Mark Nicholls visits the world-famous Loch Fyne Oyster Bar and discovers the magic of Scotland’s Seafood Trail
Crouched in the shelter of the head of Loch Fyne, and the start of a long and winding peninsular that leads all the way down to the Mull of Kintyre, is a location that has become synonymous with the finest seafood.
It has been brought to wider attention because of the ever-growing reputation of the...
By Mark Nicholls
from Issue 25 published on 17/02/2006
ISLAY HAS A LONG HISTORY. MAIRI MACDONALD GOES BACK TO THE ISLE OF HER ANCESTORS
From the Islay base on Eilean Mor in Loch Finlaggan, the Lords of the Isles ruled the west of Scotland and most of the islands for more than 300 years.
They were a powerful dynasty and they were MacDonalds, descendants of the original Lord of the Isles, Somerled MacGillebride. That is, until 1493, ...
By Mairi MacDonald
from Issue 10 published on 5/9/2003