Back again

Had a great few days away with surprizingly good weather for October. Had a few drams and a few pints, but now it's back home again...

Here's a few pics taken round Aberlour and Speyside..

The van on site at Aberlour gardens


Sculpture at 'The Glenlivit' distillery..



View over the fields to the Craigellachie and Glenrothes distilleries.


Casks at the Speyside cooperage

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Wow, great photos. Glad you had a good time.

If I had a good lottery win I would buy a camper van. In fact, if I sell my flat and get a good rental accommodation (council or HA), that is my plan.

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Great photos

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Lovely photographs George you clearly had a good time and were luck with your timing as regards the weather.

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Lovely pictures.
That's a lot of casks in the last shot. Nice to see an old art still alive.

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Lovely photos and I also would love a camper van, just to go off on a whim, sounds brilliant.

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Love the pictures and the sculpture is wonderful

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Great photos of all that booze.
Could sit there looking at it all day but not drink it.
Cant drink Whiskey.
Glad you enjoyed yourself.

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Glad you had a nice time GW.

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Regarding the casks, that pile is a tiny fraction of the ones being restored at the cooperage. The oak casks are either Spanish sherry casks or American bourbon casks. Apparently the bourbon casks are only used once for bourbon and are then sold to the whisky industry. The sherry casks are multi-use so they are relatively rare and expensive.

The casks can only be used for a certain number of years before all the colour is out of the wood. They are the sold for domestic use such as planters, garden furniture and even baby's cradles.