To break up the 3.5 hour drive from Inverness to Edinburgh we decided to stop in Pitlochry as it is home to Edradour Distillery, the smallest in Scotland. The distillery is located on a pleasant Scottish hillside 2.5 miles outside of Pitlochry. As the weather was nice and we were going to be in the car for most of the day we decided to walk. Its mostly uphill to get to the distillery but that meant it was mostly downhill after we had sampled some of their scotch. The distillery takes up several buildings and they do as much of the whisky making process as possible by hand. Amazingly they only have 3 full time employees that are involved in the whisky making process. We signed up for the tour with another couple and had the pleasure of a big, burly, plain-speaking Scotsman as guide. It took about half the tour to start warming up to him. He started out by maligning Americans because he thought we were from the US after hearing our accents. When told we were from Vancouver, he started including tidbits about Honcouver into his presentation. However, it was the most informative tour we have had out of the three distilleries visited. And we were allowed to take pictures. The distillery produces 100,000 litres a year, which is less that what the Glenfiddich distillery produces in a week. After the tour we headed back down to the car and made our way to Edinburgh. We are located in the heart of the old town which means everything we want to see is withing walking distance . Our self catering apartment is on the 2nd floor and has a wonderful view of the castle. Tomorrow we will start to explore the city.
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