Niel Gow's Farewell to Whisky, Willie Brewed a Peck o' Maut, The Ale is Dear

A set of boozy reels from an earlier incarnation of the Forth Bridges Dance Band. Perhaps the sentiments of the last explain the actions in the first! The second tune might need some explanation. A peck is an old measure of dry volume equivalent to two gallons. "Maut" is malt i.e. Willie made a brew using a peck of malt. Perhaps he was having friends for dinner or wanted to get round the high cost of the ale. The photos are all from Harris in the Western Isles of Scotland. The scenes go from a "Norse" mill to a Pictish broch and an Iron Age house at Bostadh with its spectacular outlying islands. The beaches are at Seilebost and Luskentyre with that of Luskentyre hazy in clearing rain. The set finishes with the megalithic stones of Callanish.