Our last day of sightseeing and we are heading out with paper in hand, but David doesn’t know where we are taking him. He had wanted to go to a distillery, so our first stop was at Glenmorangie.
Their Story
In 1843, William Matheson founded the Glenmorangie Distillery in the Scottish Highlands. Inspired by the Distillery’s peaceful surroundings on the banks of the Dornoch Firth, he brought forth a pioneering single malt whisky wonderfully complex and exceptionally smooth.” Ever since, we have pursued our craft with uncompromising dedication – endlessly creative in our quest for perfection. To this day, we honor the Distillery’s provenance in our award-winning single malt. Its pure, smooth spirit is distilled in Scotland’s tallest stills, matured in the finest casks and perfected by The Men of Tain. And, in the hands of these select craftsmen, the guardians of our spirit, Glenmorangie will surely delight malt whisky lovers for generations to come.”
We went on a tour with the wonderful, young guide, Aiden. I was really impressed with his knowledge of the working of the distillery. He kept you entertained through the whole tour. The huge stills were just breathtaking. I had never seen anything like that before. We saw an old caddy that was used in the commercials. I will get into this more when I write an article about the tour. David even got a bottle of Scotch. I told him to get what he wanted until I noticed the highest price on one was 7200 pounds. He did get one a whole lot cheaper. He enjoyed his first surprise.
THANKS AIDEN!
On to our next stop, Dunrobin Castle
Dunrobin Castle is the most northerly of Scotland’s great houses and the largest in the Northern Highlands with 189 rooms. Dunrobin Castle is also one of Britain’s oldest continuously inhabited houses dating back to the early 1300s, home to the Earls and later, the Dukes of Sutherland.
The bells you see above and the servants bells, so they knew which room to go to and who was calling them.
We enjoyed the gardens.
Then the best part was the Falconry Show
Then it was time to say good-bye to Dunrobin Castle.
Off to our next stop which was a nice beach.
Then it was time to head home, so Fred could fix our last meal. We had a sad detour though on our way. As we neared Beauly there were cars all lined up. David and I could see from our seats that someone was getting CPR. The next thing the fire engine blocked the road so we had to turn around and go back the way we came. Then going the long way home. I found out later that a 75 year old woman had a heart attack and passed away even with the help she was getting. At least she did go fast. We will be thinking of her family today.
We finally made it home where Fred jumped into the kitchen and started cooking another wonderful meal.
He also made him an ice cream cake but we didn’t get back early enough for it to get totally frozen. Of course, all the candles did not help much. We popped open a bottle of champagne to celebrate.
Then Fred broke out the whiskey, so our early night turned into midnight before we knew it. A great time was had by all. We will miss them.