Tuesday 6 October 2009

Touring Scotland

Last weekend I hired a car to show some part of Scotland to an Italian friend.

We've been very lucky as the weather was gorgeous (although very windy).

On Saturday we went to Pitlochry. Just outside the village you can visit Scotland's smallest distillery, Edradour. It produces in a year what bigger distilleries would produce in a week! It is a lovely place, the tour is free and you can sample a dram of whisky :o)



After visiting a few more distilleries (Blair Athol in Pitlochry and Dewar's world of whisky in Aberfeldy), we went for a walk in the woodlands at the hermitage.


Then, we ended up in Dunkeld. A charming village with a ruined cathedral and loads of lovely cafes.


On Sunday, we went North along the East coast. Our first stop was Dunnottar castle, an amazing ruined fortress built on a cliff.

We had a quick wander in Stonehaven harbour...

... before heading to Crathes castle.


We came back through central Scotland (glenshee) and we saw the first snow on top of the mountains.

1 comment:

Charlie P said...

How did you manage that? Pictures of the SUN? In Scotland? All the places you visited look gorgeous...but not quite as gorgeous as your lamp. It really is fantastic- is there anything you can't do?