Isnochys

Holy cow!
This was awesome!
I met M again!
woohooo!
and had to much beer.
Villafranca all over again.
dios Mio, what a headache next morning.
And what a contrast it was.
Only old people and men in Scotland.
But in france, an house full of girls!
This was very very very nice!
:)))

Final day in the UK.
Heading right back to Calais, via Eurotunnel.
Christchurch is a nice tight city..elderly people only.
I didn’t feel any welcome here.
Just for the rich.
Not really friendly..and very expensive.
But I am excited:
Today, I am going to visit M, my french friend from the camino.
good food, beer, cheese and vino!
Hoorray!!
:))

What a strange world this is…
Islay and Mainland are quite the opposite.
Islay warm and welcome, Mainland not so.
Achentoshan Whisky tastes, after 5 days, not so good anymore..
I’m now a Islay drinker.
Everything is full and croweded.
after 1 day, I miss Islay already..

Final Day on the Island.
So, we drove to Caol Ila..not so beauty..and Bunahabain, or whatever..also not a beauty.
But nice Landscape.
Final destillery:
Laphroaig.
Being a Friend of Laphroig, I got my share of land and whisky.
Funny:)
Had a long tour, over 1.5h.
And nice chat with the girls before and afterwards.
Never been into that whisky, but since today..it really tastes nice!
Now I am stunned..I am an Islay whisky trinker..
strange world…

What a beautifull day..
sunshine and warm.
Bowmore and Lagavullin.
Wash and whisky.
It is now 18h, and I didn’t have any breakfast.
Only whisky.
Wrote 5 postcards, which no one will be able to read, I was still shaking from the tea..
Yes, Tea..the english one.. 3-4 cups of it, heavier than alcohol on this island.
Bowmore 21yo .. very good
Lagavullin tripple cask .. very good
That seems to be all of today..strange, what did I miss?

What a beautifull day!
ok, weather was nat so beautifull..it rained a bit..but I liked it, more equimpent test results:)
walked 30 minutes from Port Charlotte to Bruichladdich
And there we had a Tour, given by Julie..a cute girl, I just felt in love with her, not only because of the whisky:))
But the whisky made me think of my future and investments:)
after 2 hours of drinking there, we went on to Kilchoman.
100% Islay whisky.
But the Summer 2010 whisky was a bit to malty for my taste.
btw. I did by one whisky in Bruchladdich.
Rocks..
but I don’t even drink whisky at home…
and now we are heading again back into this little pub here..
😉

So we went into this local pub.
Only local people there.
I never had a body search for concealed weapons, entereing a restaurant. Yesterday was my premiere.
And after 1 beer, the locals again loved us germans.
this is so strange.
I couldn’t make that fast friends in stuttgart, but here, the people seems to be very nice.
Meal was good and filling, with free dessert. But it’s hard to understand those people talk..what a strange tongue they speak in…

We finaly arrived at Islay.
I lost may bath shoes on top of the car..
thos shoes where with me in the army..on top of the volcanos in mexico, twice done the camino..what an end!
but we visited Ardbeg.
Nice little Destill. Had a special tour.
Emptying casks, that’s nice to see.
Got our tasting there.
I just lovve tiny whisky tours.
6 persons max.
You get more fun out of it.
Islay is realy tiny.
Could walk it in a day.
Tomorrow down to Bruichladdich. or however they spell that name.

today I did some „serious walking“
Still aexhausted from yesterday, I climbed mount ben nevis a second time.
but this time with bt42.
he was still a virgin, in mountain business.
So, he was really fast at the beginning and slow to the end.
You know this, Holly, just like me up to La Faba.
Up on top of Ben Nevis, there were some strange people from sweden.
strange outfit, strange behaviour.
testing my equipment, I relaized, I need special anti georg sweating clothes..they can’t handle me:)
tomorrow up to Island of Islay or shit:))

What a Day!
I just wanted to go up a bit Ben Nevis, testing my new euqipment.
But what did I do?
Walking up to the top, 16km, 1344m, and then again halfway back..and around Ben Nevis.
8h of pure mounteinous walking..And tomorrow again.
BT42 couldn’t attend, ahd some serious business to do.
But so did I!
Equipment worked fine, but human failed.
Sweat a lot..everything wet.
But Windstopper is a nice jacket to have.
Pictures will follow soon.