Line of the day:
what was the point of being Scottish if you didn't go to a Distillery?
You obviously don't see many ostriches up your way if you think that's one.
I have mixed feelings about wildlife parks, but at least the animals tend to get more space than zoos. We have Woburn and Whipsnade parks fairly near here, but I've not been in years. My kids are too old to care about them now.
I think my wife is taking advantage of their young ages to squeeze as many in as possible.
I find them quite forlorn places mostly and this one was no exception, goats, pigs, white peacock and some sorry looking meerkats. It was literally like a farmer decided to make a few bob on the side by buying some random animals!
Still, the cafe was nice but it was no distillery :O)
I've seen some sad zoos. These places need serious control. There's a farm you can visit up the road too. They ought to do the full experience of field to plate to inject some realism, and I speak as a mostly veggie. People seem able to reconcile that the same animal can be cute and tasty.
I've not actually toured a distillery. I need to fix that when I'm next in Scotland.
Distillery tours are rather good and quite interesting in a geeky distilling and whisky way.
I agree, there is so much more they could do if they thought out of the box but they don't. They just stick some sad-looking animals in some enclosures then expect people to pony up and walk about them. This one didn't even have a petting bit, although the rona seems to have put paid to that even now
The missus doesn't drink it, so she wouldn't be up for a tasting. I do like to see how things are made.
When I lived in Germany I went on a work outing to a sekt (fizzy wine) place. I'm not a bubbly drinker and didn't enjoy the tasting we had there. I didn't want to seem rude by turning it down.
I don't think mine would be up for a tasting but she has surprised me before. I think she could again and possibly for the not looking rude part of it!