Isle of Skye Whisky Tour, Scotland 

Today proved quite exciting and interesting.

After a good breakfast at the helpful Fearnoch B and B at Torrin, we went on down the long and narrow road to Elgol, one of the top scenic sites on Skye, encountering Highland Cattle and sheep on the way. At Elgol, a small village located at the seaside, we availed of photo opps and then returned along the road to Broadford stopping for photographs en-route. At Broadford we turned North West for the famous Talisker Distillery, located in the centre of Skye, where we arrived about 11.00am and registered for a distillery tour.

The distillery tour at Talisker lasted about 30 mins and proved of good quality led by a very competent guide who provided a good insight into the malting,mashing, fermentation, distillation and maturity process. The end product is slightly peaty in flavour.

After the tour we all made purchases from the Talisker shop.

Next we drove on up to Portree, capital of Skye, for a seafood lunch at a harbourside seafood restaurant which proved a good experience. We arrived just in time to catch the final couple of minutes of a pipe band which was playing at the water fromt to raise funds for charity.

After lunch we wandered into the town centre and again met up with the same, Isle of Skye, pipe band.This time we had plenty of opps for pics and videos (see image below).

Our next stop target was Armadale in order to catch the ferry to Mallaig on the mainland. On the way we stopped at Isleornsay for refreshment and relaxation.

At Isleornsay is a wonderful small hotel, pub and a few upscale shops all close the old fishing harbour: a pretty setting in context of the changing light conditions with rainbows. Good photo opps.

Finally we made Armadale in good time for the 5.00pm ferry which departed on time.

Upon arrival at Mallaig we drove down to Fort William stopping en-route for a short stop at the historic Glenfinnan site which is best known for its links with Bonnie Prince Charlie (1745) and the Jacobite Express or 'Harry Potter' steam train which passes over the Glenfinnan viaduct which was the world's first concrete bridge.

We arrived Fort William at 7.00 pm and checked into our Guest House lodgings then went off for a local pub meal which proved very satisfactory.

Tomorrow we continue our whisky theme with a visit to Auchentoshan, near Glasgow which is a Lowland distillery which triple distills.
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