Dear friends and family, We interrupt this blog for a quick festive season update! Yes, we are a long way behind on blog posts (sorry!)...

We are employees of Diageo; the following is our opinion only and does not represent the company. (Ok, it's not always a party 😉) We're...

*Ross you are a bloody legend mate, deadset legend*   After some heavy goodbyes it was time for us to leave London and make our way back...

It was a long-awaited trip that reunited us with family. Mum and her sister (Aunty) Liz were visiting the UK for 6 weeks and we had a...

We were thrilled to have the chance to work during the Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival, a weekend of jazz music acts that is sponsored by...

*Craic (pronounced 'crack'): Scottish word meaning fun, enjoyable conversation, good times Moving to Scotland meant we had the chance to...

All our Lagavulin colleagues stared at us. "What the heck is bush bashing?" By now we had an inkling that there were certain Aussie...

Well, who could say no to wine? Or cheese? Or caneles? Not moi! Alex's cousin Chrissy invited us to join her in the Bordeaux region for a...

After an amazing Fèis Ìle experience at Lagavulin and the late-night celebrations that followed we were a little hungover the following...

It wasn’t long after starting at Lagavulin that we noticed a wee anxious tremor in the voices of our new colleagues every time Fèis Ìle...

One month into our new life on the Island of Whisky, we are finally starting to feel settled. Settling into work and van life has been an...

So a teacher and a nurse walk into a whisky distillery... After the craziness of the previous week and having arrived on Islay one day...

Laden with fuel, water, gas and groceries, we boarded the MV Finlaggan ferry to Islay at Kennacraig on Sunday 31st March, one day before...

It was one hell of a week. We could literally have been dead, and our family would not know. Scratch that – I’ll stop being dramatic now...

On one of our final nights in London, we caught up with David, a football mate of mine from Brisbane. David and I played together for a...

Continuing on our wait-until-things-magically-fall-into-place tour, we braved the biting cold to check out Stonehenge, a 4,500 year old...

While still awaiting bank transfers for the soon-to-be-ours motorhome, we were encouraged by our friend Priya to visit Brighton,...

Alex looked at me, part incredulous, part intrigued. "The Pooh stick bridge! It's Winnie the Pooh's bridge!" We had arrived in Henfield...

When we first announced we were moving to Scotland to start work at a whisky distillery, the most common response was: "You're joking,...