Hi Seann I don't remember who had the original post but I don't think it was meant specificially as an advert - at least I didn't take it that way. While it was off the topic of genealogy, I interpreted it as a 'heads up'. There are a number of people on the list who are related to people who owned/worked at Islay distilleries so the opportunity to stay in a cottage that they perhaps had lived in might be considered a special experience. The distilleries are very much intertwined with Islay's history. There have been requests from folks planning their first Islay visit who need to know about accommodations and we have shared our experiences - which is something quite different from advertising a personal property. Cheerio Sue Visser ----- Original Message ----- From: "seann mhaighdean" <seannmhaighdean@yahoo.co.uk> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Holiday Cottages Bowmore And whilst I am on this thing - how comes the Bowmore Distillery gets free advertising on this list? Does this mean we can all advertise our own wee holiday cottages as well? Let me know if any of yous are interested in the real Islay experience. all the best to yous, S.M. --------------------------------- Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm

Seann, I heartily agree with Sue. I daresay virtually everyone on the Islay list either has or wants to visit Islay sometime. One of the stumbling blocks is the cost of accomodation - most of the self-catering options are only economical for groups of several people. Knowing about accomodation owned by someone who shares an interest in family history (and at a reasonable price) is definitely 'on topic' in my opinion. In this case 'advertising' is not a dirty word - it is sharing information that we would have a difficult time finding out otherwise. Russ McGillivray >From: "Sue Visser" <genealgal2@execulink.com> >Reply-To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Holiday Cottages Bowmore >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 10:48:21 -0500 > >Hi Seann > >I don't remember who had the original post but I don't think it was meant >specificially as an advert - at least I didn't take it that way. While it >was off the topic of genealogy, I interpreted it as a 'heads up'. There >are >a number of people on the list who are related to people who owned/worked >at >Islay distilleries so the opportunity to stay in a cottage that they >perhaps >had lived in might be considered a special experience. The distilleries >are >very much intertwined with Islay's history. > >There have been requests from folks planning their first Islay visit who >need to know about accommodations and we have shared our experiences - >which >is something quite different from advertising a personal property. > >Cheerio >Sue Visser > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "seann mhaighdean" <seannmhaighdean@yahoo.co.uk> >To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:49 AM >Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Holiday Cottages Bowmore > > >And whilst I am on this thing - how comes the Bowmore Distillery gets free >advertising on this list? > > Does this mean we can all advertise our own wee holiday cottages as >well? > > Let me know if any of yous are interested in the real Islay experience. > > all the best to yous, > S.M. > > > >--------------------------------- >Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm > > > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to 1875 visit: >HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ >

Hi Sue, Yes I do agree with you that the distilleries had a lot of influence with the people of Islay. My family was very much involved with Laphroaig and Lugavullin Distilleries. It was only in the 1950's that Laphroaig distillery was the end of the family ownership. But you can read more about it on the Islay site. Regards Basil from South Africa. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Visser" <genealgal2@execulink.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Holiday Cottages Bowmore > Hi Seann > > I don't remember who had the original post but I don't think it was meant > specificially as an advert - at least I didn't take it that way. While it > was off the topic of genealogy, I interpreted it as a 'heads up'. There > are > a number of people on the list who are related to people who owned/worked > at > Islay distilleries so the opportunity to stay in a cottage that they > perhaps > had lived in might be considered a special experience. The distilleries > are > very much intertwined with Islay's history. > > There have been requests from folks planning their first Islay visit who > need to know about accommodations and we have shared our experiences - > which > is something quite different from advertising a personal property. > > Cheerio > Sue Visser > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "seann mhaighdean" <seannmhaighdean@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:49 AM > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Holiday Cottages Bowmore > > > And whilst I am on this thing - how comes the Bowmore Distillery gets free > advertising on this list? > > Does this mean we can all advertise our own wee holiday cottages as well? > > Let me know if any of yous are interested in the real Islay experience. > > all the best to yous, > S.M. > > > > --------------------------------- > Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm > > > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to 1875 > visit: > HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ > >