Having been a whole week on Islay and having rediscovered that ‘slowing down’ comes in steps, we had left our dwelling in the smallest of the Bowmore cottages, and found ourselves homeless for the next couple of hours. When we are on Islay, the weather is always great, even when it is raining horizontally and…
Islay Shenanigans: nature calling
Still bewildered with the rather impressive beauty of such a tiny beach, with the wind pretty much as calm as the wind can get on Islay and the sun almost on its highest point of the day, we put our sunglasses on, rolled down the windows and meandered back up towards Port Charlotte and decided…
Islay adventures: Seals, sheep, and a tropical surprise!
Having done some distillery bagging and a walk on the beach to Billie’s Bench in Bowmore, we headed back to Bowmore and decided to do a late take-out from the local Chinese and collect our thoughts about the eventful day with our legs up on the coffee table for the remainder of the evening. Next…
Everything, everywhere All at Once
Okay. Slow down a bit. We were now only a couple of days on the Island and had to force ourselves not to do everything, everywhere all at once*, and deliberately tried to stay on the North end of Islay, with the smallest of the Bowmore Cottages as our place of rest and the most…
Islay adventures: dodging potholes & distillery discoveries!
The cons of the single track roads is that the driver is ever on the lookout for potholes, passing places – which seem an incomprehensible idea for some of the non-locals who blankly try to win a staring contest trying to force you to back up to a passing place, while they themselves are still…
The Sound of Islay
Oh, hello! Is it another day already? We thought we were on Islay time? Normally, we would have said it slows down a bit, but it seems to have caught up with mainland time over the years. Shame! Anyway, While we want to explore the Island and not only go on another distillery hopping spree,…
Katie’s first time
Having decided to calm things down, which sort of comes natural when one is on Islay, we leisurely cruised to the Bruichladdich shop, which we had never seen this busy outside of Feis Ile. Crammed with people going on different tours, and sadly no space for us to squeeze in. Although we have seen the…
Islay Calling!
Islay, Queen of the Hebrides. While we were planning the trip back in September 2023, we were checking to go to Skye, drive the NC500, do some exploring of cities and villages we had never visited and do some sightseeing of waterfalls, ruins, large standing stones and whatnot. For some reason though, we kept looking…
Dreich, inside and out
An early start was out of the question. The day ahead of us was as much a question for us, as it was for anyone else. Having “forgotten” a proper raincoat and the weather forecast and a small burst pipe in our hotel room told us we should have, we just had to treat ourselves…
On y Va!
Whoever invented WiFi on board of a ferry sailing in international waters should be thanked for their services, although they may not have thought about possible emails you receive. If said emails are about a cancelled ferry further in the trip, one can not follow up over the phone without breaking the bank. Stress, during…
Dear diary…
Scotland, April 2024. After the hiatus of about five years, we are finally back in Scotland. Boy, have we missed being here. The journey here was, as ever, not that eventful and mainly consisted of us waiting in the car for a boat, looking at the sea, worrying about whether or not the weather would…
A 5 year itch.
A 5 year itch. January 19 2019 was our last article about a whisky distillery we visited in May 2018. A year and a bit later, in October 2020, we wrote some words about the annually released Malt Whisky Yearbook from our friend Ingvar Ronde. After that, a long silent period from us. Sorry if…
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