Scotiana

Blackford, near Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland Source: Spooky67 Flickr

Hello again from Scotland, Janice, Marie-Agnes et Jean-Claude!
With summer almost upon us, the first Highland games of 2010 has already taken place; next on the calendar is the gathering at Blackford (near Auchterarder, Perthshire) – the 141st Blackford Highland Games, scheduled for Saturday, 29th May.

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While touring Scotland’s beautiful Aberdeenshire region, we heard that the Aboyne Highland Games Annual event was taking place, so Mairiuna, Jean-Claude and myself, traveled to nearby Aboyne city to experience our first Scottish Highland Games!

The abolition of the powers of the chiefs which followed the defeat of Culloden and the accompanying banning of all things Highland [...]