Monday; out and about we headed to Lagavulin, Marc's choice, a great tour and dram there was followed quickly by Ardbeg, and eh, what a tour that was! Obviously a great tour, but we had (no me sorry to say, I was driving) at least 6 drams in the tasting room including a slightly larger than normal bottle of the good stuff!  From here to Bowmore for lunch, seafood, a very quick visit to the distillery for two drams in the tasting bar (no time for the tour) before heading to Bruichladdich for our pre booked tour, more drams! We then took a wee break, driving to Portnahaven where we sampled some beer for a change in the wee pub there, what a really pleasant harbour this is, I urge you to go see for yourself. Back to Port Charlotte for dinner, hmmmmm it was excellent, two of the lads had lobster, och they were fightin this for ages which is why I dont get it, too tricky to get the grub out. More drinks before heading back to Port Ellen for the night.  Tuesday; early start to catch the morning ferry and drove up to Oban with a stop at Kilmartin, we saw the burial cairns, standing stones and sampled the village pub for food and drink, Marc even got a free dram!!! Up to Oban and a tour of the distillery, before checking in the luggage. More seafood for dinner at the fabulous EE USK.  It was good so it was.  Wednesday; we set out east with the first visit of the day to Ben Nevis distillery in Fort William, I would say no the most popular one of the trip but worth seeing as its very different. From here to Spean Bridge, Loch Laggan and on to Speyside, where we made a visit to Glenfiddich. Finally checking into the hotel for more drams and some grub, a good day and a dram good night. It was going well, a great trip.

Thursday; a grand start to the day, a wee drive and we arrived at Knockdhu, for a superb tour here with distillery manager Gordon, many thanks for one of the tour highlights! We followed this with a tour around the casks and bottle warehouse of Duncan Taylor, with a few drams of course! Lunch was taken at Deans visitor centre, then away to Strathisla distillery for more tours and tastings! Another good day ending at the hotel bar again for drams.  Friday; I can say the visit to the Cooperage was a success, everyone enjoyed that one, much more to it than you think. 

Then the undoubted tour highlight; BenRiach, an absolutely fantastic tour with Callum with extra special cask tastings, so good (as I told them before) that after over 2 hours, back in the van, they chatted like schoolboys, then went to sleep!  Arriving at the hotel in Perth, checked them in, went home for a breather.  Liz came doon later with her daughter Shona, we all went for a meal, a good night was ended at my local pub Christies!  Saturday; it rained, och well! First stop Edradour for a tour and several drams in the bar, another visit; Dewars world of whisky, drams again and a tour, followed by lunch in Aberfeldy.  I think on the whole, the guys liked the trip, the food, the craik and the tour in general, I just hope it was better than they all imagined and I did my job ok. Saturday night ended in the wee hours at Christies. Sunday; From Perth to Doune and a visit to the castle of the same name, our group were Monty Python fans, so we just had to! Before the airport drop, we took in Auchentoshan for several drams and the movie, no time for the tour but hey, the drams were good!  Happy flight home boys!  Och forgot to mention the extra drams on the tour, we enjoyed; Knapogue Castle whiskey, Penderryn and one or two others. I can honestly say; another successful whisky tour, yessir!