Category: Speyside

Posted on: 14 September 2024 Posted by: Alex Mennie Comments: 0

The Red Petticoat

The kettle’s boiling. Good. Tea at the ready, always keep the kettle on. Who knows who might come by? Always someone wanting something up here. But not today. Please not today.

Posted on: 9 February 2021 Posted by: Alex Mennie Comments: 0

The Gaugers

It’s a long time to Spring. It always seems to be the case round here. Just a few miles from the sunshine coast, but inland the fog lingers – rolling down the hills and filling up the valleys to meet the steam that rises from the stills.

Posted on: 19 November 2020 Posted by: Alex Mennie Comments: 0

The Cracked Barrel

I suppose long before the transaction and well before hindsight had a chance to kick in, I knew this wasn’t the best idea I’d ever had. But it fell into my lap…and I really didn’t feel as if I had much choice.