The real Mackay.
Gabrielle's username on several fora is Penny MacKay and she wears a shawl in MacKay tartan. At the market we met up with this gentleman who was wearing a MacKay tartan kilt.
Horseman at the Market
Minstrels
Is it a vacuum cleaner?
Is it a set of bagpipes?
Shortly before dusk Hawick Scout Fellowship Pipe Band begin to muster at the town's Common Haugh.
Traditionally the townspeople set off at dusk to attack and burn the reivers' camp and this is re-enacted with a torchlight procession led by the pipe band.
The pipers have a quick warm up with a guest piper (the one in the Saltire kilt)
Gabrielle holds my torch along with her own as I take her photo while waiting to set off at dusk on the Hot Trod.
As I was taking part this year I was unable to take pictures of the Hot Trod so here's one from last year as the Hot Trod crosses the bridge in the park on the way to the Reivers' encampment.
Nowadays on reaching the park on Saturday night we watch a fireworks display instead of burning the reivers' encampment.
Tomorrow we will go back to the park to visit the Reivers encampment and with pleasant spring weather and daytime temperature of 18c 64f it should be a pleasant day out. I will post some more photos tomorrow night if anyone is interested.
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