Malt Whiskey and Christmas Trees

Last Wednesday (3rd December 2015), whilst working in Speyside, Scotland, I visited a local shop where I bought a bottle of relatively unheard of (at least by me and possibly outside of Scotland) bottle of Malt Whiskey called Glendronnach. When in Rome?! I am not a particularly frequent whiskey buyer or drinker which makes the following even more coincidental. I returned home to Swadlincote, Derbyshire on Friday 5th December and on the Sunday afternoon called a friend to enquire as to his general health and to catch up on news. He advised me that during the previous week (whilst I was in Scotland), he had taken his wife to visit Bakewell, Derbyshire to exchange an incorrectly sized pair of boots she had received for her birthday. Whilst there, they explored the town and came across a Whiskey Shop called "The Wee Dram". They went inside, spoke at length with the proprietor and having sampled a number of different brands they purchased a bottle of....yes you've guessed it, Glendronnach! What made it even more unusual was that during the telephone call, we passed one another driving on opposite sides of a local road. I asked where he had been to which he replied "to Catton to buy a Christmas tree". The exact place I was heading to with the exactly the same purpose in mind! We appeared to have been living a strangely parallel existence!!