Tight Little Island

Based on the book "Whisky Galore" by Compton MacKenzie, this Ealing Studios film is loosely based on the story of the SS Politician, a cargo ship which sunk off the coast of Scotland during WWII. 

The whisky which made up part of the cargo started to wash up on the shores of the islands  on the west coast of Scotland and was 'salvaged' by the locals. 

However, it wasn't long before HM Customs & Excise began to take an interest. The real story is not quite as funny as the film portrays, with quite a few folk finding themselves fined and even ending up behind bars for their efforts.

I was amused to discover that the film was retitled, "A Tight Little Island" for some reason on its release in the US.

Here's a short clip of the locals having themselves a bit of a sing-song to celebrate their windfall, lubricated, of course, with plenty of their ill-gotten gains.

Whisky Galore

Cool Pic

Fantastic photo taken from the Forth Road Bridge twitter account

 (I don't follow that account but was retweeted by someone i know) so it's genuine.

Scooter Town

It’s not just south-east Asia where small capacity scooters and mopeds are popular.

This was taken in Sorrento, Italy while on holiday. Note the Piaggo Ape van in the middle of the road. There are extremely common and are used by any number of small businesses for deliveries.

The normal way of creating a space to park your scooter is to ram it into the narrow gap between two that are already parked until you make a hole big enough to get yours in. The damage done while doing this has to be seen to be believed.

Misty Morning

Ardbeg Whisky Distillery, Islay

The Nicest People

 Some more Super Cubs

Super Cub

I was watching a programme about the Eden Project this morning. The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall containing plants from all around the world.

The complex is dominated by two huge adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species. The domes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The first dome emulates a tropical environment and the second a Mediterranean environment.

I visited the place when I was on holiday a couple of years ago and came across this Honda C50 sitting outside a hut in the tropical biome. The area was meant to simulate a village setting somewhere in south-east Asia, which is certainly the land of the moped. 

And now for something completely different.....

This Explains So Much...

War Horse

The mobile moto machine gun shield.

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Husky