Welcome to Finlaggan, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. A few miles to the south-west of Port Askaig on the island of Islay lies Loch Finlaggan, a place of great importance in Scottish history. In the loch are three islands, two of which lie close to the north shore. These are Eilean Mòr (the Large Island) […]
I didn´t manage to visit the Isle of Jura during my stay in Islay, but at least I enjoyed the views. On this day there was the Islay show and I probably was one of very few people not being there. Instead of visiting the show I went to the northwest side of Islay, visited […]
A little walk through Port Charlotte – it was such a warm and sunny day, the beach was pretty busy. Port Charlotte was founded in 1828. Port Charlotte was named after Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, the mother of its founder Walter Frederick Campbell; and it was set up mainly to provide housing facilities for the Lochindaal Distillery […]