General book festival person @wigtownbookfest. Mainly here for the books, baking reels & cat pics.https://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3maweatlmqk2aGorgeous Boxing Day beach walk today. I do miss this place! #Islay26 Dec 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3maweatlmqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3m2hztwwegk2j05 Oct 2025 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2hztwwegk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lz7isw7vtk2v📚🌟 ONE WEEK TO GO until Wigtown Book Festival 2025! 🌟📚 Book your tickets here 👇 www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on19 Sep 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7isw7vtk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lxh7mv5zi226I hope you’re all limbering up and getting ready for this year’s WIGTOWN'S GOT TALENT! 😆🥳 Entries are open to locals, authors and visitors. Enter by 5 September via email: mail@wigtownbookfestival.com WGT show night is 27 September at 7:30pm in The Merse.28 Aug 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxh7mv5zi226https://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lxav7lq4fs2gGutted I won’t make this year’s @islaybookfest.bsky.social. A huge well done to @charlenebusalli.bsky.social and team for such a great lineup. It’s so exciting to see the festival go from strength to strength Everyone should have this festival on their must-see list. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/five-things-to-do-in-scotland-this-week-sff8qcb8s25 Aug 2025 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxav7lq4fs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lu5wl4i6ks2dThank you @islaybookfest.bsky.social for being always awesome and excellent! 😘 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5wl4i6ks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lu47gcmees2uSo in between Covid, a bird mite infestation (don’t ask), and various other casualties, this happened… I’m sad to be leaving the island again so soon, but excited to be returning to Wigtown in a couple of weeks to take up this new role. See you soon, Wigtown! 🥳 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6281ny14epo?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLk4_xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHg0czdBnf8aDIASQD28nl1l_KvoMcrmJabuQZy1eTrOdR9dllvu1ySOc5XNQ_aem_nfyBzVZ7ooQznxBfpR1-yg16 Jul 2025 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu47gcmees2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lswelyvyys2sCurrently reading this beautifully spooky book! 📚 👻01 Jul 2025 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswelyvyys2shttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lictewk7yc27Apparently I live in Scotland’s ‘party island’. I’ve never been classed as ‘cool’ before! 🏝️ #Islay https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-party-island-named-in-list-of-uks-coolest-postcodes-to-move-to-in-2025-4993039?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1pwUgObLnZ9zRdTMgvMAOcawSQy1VrDawxf0ULSXxv5iewGAyYUErD7sI_aem_E4b9QNTaLhpT9SFQF3Zgmw#m77xrstmg6ut6axmorb16 Feb 2025 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lictewk7yc27https://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lhgl3mdes22pIt’s taken me all of two weeks of working at @theceltichouse.bsky.social before relenting and buying another book! 😬 Looking forward to this one by @cjcookebooks.bsky.social.05 Feb 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgl3mdes22phttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lh2buwpilc2jNot a bad lunchtime view! #Islay31 Jan 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2buwpilc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3lepcdsrjh22xWhat an amazing aurora display this evening! #Islay #NorthernLights01 Jan 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lepcdsrjh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3ldv2klll6k2eOnly on Islay when you visit someone are you sent away with freshly-baked scones and some poems! 😘22 Dec 2024 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldv2klll6k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3ldjt746hhk23In personal news, I will be moving on from Bradford Literature Festival at the end of this year. I will be so sad to leave Bradford and all the wonderful new friends I have made here, but it’s time to go and I am looking forward to returning to Islay for some fresh sea air 🙂17 Dec 2024 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjt746hhk23https://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3ld2nsng33c2xChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! Day 1 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge11 Dec 2024 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2nsng33c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3ld2h6rgh322jIt’s nearly time for Christmas on the island (and I may just stay there!) 🏝️ Looking forward to the clear skies and the sea breeze and blowing away those cobwebs. #Islay11 Dec 2024 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2h6rgh322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3ld2h3c2qyc2jIt absolutely is! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2024 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2h3c2qyc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3kexjoaane32cA gorgeous series of photos, ‘First and Foremost I Am’, by Sigga Ella featuring 21 people with Down’s Syndrome. https://fstoppers.com/opinion/first-and-foremost-i-am-sigga-ellas-thought-provoking-photography-series-people-5911524 Nov 2023 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kexjoaane32chttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3ke6exbyomc2lSleepy kitty.14 Nov 2023 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke6exbyomc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3ke6cxgnpse2uThe humble Kunafa Tea in Bradford is absolutely wonderful! I would very much recommend it for all your Levantine delicacies.14 Nov 2023 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke6cxgnpse2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3kdwojo2e3s22“Since achieving celebrity status, Mrs Clarke said Lincoln had become somewhat of a ‘diva at home’ and even stars in his own charity fundraising calendar.” This story brings me so much joy! #cheekycats https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-67368592?at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_origin=BBC_East_Yorkshire_%26_Lincolnshire&at_link_id=AB377FD0-7F12-11EE-A4F0-A20455826ABF&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=link&at_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0XGz0xeM521-x30i0a1YqzkxteoFlesVKP0vKkjfQlaA1PQnuxqlLFSJc_aem_AefRU9Mnh2izfawN_Zbr1FdF0qA9pF1YkczCobPr-PlF6-kk-9E3d-yLwoqBDLLnwCU11 Nov 2023 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdwojo2e3s22https://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3kdlg26el3o2fWeirdly confusing! I got 18/24, most of which were guesses! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2023 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdlg26el3o2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3kdf43k76fq2mSo here I am, now even more definitely in my late forties! #NewProfilePic04 Nov 2023 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdf43k76fq2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3kd7wwgrons26It’s possible aliens have landed in City Park! #Bradford02 Nov 2023 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd7wwgrons26https://bsky.app/profile/islaro.bsky.social/post/3kd4jetd6wh2pLove this bit of Bradford street art by Ruth Fettis. It brightens up my walk up the hill to work every morning!01 Nov 2023 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:exmvzgl4xor7reycpjsdocx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd4jetd6wh2p