Saturday at the Harwell Games

[turpin]

A fabulous day at the games at Loch Hartwell, Georgia. Temps in the low 70's, mostly sunny, good food (Douglas Bakery, Caledonian Kitchen) and X-Marks fellowship. Here are a few pics over several posts.

Massed bands cresting and coming down Pipers Hill. I don't remember all the band names but among them are the Atholl Highlanders (host band) and the Chattahoochee Pipes and Drums, from my home town of Roswell.









Very Inspiring!

[turpin]

My wonderful daughter came with me and lasted all day and into the caleigh afterwards. The glow you see on our faces was more than sunburn.



A couple of Matt Newsome kilts. Fellow on the right shows a bit extra leg, eh?



I ought to put this one on the kilting do's thread: Do buy your gal a matching tartan to go with her corset.



The heavyweights on the caber

[turpin]

X-Markers got together at the Renegade Kilts booth. I think we do a creditable job of the Hamish dip here. From left to right: Me, Alan's son Harry, Alan, MacWage, FHPDO, and Kilted Goth. What a great time and sharing and camaraderie.



This fellow is Shawhighlander, who hasn't posted for a while but whom I ran into and spent the day with. He lives quite nearby me in Apharetta.



Me, Paul, and Jonathan - (Jonathan was on his third Old Chub at the time - a very nice stout with a vanilla finish)



These fellas pulled the parking lot shuttle



It's a small games, but very friendly - we had a great time and look forward to seeing many of you at the Stone Mountain Games in two weeks. Look Jonathon up at the Shaw tent - He is the Convener for Georgia.

[Livingston]

Great pics. Looks like you and your daughter had a great time One of these years we'll get down that way for some of the games.

[pdcorlis]

Thanks for the photos - looks like a grand time!

[mkmound]

Thanks for the pics! Always great to see pics of the Rabble!

[The-Kilted-Goth]

Yes, Loch Hartwell was a great time. I got to see the games for the first time and met some awesome people.



And here's a pic of my new friend rockin one of Alan's digital camo Renegade kilts:

[MacWage]

It was a fun Hartwell games. It is layed back compared to most games and has a "small town country fair" atmosphere. I enjoy this one as much than other much bigger ones.

Nice to meet everyone. Sorry I disappeared. I was "helping" at the MacBubba/Caberdancer tent most of the day.

Also, the Rengade Kilts shirt looks even better in person than in the pics. Good job Alan.

For the ones who weren't there . . .
The "massed" pipe and drum comes over the rise and marches toward the field, nice usage of the farm's geography.

[Alan]

The games were a success if for no other reason than meeting all the friends from x-marks. I don't believe I have been to town that was more hospitible than in Hartwell. Everyone there was friendly and would bend over backward to lend you a hand. I want to thank everyone for stopping by my tent. I really enjoyed it. My son (Harry) had a good time also. It's not often that I get to spend time with him one on one since he has a family also. I am looking forward to next year at Hartwell. I hope to see more x-markers at the games at Stone Mountain in a couple of weeks. I will post some pictures of the games once I get them uploaded.

[Cawdorian]

It looks like a good time was had by all. Turpin, thanks for posting the pictures. One of my co-workers is a piper in the Chattahoochee Pipe Band and played over the weekend at Loch Hartwell, he enjoyed seeing his picture on X-marks. They are the ones in the dark green shirts.

Of course, I had a great time describing the scene to him and dragging him over to my office to see his picture the first thing on monday morning. He was having a tough time figuring out how I got the pictures of the bands so fast.