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Campervan travels in the Uk and Europe.
We are two ageing and appreciative adventurers looking to turn the page on a new chapter of our lives.....

Iona looking towards Islay, Scotland

Iona in reflective mood, Scotland

Iona at Castle Cary, Creetown

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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 21
Do you recall a band from the late 70s who released three albums before disbanding and, thereafter, two band members formed another band...
ionacali
Jun 112 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 20
Once again, we find ourselves delving into the musical archives to pick a SotW, and this one dates back to mid-August 1979 when Led...
ionacali
Jun 31 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 19
This week’s song comes from a band that formed back in 1976 and has become known as “Ireland’s first punk band”! They originated in...
ionacali
May 251 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 18
This week Jason Wilber provides Iona’s Song of the Week. He is a singer, guitar player, songwriter, and recording artist based in...
ionacali
May 191 min read
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Iona’s Song of the week - No. 17
We go back to September of 1978 for this week’s song, which, upon hearing it for the first time, BBC Radio One DJ John Peel declared to...
ionacali
May 131 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 16
This week’s song is by a country artist (surprise, surprise!) we encountered at the Country Music Festival in Perth, Scotland, in about...
ionacali
May 51 min read
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Iona’s Song of the week - No. 15
This week’s song was one I nearly choice a few week ago, however, in the pub tonignt, the Am Fuaran Bar waaay out on the north west...
ionacali
Apr 281 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 14
I recently trawled through some of the 500 or so vinyl LPs in my collection, looking for inspiration, and boy, did I find some! Needless...
ionacali
Apr 222 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 13
Unlucky for some, but cool with us, and once again, we’ve trawled through our mental JukeBox to unearth another classic (in our humble...
ionacali
Apr 211 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - Np. 12
In 1980, I was a 22-year-old architectural student with long summer months ahead of me and no real plans. So, when a friend of mine told...
ionacali
Apr 152 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 11
If I ever get the chance to choose a song for the Juke Box, this week's choice is a favourite of mine! It was released on November 14,...
ionacali
Apr 131 min read
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Iona Cali’s Song of the Week - No. 10
As another Song of the Week beckons, I was minded to consider some (perhaps) better-known tunes, as (understandably) not many Iona Cali...
ionacali
Apr 72 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 09
During the 1980s, there was a short-lived and not-too-well-known (at least not here on the West Coast of Scotland) musical genre called...
ionacali
Mar 262 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No. 08
Song eight of 2025 comes from a London band that began life in 1977 and was formed by the Butler brothers: Vocalist Rochard and Bass...
ionacali
Mar 131 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 07
Given the sad news that Paul Richard Buckler passed on the 17th of February this year, we wanted to pay tribute to him, so Iona’s Song of...
ionacali
Mar 21 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 06
For week number six of 2025, we are heading back twenty-seven years to 1998 when we first encountered a “Madchester” band who were...
ionacali
Feb 181 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 05
During the week that the sixties icon Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull passed on, aged 78, Iona felt it appropriate to pick one of her...
ionacali
Feb 111 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 4
Next up for Iona’s Song of the Week takes us back to June 1979 when a Salford band released their debut album. Their second and final...
ionacali
Feb 21 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 03
Next up for Song of the Week is an 8-minute and 52-second gem from an album that was released 50 years ago on 20 January 1975, and I was...
ionacali
Jan 212 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 01 (Part One 2025)
2025 has arrived, and with it comes a plethera of songs. Some new, some familiar, some old, but, hopefully, all enjoyable! We shall...
ionacali
Jan 131 min read
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