I thought I'd write summation of our visit to the Highland Games today but found I'd already done that three years ago--and not much changed! We still spent a sizable time eating--including all the same foods, such as fish and chips, scotch egg, "haggis puff", steak pie, Empire biscuits, shortbread, and some frozen lemonade (with a scoop of raspberry sorbet!). And we really enjoyed watching all the competitions, from the bagpipes to dancing, plus caber toss, hammer throw, some other kind of heavyweight toss (which actually hit a judge in the arm which luckily and amazingly wasn't broken), and drum major drills, We liked the bagpipe-rock music of MacTalla M'or. We really liked the various bands of drums and bagpipers. We shopped, getting a "tartan cat" tea towel, our Clan Hay tartan scarf, and some flapjacks (think oatmeal bars). And the kids relished visiting the Clan Village to complete their passports--learning about clan castles, war cries, the history of the Scottish kings, Stirling Castle, the St. Andrew's Cross, the thistle, etc--and earning a commemorative water bottle for their efforts.
The only difference from three years ago? Oh, the heat. It's been quite a hot spell, with heavy humidity, making it really a struggle to enjoy being outside.
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