Royal Brackla Distillery(11 May 2006)
コーダーの少し東の三叉路でバスは止まり、
“その道を南に行けば城に行けるよ”と運転手は私に教えてくれた。私は彼にお礼を言ってバスを降りた。バス停ではないけれど、コーダー城に行くと言ってチケットを買ったのでより近いところで降ろしてくれた。
目的地はコーダー城ではないけれど、蒸留所よりその近くの有名な観光地への行き方を尋ねる方が話が早い。スコットランド人全てがウィスキーに詳しいわけではない。
その三叉路から東へ更に2km程、写真を撮りながら20分ぐらい歩いた時、牧草地や菜の花畑に囲まれるRoyal Brackla蒸留所が見えた。
ようやく着いたという気持ちだったけどそこからまだもう少し歩かなければいけない。でも蒸留所が見えて少しは気が楽になった。
The bus was stopped at the intersection on the east of Cawdor.
“You can go to Cawdor Castle to the south.” the bus driver said to me. I gave thanks to him and got off the bus. The bus was stopped near Cawdor Castle as I said I went to the Castle when I bought a ticket.
My destination was not the Castle, but if I asked the way to the distillery, someone would not know about the distillery. Not all Scottish know about whisky very well.
And When I walked for about 2km from the intersection to the east and took some photographs, I saw Royal Brackla Distillery surrounded by glass fields and rape blossoms fields.
I thought that I arrived the distillery at last, but I had to walk to the distillery more a short distance. However I was really happy because of seeing Royal Brackla Distillery.
Give Me a Pint!(11 May 2006)
Royal Brackla蒸留所からCawderの町に戻り、バスまで1時間程の時間を潰そうとパブを探した。町は静かで人と出会わない。ようやく見つけたパブはランチタイムとディナータイムの営業で今は準備中。しかたがないのでようやく見つけたコンビニエンスストア(?)でちょっと休憩。
英国とは言えども、いつでもどこでもパブでビールが飲めるわけではない。
I came back to Cawdor from the distillery. The next bus to Inverness was in 1 hour. I looked for a pub. The town was really quiet and I didn’t meet people. At last, I found a pub. However, it was closed. They were opend at lunch and dinner time. Unwillingly, I had a break at a small shop with a chocolate bar.
You can’t always get some pints at pubs everywhere in Britain.
