We woke up on the Isle of Islay and (sadly) we needed to leave on a ferry and it was like déjà vu because it was super windy and rainy just like when we travelled to the Isle. We were nervous about the ferry being cancelled and how that would mess up all of our future plans. We got to the ferry terminal and...no one was there. The parking lot was empty.
Naturally, we panicked a bit. Paul went into the office and learned that they decided to move things to the other ferry terminal on Islay which was on the opposite side of the island. Eep. They assured us that we would still make it on time because the ferry was also delayed (due to moving to the opposite side of the island). In the future, when we come back to Islay (and we WILL!), we need to remember that both the weather and the ferry schedule are a bit chaotic and that we'll have to have some wiggle room in our schedule for these things.
This ferry ride was the worst one yet. I can't believe they take out in a ferry in this type of weather! I felt like I was on a roller coaster, but fortunately, we were only on the open ocean for about 15-20 minutes, and then it is a bay again, which was less awful.
After getting off the ferry, we were off to a golf course. Another thing (besides whisky) that Kevlar wanted to do in Scotland was play golf. So Paul and Kevlar went off to play golf in the pouring rain (the true traditional Scottish experience!) at Woodlands Golf Course in Glencoe. I sat in the golf course's cozy (and dry!) cafe and read a book. It was a beautiful place to play golf!
We stopped at our next airbnb to let Paul and Kevlar get dried clothes and warm up. This time, we were staying in "The Butler's Flat" which was really cute (and private and huge!) and it was over top their gin distillery. They also had Pict ruins up in the mountains, but we didn't have enough time to see them. We HAVE to stay here again someday. The place was beautiful and I really wanted to try their gin (and see the Pict ruins).
We then played trivia at a local pub and did pretty well on all of the categories except round 2 which was weird-to-us music (we got zero right on that round!). Overall, it was a lovely day full of great experiences again (and more rain!).
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