by David McVey
Inchcailloch is one of the largest islands on Loch Lomond and it lies just a bowshot from the closest point on the loch shore near Balmaha. The ferry journey from Balmaha Boatyard takes about three minutes. Although the island is less than a mile long and only a few hundred yards wide, it’s a peaceful, tree-shaded green place where silence and tranquillity can be near-guaranteed. The surprising thing about the place, though, is that the calming oakwoods that dominate the island are as much industrial history as they are natural history. The trees are there because they were demanded by the greedy Industrial Revolution, to fuel factories that were just on its doorstep.
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October 2016 Edition
The one with the "EAT YOUR CEREAL" COVER
Robbie Dinwoodie has an exclusive interview with Malcolm Chisholm
Peter A Bell on the Essential Nationalist and why a form of cultural oppression has been going on for years in the classroom
Will McLeod in New Yorks writes on Hilary and the US Media
Dr Craig Dalzell on the subject of GERS
Wee Ginger Dug - Have a nice cold bowl of Brexit
The Most Excellent Tom Morton on Finding good whisky at reasonable prices.
Delia Forrest in Barcelona - Independence, at what price?
Photo Essay by Top Photographer Simon Mayson
Prof Steve Peers of Essex University - Can Scotland stay in the EU as part of the UK after Brexit?
Jennifer Harper- a Basic Income Guarantee Payment + a Glass Act
Dr Steve McCabe - Protecting Vulnerable Adults
Ann MacLaren - James MacLaren and Fortingall
Dave Bowman - Ewan MaColl
iScot Short Story - Lunch at the Palazzo
iScot Book Review - Par for the Ladies
Rachel Gillon - Preserving Scotland's culinary heritage
Grouse Beater - My Life as a Hero
Mary Edward - The Govan Stones
Fiona Nicholson - Bio-Assistance Dogs
David McVey - Industrial Idyll - Inchcailloch - Loch Lomond
Major Bloodnok - The guvnor