I'll be meeting again with my Scotland traveling companion in Orlando in
mid-January. He's a dedicated single-malt person. No doubt he will
bring some of his stash and work again on converting me to the fold. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/29/2011 8:57 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Come on now, Bob, you know that " very high end" in relation to single malt
> is redundant. And thanks to Chris Barker, *I* know it's a pleonasm, not a
> tautologism.
>
> As to the distillery, try here:
> http://www.whisky-distilleries.info/PR_General_EN.shtml
> or here:
> http://www.whisky-emporium.com/UK/Features/WhoOwnsWhat
>
> As to your visit, just keep me posted. Nathan has made a brief trip, but
> didn't venture far north, and I thought I had Chuck convinced...
>
> Oh and I'll take your first line as a compliment - thanks!
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Whitmire [mailto:bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 November 2011 01:07
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 27/11/2011: Cornwall
>
> First one. WOW!!!!
>
> Found out not too long ago that my son's new bride has a cousin who married
> a Scotsman whose family owns a distillery in Scotland. Don't know which one.
> He's based in Los Angeles and makes a good living selling very high end
> single malt. I plan to add Scotland to my very short list of places to
> visit.<g>
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>> Have to agree that you have done Cornwall proud, Nathan. But you
>> really should have ventured north from Glasgow, perhaps as far north
>> as Sutherland, where I braved the gale force+ winds yesterday
>> (Saturday was just too windy) and was rewarded with excellent weather both
> en-route:
>>
>> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/Beinn_Dearg_pano.jpg
>>
>> and in Assynt:
>>
>> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/Suilven.jpg
>> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/Assynt_Pano.jpg - 8 panel pano
>>
>> although the scene at Clachtoll was wild:
>>
>> www.hemy.me.uk/img/Clachtoll.jpg
>>
>> All images ~ 1MB, all on E-5 with 14-54 except for Clachtoll, which
>> was 50-250.
>
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