Wayfarer About Me Page at Helium

David (Wayfarer) is a Scottish laddie who always dreamed of being a writer. Now he is one. Shhhhhh, you might wake him!

My passion is ...

Life! I plan to life it till I die.

I know too much about ...

Trivial, unimportant stuff.

My parents always told me ...

Nothing. They let me grow wild like a weed.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a spaceman ... or a writer!

My favorite memory ...

Falling face first into the snow when I was two years old.

Why I write ...

I just have to get these words out my head!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Not watching much 'cos it stops me reading. Not reading nearly as much as I used to 'cos it gets in the way of the writing.

My first job ...

Marine Engineer (I ran away to sea!)

My best moment ...

The one coming up.

My inspiration ...

Just looking around!

Food & Drink > Cocktails & Liquor An introduction to whiskey: 4 of 9

THE WATER OF LIFE Mention Scotland to a foreigner and they might think of castles, mountains, Nessie, men in kilts, Braveheart, or Sean Connery, but the image uppermost in many minds will be Scotch Whisky! Despite rivalry from Irish, Japanese and American producers, Scottish Scotch is still reckoned the best in the world. And why shouldn't it be? We've been practicing making it a long, long time. Archaeologists can prove Scots were distilling spirits 6,000 years ago. Would you care to bet it was anything other than whisky? Although in those days it would be known by the much more romantic ...
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