Day 12: The Distilleries

Weather: Showers

We drove to Stirling Castle this morning. It was quite a place. The castle was originally built in the 1100"s but was added onto in various stages over the years.




It was built for King Robert and was used for many uses throughout the centuries. We also saw an amazing tower/monolith that was used in the filming of Brave Heart with Mel Gibson. I will have to watch that when I get home.

View From castle

We had some light showers and clouds but we managed to get through the castle before the downpour occurred.

The Royalty

From Stirling we drove the A9 to Pitlochy. Sally and I would have foud a back road but Jay was driving and Ashley was navigating.

Here in Pitlarchy we went to two whiskey distilleries. One was Edrador, which is one of the smallest distillers in Scotland.

They produce 15 casks a year; the larger ones produce 15 casks a week. It wasn't bad but I am not a fan of Scotch.

Next we went to Bells. They are only one of several distilleries owned by a company called "Diagio". We did the tour, tasted the whiskey. Wow! What a difference! It burned all the way down.

From Pitlochy, we returned to our hotel in Perth to make plans for dinner. We had the hotel clerk call a restaurant called Duncans where you normally had to make reservations a month in advance---or so they say! But we were able to get a reservation at 9:00. We sat in the lobby/bar with several young Scots who were getting ready to go out. One girl, "Kathleen of Aberdeen", came over to talk with us.  She had a "few" whiskeys and suddenly became our best friend. She won't remember us tomorrow!

We had dinner at Duncans and enjoyed it. Off to bed.

Till Tomorrow!