Oban Distillery

... here. Pouring rain all day. We made it late afternoon and it was still raining so we decided to your the Oban distillery. A neat little operation with international recognition but only 7 employees total. Free samples at the end of course. After that ...

... the east coast north to Tobermory where we stopped for lunch. Very pretty little village and was tempting to go for a tour of the distillery but decided to eat instead. Found time for a beer in one of the pubs before getting back on the bus and heading ...

... gear on the trains.  So we have 2 days to spend in Oban, and first stop is the distillery.  A must for Scotland.  Oban Scotch Whiskey was a brand which Brian knew about from Canada.  A very informative tour with several tastings ...

... Scottish Bridies (like Cornish pasties)  that I've been devouring all week. Earlier I tried to feign interest at the Whiskey distillery as they took us through the process of turning barley, yeast and water into something you can charge $300 and ...

... Course but it was very difficult with all the hills and blind greens and it was also quite expensive.  We went to the Oban Distillery Visitor's Centre and the people there were very nice and our guide was impressed that I knew quite a lot about Whisky ...

... North. We stopped at a place called Crieff and did the Famous Grouse Experience - a tour of the Glenturret Scotch Whiskey Distillery. Despite neither of us actually liking Scotch very much, it was still an interesting tour. We continued on to Perth to ...

... the harbor. Once we had checked in we wandered around and checked out the town. We took the late afternoon tour of the Oban distillery, one of the oldest whiskey distilleries in Scotland, founded in 1794. Our guide was a perky young woman and she kept ...

... Iona where the famous Iona Abbey was established in 563. On the north tip is the village of Tobermory pop. 700 (Tobermory Distillery) and Glengorm Castle. On return to the mainland we will drive north along Loch Linnhe to Fort Willliam where we plan ...

... an Oban and Bute Council Library card, something I'm sure to use a lot in the future! We also wanted to do the Oban Malt Whisky Distillery tour but were disappointed to find that the last tour of the day was fully booked. We have put our names down ...

... A spectacular drive past Lochness and several other large Lochs surrounded by huge mountain ranges including Ben Nevis, UK's highest peak. Oban is a large ferry port that services many different islands. Oban distillery, a day in the sun!, Stalker ...