Come rain, come shine

Yesterday was dreich. It started well enough. On our way to the restaurant on the previous evening, we had chosen a road we hadn't previously explored, and discovered the answer to my question: Nice town, Cromarty. But where do the residents go shopping? Here on one side of the road were the bakery and the Post Office; facing them, the supermarket and a very superior cheese emporium, housed in the old Police Station. So before leaving town we called in to buy some cheese. Their extensive collection included both Scottish and Dutch cheeses, but we agreed with the (almost certainly Dutch) lady who served us that the Dutch cheeses would travel better...

( It goes downhill from there )

Anyway, that was yesterday, in Scotland. Today we are in Orkney, and the weather is brighter, even sunny at times, and dry. Windy, of course - as I said, we are in Orkney.

( The Tomb of the Otters )

( The distillery tour )

Photography wasn't allowed on the tour, for reasons I didn't find entirely convincing, but we could,and did, take photos outside. Approaching the distillery from the north brings you through a cluster of dark, drab warehouses and industrial buildings, but from the sea - and from the coastal path - you are greeted by a gleaming wall, next to which there now stands a large wooden megaphone, of which my picture shows only the edge:

Edited 08.06.2018 to insert photo:

And that was today.