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15th July 09, 03:09 PM
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Nice photos. Have any of the delicious food sold by vendors?
A proud Great-Great Grandson of the Clan MacLellan from Kirkcudbright.
"Think On!"
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15th July 09, 03:21 PM
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 Originally Posted by ChubRock
Nice photos. Have any of the delicious food sold by vendors?
I had something called a 'Steak-wich'. The taste was divine - it must have come from a very happy cow. I also had something new to me 'frozen yoghurt' - real fruit, puréed in frozen yoghurt. What can I tell you - they were so good, I had 3 during the day.
Regards
Chas
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15th July 09, 03:43 PM
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The forth and last pipe band - The Somme Battlefield Pipe Band
These are all French people from a small village, Peronne, near the Somme. You will notice that they all wear different uniforms. In fact they are the uniforms of the Scottish regiments that fought at the Somme. Some of you will know the tartans better than me - one of the Gordon Kilts is an actual kilt worn by the bandsman's grandfather at the Somme.






All the bands now lined up and the Gathering officially opened by the Mayor of Harpenden


The bands move off the field. CLICK TO VIEW


That's our 10 - More to come
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15th July 09, 04:03 PM
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Last band leaving the field

Next Up - The Black Watch

The Black Watch gave a rousing display of drill manoeuvres with live firing. That took every body by surprise.




I was really impressed with their rate of fire. They did a lot of charging at the crowds with fixed bayonets. There was one casualty - a 25 year old male fainted when they charged in his direction. He was revived by his girlfriend, so no damage done.




More to come
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15th July 09, 04:26 PM
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A Sheepdog display - well a chickendog display really
The shepherds have trained their sheepdogs to herd anything. They couldn't get a herd of cattle in the arena so they used a small flock of geese instead. (I missed this because I was watching the hammer throwing (sorry.)) But I got pictures of next bit the chicken herding.
The dog, waiting for the release of the chicken.

The chicken.

Dog and chicken eye to eye.

The chicken backs down and runs back to the safety of the hutch.

It might not look like much to you, but it was pretty dramatic at the time.
The Band Ring
Off the main arena there was a band ring for each band to give an individual performance. Milton Keynes with their jackets off - it was a hot day.


Note the belts through the belt loops.

This is the most animated drummer I have ever seen - how she never killed all those around her I will never know!

More to Come
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15th July 09, 04:57 PM
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Great photos Chas. Looks like a beautiful day for the games.
[I][B]Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you really want to test a man’s character,
Give him power.[/B][/I] - [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I]
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15th July 09, 05:06 PM
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Somme Battlefield Pipe Band in the display area





Some other stuff before the final
You might have noticed that there have been no pictures of the heavy games. There is a reason for this - the standard was very poor, even I could see that. The other thing is I think possibly more important, half the competitors didn't wear kilts. Or as in the case of the overall winner, put a kilt on to receive the trophy. I thought it was wrong so didn't photograph it.
Moving swiftly on.
The winning Solo Piper.

And the piper who came second.

Just for the record, the piper father of the boy in the "Sporran bites Woman" thread came nowhere.
Picture of a very dapper gentleman. Note the belt through the sporran loops, but the sporran belt not.

The Parade Marshal. Wearing a Prince Charlie that was too small and a long tie. He smoked the foulest smelling roll-ups. When I was in the RAF we used to call it "Camel $h1t and Cannabis". It smelled awful. Although he was Parade Marshal, no one took a blind bit of notice of his directions all day.

I suppose really I should have a picture of me just to prove I was there. This is me with a young man from Kenya, whose name is (this is no lie - he showed me his passport) Peter Myfatherhasthebiggestpotatoes. It's a cultural thing - I don't understand it either.
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15th July 09, 05:37 PM
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