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Full Day In Isay prounouced Ila
... the best whisky talk I have ever had. This guy is a Jedi, 49 yrs distilling! He is the rogue who has brought Bruichladdich to the fore front of whisky world wide. I wont go on to long, but his attitude is mirrored by his staff and from front to back every person I encountered was genuinely interested in making sure that my experience was full. From marketing, to distribution, barrel filling, ...
On a monster hunt
... Hanoverian power in Britain. The conflict was the last pitched battle fought on British soil. - Wikipedia We watched the reenactment of this battle in many ways, a story board, a 360 degree movie and a walking tour of the battle ground itself. The Jacobites lost between 1,500 to 2,000 men whilst the Government losses were only 50. It was discovered later that the Government army consisted of quite a number of Scotsman. Hence, it seemed more like a battle of the clans. The boys ...
Bute was beaut!
... was waiting at the station when the ferry docked and we were on our way back to Glasgow pretty much straight away.
Neither of us felt like sitting in a bar until the train left (23:45), nor eating a big meal. We eventually found the perfect solution in a tapas restaurant called Cafe Andaluz www.cafeandaluz.com/
The food was delicious as was the sangria.
We could supposedly get onto the Caledonian Sleeper ...
Around the Kintyre Peninsula
... in the late 19th century. But what about its smaller, plainer southern end? My research had led me to believe that this was the original part of the house, but after seeing it, we were not so sure. I subsequently learned from the present owner that the original part was torn down in the 1980s and replaced with the present southern extension.
We drove down the west coast of Kintyre, which in its ...
McAlister Country
... hosts Elizabeth and John, and asked for a lunch recommendation. She sent us across to the other side of the peninsula, to the Seafood Cabin next to the ruins of Skipness Castle. What a feast! Skipness Castle overlooks the Isle of Arran, where Alexander's brother Hector lived after he returned to Scotland from North Carolina in 1744.
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