Do you play the pipes also?

[Tetley]

You mean they aren't piled up with everyone else's in a corner of the pub as you get a pint after the fifth parade of the month? ;)

I used to put them down along with my whistles, guitar and flute but after some drunk stood on my entire whistle set and squashed them flat, I now don't leave anything out. Once I'm finished they all go back into hard cases.

Besides, you can't play the Uilleann Pipes whilst marching as the chanter needs to be closed by placing it on your leg, normally on a piece of soft leather. It's a sit-down job. We leave the marching to the Scottish Bagpipers while we stay in the pub