Lonach march on Braemar Castle

[sailortats]

This is a great video of the men from Lonach marching 14 miles to Braemar Castle. It is a little long (approx. 30 mins.) but well worth watching.
At the 36 second point in the video is a man marching alone wearing a light brown tartan, he is seen throughout this video, can anyone identify the tartan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idaZ9-7cI4c

[neloon]

I think it's Forbes weathered
http://www.lochcarron.co.uk/forbes-w...tartan-fabric/
Forbes is the main clan around Lonach. By the way, in my young day, Forbes was still pronounced as two syllables i.e. FOR-bis
I have always been slightly puzzled by the fact that the Men of Lonach are armed with pikes which are not usually regarded as a Highland weapon.
Alan

[plaid preacher]

I think it's Forbes weathered
http://www.lochcarron.co.uk/forbes-w...tartan-fabric/
Forbes is the main clan around Lonach. By the way, in my young day, Forbes was still pronounced as two syllables i.e. FOR-bis
I have always been slightly puzzled by the fact that the Men of Lonach are armed with pikes which are not usually regarded as a Highland weapon.
Alan

I think Alan has hit is square on. Everyone else in that portion of the parade is in Forbes Modern. It almost makes me miss marching; although I have never been encouraged by any Sgt. Major to "assume a lazy posture". :-)

[MacEanruig]

I think it's Forbes weathered
http://www.lochcarron.co.uk/forbes-w...tartan-fabric/
Forbes is the main clan around Lonach. By the way, in my young day, Forbes was still pronounced as two syllables i.e. FOR-bis
I have always been slightly puzzled by the fact that the Men of Lonach are armed with pikes which are not usually regarded as a Highland weapon.
Alan

Alan,

Thanks for clarifying the tartan. I watched the entire video last evening, and pondered about the gentleman and his kilt as well. Now I can "assume a lazy posture" as commanded.

[neloon]

The command "assume a lazy posture" was, I think, used peculiarly among pikemen.
You may be interested in this biography of Sir Hamish Forbes of Newe *
http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituar...#axzz3o3sVilOY
Alan
*pronounced Nyow - ow as in "how".
Newe from Gaelic An Neimheadh = The Sacred Place.

[MacEanruig]

The command "assume a lazy posture" was, I think, used peculiarly among pikemen.
You may be interested in this biography of Sir Hamish Forbes of Newe *
http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituar...#axzz3o3sVilOY
Alan
*pronounced Nyow - ow as in "how".
Newe from Gaelic An Neimheadh = The Sacred Place.

Alan,

Thanks for sharing this fascinating post. Sir Hamish Forbes was truly a gentleman hero.

[EagleJCS]

Noticed some of the footwear. Some are wearing buckled brogues, some regular leather shoes, some hiking shoes or ankle boots, but around the 10:50 mark you can see a few pairs of trainers with their distinctive white stripes.

[neloon]

A couple of further comments may be of interest. One of the original (1823) aims of the Lonach Friendly Society was the preservation of Gaelic in upper Donside.
Originally, the main clan in the Lonach area were the Andersons of Candacraig (my own clan) but this line came to an end in 1865 at which point Candacraig House was purchased by the Forbes family and then owned for many years by the Wallace family (which is the reason for the Wallace tartan on the march). Anita Roddick of the Bodyshop then owned it until it was purchased by Billy Connolly in 1998; he has recently sold it to a New York banker
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...e-grounds.html
This will give an idea of how things change over the years! But the march of the Lonach men goes on unfortunately without Gaelic at the present.
Alan

[sailortats]

Alan, if I am not mistaken most of the orders given to the men was given in Gaelic with the notable except of "assume a lazy posture".
I was giving a tour of one of the ships in our maritime museum today to a group of Sea Scouts. When they came on board they all lined up in 2 ranks. Before I started my talk about the ship I was sorely tempted to order them to "assume a lazy posture" but I didn't. I am sorry now that I didn't as it would have been fun to see their reactions.

[neloon]

Alan, if I am not mistaken most of the orders given to the men was given in Gaelic ...

Ummm.., yes. But, without wishing to be rude, I'm afraid that Sir James has learned his wee bit of Gaelic by the syllable and it's almost unintelligible and Captain Alwyne Compton Farquharson's Gaelic is not much batter. You have to remember that these gentlemen would nowadays have very little "Scottish" DNA, being descended from marriages almost exclusively to non-Scottish ladies, having for generations gone to English public schools and not actually living in Scotland today (Captain Farquharson farms in Norfolk and Sir James lives in California). Sorry if that takes away some of the romance.
Alan