Weel mukkers this is it. Ah think I’m gonna be quitting this 'ere auld blog. Ah git awfy much ither stuff gaun oan richt noo. Plus, ah juist git this freish thing cried th' auld Facebook, ne'er heard o' it afore, bit Cara shawed it tae me 'n' it seems lik' a stoatin wey tae bade in titch wi' fowk 'n' keep fowk updated as tae what’s goin oan in yer lee. Ah made a page juist th'day 'n' sae it seems thare isn’t muckle o' a point tae this anymore.

I landed in Canada lest week 'n' huv bin juist practicing aye fur th' competition comin' up in a couple days. Ah huv met some o' th' guys oan mah team 'n' th' owners o' Analog, thay seem lik' a stoatin bunch o' chaps. Th' snowboarding 'ere is bonny. Hee haw lik' ah huv ever dane afore. Tis sae different frae th' alps, it's awesome. 'n' British Colombia is damn stoatin. Th' fowk ur stoatin fin 'n' a' body seems tae lee a bonny guid lee 'ere. Ah micht juist huv tae shift here…haha nah, Scotland’s mah hame, that’s whaur ah wull aye lay mah head.

That’s it fur me ladies 'n' gents. Guid luck in lee tae a' o' ye 'n' if yi'll waant ye kin keek fur me oan th' auld Facebook. Cheers mates!

Bollocks that wis ferr th' pairtie! mah mukkers brought oot a' th' stops fur me. God ah loue they bastards. We hud a pig roast 'n' plenty o' ale tae gang around. Thay git some music set up ootdoors th' distillery in th' back 'n' we cried a' body aff fur th' efternoon 'n' juist hud a grand auld time celebrating.

Most o' mah family wis thare tae whilk wis stoatin. We a' git ferr snookered 'n' eventually broke doon intae drunken singing haha. Ah hawp ah didn’t embarrass myself tae ill fernent mah lady. She hadn’t met that muckle o' mah family afore sae that wis freish tae her. She seemed tae dae bonny weel fur herself though, she kin handle herself in that kind o' situation. Murph 'n' Eric gave me a speech, weel, ah jalouse ye cuid ca' it that. Mair o' a drunken toast wi' some gibberish thrown in thare. Ye ken howfur us Scots get.

I bought th' tickets fur Canada fur myself 'n' Cara th' ither nicht. A'm a' set 'n' duin tae gang aff tae dae some shredding in th' wast. Ah wull likelie dae a few mair training sessions 'ere afore ah lea. Ah kin even try 'n' git some mair footage o' mah practicing, ne'er kin huv awfy much o' that. It helps me tae watch myself dae tricks sae that ah kin improve thaim 'n' really see whit a'm daein' wrong. 'n' if hee haw else it's something tae dae oan th' aicht oor plane hurl tae Canada.

Ah think ah huv made mah decision. It looks lik' a'm gonna let yin o' mah uncles run th' distillery fur noo. Ah juist huv awfy much stuff gaun oan. Eventually ah wull run it again bit richt noo ah wid ower pursue mah snowboarding career. Ah huv gotten a few ither calls frae ither teams noo keekin tae add me as a rider, sae a'm stoked.

But oan th' ither haun it really does sook huvin tae lea th' distillery 'n' mah mukkers thare. A'm gaun tae be daein' a lot o' traveling in order tae pursue mah snowboarding 'n' amurnay gaun tae see muckle o' thaim fur awhile. Luckily Cara haes said she wid lik' tae come wi' me Wance she graduates. She’ll follow me around tae a' th' events 'n' travel th' world wi' me. That wull be awesome. A'm starting tae lik' this lassie mair 'n' mair ilka day, sae hings ur keekin up in that respect. This Thursday wull be mah lest day at th' distillery. Wur gonna huv a send off/good luck pairtie whilk shuid be stoatin fin. A'm excited tae be able tae focus oan snowboarding noo 'n' it shuid be sweet tae be able tae nae dae anything except hurl! haha. I’ll let ye a' ken howfur th' festivities gang th'morra, hopefully amurnay tae blootert tae blog fur ye. Cheers.

A'm starting tae cop pressure frae some o' mah family members aboot transferring th' ownership o' th' distillery ower tae yin o' mah uncles. Thay dae a lot o' stuff around 'ere awready bit th' family is saying am not daein' a great jab running th' place. Thay say a'm tae sporadic, lazy, 'n' immature tae run it. 'n' ye ken whit? a'm starting tae gree wi' thaim. Ah loue running th' distillery 'n' ah loue bein' th' high heid yin 'n' telling fowk whit tae dae, bit ah huv sae mony ither hings a'm waantin' tae dae in lee 'n' running this distillery is putting a serious damper oan that. Lik', ah kin nae be able tae gang tae that competition ah wis telling ye aboot fur it's richt around th' time we huv some celebrations 'n' competitions wi' ither whiskey distilleries 'ere in Glenshiel. We host th' gathering 'n' it's forordinar ferr fin, bit ah totally forgot aboot it whin ah wis excited tae git th' sponsorship ca' 'n' said ah cuid mak' it tae th' competition. If ah keep managing th' distillery a'm gonna huv tae bonny muckle winch mah sponsorship riding cheerio the nou, 'n' ah don’t ken if a'm duin tae dae that. Bugger. Ah jalouse this is yin o' they big lee decisions mah faither wis telling me aboot. I’ll huv tae think this yin thro' 'n' blether tae mah mukkers 'n' Cara aboot this. Whichever wey ah wale tae gang, it's gonna hurt losing th' ither thing ah loue in lee sae ah gotta be duin fur it. That’s whit ah keep telling myself.

Mah mukkers 'n' ah gaed oot fishing th' ither day. We drove ower tae Loch Awe leekin fur some big Broon trout. Murph’s git an auld river boat wi' a 75 horsepower motor oan it, it's great fin. Th' best wey tae catch th' buggers is by fly fishing bit bugger if ony o' us kin dae that haha. We juist used earthworms 'n' hoped yin wid bite. We wur mair oot thare juist tae huv a guid time. Th' sun wis shining 'n' thare wasn’t a cloud in th' sky. A great day tae be oan th' water. We eventually ended up getting a few bites efter we’d bin oot thare awhile bit hee haw substantial. Towards th' end Rob git a guid skelp 'n' yanked th' pole tae sink th' hook in th' fishes gob, bit somehow th' bugger git awa', 'n' he teuk th' bait wi' him. Efter awhile we gave up 'n' decided tae juist boat around th' loch. Found a couple crakin' swimming plooks, some rocks tae jump aff whilk wis stoatin fin. A' in a' 'twas a relaxing day, 'n' ah needed tae git awa' frae th' distillery fur awhile 'n' th' busyness that haes become mah lee lately.

This' th' bugger we were aftah!