
A view from Shore Street in Port Charlotte on the Rhinns of Islay. The OK Rock in the foreground, across Loch Indaal we can see Bowmore in the distance. Taken on a mostly cloudy very early December morning in 2023.

A view from Shore Street in Port Charlotte on the Rhinns of Islay. The OK Rock in the foreground, across Loch Indaal we can see Bowmore in the distance. Taken on a mostly cloudy very early December morning in 2023.

Something a bit different, a memory from an unusual return journey from Islay at the start of December 2023. Driving on the M6 through Cumbria it started to snow quite heavily, after a treacherous drive I safely arrived at the service station hotel where I was staying for the night. After taking my luggage out of the car I couldn’t resist the pun and had to build a Mini snowman on my Mini Clubman. Hope you like it.

After finishing some Islay single malt whisky shopping at Bruichladdich distillery I noticed a good number of Barnacle Geese passing over the Laddie Shop