Highland games virgin

[imrichmond]

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The sun doesn't really "bake" you in Scotland in August.

Obviously you weren't sitting in the grade 1 enclosure stands at the World Pipe Band Championships on Glasgow Green last August 11th! The sun was relentless. No shade anywhere, not a cloud in the sky. The only relief from the sun was in the overcrowded, standing-room-only beer tent, where it could take up to 40 minutes to get a drink by the time you had queued outside to buy a drink ticket and then queued again inside to get the drink. This sort of weather may not be typical, but it certainly happens. Since most highland games take place in an open field with little to no shade for spectators, I would advise having a sun hat handy just in case.