Man arrested for playing bagpipes in public

[chasem]

Despite the irony of the Edinburgh ban, public pipe playing is not generally banned in the UK.

Edinburgh ban? I haven't heard anything about this. Did I miss something?

[McClef]

Edinburgh ban? I haven't heard anything about this. Did I miss something?

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/an...ipe.4178463.jp

And there is a thread about it at http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/p...al+mile+pipers

So you must have missed it originally.

[Nick the DSM]

fear of the dark??

[chasem]

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/an...ipe.4178463.jp

And there is a thread about it at http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/p...al+mile+pipers

So you must have missed it originally.

I had, I was away from home all summer. That's a bit depressing, though I don't recall seeing any pipers on the royal mile when I was there in '07, though I did see quite a few on Princes St.