The northern parts of Scotland are beautiful. After visiting the Orkneys and the north-east with all its distilleries we could find and visit, we managed to move some of them forward on our schedule one day and find ourselves with a whole day to spare and do some coastal sightseeing. Or... we decide to get in the car once more and have a three hours drive to, literally, the other side of the country. Starting on the east coast, over ominous looking mountain ranges, passing many withered lochs, through lush fields of gorse and heather-covered bogs holding ruins and castles, we leisurely drove to the Isle of Skye. There and back again, falling through the Fiddler's door at the end of a long, tiring day for a refreshing dram and hot meal. We have hinted at this day already in our
Epic Scotland Road Trip Diary, and now we have some more pictures of the trip on our
Facebook page, including our visit to the Talisker distillery of which you can read a little more about next week, on these pages.
Slàinte Mhath
Thomas & Ansgar
Sounds great! My dad and I are planning a trip to Scotland to visit as many distilleries as possible in 2018. It's a long way from Australia.
ReplyDeleteHi! Sounds like great plans in the making there! What areas / distilleries are you looking to visit? From Australia it is certainly a long way but worth the trip! Have been to Scotland before? Cheers, Thomas & Ansgar
DeleteMy dad is originally from Scotland and I have been there once before when I was 14. We are planning to go for about four weeks around May 2018 and try and visit as many distilleries as possible. So we will probably start somewhere in the Lowlands, then Campbeltown where I hope to spend five days doing the Springbank Whisky School (if I can get in), then visit the Isles (Arran, Islay, Jura, Skye, Mull and Orkney) then come back through the Highlands, Speyside and back to the Lowlands again. I will have to carefully plan the trip to maximise our time and distillery coverage. This will probably be my dad's last trip back to Scotland and will be a great father/son adventure. I will blog the whole thing of course on www.whiskydad.net
ReplyDeletewow! that is quite the trip! We look forward to hearing about your adventures there! If you need any help/tips just give a shout out ;-)
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