This last weekend, we rented a car and went about an hour and a half north to Braemar to see the Braemar Gathering, which is one of the more well-known Highland games. One of the reasons it is more well-known is because the Queen usually attends and this year was no different.
If you can't tell, the Queen is in the pinkish red outfit and fashionable hat. Prince Philip is on her right and Prince Charles is on her left. Keep those knees together fellas!
There was quite a lot going on at these games. There was tug-of-war (my favorite!), caber toss, hammer throw, shot put, running high leap (or high jump), running long leap, various distance races including a hill run where contestants left the arena and ran up the closest hill, and highland dancing. It was very exciting! There was even a man from California who was competing in the caber toss. He looked authentic enough in the kilt but he was also wearing a muscle shirt...I don't think that is traditional.
One other thing I want to point out is that the entire time we were at the games, there was a constant background noise of bagpipes. Anyone jealous?
We've posted more pictures here so enjoy!
3 comments:
I had no idea anyone took tug-o-war so seriously! How cool is that!
You two crack my shit up. The Highlander photo thrown in with the rest of them had me rolling.
Nick - an author you might enjoy is Katherine Kurtz - the Adept Series. Many of the places you are talking about such as Stirling are in those books. Might be a fun light read between physics books. She also wrote the Kelson books.........
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