Sunday and Monday are in a fight. Who wins? Sunday. Monday is a weekday (weak day) ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐
Flashback to August for some happy sunny warm tones .. who had thunder yesterday and over night? โก๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ
Happy Monday xx
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THE AMERICAN MONUMENT, THE OA, ISLE OF ISLAY ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐๐ผ
The Monument was built on the Oa Peninsula in 1920 by the American Red Cross, and is designed by architect Robert Walker. It commemorates the loss of the Tuscania and the Otranto troop ships and the location overlooks the very spot where the Tuscania sunk. It is built in the shape of a lighthouse and is visible from many areas on Islay.
The Tuscania, a passenger liner, was on its way from New Jersey to the coast of France with 2,000 American soldiers and a crew of more than 300. At Nova Scotia, they joined a convoy and entered the British waters between Islay and Northern Ireland on the 5th of February. The convoy was followed by a UB-77 German submarine which torpedoed the ship, it sunk after a few hours, 7 miles off the Islay coast near the Oa peninsula. An estimated 230 lives were lost in this tragedy.
Eight months later, on October 6 1918, another tragedy occurred only a few miles from the place where the Tuscania sunk. The HMS Otranto was carrying troops from New York to Glasgow when it collided with the steamship HMS Kashmir during a heavy storm. This tragedy took place not far from Machir bay on Islay's west coast. Over 400 lives were lost, both British crew members and US servicemen. A lot of victims were buried on Islay. Wilson Woodrow organised this as a tribute to the war deaths there.
The Islanders helped collect and take care of both bodies and survivors as they were bought in by the Atlantic.
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Sunny Hebridean Days โฆ โ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Still here and we are three days late going home ๐๐ โฆ normal Instagram and Moderating at pages begins again tomorrow .. I decided to have a wee break!
Hereโs a mash up of our lovely two and a half weeks on islay, as my brain is still switched off and I canโt yet be bothered to refocus .. ๐ I am returning home with a very successful Islay tan, half a stone heavier and needing to give my liver some TLC ๐ thereโs more bits and bobs in my stories including this mornings temperature inversion ๐งก
Hope everyone is well and keeping sane and cool! Have a great Friday evening xxx
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JURA is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay. With an area of 36,692 hectares (142 sq miles) Jura is more sparsely populated than Islay, and is one of the least densely populated islands of Scotland, it is very highly likely that you will see more Deer here, than People .. thatโs a King Family fact ๐๐ โฆ In a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population wise it comes 31st. The island is mountainous, bare and largely infertile, covered by extensive areas of blanket bog.
FOUR Interesting Facts:
In August 1994, the major worldwide known Scots Band โThe KLFโ burned ยฃ1 million pounds in cash as a โfook youโ to the Music Industry in a boathouse on Jura .. ๐ค
George Orwell Wrote โ1984โ whilst living here ..
At the Northern Head of Jura sits the worlds second/third largest whirlpool โthe Corryvrekanโ
The Boot That Makes the Jura Landscape!
Itโs been there a year (AT LEAST) as we should make it a landmark @hoggsoffife ๐ฅพ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Would you like to visit here? And again whatโs your favourite shot?
Happy Saturday! If I am massively behind with anyone, my apologies! I am going to have a big catch up, we only have Wi-Fi here in one part of our house and I have had a bit of an IG moderating break (huge thanks to all the team who have been/ are covering me especially @ner1477@victoria_england_photography xxxx thanks lovelies xx)
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Debating over which to post of the stunning village of Portnahaven .. so have them all! My time on Islay is running out ๐โน๏ธ
Happy Friday! Which one is your favourite? X
More Islay footage in my stories ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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A Perfect Setting for a Delicious Wedding Anniversary Meal with Our Lovely Hosts and Friends Andrew and Alison at the @thebowmorehouse on Islay. Andrew and Alison have been running the B&B for 11 years so double celebration! (Funnily enough Instagram Bought us Together! ๐) We Were also treated to a couple of drams of โJacksonโs Treasureโ courtesy of @islaycaskcompany โฆ named after Andrew .. and then to a beautiful sunset setting โ๏ธ
Perfect.
Happy Monday x
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