If any American pipe fans are at all interested, rest assured that the piping standard in this city is very very high. If this is your thing, it would be worth the trip. And you should absolutely, positively wear your kilt.

I was bounced on the knee of the 48th Pipe Major when I was a small child, (he and my father were friends) and there's been amazing continuity and consistency in that band alone since the end of the Second World War - which by the way was a SIX year affair for us.

Canada, remember, is Scotland's favourite child.