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    The Sound of Bagpipes in Aubigny-sur-Nère…

     

     

    The emblematic Scottish bagpipe at the entry of Aubigny-sur-Nère © 2011 Scotiana

     

    Hi everybody !

    We’ve taken this photo at a crossroads on arriving at Aubigny-sur-Nère. Isn’t the bagpipe looking like some big greedy insect ready to plunge into the flowers to gather its lot of pollen!

     

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    July 31st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: The Auld Alliance | Leave a comment

    Sir Walter Scott’s Friends : Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe

     

    As revealed in Mairiuna’s post “Sir Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Rediscovered “, I am now quite pleased to introduce you to a series of articles about Sir Walter Scott’s cherished friends, be them on two legs or four.

    Sir Walter Scott Friends

    As you will surely agree with me, [...]

    July 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

    Sir Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Rediscovered

     

    Paddington Here and Now Michael Bond Folio edition 2010

    Hi everybody,

    Holiday time and time reading too

    We’d like to wish you a very good summer, whether you go on holiday or not. Why not take advantage of this leisure time to read this or that old volume by one of your [...]

    July 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment