A small book but loaded with gorgeous pictures and lots of information. The guide gives you a real flavour of the island and is an ideal travel companion.
Andrew Jefford - Peat Smoke and Spirit
Those who discover malt whisky quickly learn that the malts made on the Isle of Islay are some of the wildest and most characterful in the malt-whisky spectrum. In PEAT SMOKE AND SPIRIT, Islay's fascinating story is uncovered: from its history and stories of the many shipwrecks which litter its shores, to intimate descriptions of the beautiful wildlife, landscape and topography of the island.
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| Tom Graham's Portnahaven Website - http://www.portnahaven.me.uk/ My Grandfather (Allan McIntyre) was born and raised in Portnahaven. I never knew him, he died before I was born. My mother, Margaret McIntyre, married my father Thomas Graham in 1941. She was 39 when she married and I was born in 1946, the second of her two children, the elder being William. From the age of 8, I was a regular to Portnahaven, usually spending the whole of the school holidays (8 weeks) with my mother’s cousin, Janet McIntyre in the family house, “Sydney” in Queen street. - Read more |
Norman Newton - Islay guide