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11 May 2013
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Looking for Outlander – One Fan’s Scottish Adventure – Part I

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Moored on Loch Dochfour – the last stop before Loch Ness

It was after nine when we arrived, and the guide Frank had called for was awaiting us on the edge of the loch with a small sailing skiff.

“An’ it suits ye, sir, I thought we’d take a wee sail down the loch-side to Urquhart Castle.  Perhaps we’ll sup a bit there, before goin’ on.”  The guide, a dour-looking little man in weather-beaten cotton shirt and twill trousers, stowed the picnic hamper tidily beneath the seat, and offered me a callused hand down into the well of the boat.

Diana Gabaldon, Outlander (Chapter 2 – Standing Stones)

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03 Jan 2013
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Happy Hogmanay & The Winner!

Bliadhna mhath ùr to you all!  I hope you had a wonderful New Year.

My apologies for being a day late with this post — I wanted to get it up for Hogmanay — but holiday celebrations and travel seem to have gotten the best of me.

Or maybe it was the Cherry Bounce…after all, we had quite a party, didn’t we?

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17 Dec 2012
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Preparing the Cherry Bounce & A Holiday Giveaway

“Have you been drinking it?”  She eyed him narrowly, but his lips appeared to be their usual color.

Of course not.  He leaned over and kissed her, to prove it.  “Surely ye dinna think a Scotsman like Ronnie would deal wi’ disappointment by drinking Cherry Bounce?  When there’s decent whisky to hand?”

Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Chapter 6 – Ambush)

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13 Dec 2012
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Handmade for the Holidays – Outlander Kitchen’s 2nd Annual Christmas Wish List

Catholic as many of them were — and nominally christian as they all were – Highland Scots regarded Christmas primarily as a religious observance, rather than a major festive occasion.  Lacking priest or minister, the day was spent much like a Sunday, though with a particularly lavish meal to mark the occasion, and the exchange of small gifts.  My own gift from Jamie had been the wooden ladle I was presently using, its handle carved with the image of a mint leaf; I had given him a new shirt with a ruffle at the throat for ceremonial occasions, his old one having worn quite away at the seams.

Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (Chapter 34 – Charms)

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30 Nov 2012
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Old Pulteney 12 YO – The Weekend Whisky Write-up

There was a lessening of the tension over the hall, and almost an audible sigh of relief in the gallery as Colum drank from the quaich and offered it to Jamie.  The young man accepted it with a smile.  Instead of the customary ceremonial sip, however, he carefully raised the nearly full vessel, tilted it and drank.  And kept on drinking.  There was a gasp of mingled respect and amusement from the spectators, as the powerful throat muscles kept moving.  Surely he’d have to breathe soon, I thought, but no.  He drained the heavy cup to the last drop, lowered it with an explosive gasp for air, and handed it back to Colum.

“The honor is mine,” he said, a little hoarsely, “to be allied with a clan whose taste in whisky is so fine.”

Diana Gabaldon, Outlander (Chapter 10 – The Oath Taking)

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