How about this, electric bagpipes thoughhttps://youtu.be/NsWWUr_RdwMSent from my motorola edge 20 using Tapatalk
Many years ago I hated them but then moved to Stornoway and joined a running club.
Quote from: David Martin on 04 March, 2012, 04:41:33 pmI'll have to chat to their Drum Major (why are all Dundee Pipers called Dave?) who is a local CTC stalwart and see if I can get a recording. They have also played Thriller in the past as a competition piece.When i was reading back I had a massive EH? (It's Dundonian in this case for What?) moment reading this, cos Dundee's most famous Drum Major is called Richard.
I'll have to chat to their Drum Major (why are all Dundee Pipers called Dave?) who is a local CTC stalwart and see if I can get a recording. They have also played Thriller in the past as a competition piece.
Quote from: IanDG on 24 March, 2023, 10:45:10 pmMany years ago I hated them but then moved to Stornoway and joined a running club. And everyone lived happily ever after.
Many years ago I hated them but then moved to Stornoway and joined a running club. At Hogmanay we would run over the hills, take a swim in a sea loch and then carry on running to Rhenigidale Hostel for a party. Dougie Flett used to carry his pipes with him and then play as we passed the whisky bottle around. Pipes were a sound I grew to love - played badly they're awful though but not as bad as the sound of primary kids on the chanter at school concerts https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ojzrkCSwMvo&feature=share
And then the murders began
Quote from: IanDG on 24 March, 2023, 10:45:10 pmMany years ago I hated them but then moved to Stornoway and joined a running club. At Hogmanay we would run over the hills, take a swim in a sea loch and then carry on running to Rhenigidale Hostel for a party. Dougie Flett used to carry his pipes with him and then play as we passed the whisky bottle around. Pipes were a sound I grew to love - played badly they're awful though but not as bad as the sound of primary kids on the chanter at school concerts https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ojzrkCSwMvo&feature=shareThat's a long run from Stornoway.
Quote from: mrcharly-YHT on 27 March, 2023, 08:51:28 amQuote from: IanDG on 24 March, 2023, 10:45:10 pmMany years ago I hated them but then moved to Stornoway and joined a running club. At Hogmanay we would run over the hills, take a swim in a sea loch and then carry on running to Rhenigidale Hostel for a party. Dougie Flett used to carry his pipes with him and then play as we passed the whisky bottle around. Pipes were a sound I grew to love - played badly they're awful though but not as bad as the sound of primary kids on the chanter at school concerts https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ojzrkCSwMvo&feature=shareThat's a long run from Stornoway. https://srac.org.uk/oldwebsite/fletttrek.htm
Quote from: IanDG on 27 March, 2023, 10:43:22 amQuote from: mrcharly-YHT on 27 March, 2023, 08:51:28 amQuote from: IanDG on 24 March, 2023, 10:45:10 pmMany years ago I hated them but then moved to Stornoway and joined a running club. At Hogmanay we would run over the hills, take a swim in a sea loch and then carry on running to Rhenigidale Hostel for a party. Dougie Flett used to carry his pipes with him and then play as we passed the whisky bottle around. Pipes were a sound I grew to love - played badly they're awful though but not as bad as the sound of primary kids on the chanter at school concerts https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ojzrkCSwMvo&feature=shareThat's a long run from Stornoway. https://srac.org.uk/oldwebsite/fletttrek.htmMost of the links on that page are dead, but I assume the run is from the Scalpay road, up alongside the loch, then the postman's route. Still haven't walked it, but mean to someday. Trouble is, MrsC wants to do it, but her knees aren't up to such steep tracks, but she's stubborn. So I can't do it by myself/
Quote from: mrcharly-YHT on 27 March, 2023, 11:44:36 amQuote from: IanDG on 27 March, 2023, 10:43:22 amQuote from: mrcharly-YHT on 27 March, 2023, 08:51:28 amQuote from: IanDG on 24 March, 2023, 10:45:10 pmMany years ago I hated them but then moved to Stornoway and joined a running club. At Hogmanay we would run over the hills, take a swim in a sea loch and then carry on running to Rhenigidale Hostel for a party. Dougie Flett used to carry his pipes with him and then play as we passed the whisky bottle around. Pipes were a sound I grew to love - played badly they're awful though but not as bad as the sound of primary kids on the chanter at school concerts https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ojzrkCSwMvo&feature=shareThat's a long run from Stornoway. https://srac.org.uk/oldwebsite/fletttrek.htmMost of the links on that page are dead, but I assume the run is from the Scalpay road, up alongside the loch, then the postman's route. Still haven't walked it, but mean to someday. Trouble is, MrsC wants to do it, but her knees aren't up to such steep tracks, but she's stubborn. So I can't do it by myself/It's a great track. The run starts from Maraig and crosses the moors to Urgha via Gleann Lacasdail and then postman's route to Rhenigidale. Walkers start at Urgha and do just postman's track.This is one of the years I did it https://srac.org.uk/oldwebsite/fletttrek2005.htm
I saw this video and - inevitably - thought of this thread:https://twitter.com/piperdotally/status/1630430419639316480?t=TEJxSfuwFvluPPaC3OY0dg&s=19
