I have been up in Scotland, eating for England; at a wedding and the Nairn Highland Games.
My diet for three days consisted of cake, pies and haggis, followed by macaroni pie, cake and then more cake and some Scottish tablet.
It was good, but I have come home with a renewed love of all things green on the food front.
The Nairn games are special for me, as they are set in my ancestral home, and because I can't resist a piper, preferably in a massed pipe band.
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| Marching to the highland games in Nairn |
If you want to make me cry, just make me listen to the Scots Dragoon Guards playing Amazing Grace. It works every time.
The games are traditional; you know exactly what will happen as every year it is the same. Steeped in tradition. Tossing the caber, highland dancing, tug of war, pipers, and plenty tartan and kilts.
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| In full regalia before the procession commences |
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| technology and tartan |
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| Nairn Games 2014 |
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| Nairn Games 2014 at the Links |
Right next to the show ground are the 'showies' - a funfair for those less attracted to traditional pursuits. The contrast within a hundred yards is quite surreal. Blaring music and people having fun spending money on the penny falls and dodgems. All you need to do is walk past the toilets and you enter a completely different world. Not everyone seems that happy to be there.
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| all the fun of the fair |
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| no softy cissys or cry baby's |
I met Darth Vader in a kilt
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| he seemed quite pleased to see me |
And a levitating child running with her eyes closed.......
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| levitating child |
The most popular ride is the 'limbo dancer' which bears no resemblance whatsoever to its title.
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| the Limbo Dancer |
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| more fun at the showies; waiting for the ride........... |
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| a happy punter |
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| stall holders have very traditional prams for their children |
There is no shortage of food at the games, day or night.
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| jumbo hot dogs |
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| Burger palace |
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| Burger |
But I limit myself to
Ashers cakes, as they are what I have eaten for the last 40 years and more.
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| Ashers cakes |
Mine is the one on the top. A caramel tart.
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