This morning, our group enjoyed a relaxing breakfast at Lands of Loyal Hotel, Alyth in central Scotland. This country house hotel proved a great spot, combining ambiance and elegance with the bonus of bright autumn sunshine to start us on our way. The interior images below feature wood panelling taken from the RMS Mauretania when scrapped in the 1930s.
Lands of Loyal Hotel
Guest Lounge at Lands of Loyal
Tour Group at Lands of Loyal
Pipe Band at World Championships
Earlier today I visited historic Glasgow Green to view the 2010 World Pipe Band Championships entailing 239 bands from twelve countries. In addition to the bands there was Highland Dancing competition and Highland Games in process. With benign weather conditions the event was very well patronised. I have never before encountered such a concentration of Pipe Bands and the event presented many video and photo opportunities examples of which are provided below.
Pipe Band
This morning, I went into central Glasgow to view a couple of Pipe Bands in action in context of the World Pipe Band Championship 2010 which runs from August 9th-15th and entails 8000 pipers and drummers from 16 nations. The Grand Finale is on Glasgow Green, Saturday, August 14th.
Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band
