The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Another day, another wonderful day.
It's cloudy if I look out the front of the house, (west ), and it's sunny out the back (east).
I have no real plans for today, so I may get time for a bimble later. .
It's far too wet for any work in the garden so perhaps a spot of bike cleaning and fettling.

Stay safe everyone

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooeee. No rain here, well not yet anyway.

Stay safe folks

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Decided on a longish walk this morning as I could see rain clouds in the distance. Only actually got a couple of short showers so wasn't bad. Still not exactly warm though

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Morning. Decided on a longish walk this morning as I could see rain clouds in the distance. Only actually got a couple of short showers so wasn't bad. Still not exactly warm though


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Glenturret ? Guessing that pagoda=distillery.

 

[numbnuts]

We has

 

[Mo1959]

Glenturret ? Guessing that pagoda=distillery.

Yep........was just about to add that to my post but you have guessed.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Yep........was just about to add that to my post but you have guessed.

Were they open? It's five o'clock somewhere...

 

[Mo1959]

Were they open? It's five o'clock somewhere...

The doors to the tun room were open. Could smell the whisky.

I liked the clump of bluebells with the 3 different colours.

 

[welsh dragon]

I can hear the rain

 

[BoldonLad]

We has

Us too (Winchester)

 

[Dave7]

I is back from my walk. I managed 2.5 miles and am pleased with that.
From our house I am straight onto the (small) country park. Then its road, cutting off through the golf course** then back on the road for the last bit.
**I got challenged once...."do you know this is not a public footpath"?? Yeah yeah yeah-enjoy your game pal.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm looking at Autotrader there having a laugh 110,000 miles.............

 

[Tenkaykev]

Yep........was just about to add that to my post but you have guessed.

My curio

The doors to the tun room were open. Could smell the whisky.

I liked the clump of bluebells with the 3 different colours.

Another beautiful photo Mo
My curiosity got the better of me so I headed over to "Ralphy's" YouTube channel. He was tasting a Glenturret single malt, this was in January 2020 and he mentioned that the Distillery had recently been taken over. He wasn't too enamoured of the Distillery Tour saying that there was too much emphasis on the Famous Grouse and little mention of the single malts. I've recently been sampling various single malts, usually something that has been mentioned or recommended here. I'm sure that there are some very knowledgeable people on this forum who know their Whisky and was wondering about Ralphy's evaluations, it's very entertaining and insightful but I get the niggling feeling that in his descriptions of the various flavours and nuances of the Whisky he is tasting he is taking the P*ss somewhat, a bit like Jillie Gouldens wine appraisals, but on steroids!
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable and familiar can confirm if that's indeed the case.

 

[Mo1959]

My curio

Another beautiful photo Mo
My curiosity got the better of me so I headed over to "Ralphy's" YouTube channel. He was tasting a Glenturret single malt, this was in January 2020 and he mentioned that the Distillery had recently been taken over. He wasn't too enamoured of the Distillery Tour saying that there was too much emphasis on the Famous Grouse and little mention of the single malts. I've recently been sampling various single malts, usually something that has been mentioned or recommended here. I'm sure that there are some very knowledgeable people on this forum who know their Whisky and was wondering about Ralphy's evaluations, it's very entertaining and insightful but I get the niggling feeling that in his descriptions of the various flavours and nuances of the Whisky he is tasting he is taking the P*ss somewhat, a bit like Jillie Gouldens wine appraisals, but on steroids!
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable and familiar can confirm if that's indeed the case.

Wouldn't know as I don't drink. Lol. I loved the massive big copper or bronze grouse at the entrance but it has gone now that it has been taken over. The restaurant seems to get a good name although I'm not sure if it's open yet or not. It's not very big so socially distancing might be too difficult for them.

Old photo from google images.

 

[Dave7]

Wouldn't know as I don't drink. Lol. I loved the massive big copper or bronze grouse at the entrance but it has gone now that it has been taken over. The restaurant seems to get a good name although I'm not sure if it's open yet or not. It's not very big so socially distancing might be too difficult for them.

Old photo from google images.

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I was going to ask you to marry me but I need a woman who will enjoy sharing a whisky with me.

Oh Sh*t......just remembered I already have one