March 2011

The Fifty-Fifth and Final Edition of “A Whiff of Peat Smoke….” , It’s not a Blog , it’s a web page………

Thunderbirds are go …..

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Announcement

You may have noticed above it says it’s the last edition of the “A Whiff of Peat Smoke” , well that’s because it is ! Normally at this point it would say ” that with a sadness in my heart i’m ending……” but it won’t…….. I’m ending this bit of the website frankly because i’ve had enough of it , i’ve run out of things to say , things to write . For over a year i’ve been thinking of killing the monster that is “Spirit of Islay” . Let me explain……..

When this site first started it was a tribute to that little Isle off the west coast of Scotland that was overflowing with Whisky distilleries , beautiful scenery and a population of wonderful people . Gradually as the site became known i got bits of information from the whisky industry , even the odd sample of new whisky but over the last few years things have dried up , completely now as it happens ! The industry seems to have taken the new Bloggers to heart and forgot about this little site . I’ve also found as the web goes into “whisky overdrive” my enthusiasm has waned , i’m struggling with wanting to write something new and interesting about whisky .

I’d just like to point out at this point i haven’t fallen out of love with Islay ! We (Mel and Myself ) still love the little Isle , definitely more so than when we were first going over , we’re enjoying seeing more of the Isle than ever through our walking . I still love my whisky , drinking it , chatting about it and going to Tastings . So where do i go from here ?

I’ll be stopping the “A whiff…..” as stated , i’ll be posting about our visits this year (in the ‘Trips to Islay’ Section believe it or not !) but not updating any other content . I’ll be renewing the hosting and domain name for one more year then after that it’ll stop ( may keep the domain name for e-mail sake…..haven’t decided yet on that one ) .

A few thanks seem in order at this point…….

To my good friends on the Chat and Forum who supported me in the past year , many thanks , it was most appreciated !!!

To everybody who has visited the site over the years , Slainte !

To those in the Industry that have supported and helped me Cheers ! Especially Mary and Ella at Laddie , Mickey and Jackie at Ardbeg , Martin at MHUK , Lillian at Bunnahabhain , Raymond and Florence at Bladnoch , Eddie from The Whisky Lounge and Sukhinder and Tim at The Whisky Exchange .

So long and thanks for all the Fish !  (Gordon Homer)