PORT CHARLOTTE P C 7 ISLAY SINGLE MALT SIN AN BOB PAGET: CROFTER, FATHER-IN-LAW TO DUNCAN, OUR DISTILLERY MANAGER. BOB IS AN INSTITUTION IN PORT CHARLOTTE, REGULARLY SEEN WITH HIS SHEEP UP ON OCTOMORE HILL, STILL DRIVING HIS GLEAMING ORIGINAL 1963 MASSEY. HAS HE ALWAYS BEEN A PORT CHARLOTTE LOCAL? HE LAUGHS: “OCH NO, FOR YEARS WE LIVED WAY OVER THAT HILL THERE!” BOB PAYS REGULAR VISITS TO OUR PORT CHARLOTTE WAREHOUSE WHERE HE “JUST CHECKS” TO SEE HOW HIS OWN CASK IS COMING ALONG. ILEACH DOIGH NOW IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF OUR ODYSSEY WE, THE FAMILY OF BRUICHLADDICH, WISH TO RECOGNISE AND PAY RESPECT TO SOME FRIENDS AND STALWARTS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED AND HELPED TO STEADY THE SHIP THROUGH THE MANY SQUALLS WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED ON OUR JOURNEY SO FAR. THEY ARE LOCAL HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED THE CALL REGARDLESS OF THEIR OWN SITUATION, WITHOUT THEM AND MANY OTHERS IN OUR SMALL COMMUNITY WE WOULD HAVE STRUGGLED LONGER AND TRAVELLED LESS FAR. WE OFFER THEM OUR GRATITUDE AND HEARTFELT THANKS. “SIN AN DOIGH ILEACH” – IT’S THE ISLAY WAY, AND MAY IT NEVER CHANGE.