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Raasay in Japan
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Some Fun in Zermatt 2022
Fun in Zermatt – to be continued / completed…
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VIP Visits to Raasay
After an inspiring visit to one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries – Dalmore – hosted by Gerry Tosh, the small group of whisky enthusiasts – Chris van Der Kuyl, Paddy Burns and Kevin Dorren hopped aboard a helicopter for a fantastic journey on to Raasay. What a night we had (more pictures to follow) enjoying delicious Raasay whiskies and a tasty Hebridean meal in the distillery gathering room. The next morning saw an even more spectacular return to the Central Lowlands via a section over the Cape Wrath Trail and then Glencoe and on over the Perthshire hills to home.
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Thinking about fitness for 2022
A good inspirational read that made me want to do a bit more cycling, and improve my pathetic swimming ability from this year on. Will resolve to come back and edit this post with some target cycle routes.
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Hebridean Whisky Trail Coming to Life
As I look back on 2021, which I hope will be known as the last year of the pandemic, it is pleasing to note that we are making good progress in establishing the Hebridean Whisky Trail. http://hebrideanwhisky.com
The Hebrides, long famous for whiskies, both legal and illegal, is sure to build on it’s long established Islay island reputation to elevate itself as Scotland’s premiere whisky region. Dave Broom captures a good summary of where the region is at overall in an essay recently published by Bruichladdich :
Bruichladdich, Torabhaig, Raasay, NcNean, Harris, Ardnamurchan… Dave Broom charts a new approach to distilling https://www.bruichladdich.com/bruichladdich-whisky-news/exploring-history/the-new-hebridean/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=holiday%20reading&utm_content=long%20read.
Early September next year will see the first Hebridean Whisky Festival when the five founding distilleries will get together at the Sligachan Hotel offering a traditional ceilidh welcome to whisky enthusiasts and other tourists.
We are soon to appoint a Development Manager whose full time job will be to promote the trail, enlist and promote local support and organise the annual festival. This role will be exactly what is needed to coral the undoubted enthusiasm and support from the member distilleries.
The trail which can start or end with Isle of Jura distillery in the south and start or end with the Isle of Harris Distillery in the north, winds its way through unique Hebridean landscapes by sea and land past Torobhaig Distillery, Talisker distillery and the Isle of Raasay Distillery. We believe it is a trail for adventurers and whisky pioneers. The trail’s stamped passport earned by those who visit all the distilleries and the festival should be something that is sought after by whisky fans and the growing number of tourists that prefer more active holiday breaks.
And here are a few of my memories from the trail so far …. Enjoy…
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Roll on the Adlerweg – this is from our last Peaks of the Balkans adventure.
Well things are better this year; I hesitated in posting this post last Christmas Eve as I wasn’t sure (quite rightly) if we (Mike Stewart, Simon and Jeremy Parkes and Calvin Crane) would be doing our normal annual walking week. We were scheduled to do the Adlerweg (https://www.tirol.at/reisefuehrer/sport/wandern/adlerweg) in September 2020 and of course like everything it was cancelled. One year on and I’m sure we will be going as planned next year – in fact making up for lost time we have the Cape Wrath Trail leg 2 (https://www.capewrathtrail.org.uk) in May, and the Adlerweg in September 2022 – will keep you posted. @biebod .
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Key Business Rules from Amazon
Enjoyed the read and started to think more about customers and operational excellence…
apple.news/A5vK6lDYPQceDw14sF0DLlg
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Caskshare – The Collective
I’m feeling good today seeing Caskshare come to life – soon to be a new whisky club for the ‘Brewdog Generation’. Unique quality single cask whiskies and other casked spirits available in ‘Caskshares’ for a global audience of spirits and whisky enthusiasts and lovers.
Just honing our home page before pre Xmas launch.
Join the Caskshare Collective to receive exclusive access to unique whiskies and monitor their progress as they mature, direct to your door.
— Read on www.caskshare.com/the-collective
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Molitor et Whisky de l’Ile du Raasay lot 2
Bonjour de Molitor à Paris
Aujourd’hui William et moi travaillent à Paris au salon du Dugas pour introduire Whisky d’Ile du Raasay, lot 2 , aux cavistes en France.
@dugasclubexpert
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