I am a cider drinker

Probably need the past tense now as cider prices have gone through the roof.

Yes the Scottish governments minimum price of alcohol is now in force and some tipplers are going to find that it's become an expensive habit.

Rumour of booze cruises to England are rife with the possibility of a coach leaving Nairn early Saturday morning, although skeptics reckon little if any alcohol will make it all the way back to Nairn.

Others are being more prudent and are purchasing materials for home brew or planting apple trees.

Only time will tell if the new measure is successful.