Another morning with sunshine – and rain because it’s Scotland. Today’s plan was to finally tackle the elusive Glengoyne distillery! We have tried to make a tour there in the past (in 2015 and again in 2016) but for various reasons have never made it past the shop. Well today we were going to fix that! We headed out bright and early and made it there just in time for the 11am tour. And while we do know how whisky is made so the tour wasn’t strictly necessary, we are now starting to pay more attention to some of the details: who uses peat, who has steel versus wood washbacks, who malts their own barley, etc. So we did really enjoy the tour – and the whisky. We started with their 12 year old and ended with a dram of the 18 year old. And Frank got none of mine. Yup, I drank all my own whisky for a change which tells you what it is like – light and somewhat sweet with no smoke. The last distillery we visited where I enjoyed the dram was Dalwhinnie which is lighter still than that Glengoyne.
Then is was lunchtime so back to the Old Mill Inn in Killern with their lovely tasting board and homemade soup that scuppered our first visit. The food was just as good as we remembered and a group from the distillery tour also turned up there for lunch!
Then it was back to visiting. We picked up Frank’s niece and went to visit his mum. She was much brighter and cheerier today but her legs were bothering her so we didn’t stay too long. We did our regular run into Callandar and stopped for tea and cakes. The River Teith was bursting it’s banks and water was slowly creeping into the carpark where we stopped so we didn’t stay too long.
We stopped at the City Walls for dinner – one of the niece’s favorites – and then it was out to Alva for more visiting. We hadn’t yet seen another nieces new house so we popped round there for a cup of tea and more blethering before heading back to the flat to start contemplating packing.
Dubious data for today: 5,407 steps and 5 floors (it was a small distillery)
Number of stories about how fast Frank used to drive these wee roads back in the day: 27
Number of rainbows spotted: 4
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