
- 16/Aug/2012: Islay Returns to the British Birdfair
- 18/Aug/2012:
FridaySaturday Islay Picture #249 - Gannet and Waves - 19/Aug/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #219
- 20/Aug/2012: New Golf Course on Jura?
- 21/Aug/2012: Vivian French Visits Port Ellen Primary, Islay (Video)
- 22/Aug/2012: Rowing From Islay to Uist
- 23/Aug/2012: Keith McGann's Islay Pictures
- 24/Aug/2012: Friday Islay Picture #250 - Colourful Dunes in Machir Bay
- 26/Aug/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #220
- 27/Aug/2012: New Islay/Jura Panorama, the Sound of Islay
- 28/Aug/2012: Marco and Family visit Islay (Video)
- 29/Aug/2012: Islay Book Festival 2012
- 30/Aug/2012: Islay Pipe Band at Cowal 2012
- 31/Aug/2012: Friday Islay Picture #251 - Shag Protecting Its Young
September 2012
- 01/Sep/2012: Phil Documents New Islay Power Cable Works
- 02/Sep/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #221
- 03/Sep/2012: Official Opening of Port Ellen Pier, Islay
- 04/Sep/2012: Video of Basking Sharks near Colonsay
- 05/Sep/2012: On a Clyde Puffer to the Isle of Jura
- 06/Sep/2012: A Bit of Islay Bird Song
- 07/Sep/2012: Friday Islay Picture #252 - Cliffs around Soldiers Rock
- 08/Sep/2012: Heads up for the Islay Walking Week 2013
- 09/Sep/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #222
- 10/Sep/2012: Hans-Jörg's Islay Panoramas
- 11/Sep/2012: Two Gigha Sunset Timelapses
- 12/Sep/2012: Toby, probably Islay's most famous Seal
- 13/Sep/2012: Port Charlotte Lighthouse, Islay (Animated Gif)
- 17/Sep/2012: Watching Dolphins from the Islay Ferry
- 18/Sep/2012: Sharon's Islay Pictures
- 19/Sep/2012: Behind the Scenes at Lagavulin, Islay
- 20/Sep/2012: Some Old Islay Aerial Pictures
- 21/Sep/2012: Friday Islay Picture #253 - Watchful Goats
- 22/Sep/2012: An Islay Blues Trio
- 23/Sep/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #223
- 24/Sep/2012: Spottywellies September on Islay Pictures
- 25/Sep/2012: Another Cool Islay Windsurfing Video
- 26/Sep/2012: Laphroaig Live 2012 from Germany
- Laphroaig Live 2012 – 27/Sep/2012 on IslayBlog.com
- 28/Sep/2012: Friday Islay Picture #254 - Laphroaig Office & Warehouses
- 30/Sep/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #224
October 2012
- 01/Oct/2012: With a Harley Davidson on Islay
- 02/Oct/2012: Jamie Johnstone's Laphroaig Designs
- 03/Oct/2012: Wonderful Islay Kitesurfing Video
- 05/Oct/2012: Friday Islay Picture #255 - Carraig Mhor Light, Port Askaig
- 06/Oct/2012: Dog Playing on an Islay Beach
- 07/Oct/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #225
- 08/Oct/2012: Signs on the Islay and Jura Ferries (kind of)
- 09/Oct/2012: The Search for the Islay Wallaby Revisited
- 11/Oct/2012: What some people do for a wee dram of Lagavulin…
- 12/Oct/2012: Friday Islay Picture #256 - Barnacle Geese
- 13/Oct/2012: Islay/Jura Panorama Sound of Islay Revisited
- 14/Oct/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #226
- 15/Oct/2012: A Dancing Heron on Islay?
- 16/Oct/2012: Jura Scenes Video
- 17/Oct/2012: Choughs on Islay Video
- 19/Oct/2012: Friday Islay Picture #257 - Geese at Night
- 20/Oct/2012: New Islay Panorama, Soldier's Rock
- 21/Oct/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #227
- 22/Oct/2012: Islay's Port Ellen Junior Choir at National Mod 2012
- 23/Oct/2012: Rob Gard's Islay Distilling Kickstarter Campaign
- 25/Oct/2012: The Dog is Back on the Islay Beach
- 26/Oct/2012: Friday Islay Picture #258 - Mala Bholsa and Bolsa
- 27/Oct/2012: Islay Star Trails by James Deane
- 28/Oct/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #228
- 29/Oct/2012: Islay Gaelic Choir in Dunoon
- 31/Oct/2012: More from the Search for the Islay Wallaby
November 2012
- 01/Nov/2012: Island Rovers on Islay and Jura
- 02/Nov/2012: Friday Islay Picture #259 - Musicians at the Port Charlotte Hotel
- 03/Nov/2012: New Islay Panorama - Saligo River and Saligo Bay
- 04/Nov/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #229
- 05/Nov/2012: Entertaining Children on an Islay Holiday
- 07/Nov/2012: An Islay Sessions Reminder
- 09/Nov/2012: Friday Islay Picture #260 - Cliffs in the Sun
- 10/Nov/2012: New Islay Panorama - View from Sanaigmore Cliffs
- 11/Nov/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #230
- 14/Nov/2012: Off To The Islay Sessions (And More)
- 26/Nov/2012: Back From The Islay Sessions (And More)
- 27/Nov/2012: Quick Islay in November Thoughts
- 28/Nov/2012: Video of the Islay Sessions 2012 Grand Concert
- 29/Nov/2012: Peregrine Falcon vs Raven (I think) on Islay
- 30/Nov/2012: Friday Islay Picture #261 - Stars over Kilchoman House Cottages
December 2012
- 01/Dec/2012: Islay Pictures Photoblog Woes
- 02/Dec/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #231
- 03/Dec/2012: September Flooding on Islay
- 05/Dec/2012: Pictures of Islay Puffer Pibroch
- 07/Dec/2012: Friday Islay Picture #262 - Waves at Sunset in Saligo Bay
- 08/Dec/2012: New Products in Armin's Little Islay Shop
- 09/Dec/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #232
- 10/Dec/2012: New Islay Video November Sunset at Saligo Bay
- 12/Dec/2012: Nice Islay Holiday Video
- 14/Dec/2012: Friday Islay Picture #263 - Geese at Kilnave
- 15/Dec/2012: Latest Islay Panorama, View from the Machir Bay Dunes
- 16/Dec/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #233
- 18/Dec/2012: Worrying Islay Weather Forecast…
- 21/Dec/2012: Friday Islay Picture #264 - Dark Clouds
- 22/Dec/2012: Ardbeg taking Islay life to the world?
- 23/Dec/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #234
- 24/Dec/2012: Merry Christmas from IslayBlog.com
- 26/Dec/2012: New Islay Video, June Evening at Sanaigmore Bay
- 28/Dec/2012: Friday Islay Picture #265 - After the November Rain
- 29/Dec/2012: New Islay Panorama, Arrival in Machir Bay
- 30/Dec/2012: Islay Blogging Roundup #235
- 31/Dec/2012: Thank You!