A beautiful sunny day yesterday and the crowds loved it! We arrived at 10am and didn’t leave til after 6. Lionel spent most of his day watching the heavyweight events. I moved back and forth between Highland Dancing and the field events. The lone piper competition went on for most of the day, so no shortage of bagpipes. This continued while tractors paraded, another piper played for the dancers and later the local pipe band led The Menzies Clan around the ring. Plenty of kilts to be seen, a wee dram of fine whisky, very good hot chips and I was happy!
We watched shotput, hammer throw, caber tossing and weights. “Yellow Socks” won many of these events, it was different seeing them up close and I was very impressed with the strength and efforts of the contestants…
Chris Godman 
Showday Britsh style
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You’re a woman of simple pleasures Chris! Just make sure she has hot chips and a whisky. Sounds like a great country event to visit. 👍
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You know me too well!
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What a fantastic experience! Sounds so good
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It was great, and now I’m on a quest for socks…highland dancing or argyle style. I want some.
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Looks like so much fun. Did you get a chance to see what was under some of those kilts?
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I was waiting for you to ask! Yes! The dancer had black undies, and some of the athletes had bike shorts or loose shorts…I thought I saw some flesh when one fellow stood up near me…but it might have just been my imagination!
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Yup, horse judging does take a long time…..wish I was there with you! ❤️
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Yes! You could have explained a few of the finer points in the judging.
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Looks like you had a great day. Oh the dyed sheep – quite a strange custom. Why, the answer we got was ‘because the judge likes them dyed.
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I saw some in a paddock and said to Lionel “Orange Sheep? No!” But I had to ask just to be sure.
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