The Isle of Islay

This is one of the main reasons for this trip. This small island has 8 distilleries on it and we aim to sample every one between the 6 of us. You see, drinking whisky is what initially brought us together, it seems a reasonable thing to do.
We caught the ferry, again, from Arran to Islay. This required 2 ferries and a bit of rain and a sleep for some members of the group.

We hired the most amazing house. It is called the Port Charlotte Hall now, but it used to be the Port Charlotte school and has been converted into upmarket accommodation with 4 bedrooms each with an en-suite and 2 further separate bathrooms. Ridiculous, all that Ajax.

We all went our separate ways during the day and came together again for drinks and dinners which worked very well as everyone got to do exactly as they pleased. We terrorised the pubs and wandered the island with gay abandon.

We had the wedding on Saturday (see separate blog) and between the 6 of us, I believe we sampled most and visited all 8 distilleries on Islay. John and I also visited the small distillery on Jura. They each of them have their interesting aspects, either views, tasting rooms, merchandise, or indeed staff members. But we came to drink whisky and that we did.

Considering this is a casual friendship, to be thrust into each other's company for 10 days or so and share a house for 5 days it all went very well I think. We all came out alive and still friends.

This this is such a discontinuous blog, you will have to forgive me if I repeat myself.

The scenery on all the islands is impressive. All very similar, but in some parts very different.....