Watch: The (virtual) Spirit of Speyside
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Yesterday should have been the start of the annual six-day Spirit of Speyside whisky festival.
Sadly, it had to be cancelled for obvious reasons.
But one local whisky fan has used the contents of his own drinks cabinet to pay a video tribute.
David Patterson created a map of Speyside – Scotland's biggest (and best) whisky-producing region – by placing various bottles of whisky around the sun room of his home in Cummingston.
He joked: "I've already had someone comment that they went over in a helicopter last year but my recreation is even more exciting."
Starting off with a bottle of Tominotul (Scotland's highest village), David's virtual tour continues down the River Spey towards Glenlivet distillery, then on to Glenfarclas, Aberlour, GlenAllachie, Glenfiddich and The Macallan.
After winding high above Glen Grant distillery in Rothes, there's a cross-country diversion over to Knockdu for a look at a bottle of AnCnoc.
Following a scenic sweep of the matchless Moray Firth coastline, David then brings us to Elgin for an aerial view of Linkwood, BenRiach and Glen Moray..
Finally, we head over to the Benromach distillery in Forres.
Also making cameo appearances in the video are some other well-known local products, such as a packet of Walkers Shortbread and a tin of Baxters Soup.
David took over as the principal of Moray College UHI in 2016.
He said: "I work in education so when I first moved up here I bought a copy of the Whisky Bible.
"Then I began travelling around various distilleries in order to conduct some research.
"I'd bought ten tickets for this year's Spirit of Speyside festival.
"I'm a big fan because it does so much to promote the region and show visitors how much Moray and Speyside have to offer.
"And I love the fact that you get the chance to have a look around some of the distilleries that don't have visitor centres.
"You also get to meet and talk with the people that make it."
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