OT, from Gillian

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Heck, I've been dreaming of the garden and Scotch brewery tour that I read
about - the stitching would be a mere after thought. I should add hard to do
if a brewery tour or two had proceeded it.

Sorry to be picky but please - Scottish not scotch. And brewery (beer)
or distillery (spirits)? Important distinctions if you visit Scotland g
I can't drink any kind of spirit (whisky, gin, rum etc) but do enjoy
beer - especially my own home-brew (cost works out at about 25 pence per
pint). Up here we do have the Orkney Brewery which produces special
beers with wonderfully evocative names such as "Skull Splitter", see
www.legendslimited.com/skull.html. And if you like whisky there is the
Highland Park Distillery, Scapa, Orkney, Scotland, see
www.highlandpark.co.uk/index.html.
Was the garden in the tour you mentioned the sub-tropical one on the
west coast of Scotland at Inverewe? Nice photographs at
http://www.treasuresofbritain.org/InvereweGarden.htm to whet your
appetite!

Bruce

On 10/5/06 1:21 PM, in article ,
" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Heck, I've been dreaming of the garden and Scotch brewery tour that I read
about - the stitching would be a mere after thought. I should add hard to do
if a brewery tour or two had proceeded it.

Sorry to be picky but please - Scottish not scotch. And brewery (beer)
or distillery (spirits)? Important distinctions if you visit Scotland g
I can't drink any kind of spirit (whisky, gin, rum etc) but do enjoy
beer - especially my own home-brew (cost works out at about 25 pence per
pint). Up here we do have the Orkney Brewery which produces special
beers with wonderfully evocative names such as "Skull Splitter", see
www.legendslimited.com/skull.html. And if you like whisky there is the
Highland Park Distillery, Scapa, Orkney, Scotland, see
www.highlandpark.co.uk/index.html.
Was the garden in the tour you mentioned the sub-tropical one on the
west coast of Scotland at Inverewe? Nice photographs at
http://www.treasuresofbritain.org/InvereweGarden.htm to whet your
appetite!

Bruce

I stand corrected - I was talking about the (supposedly) fabulous tour of
the Scotch distilleries and their surrounding gardens. One is on Islay and
the other escapes my mind.

Cheryl

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I stand corrected - I was talking about the (supposedly) fabulous tour of
the Scotch distilleries and their surrounding gardens. One is on Islay and
the other escapes my mind.

Several tours available at www.scotlandwhisky.com/Whisky_tours/.
Islay appears to be awash with distilleries - there are eight of them at
www.islaywhiskysociety.com/.
There's a good overview of Scottish distilleries at
www.scotlandwhisky.com/distilleries
However, if you are a beer-drinker like me then
http://www.highlandcamra.org.uk/Breweries.htm is a handy guide to
breweries in the north of Scotland (some pubs still brew their own beer!)

Bruce

On 10/5/06 2:41 PM, in article ,
" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I stand corrected - I was talking about the (supposedly) fabulous tour of
the Scotch distilleries and their surrounding gardens. One is on Islay and
the other escapes my mind.

Several tours available at www.scotlandwhisky.com/Whisky_tours/.
Islay appears to be awash with distilleries - there are eight of them at
www.islaywhiskysociety.com/.
There's a good overview of Scottish distilleries at
www.scotlandwhisky.com/distilleries
However, if you are a beer-drinker like me then
http://www.highlandcamra.org.uk/Breweries.htm is a handy guide to
breweries in the north of Scotland (some pubs still brew their own beer!)

Bruce

I like both but at different times; beer for relaxing and having fun or with
meals. Scotch when I am mellow late in the day.
Cheryl

PS I love CAMERA pubs.