In order to combat any worries people have about the volcanic ash we’ve ordered in plenty of excellent ales. We haven’t experienced any cancellations as yet but some guests had to stay on for an extra day, which was nice for them! In the last couple of weeks the beers from Skye have been on particularly good form. We have a Blaven in the cellar at the moment so that should ensure a visit from Jon at the Fiddlers. Other ales coming on this week will be Trade Winds, Black Cuillin, Red Cuillin, St Magnus, Dark Munro, Orkney Best and Red MacGregor.

In other news, it looks like our MP Danny Alexander has done a good job on the Lib Dem manifesto. He’s an unofficial Friend of the Benleva so hopefully he’ll get back in. The daffodils are out along the driveway now so I guess that means that spring has arrived and the week of summer will surely not be far behind. Our Monday night Poker is going from strength to strength with a cunning league system now in operation.

A new website has come to our attention – Traveline Scotland – and it actually looks quite good. The Scottish equivalent of the tfl site in London.

Work has also started on our wee cottage out the back. Further progress will be reported soon…