Round church, whisky, music, and dancing

Today started windy and cold, with look of rain. The rain held off but the sun did not shine until late in the day; just in time for dancing.

We started out by driving about 10miles from Port Ellen to Bowmore, where we attended Sunday service at the round church. From there we headed to Bruichladdich distillery for their "open day"at the Feis Ile. All of the distilleries have an open day (different days) but we had not planned on attending them because there is usually some fee to enter, and we could easily spend all week at open days and not visit the other sites we want to see. However, mony folk suggested we attend the Bruichladdich open day because they always have grand weather and put on a good "show".

In any case, we attended the open day, arriving at the correct time (noon) and stayed until aboot 6PM. We saw some folk we had met previously, and even ran into Simon Brooking, Laphroaig's Whisky Ambassador, whom we've met at whisky tastings in the USofA. Late in the day the distillery manager served as the MC for group dancing, that culminated in many of us forming a circle, joining hands, and singing Auld Lang Syne.

Tomorrow we will be touring a distillery (Ardbeg I believe) and then headed to the American Monument at The Oa.