The Boyne Hotel Portsoy

Rothes is the little Scottish village where the Glen Grant Whiskey Distillery is located. It is part of the Speyside Whisky Trail, where the largest concentration of Scotch whisky distilleries is located in Scotland. This large valley is popular among distillers because this is where most of the barley is grown for the distillation process.

The distillery has a nice garden and a gift shop.

... was beautiful, we went upto this big hill with an old lighthouse on it & went up to take some photos, after getting the chocolate out of the van, Matt joined Leah with a funny look on his face, he said that we interrupted a big fat man and a lady having sex in the bushes - as soon as we pulled up, they stuck their heads up and ducked down to pull their pants up...whoops ;-).
After illegally driving up the ...

... shoulder. I bought two bottles at the gift shop. The other night I had done a pretty basic search about getting it delivered to the us at some point. If you go to the monkey shoulder website, they say they can't ship it. But then I found a place called The Whisky Shop and I put in my country and all that jazz and it went through. So the moral of the story is, do you research kids! The distillery can't ship to the US ...

Stopped at the main part of town to get some 'chips' before the work function. I also was a tourist for a few minutes and took some pictures of the market cross and an interesting fountain. Then it was off to the lighthouse museum for the photo recognition.

... years to March 2008 and I was working in a stressful job, with little time for social discourse and little desire to improve myself academically. I left my job and went traveling. I now have the desire to continue my education and to change career path. With this 'idea' comes the increased pressure of age. I can't help but feel that at 31, I need to get this decision right (I have now officially given up hope that I might play football for Scotland, so my ...

... they attach a hose to the tanks and the fish (mackerel, herring) are pumped into the processing plant. The crew on the boat do not have to handle the fish unless a seal or shark gets stuck in the fish pump. After the boat tour, Andrew Whyte (the captain of another boat who gave us the tour of the Christina) took us to tour his warehouse where he recycles nets and metals and ...

... the girls and I went out for dinner and bowling. The President of the Fraserburgh Club was a GSE team leader and decided that the team needed to do something on our own. Thanks Margaret-Jane! Paul went out for dinner with some of the Fraserburgh Rotarians. Needless to say, a good time was had by all, except for the bowling results. Tami apparently minored in bowling in college and dropped the hammer on the rest of her teammates. A rematch will be forthcoming!

... in Scotland. Unfortunately the name escapes me at the moment. The drive to Aberdeen was very interesting as we took a narrow two lane road across the mountains. Fortunately the breath taking views made up for some of the near misses. After we were picked up in Aberdeen, we were taken to a quiet church cafe for dinner, and then headed back to our hosts for a bit of quiet time and then to bed.

... singing. It was expected that everyone lead a song at some point, so the GSE team led the group in a rousing version of "I'm Gonna Be" by The Proclaimers. Again the girls wanted their picture with the men in kilts, so the Elgin ladies and I needed one in order to equal things out. We will definitely have to take the Elgin Club up on their offer to join them for some hospitality in the Lodges at the district conference next weekend at Aviemore.

... of the Show! We picked up Margaret and drove about a mile out of town to the cottage. I pointed out to the BOSS that her beloved grandpa had walked that mile into town (and back again) everyday from the age of four - through snow or rain - and that she was never allowed to whinge again about her "long" trip to school. No one was home at the cottage so we had a poke around in the garden and took some photos. We dropped in on Margaret ...