Portnahaven

A TINY island post office has sent out its 3000th food parcel to British soldiers serving in Afghanistan. Since 2007, Portnahaven Post Office on Islay has been sending morale-boosting packages to our brave frontline troops at the average rate of one a day.

But soon the view of the lighthouse, on the tiny island of Orsay just off Portnahaven will be dominated by a meteorological mast after council officials decided its importance to an offshore wind project of 140 turbines “outweighs the materially ...

Cladville Estate, som egendomen på Islays sydostspets heter, var för sex generationer sedan tusentals tunnland stor men omfattar idag ”bara” byn Portnahaven och viss utarrenderad åkermark i området. Och så juvelen i kronan: tomten med det före detta ...