Loch Indaal

Uh, and of course, conversely, if you're, if you're trying to go the other direction, you, it's, it's impossible.

But, um, in the 1940s on Loch Indaal, um, it was, uh, uh, because of the size of the loch, the RAF and the Canadian, um, uh, Air Force were, uh, sailing their Sunderland, the big flying boats, um, and landing and, and docking on, on the, the loch there.

Um, but as folks who have been to Islay or know about Islay, the winds, the winds can be incredibly treacherous, and these guys could talk about the winds as well, um, that they were literally, they had servicemen anc- trying to anchor the boats down, laying on top of the wings so that the boats themselves wouldn't flip over, and they had four days of a storm like that where they just were trying to keep the boats down.

So, um, this, I think, this, this, uh, Bowmore Tempest speaks to the, the elements as much as, uh, as these gentlemen faced the elements when we were, uh, when they were on the island.

And, uh, to, to Martin's, to Martin's point, because we were talking, yes, about going to every distillery.

If you were to add in, um, this is a question for you guys.

If you were to add in the coast, uh, with Loch Indaal and Laggan Bay-

Yeah

And I've painted, uh, wonderful river scenes.

I, I love rivers and water, and in Scotland, I paint the Loch, Loch Indaal on Oc- on, uh, the island of Islay.

I, I...

As a, uh, figurative painter, I always used a lot of lyrical lines, a lot of flowing lines, no s- no, uh, straight lines, and that carries over into my landscapes.