One of the "required" things to do in Scotland is to tour the Scotch distilleries, of course! There was definitely not a lack of choices for different distilleries to visit. Some gave free tours, some gave free samples, some tours had to be scheduled, some tours cost £12 with samples.
This was another no-castle-day. I ventured out in search of a distillery to tour and anything else that tickled my fancy.
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Aberlour was rumored to be the best tour, but I just missed their morning tour and didn't want to have to wait 4 hours for the next tour, so the guy there suggested I visit the Glenlivet distillery where the tour was free and anytime! |
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The Glenlivet Scotch Tree |
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Everybody made their own Glenlivet for a while. |
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Stain glass window which has a story behind it that I can't recall.
But it does have important scotch making attributes like the barley and the actual distillery. |
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The grinder was the only thing I was allowed to take photos of,
all the other machinery was TS//for tourist eyes only. :( |
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I was here. |
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The most popular single malt scotch in America. |
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A smuggled photo. |
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Different types/sizes of barrels and their description. |
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That's the "I'm not so impressed with this crap" face. |
After the distillery tour, I was extremely close to Cairngorms National Park, so I figured I'd drive through to say I went. Then I went on a sticker hunt. I thought that a national park sticker from another country would fit onto my water bottle very well. I went to 2 different information/tourist centers and the national park headquarters and learned that they don't actually sell stickers. W.T.F.?
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Driving through Cairngorms. |
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Just a house... in bfe. |
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I guessed that that water was pretty cold. |
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Cairngorms panoramic, the towers fit in so well! |
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I stopped to figure out where I was going and this was the view. |
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I don't think this was part of the Whiskey Trail, but Moray definitely has plenty of distilleries. |
After a dead-end search for the sticker, I decided that I'd go check out the Cooper (the barrel maker).
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On the way, I passed Dewar's distillery. The name was familiar, so I had to get pics! |
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Dear Rain, yer great! -<3, Teh Megan |
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Raindrop tulips make me smile. I got VERY wet shoes taking these photos, but it was totally worth it. |
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Coopering. |
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So much Coopers. |
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Rings from barrels being worked on. |
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Smoky from being charred on the inside. |
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"We've done been Coopered!" |
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Assembly line to make the barrel lids. |
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Painted vs not painted. |
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Unfinished barrels. |
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Just some Coopers, coopering. |
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Where the barrels went to be charred. |
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Pretty flower. |
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Pretty flower. |
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Pretty flower. |
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Pretty flower. |
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A barrel man guarded the picnic area.
Who needs scarecrows? |
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Stacks of barrels waiting to be worked on. |
After many hours of driving, 2 tours, a Walker's Shortbread stop, a dead-end sticker hunt (they don't even have them online!), I finally headed back towards Lossiemouth. I arrived at "the golden hour" so I figured I'd go to the coast and take photos. Which wasn't an issue till I almost got blown in the water from the super strong gusts of wind! I don't need the UK Atlantic that much, kthx.
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Lossiemouth Beach.. you can see how super windy it was on the water. |
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The storm clouds were rolling in. |
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Breakers don't scare waves. |
Overall, it was an awesome day, despite the wet shoes and the lack of a sticker for my water bottle. Water droplets on flowers are just one more reason that I love the rain!!!
Kinda catching up on your blog, but doing it in reverse. Anyways this is by far my favorite. Very cool variety of pictures. And youre wearing a GTMO shirt. And I really want that tree of bottles...
ReplyDeletemaybe if you save your bottles, you can make that type of tree for cmas!?!
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